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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Strong turnout in Iraq vote as Maliki makes gains (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 01:34 AM CST

An Iraqi female security officer body checks a voter outside a polling station in Mosul. Shiite candidates backed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appeared Sunday to have posted gains in the nation's landmark provincial election, while Sunni Arabs went to the polls in force.(AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)AFP - Shiite candidates backed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appeared Sunday to have posted gains in the nation's landmark provincial election, while Sunni Arabs went to the polls in force.

Iraqi elections avoid violence but complaints loom (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 12:46 AM CST

An Iraqi girl holds up an ink-stained finger after her parents voted in the country's provincial elections in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdrawals. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - Passing through razor-wire cordons and police checkpoints, Iraqi voters Saturday took another step in the nation's quest for stability in provincial elections that were carried off without major violence but tarnished by claims of flaws and threats of challenges.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,236 (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 06:56 PM CST

Ballot boxes are emptied in Baghdad's Sadr City district. Shiite candidates backed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appeared Sunday to have posted gains in the nation's landmark provincial election, while Sunni Arabs went to the polls in force.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - As of Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at least 4,236 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Obama praises Iraqis on provincial elections (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 05:44 PM CST

President Barack Obama talks with guests after signing an executive order dealing with the Middle Class Working Families Taskforce, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - President Barack Obama congratulated Iraqis on Saturday's provincial elections and urged the winners to work for their people.

Calm Iraqi election marred as thousands were denied vote (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 04:23 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraqis cast ballots in 14 of the country's 18 provinces Saturday, selecting among 14,500 candidates for 440 seats on new provincial councils.

In Iraq, a vote for the spirit of democracy (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 04:23 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Saturday's provincial elections might have brought hope to some.

Iraqi Christians caught in middle of Mosul vote (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:52 PM CST

An Iraqi Christian woman stands in line at a polling center in Bartillah, 14 kilometers (8 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdrawals. (AP Photo)AP - Iraqi Christians still reeling from a string of murders last fall find themselves caught in the middle of a power struggle between Kurds and Sunni Arabs that was fueled by this weekend's elections.

Red tape strands Indiana woman's baby son in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:35 PM CST

A photo of Grace Alshemmari holding her son Amir after he was born in Iraq, is displayed in her home in Fort Wayne, Ind., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Amir remains in his aunt's concrete house in the holy city of Najaf in central Iraq because of paperwork issues with the American government. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Baby Amir's crib is lined with blankets crocheted by his mother and stuffed animals from his 8-year-old sister. Framed photos of him hang on the walls and sit atop shelves and tables throughout his family's three-bedroom home.

Obama hails Iraq vote as 'step forward' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:20 PM CST

A Sunni Muslim man votes in the provincial elections in the western town of Ramadi, 100 kms from the capital Baghdad. US President Barack Obama praised Iraq's provincial elections on Saturday as an AFP - US President Barack Obama praised Iraq's provincial elections on Saturday as an "important step forward" for the future of the country.

Iraq January death toll at lowest since 2003 war (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 02:03 PM CST

Reuters - The number of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians killed in attacks in January fell to the lowest level since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, data showed on Saturday.

Bush shoe-thrower sculpture given the boot in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:11 PM CST

A bronze shoe sculpture honouring Iraqi reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi, who gained global fame by throwing his footwear at former US president George W. Bush in Baghdad on December 14, 2008, stands atop a white pedestal in Tikrit on January 27, 2009. The sculpture has now been dismantled, an official told AFP on Saturday.(AFP/File/Mahmud Saleh)AFP - A huge shoe sculpture honouring the Iraqi reporter who gained global fame by throwing his footwear at former US president George W. Bush has now been dismantled, an official told AFP on Saturday.

US says 2 Iraqi police killed in shooting (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 12:09 PM CST

AP - U.S. soldiers killed two Iraqi policemen Saturday after coming under fire during an operation against al-Qaida in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

Iraq sculpture honoring Bush shoe-thrower removed (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 09:56 AM CST

Children unwrap the sculpture of a shoe created as a monument to the shoes thrown by an Iraqi journalist at former U.S. President George W. Bush, in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. The director of an orphanage in Tikrit said Iraqi police told her the shoe sculpture had to be removed because government property should not be used for something with a political bias. (AP Photo)AP - The director of an Iraqi orphanage says a sculpture honoring an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush has been removed.

UN envoy observes Iraq vote in restive Anbar (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 04:52 AM CST

An Iraqi voter casts his ballot in Ramadi, Anbar province. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura has visited the former Sunni rebel bastion of Anbar province to see first hand how voting is progressing in Iraq's first election since 2005.(AFP/Azhar Shallal)AFP - The UN special envoy to Iraq, Staffan de Mistura, visited the former Sunni rebel bastion of Anbar on Saturday to see first hand how voting was going in the nation's first election since 2005.

Maliki sees strong turnout in Iraq vote (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:52 AM CST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki dips his finger into indelible ink before casting his vote in Baghdad's secure 'Green Zone'. Maliki has hailed a strong turnout in provincial elections and called on his compatriots to vote in large numbers.(AFP/Ho)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hailed what he said appeared to be a strong turnout in Saturday's provincial election and called on his compatriots to vote in large numbers.

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