2009年2月11日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Panel orders U.N. to pay costs of oil-for-food chief (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 08:08 PM CST

Reuters - The United Nations' top internal court has ordered the world body to pay at least part of the legal costs of a former U.N. official accused of corruption over the Iraq oil-for-food program.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,243 (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 07:06 PM CST

U.S. soldiers secure the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad February 11, 2009. (Bassim Shati/Reuters)AP - As of Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, at least 4,243 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

String of bombings threatens relative calm in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 04:23 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — More than a dozen Iraqis were killed and 43 were wounded Wednesday in back-to-back car bombings at a bus station in a Shiite Muslim neighborhood in south Baghdad, police said.

Mystery terrorist was targeted for assassination (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 03:36 PM CST

This Oct. 25, 1980 file photo shows the Fiat car that was destroyed in an explosion on a Beirut street that targeted Palestine Liberation Organization official 'Abu Walid al-Iraqi.' The PLO official survived the blast. The Associated Press has learned that 'al-Iraqi' was the nom de guerre of Khalid Al-Jawary — the Black September terrorist who would later serve 16 years for planting car bombs in 1973 in New York City. Al-Jawary, 63, is slated to be freed from prison later this month. He was convicted in 1993 of placing the bomb-rigged cars. The bombs failed to detonate. (AP Photo/Assafir Newspaper via Documentation Arab Center, Zein al- Husseini)AP - In 1980, a PLO official identified as "Abu Walid al-Iraqi" narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in which someone fired a rocket at his Italian sedan in the lawless streets of Beirut.

16 dead, 45 wounded in twin Baghdad bombs: police (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 02:56 PM CST

An Iraqi soldier inspects a destroyed vehicle after a bomb attack in Baghdad February 11, 2009. (Bassim Shati/Reuters)Reuters - Sixteen people were killed and 45 wounded on Wednesday when twin car bombs exploded at a bus terminal and market area in southwestern Baghdad, Iraqi police said.

Iran tells Obama not to miss chance for talks (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 02:20 PM CST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad adresses the crowd during a rally to mark the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution at Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran on February 10, 2009. Iran reiterated on Wednesday its desire for talks with the new administration of US President Barack Obama as both sides show tentative signs of shifting policy after three decades of severed ties.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - Iran reiterated on Wednesday its desire for talks with the new administration of US President Barack Obama as both sides show tentative signs of shifting policy after three decades of severed ties.

At least 27 die in Iraq as bombs, shootings shatter lull (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 01:36 PM CST

A Shiite Muslim young man carries a flag as he and hundreds of others walk on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Karbala, some 120 kms south of the capital Baghdad. Twin car bombings ripped through a Baghdad bus station killing 16 people on Wednesday, as violence across Iraq claimed at least 27 lives and shattered a relative lull marked by largely peaceful polls.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Twin car bombings ripped through a Baghdad bus station killing 16 people on Wednesday, as violence across Iraq claimed at least 27 lives and shattered a relative lull marked by largely peaceful polls.

Iraq Kurds reserve five more seats for women MPs (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 01:32 PM CST

The speaker of northern Iraq's regional parliament Adnan al-Mufti is pictured in September 2008. The Kurdish regional parliament in north Iraq on Wednesday reserved 33 seats for women in the 111-member house under amendments to the election law ahead of polls due on May 19, its speaker said.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - The Kurdish regional parliament in north Iraq on Wednesday reserved 33 seats for women in the 111-member house under amendments to the election law ahead of polls due on May 19, its speaker said.

Car bombs strike Shiite pilgrims, kill at least 12 (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 01:15 PM CST

Shiite pilgrims march in southern Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. Shiites are making their annual trek to Karbala to mark the end of 40 days of mourning following the anniversary of the seventh century death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Bombs struck Shiite pilgrims heading Wednesday to religious ceremonies, killing at least 12 people and wounding over 40, officials said. Fearing new sectarian tension, a U.N. official urged Iraqis not to respond to the "provocations of extremists."

Iraq's Aziz demands 'just' verdict in killings case: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 10:21 AM CST

Saddam Hussein's notorious hatchet-man Hassan al-Majid, seen here in 2006, has demanded a just verdict in his trial with seven others over the execution of 42 Baghdad merchants accused of racketeering, his lawyer said.(AFP/POOL/File/Nikola Solic)AFP - Iraq's former deputy premier Tareq Aziz has demanded a just verdict in his trial with seven others over the execution of 42 Baghdad merchants accused of racketeering, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Transfer of U.S. detainees to Iraq done by 2010 (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 10:04 AM CST

Reuters - The transfer of thousands of Iraqi prisoners from the U.S. military to Iraq's government is underway and should be mostly complete by the end of 2009, the U.S. general in charge of the program said on Wednesday.

Iraq invites contractors to drill 40 oil wells (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 07:35 AM CST

U.S. soldiers secure the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad February 11, 2009. (Bassim Shati/Reuters)AP - Iraq is inviting contractors to bid for drilling rights to 40 oil wells in two major southern oil fields.

Iraqi FM says no sudden US pullout (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 06:51 AM CST

A US soldier stands in front of a school polling station in the Iraqi town of Mandali on January 29. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has said he had been AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Wednesday he had been "reassured" by the United States that there would be no sudden pullout of American troops, despite an improving security situation.

Iraq: No haven for ancient world's landmarks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - The carved stone reliefs lined the entrance to a great palace, a testament to one of the most powerful kings the world has known. The ancient works of art have stood for 3,000 years but for the past 20 they've been threatened by the lack of a corrugated steel roof.

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