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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,256 (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 04:06 PM PST

A US soldier works on the M1 Abrams Tanks in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone in 2005. Iraq will receive 140 Abrams battle tanks from the United States to bolster its new forces, the US army said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AP - As of Saturday, March 7, 2009, at least 4,256 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqi women suffer 'silent emergency': aid agency (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 04:04 PM PST

Iraqi women sit holding their shields at the Samiramis Women's society gathering in Baghdad, a day before International Women's Day. Women in Iraq are trapped in a AFP - Women in Iraq are trapped in a "silent emergency", victims of poverty and insecurity, an aid agency said on Sunday, International Women's Day.

Obama Turkey visit to focus on Iraq, Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 02:52 PM PST

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the media after talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, March 7, 2009. President Barack Obama will visit Turkey within the next month, Clinton said Saturday, in a sign of improving ties between two NATO allies. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - For one of his first foreign visits, President Barack Obama will call on NATO ally Turkey, an overwhelmingly Muslim country viewed as critical to aiding the U.S. pullout from Iraq, turning around the Afghanistan war and blocking Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Iraqi PM calls for stronger, non-sectarian govt (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 12:49 PM PST

A US soldier works on the M1 Abrams Tanks in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone in 2005. Iraq will receive 140 Abrams battle tanks from the United States to bolster its new forces, the US army said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Saturday called for an end to the practice of distributing top government jobs along religious and ethnic lines, saying the system leads to weakness and mismanagement.

Iraqis don't seek help for mental disorders: study (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 11:50 AM PST

Iraqi visitors leave the Al-Rashad mental asylum in Baghdad in 2008. Years of war and bloodshed have left many Iraqis suffering from mental disorders but stigmas attached to such illnesses prevent most from seeking treatment, a survey published on Saturday said.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Years of war and bloodshed have left many Iraqis suffering from mental disorders but stigmas attached to such illnesses prevent most from seeking treatment, a survey published on Saturday said.

Maliki urges Iraqis to board the 'love boat' (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 11:48 AM PST

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, pictured here in February 2009, called on all Iraqis on Saturday to unite aboard what he called a AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on all Iraqis on Saturday to unite aboard what he called a "love boat" in a stirring appeal for reconciliation in the war-torn nation.

Iraqi army to get US battle tanks (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 11:46 AM PST

A US soldier works on the M1 Abrams Tanks in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone in 2005. Iraq will receive 140 Abrams battle tanks from the United States to bolster its new forces, the US army said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Iraq will receive 140 Abrams battle tanks from the United States to bolster its new forces, the US army said on Saturday.

Study: Iraqis mentally resilient amid war (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 10:54 AM PST

A man cries while searching for his son as smoke billows from a building after a double car bomb attack in central Baghdad, Iraq, in this Monday, Feb. 12, 2007 file photo. Sponsored by the World Health Organization and the Iraqi government, the first nationwide mental health survey in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion highlighted the need for improved care for a population that has been hit by years of war and sanctions. The findings showed that nearly 17 percent of a random sample of 4,332 Iraqis over the age of 18 had suffered from a mental disorder in their lifetime, ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder to depression. Of those, some 68 percent said they had seriously considered suicide.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - About 30 percent have been exposed to shootings or bombings. Others have witnessed killings or mutilated bodies. Nearly 10 percent had a family member kidnapped or had been abducted, captured or imprisoned themselves.

Iraqis resilient but mental health care lacking: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 01:11 AM PST

Reuters - Iraqis have displayed surprising resilience to years of bloodshed but mental health problems often go untreated in Iraq, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a study released on Saturday.

Iraq's Unspeakable Crime: Mothers Pimping Daughters (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 10:45 PM PST

Time.com - The Baghdad government refuses to recognize it as a problem but a huge underworld network exists, run by women who sell young girls

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