2009年4月5日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

AP INVESTIGATION: Terrorist eludes US in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 03:40 PM PDT

ADVANCE FOR APRIL 6; timeline of the career of terrorist Abu IbrahimAP - As Pan Am Flight 830 descended toward Honolulu and passengers finished their breakfast, a blinding burst of light washed over them. And then, "BOOM!"


U.S. soldier charged in contractor's slaying in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 11:38 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — A U.S. soldier has been charged with murdering a foreign contractor at an American base in Taji, Iraq, the military said Sunday.

Iraq pledges to protect its Palestinian residents (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 11:11 AM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seen during his visit to Baghdad, Sunday, April 5, 2009. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sought to repair relations between Palestinians and the Iraqi government and find solutions for Palestinian refugees stranded in camps during his first visit to the country since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Saad Shalash, Pool)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas won assurances Sunday that Iraqi leaders will protect Palestinians living in Iraq — including thousands stranded in desert refugee camps — during his first visit to the country since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003.


US soldier charged with contractor murder in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 08:38 AM PDT

AP - A U.S. soldier has been charged with murder in the shooting of a foreign contractor last month at a base north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday.

Abbas praises Iraq on first post-Saddam visit (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 07:49 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) speaks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during a meeting in Baghdad on April 5, 2009. Abbas praised Iraq on Sunday for supporting his people, without making mention of reports of human rights abuses against them by religious extremists in the war-torn country.(AFP/Saad Shalash)AFP - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas praised Iraq on Sunday for supporting his people, without making mention of reports of human rights abuses against them by religious extremists in the war-torn country.


Iraq's policewomen struggle to change perceptions (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 07:18 AM PDT

Reuters - In her old Baghdad house, policewoman Bushra Kadhem serves breakfast to her children, finishes her tea and readies herself for a day manning checkpoints in one of the world's most dangerous cities.

Three homosexuals shot dead in Iraq: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 02:50 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers secure the area following a bomb blast in Baghdad's Sadr City in February 2009. The bullet-riddled bodies of three Iraqis said to be homosexuals have been found in Baghdad's Sadr City, bastion of anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a defence ministry official said on Sunday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The bullet-riddled bodies of three Iraqis said to be homosexuals have been found in Baghdad's Sadr City, bastion of anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a defence ministry official said on Sunday.


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