2009年7月20日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Companies donate equipment to Iraq's baseball team (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:39 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Iraq's national baseball team, which has one five-year-old bat, nine second-hand gloves and no uniforms, is about to gear up.

Iraq PM heads to US facing strained ties (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:59 PM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, seen here in May 2009, embarks on a trip to the United States on Tuesday grappling with strained ties with Washington and pressure over stalled national reconciliation efforts.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki embarks on a trip to the United States on Tuesday grappling with strained ties with Washington and pressure over stalled national reconciliation efforts.

Iraq wants urgent water talks with Turkey, Syria (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:24 PM PDT

An Iraqi youth, watched by others, dives into the Euphrates River in the western town of Ramadi, some 100 kms from Baghdad, on July 17, 2009. Iraq's water resources ministry on Monday called for talks with neighbouring Turkey and Syria after the flow of water in the Euphrates river fell by more than half in less than a month.(AFP/File/Azhar Shallal)AFP - Iraq's water resources ministry on Monday called for talks with neighbouring Turkey and Syria after the flow of water in the Euphrates river fell by more than half in less than a month.

Iraqis restrict US operations in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:06 PM PDT

Iraqi policemen stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 20, 2009. The Iraqi military has turned down several requests from American forces to move unescorted through Baghdad and conduct a raid since the transition of responsibility for urban security at the end of last month, an Iraqi military commander said Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The Iraqi military has turned down requests from American forces to move unescorted through Baghdad and conduct a raid since the transition of responsibility for urban security at the end of last month, an Iraqi military commander said Monday.

Maliki, boosted by U.S. pullback, to call on Obama (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:31 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki will meet President Barack Obama in Washington on Wednesday wearing several robes: the popular leader of an American ally, the prime minister of an increasingly independent-minded country, a follower of the same branch of Islam that's practiced in Iran and a political candidate.

Ten killed, including seven police, in Iraq violence (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:18 PM PDT

The mangled wreckage of a car bomb is inspected by Iraqi police officers in the western town of Ramadi, some 100kms from Baghdad. Ten people were killed, including seven policemen and a soldier, in attacks in the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Ramadi on Monday, security and medical officials said.(AFP/Azhar Shallal)AFP - Ten people were killed, including seven policemen and a soldier, in attacks in the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Ramadi on Monday, security and medical officials said.

'No compromise' over Kirkuk, Iraq Kurd leader vows (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:51 AM PDT

The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massud Barzani, seen here in April, has insisted he will not AFP - The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massud Barzani, insisted he will not "compromise" on long-standing Kurdish claims to the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, in a speech late on Sunday.

Iraq car bombing kills three (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:02 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier mans his gun in the mainly Sunni Muslim city of Ramadi. Three people were killed, including two policemen, in a car bomb blast in western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Monday, the second attack there in a week, security and medical officials said.(AFP/File/Azhar Shallal)AFP - Three people were killed, including two policemen, in a car bomb blast in western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Monday, the second attack there in a week, security and medical officials said.

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