2009年7月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Opposition in Iraqi Kurd elections claims gains (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 04:12 PM PDT

Election workers check the seals on ballot boxes the morning after voting in the Kurdish regional elections in Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Iraqis voting in Saturday's election in the self-ruled Kurdish north expressed hope it would shake up the entrenched regional government and help reduce long-standing tension with Baghdad over oil and land disputes that threaten Iraq's stability. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - An opposition party on Sunday claimed there had been violations in the presidential and parliamenary elections in Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region but said it still expected a strong showing.

Gunmen kill Iraqi Christian outside factory (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 04:02 PM PDT

Iraqi Muslim women walk past a church in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in 2008. The brother of a soft drinks factory manager was shot dead by gunmen outside the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, police said. It was unclear if Ala Bashir, a 30-year-old Christian, was killed because of his faith. Thousands of Christians fled Mosul last year because of targeted violence in the city.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The brother of a soft drinks factory manager was shot dead by gunmen outside the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, police said.

Soldiers in Colorado slayings tell of Iraq horrors (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 02:19 PM PDT

A man looks at a destroyed vehicle after a bombing near a Christian church and a mosque in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 13, 2009. Iraqi authorities Monday imposed vehicle bans in two mostly Christian towns and increased security around churches in Baghdad after attacks targeting the Christian minority. Fearing car bombs, authorities on Monday imposed vehicle bans in the towns of Tilkaif and Hamdaniyah, predominantly Christian towns near the northern city of Mosul. (AP Photo)AP - Soldiers from an Army unit that had 10 infantrymen accused of murder, attempted murder or manslaughter after returning to civilian life described a breakdown in discipline during their Iraq deployment in which troops murdered civilians, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Iraqi Kurd opposition hails poll breakthrough (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 02:06 PM PDT

An Iraqi Kurdish man sits at his cigarette stall at the foot of the citidel (R) a day after voting took place in parliamentary and presidential elections in the northern city of Arbil, 350 kms from Baghdad. A new opposition party in Iraqi Kurdistan said on Sunday that it has made a major breakthrough towards ending the region's long dominance by the two main former rebel factions.(AFP/Safin Hamed)AFP - A new opposition party in Iraqi Kurdistan said on Sunday that it has made a major breakthrough towards ending the region's long dominance by the two main former rebel factions.

Results due Monday in Iraqi Kurd election (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 01:58 PM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi Kurdistan's two ruling parties are likely to be confirmed in power despite an unprecedented opposition challenge when election results are announced on Monday.

Al-Maliki: Iraqi officer 'out of line' (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 12:38 PM PDT

President Barack Obama looks on as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speak during a joint press availability, Wednesday, July 22, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - The prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, says an Iraqi officer was wrong to order American soldiers detained after they killed three Iraqis while going after insurgents.

Four killed in failed Baghdad robbery (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 06:42 AM PDT

Blood stains the entrance of a currency exchange shop in central Baghdad where gunmen killed four security guards and wounded five other people in an apparent failed robbery, police said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Gunmen killed four security guards and wounded five other people in an apparent failed robbery at a currency exchange shop in central Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

Kuwait FM says Iraq still violating border (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 03:01 AM PDT

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah (pictured here in 2008) has accused Iraq of encroaching on their unmarked common border, in statements published by a Dubai newspaper.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah has accused Iraq of encroaching on their unmarked common border, in statements published on Sunday by a Dubai newspaper.

Why U.S.-allied refugees are still branded as 'terrorists' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 03:00 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Almost every day for three years, prison guards at one of Saddam Hussein's most notorious prisons tortured Sami Alkarim.

Maliki says arrest of US troop was mistake (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 09:09 PM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said an Iraqi officer who ordered the detention of US soldiers last week after they killed three Iraqis had acted AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said an Iraqi officer who ordered the detention of US soldiers last week after they killed three Iraqis had acted "out of line."

Iraq to send students to colleges in US, abroad (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 06:22 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden welcomes Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, left, as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, looks on, Friday, July 24, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, prior to a meeting. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his country plans to send up to 10,000 Iraqi students per year to colleges in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia over the next five years as a part of a new scholarship program.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,329 (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 05:27 PM PDT

AP - As of Saturday, July 25, 2009, at least 4,329 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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