2009年8月6日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

A calmer Iraq takes on another killer — smoking (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 02:14 PM PDT

An Iraqi boy smokes a cigarette in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug 6, 2009. The Iraqi government is considering a law to ban smoking in public places. If approved, the legislation would make smoking illegal in public places, such as government buildings, schools, movie theaters and airports. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - After six years of war and terrorist bombings, Iraq is moving against a different killer in its midst — smoking.

Car bomb kills 5 in disputed city in northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 01:04 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 - A car bomb tore through a crowded market in a Kurdish area in the disputed city of Kirkuk on Thursday, killing at least five people in the latest attack to signal rising tensions in northern Iraq.

Bombs kill five in Iraq, including Shiite pilgrim (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 11:34 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces impose a tight security cordon around Shiite shrines in Karbala, 100 kms south of Baghdad, on August 5, 2009. A car bomb near a busy bus station in Iraq's northern oil hub of Kirkuk killed four people and wounded 25 Thursday, while a roadside bomb killed a Shiite pilgrim in Baghdad, officials said.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A car bomb near a busy bus station in Iraq's northern oil hub of Kirkuk killed four people and wounded 25 Thursday, while a roadside bomb killed a Shiite pilgrim in Baghdad, officials said.

Car bomb kills 5, wounds 20 in northern Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 10:38 AM PDT

Reuters - A bomb in a parked car killed five people and wounded 20 others in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday, police and hospital sources said.

Roadside bomb kills Shiite pilgrim in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 08:05 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces impose a tight security cordon around Shiite shrines in Karbala, 100 kms south of Baghdad, on August 5, 2009. A car bomb near a busy bus station in Iraq's northern oil hub of Kirkuk killed four people and wounded 25 Thursday, while a roadside bomb killed a Shiite pilgrim in Baghdad, officials said.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A roadside bomb killed one Shiite pilgrim and injured three others after ripping through their car in a southern neighbourhood of Baghdad on Thursday, an interior ministry official said.

Iraq denies blocking food to Iranian exile camp (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:26 AM PDT

An Iraqi policeman stands guard over Shi'ite pilgrims in Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad, August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Iraq on Thursday denied it was preventing food, water or medical supplies from entering an Iranian exile camp it wants to shut down north of Baghdad.

Iraq cabinet approves smoking curbs plan (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:10 AM PDT

Iraqis are seen smoking on a street in Baghdad. Iraq's cabinet has approved a draft of the war-torn country's first laws to restrict smoking and to halt cigarette advertising, the government has said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's cabinet has approved a draft of the war-torn country's first laws to restrict smoking and to halt cigarette advertising, the government said on Thursday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,331 (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 06:53 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, at least 4,331 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

NJ man pleads guilty in Iraq contracts scandal (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 06:14 PM PDT

AP - The husband of a former New Jersey Army Reserve officer who was sentenced to prison for her role in a corruption scandal in Iraq has pleaded guilty to laundering a portion of the money she stole.

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