2009年8月13日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Suicide bombers kill 21 in northern Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 01:25 PM PDT

Iraqi policemen stand guard at the site of a bomb attack that targeted labourers in Baghdad's Amel neighbourhood on August 10, 2009. At least 21 people, most of them members of the ancient Yazidi religious sect, were killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up on Thursday in a packed cafe in northern Iraq, officials said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)Reuters - Two suicide bombers detonated vests packed with explosives in a cafe in a town near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing 21 people, a health official said, the latest attack in a restive region.

Double suicide bombing kills more than 20 in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:47 PM PDT

Map locates Sinjar, Iraq, where a car bomb detonated near a Shiite mosqueAP - A double suicide bombing devastated a cafe packed with young people in northwestern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 21 people, officials said, in the latest attack against a minority community.

Twenty-one killed in Iraq suicide bombing (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:33 PM PDT

Iraqi policemen stand guard at the site of a bomb attack that targeted labourers in Baghdad's Amel neighbourhood on August 10, 2009. At least 21 people, most of them members of the ancient Yazidi religious sect, were killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up on Thursday in a packed cafe in northern Iraq, officials said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - At least 21 people, most of them members of the ancient Yazidi religious sect, were killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up on Thursday in a packed cafe in northern Iraq, officials said.

Iraqis remaining cool despite attacks on mosques, minorities (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 11:53 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Tempers are cool in Iraq despite a string of bombings that's killed more than 125 people in the past two weeks, fueling hopes that the attacks won't trigger retaliatory killings, at least for now.

Iraq oil auction needs less foreign 'greed': NOC chief (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 09:09 AM PDT

Manaa al-Obaydi, the head of Iraq's state-owned North Oil Company, is seen during an interview at his office in the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk in June 2009. Obaydi expects the next auction to develop the country's oil and gas fields to be a success, provided would-be foreign investors rein in their AFP - The head of Iraq's state-owned North Oil Company (NOC) expects the next auction to develop the country's oil and gas fields to be a success, provided would-be foreign investors rein in their "greed".

Iraq PM set to break with Shiite coalition in January polls (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 09:07 AM PDT

This photo made available by the Iraqi Premier's press office show Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) at a ceremony in Baghdad marking the 18th anniverary of the Shiite uprising against the regime of ousted president Saddam Hussein in southern Iraq. Maliki is expected to break ranks with his ruling Shiite parliamentary bloc and set up a multi-confessional alliance as he prepares for January polls.(AFP/IPMO-HO/File)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is expected to break ranks with his ruling Shiite parliamentary bloc and set up a multi-confessional alliance as he prepares for January polls, aides say.

67 US soldiers in Iraq have swine flu (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 07:48 AM PDT

File photo shows a US soldier standing next to Skyper armoured vehicles at his base in Iraq. There have been 67 confirmed cases of swine flu among US soldiers stationed in Iraq, the military said(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - There have been 67 confirmed cases of swine flu among US soldiers stationed in Iraq, the military said on Thursday.

Why Iraq bombings are spiking (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi and US officials believe that a recent spike in high-profile attacks is probably aimed at decreasing public confidence in the Iraqi security forces ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for January.

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