2009年8月14日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Obama names two officials to work with Iraqi refugees (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:51 PM PDT

Iraqi women and children refugees at the Chikouk camp for the internally displaced in northwestern Baghdad's Kadhimiya district in July 2009. US President Barack Obama on Friday named two senior officials to work closely with the Baghdad government on the plight of millions of refugees from war and violence in Iraq.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday named two senior officials to work closely with the Baghdad government on the plight of millions of refugees from war and violence in Iraq.

Guard in Iraq murder case has stress disorder: family (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:11 PM PDT

An aerial view of the former Zuhur royal palace in the fortified 'Green Zone'. A British security guard accused over the killings of two of his colleagues in Iraq was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and should not have been in Baghdad, his family said Friday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A British security guard accused over the killings of two of his colleagues in Iraq was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and should not have been in Baghdad, his family said Friday.

Iraqi journalists protest government pressure (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 12:26 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard on top of a Humvee during a journalists protest at Mutanabi Street in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Dozens of Iraqi journalists have taken to the streets in Iraq's capital to protest what they say is political pressure to silence reporting critical of the government. The banners in Arabic reads, ' according to article 19 in the International Human Rights Declaration, every person has the right of freedom of expression.' (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Scores of Iraqi journalists and political figures rallied Friday to protest what they say is a political effort to censor media that follows steps to crack down on Internet sites.

6 years after invasion, electricity still scarce in Baghdad (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 08:22 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Dark humor flips on when the lights go out in a city that still suffers from crippling power outages despite the billions of dollars that have been invested in its grid.

Iraqi journalists protest 'intimidation and threats' (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:06 AM PDT

Iraqi journalists protest over AFP - Hundreds of Iraqi journalists and intellectuals marched through Baghdad on Friday to protest "intimidation and threats" against the war-torn country's press.

US Army reduces soldiers' murder sentences (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:29 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. Army said Friday it had reduced the sentences of three soldiers convicted of murder in the execution-style slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,332 (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 06:14 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, at least 4,332 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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