Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Baghdad makes a comeback _ on Iraqi TV (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq death toll in August highest in 13 months (AFP)
• Amnesty calls on Iraq to stop executions (AP)
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
• Amnesty calls for halt to executions in Iraq (Reuters)
• Iraq has 1,000 prisoners on death row: Amnesty (AFP)
• Iraq Shiite leader reaches out to political rivals (AP)
• Iraq civilian deaths are highest since April (Reuters)
• Ammar al-Hakim takes helm of main Iraq Shiite party (AFP)
• Late Iraqi Shi'ite's son succeeds him as party leader (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,337 (AP)

Baghdad makes a comeback _ on Iraqi TV (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 12:50 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — When actor Ayad al Ta'i filmed in Syria during the peak of Iraq's sectarian violence, when it was too dangerous for a TV star to stay in Baghdad, he knew that something was missing from nearly every scene he shot.

Iraq death toll in August highest in 13 months (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 12:45 PM PDT AFP - Violent deaths in Iraq hit a 13-month high in August, official figures showed on Tuesday, raising fresh concerns about the country's stability after the government admitted that security is worsening.

Amnesty calls on Iraq to stop executions (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 11:58 AM PDT AP - Amnesty International called on Iraq Tuesday to stop executions, saying many death sentences were being handed down in court proceedings that do not meet international standards for fair trials.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 10:53 AM PDT AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Amnesty calls for halt to executions in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 09:05 AM PDT Reuters - Rights group Amnesty International called on Iraq on Tuesday to halt executions, saying the woeful state of the justice system was unable to guarantee fair trials in capital cases.

Iraq has 1,000 prisoners on death row: Amnesty (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 07:50 AM PDT AFP - Iraq has at least 1,000 people under sentence of death and is continuing to hang dozens of convicts, Amnesty International said in a critical report on Tuesday, noting that the democratically-elected government had failed to tackle the issue.

Iraq Shiite leader reaches out to political rivals (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 06:38 AM PDT AP - The son of the late leader of Iraq's largest Shiite political party acknowledged setbacks and reached out to political rivals Tuesday as he formally replaced his father at the party's helm.

Iraq civilian deaths are highest since April (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 06:27 AM PDT Reuters - The number of civilians recorded killed in violence in Iraq shot up to 393 in August, its highest level since April, after a spate of huge bombings caused carnage in Baghdad and northern Iraq.

Ammar al-Hakim takes helm of main Iraq Shiite party (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 06:14 AM PDT AFP - Ammar al-Hakim, son of the powerful Iraqi politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim who died of lung cancer last week, on Tuesday succeeded his father as leader of Iraq's largest Shiite party, officials said.

Late Iraqi Shi'ite's son succeeds him as party leader (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 05:01 AM PDT Reuters - One of Iraq's main Shi'ite Muslim parties on Tuesday appointed the son of its leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim as his successor after his death last week, averting a potentially damaging public power struggle.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,337 (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 06:18 PM PDT AP - As of Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, at least 4,337 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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