Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Biden: US will follow Iraq wishes on troop pullout (AP)
• Tribute for soldiers slain in Iraq, Afghanistan (AP)
• Biden presses Iraqis to agree on oil, land (Reuters)
• Iraqi shot after throwing slipper at US patrol (AP)
• Iraqi man shot by U.S. forces after throwing "shoe" (Reuters)
• Biden presses Iraqi leaders for progress on key new laws (AFP)
• Iraq, Syria in Istanbul talks to defuse tension (AFP)
• Biden Presses for Improved Iraq Investment Climate (Bloomberg)
• Turkey urges Syria, Iraq to fight terrorism (AP)
• Iraqi shoe thrower's whereabouts unknown: official (AFP)
• U.S. military shuts largest detainee camp in Iraq (Reuters)
• US closes its largest Iraq jail in the heat of the night (AFP)
• Turkey, Iraq in extensive cooperation talks (AFP)
• Biden calls on Iraq to lower sights in oil bidding (AFP)

Biden: US will follow Iraq wishes on troop pullout (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:24 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden pledged Thursday to follow Iraq's wishes should Baghdad decide to speed up the timetable for the withdrawal of American troops from the country.

Tribute for soldiers slain in Iraq, Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:35 PM PDT AP - About 50 children of U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan will be given a medal from the nation's top military official at a Capitol Hill remembrance ceremony honoring the slain warfighters and their families.

Biden presses Iraqis to agree on oil, land (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:02 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden pressed leaders of semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan on Thursday to compromise on the potentially explosive issue of how to manage and share the country's vast oil wealth.

Iraqi shot after throwing slipper at US patrol (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:42 AM PDT AP - American Marines shot and wounded an Iraqi man in the former flash point city of Fallujah believing he was throwing a grenade at them, the U.S. military said Thursday — but local police and witnesses said the object was only the man's slipper.

Iraqi man shot by U.S. forces after throwing "shoe" (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:37 AM PDT Reuters - An Iraqi man was in critical condition Thursday after he threw an object at U.S. soldiers which they believed to be a grenade, but which witnesses said was simply his shoe.

Biden presses Iraqi leaders for progress on key new laws (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:34 AM PDT AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden held talks in the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil on Thursday to push Iraqi leaders for progress on stalled legislation ahead of parliamentary elections in January.

Iraq, Syria in Istanbul talks to defuse tension (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:00 AM PDT AFP - The foreign ministers of Iraq and Syria met Thursday for talks to defuse tensions over deadly bombings in Baghdad, with their Turkish counterpart and the chief of the Arab League sitting in as well.

Biden Presses for Improved Iraq Investment Climate (Bloomberg) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:41 AM PDT Bloomberg - Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Vice President Joe Biden is pressing Iraq’s leaders to take up economic reforms in addition to settling political differences to create a more stable climate in the country that will draw in business investment.

Turkey urges Syria, Iraq to fight terrorism (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:15 AM PDT AP - Syria and Iraq should unite against terrorism, Turkey's foreign minister said Thursday amid efforts to defuse tensions over Iraqi allegations that Syria has been used as a launching pad for violence in Baghdad.

Iraqi shoe thrower's whereabouts unknown: official (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 09:35 AM PDT AFP - The Iraqi consulate in Athens on Thursday retracted its confirmation that the journalist jailed for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush had arrived in Greece, saying it was unaware of his whereabouts.

U.S. military shuts largest detainee camp in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 09:11 AM PDT Reuters - The U.S. military closed down its largest detention center in Iraq on Thursday as it continued to release or hand to Iraqi authorities the thousands of people it has held since the 2003 U.S. invasion.

US closes its largest Iraq jail in the heat of the night (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 06:18 AM PDT AFP - In the heat of the night of the Iraqi desert, the US military transferred the last 180 prisoners out of Camp Bucca and padlocked its largest detention centre in Iraq.

Turkey, Iraq in extensive cooperation talks (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:02 AM PDT AFP - Senior ministers from Turkey and Iraq met here Thursday for two-day talks aimed at boosting cooperation in a wide range of areas, mainly in the economic field.

Biden calls on Iraq to lower sights in oil bidding (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:46 AM PDT AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden has urged Iraq to offer more generous terms at its next auction for oil concessions in the oil-rich country, a senior American official said on Thursday.

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