2009年10月19日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi shoe-thrower launches aid foundation (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:23 PM PDT

Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, gives a press conference at the al-Baghdadia offices in Baghdad in September 2009. Zaidi on Monday launched a foundation to help Iraqi widows and orphans.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - An Iraqi journalist who was jailed for throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush on Monday launched a foundation to help Iraqi widows and orphans.

Holy city helps set course, tone of Iraqi politics (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:21 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - NAJAF, Iraq -- If there's one place in Iraq outside the parliament itself that will set the tone for the country's politics, it's Najaf, a dusty city of about 900,000 that was neglected under Saddam Hussein's Sunni Muslim dictatorship and now bustles with religious tourists visiting the shrine of Imam Ali, a son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad; a new airport; and construction sites everywhere.

Biden meets Iraq's PM Maliki (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:27 AM PDT

This White House handout photo shows US Vice President Joe Biden (R) as he greets Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki of Iraq in the Roosevelt Room, at the White House in Washington, DC. Biden, who is in charge of ensuring a tight focus on Iraq as US troops prepare to withdraw, met Maliki on Monday, the White House said.(AFP/The White House/David Lienemann)AFP - Vice President Joe Biden, who is in charge of ensuring a tight focus on Iraq as US troops prepare to withdraw, met Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday, the White House said.

Iraqi shoe thrower gets hero's welcome in Geneva (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 10:27 AM PDT

Iraqi reporter Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush and became a folk hero in the Arab world for his act, speaks next to his lawyer Swiss Mauro Poggia, right, during a press conference at the Geneva press club, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. The Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at former US president George W. Bush during a press conference last year is hoping to promote a humanitarian foundation in Geneva to support victims of the war in his home country. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)AP - The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of applause.

Kurds cross Iraqi border to Turkey to seek peace (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 09:43 AM PDT

Turkish Kurds demonstrate in support of Kurdish rebels in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. A small group of unarmed Kurdish rebels in combat dress crossed into Turkey from northern Iraq on Monday in a show of support for peace with the Turkish government. Thirty-four Kurds walked across the Iraqi-Turkish Habur border gate, where they were immediately detained by paramilitary police and moved to the headquarters of a nearby military battalion for questioning by four prosecutors, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported. The banner reads: 'Open the way for peace.' (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta1AP - Unarmed Kurdish rebels in combat dress marched into Turkey from northern Iraq on Monday in a show of support for peace with the Turkish government.

Iraqi bank opens women-only branch: chief (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 09:28 AM PDT

An Iraqi employee counts currency at a bank in Baghdad, in 2003. An Iraqi bank has opened a branch entirely dedicated to and operated by women in the holy Shiite Muslim city of Najaf, its chief, who admitted even he could not enter, told AFP Monday.(AFP/File)AFP - An Iraqi bank has opened a branch entirely dedicated to and operated by women in the holy Shiite Muslim city of Najaf, its chief, who admitted even he could not enter, told AFP Monday.

Iraqi MPs delay vote on election law again (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:59 AM PDT

View of the Iraqi parliament building in Baghdad. Iraqi MPs have again delayed a crucial vote on a new electoral law intended to establish a more transparent system for polls due in January, amid disputes over the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.(AFP/Iraqi Prime Minister's Office/File)AFP - Iraqi MPs on Monday again delayed a crucial vote on a new electoral law intended to establish a more transparent system for polls due in January, amid disputes over the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.

American soldier dies in vehicle accident in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 01:55 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in a vehicle accident in northern Iraq.

Leaving Iraq ends US mission veiled in ambivalence (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:01 PM PDT

FILE - This May 28, 2009 file photo shows Cpt. Nathan Williams,of Raleigh, N.C., from Alpha company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment posing for a photograph as his company prepares to leave their base in Hurriyah, in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File)AP - There are just a few days left before U.S. Army Capt. Nathan Williams finally gets to go home.

Investing in Iraq? Stick to banks, hotels say traders (AFP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 07:03 PM PDT

File photo shows Iraqi flags at the oil refinery plant in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, central Iraq. More than six years after a US-led coalition invaded the country and eventually ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraq's economy remains in shambles -- government revenues are almost entirely dependent on oil, and infrastructure remains dated and, in many cases, decrepit.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - In the run-up to a major investment conference in Washington, traders at Iraq's stock exchange pitched their ideas for where foreigners should put their money for the best return -- banks and hotels.

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