2009年10月28日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,352 (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:24 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at least 4,352 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

U.N. official heads to Iraq after Baghdad bombings (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 02:24 PM PDT

New Kurdish Prime Minister Bahram Salih takes an oath after his election by parliament to take office, in Abril, 310 km (190 miles north of Baghdad October 28, 2009. After Kurdish parliamentary elections in July that kept the region's two major parties in power, Kurdish lawmakers have picked Iraq's former deputy prime minister, Barham Salih, to head the new government. Analysts say the move may bring a more cordial tone to tense ties between Kurds and majority Arabs in Baghdad. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ POLITICS ELECTIONS CONFLICT)Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday he was sending a senior official from the world body to Iraq soon to discuss a series of recent deadly bombings in Baghdad.

Iraqis' election-law battle rages over status of Kirkuk (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 01:27 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD -- Up against the clock, Iraqi politicians spent Wednesday hammering out the final sticking points of an election law they hope to present to parliament for a vote within days to avoid a risky and embarrassing delay of the January polls.

Iraqi VP joins forces with ex-PM to form new bloc (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 12:18 PM PDT

Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, pictured in September 2009, will join forces with ex-prime minister Iyad Allawi to form a new political bloc ahead of January general elections, an aide said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi will join forces with ex-prime minister Iyad Allawi to form a new political bloc ahead of January general elections, an aide said on Wednesday.

Kurd leader demands control of oil-rich Kirkuk (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 09:11 AM PDT

Security guards inspect the damage at a day care center near the Justice Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Al-Qaida's umbrella group in Iraq claims responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people, including 24 children trapped in a bus leaving the day care center. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The president of Iraq's Kurdish region demanded Wednesday that oil-rich Kirkuk be incorporated into his autonomous area, as parliament prepared for a showdown on the contentious issue of which of the northern city's residents can vote in upcoming elections.

Saboteurs hit Iraq oil pipeline: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:40 AM PDT

An oil refinery in the oil rich city of Kirkuk, north of Baghdad in 2007. A crude oil pipeline in northern Iraq has been damaged by attempted sabotage earlier this week, an oil ministry spokesman has said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - A crude oil pipeline in northern Iraq was damaged by attempted sabotage earlier this week, an oil ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

Six killed in fresh Iraq violence (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:28 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands outside the Justice Ministry in central Baghdad, a day after a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle outside. Six people have been killed, including three women, in attacks in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi police have said, three days after 135 people died in massive bombings in the capital.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Six people were killed, including three women, in attacks in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday, Iraqi police said, three days after 135 people died in massive bombings in the capital.

New Kurdish govt sworn in despite MPs walkout (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:23 AM PDT

Guests and MPs are seated for the swearing in of the new Kurdish regional government in the northern city of Arbil, 350 kms from Baghdad. Lawmakers in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan have sworn in a new government in a session clouded by several MPs walking out after a refusal of separate votes for each minister.(AFP/Safin Hamed)AFP - Lawmakers in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan swore in a new government on Wednesday in a session clouded by several MPs walking out after a refusal of separate votes for each minister.

Iraq parliament to vote on election law: MP (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:28 AM PDT

An electoral worker sits waiting to give out a voting slip depicting the images of Kurdish presidential candidates at a polling station set-up at a school in central Baghdad in July. An Iraqi lawmaker has said parliament will vote on on a key electoral law, potentially ending a stalemate that had raised the prospect of polls scheduled for January being delayed.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - An Iraqi lawmaker said parliament will vote on Thursday on a key electoral law, potentially ending a stalemate that had raised the prospect of polls scheduled for January being delayed.

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