2009年11月1日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq parliament speaker calls for death penalty suspension (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 02:16 PM PST

Iraqi parliament speaker Iyad al-Samarrai, pictured in September 2009, called for a suspension of executions until after elections set for January, to ensure that political parties do not use them as issues during the election campaign.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Iraq's parliament speaker on Sunday called for a suspension of executions until after elections set for January, to ensure that political parties do not use them as issues during the election campaign.

Kirkuk at the heart of Iraq election law deadlock (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:03 PM PST

In this file photo taken on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, patrons sit at a cafe in central Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Iraq's capital Baghdad. Iraqi politicians are debating with new hostility over control of Kirkuk, a shabby northern city set near rich oil fields that both the self-ruling Kurds and the central government want. The deadlock threatens to delay Iraq's nationwide elections set for mid-January, and in turn could possibly disrupt American plans to withdraw troops shortly after. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed, file)AP - Iraqi politicians have been turning up their rhetoric over Kirkuk, the oil-rich city that both Kurds in the north and Arabs in the south want to control.

Ten killed as Iraq hit by new spate of bombings (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:25 AM PST

A police officer stands next to a damaged police vehicle in the town of Mussayib in Babil province, south of the capital Baghdad. A spate of violence across Iraq killed at least 10 people on Sunday, as officials said repairs to government offices struck by massive bombings last week will cost around 16 million dollars.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A spate of violence across Iraq killed at least 10 people on Sunday, as officials said repairs to government offices struck by massive bombings last week will cost around 16 million dollars.

Baghdad International Fair opens its doors to investors (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:47 AM PST

New vehicles are displayed at the 36th Baghdad International Fair. The Baghdad International Fair opened its doors on Sunday for the first time since 2002 as Iraq searches for investors to rebuild its moribund economy after years of violence and sanctions.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The Baghdad International Fair opened its doors on Sunday for the first time since 2002 as Iraq searches for investors to rebuild its moribund economy after years of violence and sanctions.

Police: Bicycle bomb kills 5 in southern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:03 AM PST

Civilians inspect a damaged car after a car bomb went of in the western city of Ramadi,70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Two people — including a policeman — were killed when twin car bombs exploded minutes apart in the visitors' parking lot of Ramadi's Traffic Police Directorate. (AP Photo)AP - A bomb attached to a bicycle killed five people in southern Iraq on Sunday, and at least five others were killed in violence across the country, police said.

Obama condemns 'outrageous' Baghdad bombings (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:00 AM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 29. Obama led US condemnation of twin suicide bombings that rocked Baghdad Sunday, the deadliest in more than two years, saying they showed the attackers' AFP - President Barack Obama led US condemnation of twin suicide bombings that rocked Baghdad Sunday, the deadliest in more than two years, saying they showed the attackers' "hateful and destructive" agenda.

Iraq Stock Exchange moves to full week of trading (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 07:28 AM PST

A woman places a call to a broker on the other side of a glass screen at the Baghdad Stock Exchange on October 18. Iraq's stock exchange on Sunday moved to electronic trading every day of the business week for the first time, in a step towards embracing the modern world of international finance.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq's stock exchange on Sunday moved to electronic trading every day of the business week for the first time, in a step towards embracing the modern world of international finance.

Baghdad bombs to cost $16m in repairs (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 07:07 AM PST

A man weeps as he walks away from the ministries of justice and labour in Baghdad following the suicide bombings there on October 26. Repairs to government buildings after the massive bombings in the centre of the Iraqi capital last week will cost around 16 million dollars, officials said on Sunday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Repairs to government buildings after massive bombings in the centre of the Iraqi capital last week will cost around 16 million dollars, officials said on Sunday.

Ariz. jails Iraqi driver after daughter run down (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 05:54 AM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Peoria Police Department, Faleh Almaleki is seen. Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming 'too Westernized,' has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Peoria Police Department)AP - An Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter with his car because she was becoming "too Westernized" was returned to Arizona Saturday to face aggravated assault charges.

Frustrated in Iraq, U.S. troops eye Afghan action (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:25 AM PST

A U.S. soldier runs down a slope during a joint foot patrol with Canadian and Afghan National Army in Arghandab district, Kandahar Province, October 31, 2009. REUTERS/ Omar SobhaniReuters - Frustrated by their decreasing military role in Iraq as they hand over to Iraqi security forces, many U.S. soldiers are itching to join the war in Afghanistan.

Iraq polls 'at risk' without vote details (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 03:58 AM PST

A woman with traditional tatooes on her hand dips her finger in indelible ink as she casts her ballot in a primary to choose candidates for January 2010 parliamentary elections in Sadr City, October 16. Iraq's electoral body warned on Sunday that polls set for January will have to be delayed if procedures are not ironed out in the next two days.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's electoral body warned on Sunday that polls set for January will have to be delayed if procedures are not ironed out in the next two days, as a parliamentary vote on an election law was again postponed.

Bicycle and bus bombs kill 8 in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 03:13 AM PST

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2007 file photo shows KBR's headquarters in downtown Houston. According to an internal Oct. 26, 2009 Defense Department audit, Houston-based KBR Inc. has increased employee levels while U.S. troops steadily leave the country after more than six years of war. As a result, the U.S. government is paying far more in labor costs in Iraq than it should as military resources are shifted to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)Reuters - A bicycle loaded with explosives killed five people and wounded 37 at a market in Mussayab, south of Baghdad, on Sunday and a bomb on a bus killed at least three more further south in Kerbala, police and health officials said.

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