Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote (AP)
• Iraq explosives detection gadget does not work: US general (AFP)
• Obama hails Iraq's new 2010 election law (AFP)
• Iraq passes election law paving way for January poll (Reuters)
• Obama hails Iraq's approval of 2010 election law (AFP)
• Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq (AP)
• Iraq poll law step toward U.S. withdrawal: Obama (Reuters)
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• Women fight new battle in Iraq's insurgent corner (Reuters)

Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 05:17 PM PST AP - Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal.

Iraq explosives detection gadget does not work: US general (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:33 PM PST AFP - A top US army officer said on Sunday he did not have confidence in a hand-held device used by Iraq's security forces to detect explosives and stop suicide bombers passing through checkpoints.

Obama hails Iraq's new 2010 election law (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 01:54 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama congratulated Iraqi MPs Sunday on approving a new law to govern 2010 general elections, saying it was an important step towards ensuring a lasting peace.

Iraq passes election law paving way for January poll (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:50 PM PST Reuters - Iraqi lawmakers passed a long-delayed election law on Sunday to pave the way for a January poll, after parliament sidestepped a potentially explosive row over the oil-producing city of Kirkuk.

Obama hails Iraq's approval of 2010 election law (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:46 PM PST AFP - Iraq's fractious MPs on Sunday finally approved a law to govern the country's general election in early 2010, a move hailed by US President Barack Obama as an important step towards a lasting peace.

Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:43 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability.

Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 10:59 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.

Iraq poll law step toward U.S. withdrawal: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 10:44 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the approval of a long-delayed election law by Iraq's parliament would allow the polls to go ahead early next year and pave the way for the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

(AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 10:16 AM PST AP - Obama: New Iraqi election law an important milestone, advances political process to bring lasting peace

(AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 09:06 AM PST AP - Iraqi lawmakers pass long-delayed election law, paving way for nationwide-vote

Women fight new battle in Iraq's insurgent corner (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 07:08 AM PST Reuters - In what was once one of Iraq's deadliest areas, women who survived sectarian carnage and insurgency now fight a new battle to feed families whose menfolk have been killed, jailed or left jobless.

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