2009年11月17日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Kurdish, Sunni demands may derail Iraqi elections (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:47 PM PST

People mourn next the a coffin of a man who was one of 13 people that were executed by insurgents, during a funeral in the village of al-Saadan near the town of Abu Ghraib on Baghdad's western outskirts, Iraq, on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Gunmen dressed in Iraqi army uniforms are reported to have abducted and killed 13 people whose bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds to the head, including a local leader of Iraq's largest Sunni party, which once helped fight al-Qaida. (AP Photo)AP - Iraq's Kurds threatened Tuesday to boycott national elections, days after the country's Sunni vice president threatened to veto the newly passed election law needed to hold the January vote.

US urges EU, Gulf states to help Iraqi refugees (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 08:29 AM PST

An Iraqi girl looks out from a UNHCR tent at the Chikouk camp for the internally displaced in northwestern Baghdad's Kadhimiya district in July. The United States has urged European countries and wealthy Arab states to boost their aid to the millions of displaced Iraqis, saying they did AFP - The United States urged European countries and wealthy Arab states on Tuesday to boost their aid to the millions of displaced Iraqis, saying they did "far too little" to assist them.

FIFA gives Iraq 72 hours in row over association (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:51 AM PST

Members of the Iraqi team line up at the start of their friendly match against Palestine at the al-Shaab Stadium in central Baghdad in July. FIFA have given Iraq a 72-hour ultimatum to reinstate its national football association or risk suspension from international football.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - FIFA on Tuesday gave Iraq a 72 hour ultimatum to reinstate its national football association or risk suspension from international football.

Baghdad's once ravaged zoo comes back to life (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:46 AM PST

U.S. soldiers stand guard outside the cage of Riley and Hope, two rare Bengal tiger cubs that were donated by a conservation society in North Carolina to the zoo in Baghdad in this August 8, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud/FilesReuters - More than six years after the U.S. invasion left Iraq's main zoo a wasteland of starving animals and deserted cages, the park in central Baghdad is enjoying a vigorous revival and needs to grow.

Lingering effects of Baghdad blasts on Iraqis (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:50 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, Iraqis works in front of the destroyed building of Baghdad's Provincial Administration, in Iraq, The building is one of three government institutions that were destroyed by the twin suicide car bombs that exploded on Oct. 25, 2009. Recent bombings that hit government buildings in downtown Baghdad killed more than 250 people and wounded hundreds more. The blasts also had a wider effect: slowing down the government services Iraqis use on a daily basis. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Sadiya Khadem Rashid just needed a stamp. One stamp from Baghdad's city hall so she could receive $850 in compensation given to displaced Iraqis who return home. But before she could get there, the building was blown up.

Baghdad cop kidnaps then kills boy: police (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:05 AM PST

Iraqi children are reflected in water while enjoying swinging at a park in Baghdad, in 2004. A Baghdad police lieutenant kidnapped his wealthy neighbour's 10-year-old son, killed him and then sought $160,000 before being snared when his phone calls were traced, police have said.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - A Baghdad police lieutenant kidnapped his wealthy neighbour's 10-year-old son, killed him and then sought 160,000 dollars before being snared when his phone calls were traced, police said on Tuesday.

Abu Ghraib attack raises fears of resurgent Al Qaeda in Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The execution-style killings of 13 Iraqis over the weekend west of Baghdad has raised fears than a resurgent Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) is taking advantage of the gaps between retreating US forces and Iraqi troops not yet capable of maintaining security on their own.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,363 (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 05:52 PM PST

AP - As of Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at least 4,363 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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