2009年11月21日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi MPs to meet Sunday on election wrangle (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 07:24 AM PST

Iraqi parliamentarians in Baghdad in September. Iraqi MPs will meet again on November 22 to try to break the deadlock on a stalled electoral law which has left the country's planned January general election in doubt.(AFP/File/Salam Faraj)AFP - Iraqi MPs will meet again on Sunday to try to break the deadlock on a stalled electoral law which has left the country's planned January general election in doubt.

Iraqi parliament seeks to end election crisis (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 07:06 AM PST

Iraqi Sunni lawmaker Omar Hicheal speaks to the press after an Iraqi Parliament session about the election law on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Iraqi lawmakers are seeking a compromise in a dispute over an election law that was vetoed by a vice president, throwing national polls slated for January into question. Parliament had planned to vote Saturday on the issue, but delayed the proceedings until Sunday while lawmakers search for a solution acceptable to all political blocs. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday sought a compromise in a dispute over an election law that was vetoed by a vice president, throwing national polls slated for January into question.

Iraq parliament struggles over elusive vote deal (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 07:04 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq's parliament suspended efforts on Saturday to reach a deal on a law which is crucial for an election to take place in January and could affect the U.S. military' s plans for a partial withdrawal next year.

Iraq working for release of Americans held in Iran (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 06:03 AM PST

AP - An Iraqi official says Baghdad has contacted Tehran in a bid to secure the release of three Americans detained in Iran, but has received no reply.

US soldier jailed for six months after Iraq offences (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:48 AM PST

Iraqi army soldiers take part in a military training exercise on the outskirts of Basra in August. A US soldier who abused fellow troops in Iraq and then lied about it has been sentenced to six months in jail, fined almost 6,000 dollars and demoted, the American military said.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - A US soldier who abused fellow troops in Iraq and then lied about it was on Saturday sentenced to six months in jail, fined almost 6,000 dollars and demoted, the American military said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,364 (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:59 PM PST

AP - As of Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at least 4,364 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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