Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Not guilty plea in alleged Ariz. honor killing (AP)
• US helping Iraq adopt election law: Clinton (AFP)
• Inability to compromise may delay Iraqi election (AP)
• Dispute over law means delay likely for Iraq elections (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraqi TV presenter wounded in shooting (AFP)
• UK begins inquiry on Iraq war (AP)
• Iraq parliament passes new vote law (Reuters)
• Iraq vote in fresh doubt as new bill faces veto (AFP)
• Clinton says Iraqi election might be delayed (AP)
• Cheque-cashing crew makes millions in Baghdad (Reuters)
• Iraq parliament passes key investment law (Reuters)
• Tensions between British, US military over Iraq (AFP)

Not guilty plea in alleged Ariz. honor killing (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 05:01 PM PST AP - An Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter because she had become too Westernized has pleaded not guilty in a Phoenix court.

US helping Iraq adopt election law: Clinton (AFP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 03:45 PM PST AFP - The United States is "deeply involved" in efforts to help Iraqi rivals adopt an electoral law, but elections may be delayed, Secretary of Stage Hillary Clinton said Monday.

Inability to compromise may delay Iraqi election (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 02:40 PM PST AP - Iraq's parliament failed Monday to produce an election law that pleased minority Sunni Arabs, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to say that nationwide balloting scheduled for January "might slip" to a later date.

Dispute over law means delay likely for Iraq elections (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 01:18 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq's pivotal national elections, originally scheduled for January, faced a likely delay of weeks or even longer after wrangling over a law setting terms for the polls broke down Monday.

Iraqi TV presenter wounded in shooting (AFP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 11:04 AM PST AFP - An Iraqi television presenter was wounded on Monday when unknown attackers shot him while he was driving to work in central Baghdad, police and the channel he worked for said.

UK begins inquiry on Iraq war (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:31 AM PST AP - A panel investigating Britain's role in the Iraq war begins questioning witnesses this week in an inquiry that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict.

Iraq parliament passes new vote law (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:27 AM PST Reuters - Iraq's parliament on Monday approved an amended law needed to hold an election next year, but the new text risks being vetoed a second time -- which could delay both the vote and next year's partial U.S. troop withdrawal.

Iraq vote in fresh doubt as new bill faces veto (AFP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:28 AM PST AFP - Iraq's upcoming general election will be delayed, a top MP warned, because an amended electoral law agreed on Monday is likely to be vetoed for a second time by the country's Sunni vice president.

Clinton says Iraqi election might be delayed (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:20 AM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding out the possibility that Iraq's national election could be delayed beyond January because of a dispute over the allocation of seats in parliament.

Cheque-cashing crew makes millions in Baghdad (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 05:53 AM PST Reuters - Iraqi authorities are investigating large-scale fraud at Baghdad municipality where employees have stolen millions of dollars, officials said on Monday.

Iraq parliament passes key investment law (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:48 AM PST Reuters - Iraq's parliament passed an investment law on Monday that would allow foreigners to own land for housing projects, and is designed to streamline regulations and applications for foreign investment, lawmakers said.

Tensions between British, US military over Iraq (AFP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 08:21 PM PST AFP - Hostility between US and British military leaders in Iraq ran deep, with one describing his US counterparts as "group of Martians," a newspaper reported Monday, citing leaked government documents.

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