2010年3月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Chaos marks Iraq election vote tally (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 01:33 PM PDT

Iraqi journalists look at screens Tuesday, March 16, 2010, showing the partial preliminary results in Baghdad, Iraq. Dozens of Iraqi journalists waited hours for results in Iraq's election. What they got Thursday, March 18, 2010 was a single CD containing the information and instructions to make copies themselves, prompting a mad dash to the nearest Internet cafe where they paid $1.20 each to find out who was ahead in the ballot count. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Dozens of Iraqi journalists waited hours for results in Iraq's election. What they finally got was a single CD containing all the information and instructions to make copies themselves, prompting a mad dash to the nearest Internet cafe where they paid $1.20 each to find out who was ahead in the ballot count.

Iraq PM, ex-premier in tight race for parliament (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:25 PM PDT

A combo of file pictures shows Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) and former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Maliki and main rival Allawi are neck-and-neck, with updated results showing their blocs in a tight race to be the largest faction in the Iraqi parliament.(AFP/File)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and rival Iyad Allawi were locked in a close election race, running neck-and-neck for seats in parliament with nearly 90 percent of ballots counted on Thursday.

US soldier dies in combat in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Roger Bacon, father of British Army Major Matthew Bacon, who was killed in Basra, Iraq in 2005, poses with images of his son in a project by artist Steve McQueen at a press preview at the National Portrait Gallery in London March 18, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorAP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in combat in Baghdad.

US soldier killed in Baghdad 'combat operations' (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 08:55 AM PDT

Soldiers from the 3rd US Infantry stand at attention over a casket during a group burial at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. An American soldier has been killed in AFP - An American soldier was killed in "combat operations" in Baghdad on Thursday, the US military said in a statement.

Iraq PM in slim lead with almost 90% of votes counted (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 08:37 AM PDT

An election official at the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Baghdad's Karkh department. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held on to his slim overall lead in the nationwide vote tally over his main challenger Iyad Allawi, updated results from Iraq's general election showed.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held on to his slim overall lead in the nationwide vote tally over his main challenger Iyad Allawi, updated results from Iraq's general election showed on Thursday.

Iraq signs deal for $250mln World Bank loan (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Iraqi Finance Minister Bayan Jabr Solagh attends an exclusive interview with AFP at his office in Baghdad, 2008. Iraq has signed an agreement to receive the first of two 250-million-dollar loans from the World Bank to help the country plug its budget deficit, the finance ministry said(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq has signed an agreement to receive the first of two 250-million-dollar loans from the World Bank to help the country plug its budget deficit, the finance ministry said Thursday.

Iraq Election: Close Results Portend More Trouble (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 11:05 PM PDT

Iraqi employees of the electoral counting and sorting center register more votes in Baghdad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held a slender lead on Tuesday over his main rival in his bid to retain the top job, results from Iraq's parliamentary election showed.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)Time.com - While Maliki and Allawi are neck and neck, neither will have enough votes to govern - or even, perhaps, to claim the right to form a coalition

Iraq needs US help to beat huge refugee crisis: study (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:36 PM PDT

Internally displaced Iraqi children sit by the edge of a tent in the shade at a settlement camp in Najaf, in 2008. Iraq faces a dire humanitarian crisis as huge numbers of displaced Iraqis struggle to survive in squalid camps and Washington has a AFP - The United States has a "special responsibility" to help Iraq address a dire humanitarian crisis that sees huge numbers of displaced Iraqis struggle to survive, an aid group said Wednesday.

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