Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• 7th anniversary of Iraq War passes, little noticed (AP)
• In tight Iraq parliament vote, upsets point to future battles (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
• Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq (AP)
• FIFA reinstates Iraq to international football (AFP)
• Rice admits Iraq regrets, says US eventually 'got it right' (AFP)
• Militants declare campaign vs. Iraqi political parties (Reuters)
• Three killed in Baghdad violence (AFP)
• Rice regrets how US prioritized rebuilding in Iraq (AP)

7th anniversary of Iraq War passes, little noticed (AP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - It was a day like any other day — except that it was the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. And, for the most part, that was forgotten.

In tight Iraq parliament vote, upsets point to future battles (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 01:18 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — The count in the Iraqi elections isn't yet over, but tallies released this week reveal upsets in restive provinces that portend a weak and fractious Iraq with battles looming on several fronts: Arab-Kurd rivalries, an internecine Shiite Muslim power struggle and what role Sunni Arabs will play in the next government.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 12:10 PM PDT AP - March 31, 2003: 90,000.

Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq (AP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:01 AM PDT AP - Seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.

FIFA reinstates Iraq to international football (AFP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:42 AM PDT AFP - World football's governing body FIFA on Friday lifted its suspension on the Iraqi Football Association after a solution was found to a spat over alleged government interference, officials said.

Rice admits Iraq regrets, says US eventually 'got it right' (AFP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 07:52 AM PDT AFP - Former top US diplomat Condoleezza Rice voiced regret on Friday at the bloody aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq but said the Bush administration had in the end "got it right" in the country.

Militants declare campaign vs. Iraqi political parties (Reuters) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 07:40 AM PDT Reuters - An al Qaeda-linked militant group that claimed responsibility for recent bombings in Baghdad has declared a new military campaign against Iraqi political parties, according to a group that monitors insurgents' communications.

Three killed in Baghdad violence (AFP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 05:15 AM PDT AFP - Three people were killed, including an Iraqi soldier, and seven others wounded in violence in Baghdad on Friday, security officials said.

Rice regrets how US prioritized rebuilding in Iraq (AP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 04:51 AM PDT AP - Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she would "many times over liberate" Iraq again, but she regretted the Bush administration failed to work closer with Iraqis to rebuild the war-torn country.

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