Yahoo! News: Iraq

In the wait for new government, ordinary Iraqis suffer (McClatchy Newspapers)
Baghdad's trade in wildlife anything but tame (AP)
Iraq vote results face another possible delay (Reuters)
Special Report: Between Iraq and a rich place (Reuters)

In the wait for new government, ordinary Iraqis suffer (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 May 2010 12:19 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — Athab Jabbar, 70, runs a house of worship, so it tugs at his conscience that his gun-toting guards aren't licensed by the Iraqi government and that he isn't properly registered with the central Shiite Muslim religious authorities.

Baghdad's trade in wildlife anything but tame (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 10:41 AM PDT

AP - A dozen fluffy white kittens with piercing blue eyes frolic in a wire cage, perched perilously atop a pen containing two African lion cubs. Neighborhood schoolchildren stop to feed sunflower seeds to a chained monkey, while three red foxes cower in their curbside enclosure from the street noise.

Iraq vote results face another possible delay (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2010 04:44 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's Supreme Court asked election officials on Thursday to clear up legal issues surrounding an appeal against a candidate, a move that could further delay the certification of March 7 election results.