Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,409 on Tuesday (AP)
• Marine accused in Iraqi war crimes is back on duty (AP)
• Iraq rivals meet to bring premiership row to head (AFP)
• Iraq's main rivals meet on government to end impasse (Reuters)
• 13 killed in Iraq attacks, including army general (AP)
• Suicide bomber kills five as 16 die in Iraq unrest (AFP)
• Iraq signs multi-billion gas deal with Shell, Mitsubishi (AFP)
• Iraqis seek out private schools to educate children (Reuters)
• Blast kills senior policeman and two others in Iraq (Reuters)
• Petraeus gives evidence to UK's Iraq war inquiry (AP)
• UK Iraq inquiry seeks international legal feedback (Reuters)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,409 on Tuesday (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:40 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at least 4,409 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Marine accused in Iraqi war crimes is back on duty (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:16 PM PDT AP - Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III put on his uniform and reported for duty Tuesday despite lingering accusations that he killed an unarmed Iraqi man in what became a major war crime case.

Iraq rivals meet to bring premiership row to head (AFP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:53 PM PDT AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his arch rival for the premiership Iyad Allawi met on Tuesday, aides said, in a bid to thrash out a row that has stalled coalition talks for months.

Iraq's main rivals meet on government to end impasse (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:38 PM PDT Reuters - The two main contenders in Iraq's March election met on Tuesday for only the second time since the inconclusive vote as concerns mounted at the lack of progress in negotiations to form a government.

13 killed in Iraq attacks, including army general (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:38 PM PDT AP - A series of bombings and shootings around Iraq Tuesday claimed 13 lives, including four policemen, an Iraqi army general and a 9-year-old girl, Iraqi officials said.

Suicide bomber kills five as 16 die in Iraq unrest (AFP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:38 PM PDT AFP - A suicide bomber killed five people in northern Iraq Tuesday as bombs in Baghdad and other attacks raised the overall toll to 16 dead, including an Iraqi general, security officials told AFP.

Iraq signs multi-billion gas deal with Shell, Mitsubishi (AFP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 09:42 AM PDT AFP - Iraq approved a multi-billion dollar deal with Royal Dutch Shell and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp on Tuesday that will provide much needed electricity from natural gas currently being wastefully burned off.

Iraqis seek out private schools to educate children (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 06:54 AM PDT Reuters - Once banned under Saddam Hussein, private schools have flourished in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion as Iraqis become increasingly frustrated with their government's failure to provide basic services.

Blast kills senior policeman and two others in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:49 AM PDT Reuters - * Bomb kills a senior police officer

Petraeus gives evidence to UK's Iraq war inquiry (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:59 AM PDT AP - The head of Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war says his panel has held a private meeting with U.S. General David Petraeus.

UK Iraq inquiry seeks international legal feedback (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:36 AM PDT Reuters - Britain's public inquiry into the Iraq war has invited international lawyers to comment on the government's decision to join the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, its chairman said on Tuesday.

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