2010年12月19日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq to reveal new government, end 9-month political gap (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 03:17 PM PST

Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is expected to reveal his new cabinet on Monday, ending a nine month political vacuum as investors seek stability to rebuild Iraq after years of war.

Saddam half-brother apologises to Iraqi people (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 10:38 AM PST

A picture released by the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) shows Watban Ibrahim Hassan in 2005. The half-brother of executed president Saddam Hussein has apologised to the Iraqi people for the dictatorial rule of his Baath party and charged ex-deputy premier Tareq Aziz was its architect.(AFP/File)AFP - A half-brother of executed president Saddam Hussein has apologised to the Iraqi people for the dictatorial rule of his Baath party and charged ex-deputy premier Tareq Aziz was its architect.

Rival tells Iraqi PM to keep power-sharing pledge (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 10:17 AM PST

Iraqi federal police march during a graduation ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. The federal Police Training School graduated 600 cadets on Sunday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The main rival of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki urged the Iraqi leader on Sunday to keep his promise to fairly distribute power in the new government about to be formed.

Ex-soldier talks about slaying of Iraqi family (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 08:33 AM PST

FILE - In this April 29, 2009 file photo, former 101st Airborne Division Pfc. Steven Dale Green is escorted to the courthouse on the third day of his trial in Paducah, Ky. Green, an Iraq War veteran serving five life terms for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her parents and sister says he didn't think of civilians as humans after being exposed to extreme war zone violence. Green told The Associated Press in his first media interview since the 2006 killings, that his crimes were fueled in part by experiences in Iraq's particularly violent 'Triangle of Death' where two of his sergeants were gunned down. He also cited a lack of leadership and help from the Army. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)AP - An Iraq War veteran serving five life terms for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her parents and sister says he didn't think of Iraqi civilians as humans after being exposed to extreme war zone violence.

Iraq PM to name cabinet, delay security posts (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 03:49 AM PST

Some two million Shiite Muslim pilgrims complete their Ashura rituals in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad on Friday under heavy security for fear of attacks. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will take charge of Iraq's security temporarily as ministers heading the army and police will not be named when he unveils his cabinet on Monday, sources say.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will himself take charge of Iraq's security as ministers heading the army and police will not yet be named when he unveils his cabinet on Monday, sources said on Sunday.

Iraq PM 'to name cabinet without security ministers' (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 02:23 AM PST

Some two million Shiite Muslim pilgrims complete their Ashura rituals in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad on Friday under heavy security for fear of attacks. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will take charge of Iraq's security temporarily as ministers heading the army and police will not be named when he unveils his cabinet on Monday, sources say.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will take charge of Iraq's security temporarily as ministers heading the army and police will not be named when he unveils his cabinet on Monday, sources said on Sunday.

Grim Xmas for Iraqi Christians as many flee north (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:01 PM PST

In this Dec. 10, 2010 photo, an Iraqi police officer stands guard outside Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad, Iraq. Since the Oct. 31 bloodbath in their Baghdad church, Iraqi Christians are fleeing from Sunni Muslim extremists who view them as nonbelievers and agents of the West. At a time when Christians in various parts of the Muslim world are feeling pressured, Iraqi Christians are approaching their grimmest Christmas since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 and many are fleeing north to the safer Kurdish region of Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - They saw their brethren murdered during Mass and then were bombed in their homes as they mourned. Al-Qaida vowed to hunt them down. Now the Christian community of Iraq, almost as old as the religion itself, is sensing a clear message: It is time to leave.

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