2010年1月5日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,372 (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:43 PM PST

AP - As of Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at least 4,372 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq frees militant linked to British hostages (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:46 PM PST

FILE - In this April. 6, 2004, file photo, Qais al-Khazali, then the top aide of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada, al-Sadr, seen in the poster above, speaks during a press conference in Najaf, Iraq. An Iraqi spokesman says authorities have released the leader of a militant group linked to the 2007 kidnapping of five Britons. Interior Ministry spokesman Alaa al-Taii said Tuesday that Qais al-Khazali was released Sunday following his transfer several days earlier from the U.S. to Iraqi custody.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)AP - The Iraqi government has released the leader of a militant Shiite group linked to the 2007 kidnapping of five Britons, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Iraq frees leader of group behind Britons' kidnap (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:51 AM PST

Iraqi authorities have released Qais al-Khazaali, the leader of the Shiite militant group behind the kidnap of five Britons in May 2007, a source from the group and an interior ministry official said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraqi authorities have released the leader of the Shiite militant group behind the kidnap of five Britons in May 2007, a source from the group and an interior ministry official said on Tuesday.

Iraq says militant leader linked to hostages freed (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:16 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq has released a Shi'ite militant leader, an Interior Ministry official said on Tuesday, raising hopes that the last of five British hostages captured in Baghdad more than 2-1/2 years ago would be returned.

Iraq to file US lawsuits over oil-for-food: minister (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:57 AM PST

Iraq will file lawsuits in the United States against foreign firms for alleged fraud in a UN oil-for-food scheme under Saddam Hussein's regime, the country's commerce minister Safaldin al-Safi told AFP Tuesday.(AFP/File)AFP - Iraq will file lawsuits in the United States against foreign firms for alleged fraud in a UN oil-for-food scheme under Saddam Hussein's regime, the country's commerce minister told AFP Tuesday.

Iraq records 77 executions for terrorism offences in 2009 (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:11 AM PST

An Iraqi policeman (L) waves vehicles through a checkpoint, located underneath a highway overpass, in central Baghdad in 2008. Iraq executed 77 people last year, all of whom were convicted of terrorism-related offences, the country's supreme court said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraq executed 77 people last year, all of whom were convicted of terrorism-related offences, the country's supreme court said on Tuesday.

Iraq cabinet approves four major oil field deals (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:46 AM PST

An Iraqi worker walks at the Halfaya oil field near the southern city of Amara in December 2009. Iraq's cabinet approved on Tuesday four deals with foreign energy firms to dramatically ramp up the country's oil output, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq's cabinet approved on Tuesday four deals with foreign energy firms to dramatically ramp up the country's oil output, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.

Iraqi police seize artifacts amid smuggling fears (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:37 AM PST

In this photo released by the Iraqi Police, showing some of the artifacts seized by the police which were discovered hidden near a shrine, in Nasiriyah, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. Iraqi police on Tuesday seized a small cache of ancient statues and other artifacts in the south of the country, officials said, as authorities investigate the possible smuggling of the statues and shards with writing on them dating back to the ancient Sumerian civilization, which is more than 4,000-years old.(AP Photo/Iraqi Police, HO) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLEAP - Iraqi police on Tuesday seized a small cache of ancient statues and other artifacts in the south of the country that officials said were set to be smuggled abroad and sold.

Blair to face Iraq war inquiry, big demand for seats (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:54 AM PST

Reuters - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will make his hugely-anticipated appearance before an official inquiry into the Iraq War in late January or early February, the inquiry team said on Tuesday.

Visiting Iraq, US senators 'regret' Blackwater ruling (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:44 AM PST

Members of the US private security company Blackwater aboard a Hughes 500 helicopter in Baghdad in 2006. Four US senators have voiced AFP - Four US senators voiced "regret" on Tuesday over a court's decision to drop charges against American private security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in an unprovoked attack in 2007.

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