Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Marines to mark official end of their Anbar mission in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Biden in Iraq to help ease pre-election tensions (AP)
• Biden in Iraq to defuse barred election candidates row (AFP)
• VP Biden flies into Iraq amid Baathist row (Reuters)
• Biden in Iraq to help ease pre-election tensions (AP)
• Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Iraq: US official (AFP)
• UK PM to appear before Iraq War inquiry before vote (Reuters)
• Italy's ENI to lead $20 bln investment in Iraq (AFP)
• Premier to appear soon at Britain's Iraq inquiry (AP)
• British PM to face Iraq inquiry before election (AFP)

Marines to mark official end of their Anbar mission in Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:56 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — U.S. Marines formally end their presence in Iraq's Anbar province Saturday, marking the conclusion of a bloody seven-year battle that claimed hundreds of Marine lives and featured some of the war's fiercest fighting.

Biden in Iraq to help ease pre-election tensions (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:20 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden brought Washington's concerns about Iraqi political tensions directly to leaders in Baghdad on Friday, but officials appeared to leave little room for outside mediation over whether to ban hundreds of election candidates for suspected links to Saddam Hussein's regime.

Biden in Iraq to defuse barred election candidates row (AFP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Friday on a mission aimed at defusing a political crisis after hundreds of candidates allegedly linked to Saddam Hussein were barred from March elections.

VP Biden flies into Iraq amid Baathist row (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:36 PM PST Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Friday to meet with Iraqi leaders amid a squabble over a decision to bar candidates from March elections due to suspected links to Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party.

Biden in Iraq to help ease pre-election tensions (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:21 AM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden is in Baghdad to try to ease rising tensions that have threatened to delay Iraq's March elections.

Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Iraq: US official (AFP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 09:50 AM PST AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Friday on a mission aimed at defusing a political crisis after hundreds of candidates allegedly linked to Saddam Hussein were barred from an election.

UK PM to appear before Iraq War inquiry before vote (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 07:14 AM PST Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed on Friday he would appear at a public inquiry into the Iraq War before this year's election, a move which could damage the ruling Labor party at the ballot box.

Italy's ENI to lead $20 bln investment in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:58 AM PST AFP - A consortium led by Italian oil company ENI early Friday finalised a 20-year contract to develop the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq, the company said in a statement.

Premier to appear soon at Britain's Iraq inquiry (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:22 AM PST AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be quizzed sooner than expected about his role in the decision to join the unpopular war in Iraq, the chairman of an inquiry into the conflict confirmed Friday.

British PM to face Iraq inquiry before election (AFP) Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:01 AM PST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has agreed to appear at Britain's Iraq war inquiry before a general election due by June, rather than after as previously expected, the probe's chairman said on Friday.

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