Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Attacks kill 12 as Iraqi troops and police vote (Reuters)
• U.S. expects difficult days after Iraqi election (Reuters)
• Iraq early voting shattered by deadly blasts (AP)
• One young voter hopes Iraq election will right wrongs (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Nada's uncles will tell her how to vote in Iraq election (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraq election: Young war generation yearns for old stability (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Among the 'best and brightest,' Rami won't vote in Iraq election (The Christian Science Monitor)
• A look at some of the factions in Iraq's election (AP)
• Campaign styles reflect the choices in Iraq vote (AP)
• Baghdad attacks kill 14 as Iraq voting begins (AFP)
• Senate: US has stake in Iraq elections (AFP)
• Unveiled women stop traffic in Iraq election campaign (AFP)
• Defying bombers, Iraqi security forces vote en masse (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Timeline of events leading up to Iraq election (AP)
• Suicide bombs before Iraq election shows Al Qaeda still active (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Blair's autobiography to be published in September (AP)
• Seven Iraqi soldiers killed as early voting starts (AFP)
• US ponders if Iraq elections vindicate Bush (AFP)
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• Five killed in Baghdad attack as voting begins (AFP)

Attacks kill 12 as Iraqi troops and police vote (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 05:45 PM PST Reuters - Twelve people were killed in Baghdad on Thursday, including seven soldiers and police blown up by suicide bombers, days before a poll that will test Iraq's prospects for stability as U.S. troops prepare to leave.

U.S. expects difficult days after Iraqi election (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 05:42 PM PST Reuters - The process of forming a new Iraqi government after Sunday's election will be long, difficult and possibly violent, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

Iraq early voting shattered by deadly blasts (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST AP - A string of deadly blasts shattered an early round of voting in Iraq Thursday, killing 17 people and highlighting the fragile nature of the country's security gains ahead of crucial parliamentary elections this Sunday.

One young voter hopes Iraq election will right wrongs (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 02:19 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Youssif Mukhtar wants to right the wrongs of the injustice he sees around him. But first he has to get through high school.

Nada's uncles will tell her how to vote in Iraq election (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 02:19 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Nada Hatem Farhan toys with a heart-shaped red pen at the small desk in her bedroom and talks about the gap between the life she expects to have and the one she really wants. The March 7 Iraq elections are her first opportunity to vote, but in her tightly constricted world, she doesn't think any politician in the parliamentary contest will have an effect on her future.

Iraq election: Young war generation yearns for old stability (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 02:18 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Radio host Shahad Abdul Kareem, the rhinestones on her T-shirt and sequined headband sparkling, sits in the semidarkness of the Voice of Fallujah studio waiting for the generator to kick in so she can reach out to young listeners and find out what's on their minds.

Among the 'best and brightest,' Rami won't vote in Iraq election (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 02:18 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In the soft light filtering in from the shattered windows of the Baghdad Fine Arts Institute, Rami Hussein raises his hands to direct his fellow students in a thoroughly modern and anguished adaptation of the world's oldest story â€" an adaptation of the Mesopotamian epic Gilgamesh.

A look at some of the factions in Iraq's election (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 12:53 PM PST AP - A look at some of the major Shiite-led factions and coalitions taking part in Iraq's election:

Campaign styles reflect the choices in Iraq vote (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 12:39 PM PST AP - There were no politicians kissing babies at the campaign rally, but it came close.

Baghdad attacks kill 14 as Iraq voting begins (AFP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:34 AM PST AFP - Early voting in Iraq's general election was overshadowed Thursday by two suicide bombings at polling stations that killed seven soldiers and a mortar attack that claimed the lives of seven civilians.

Senate: US has stake in Iraq elections (AFP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:32 AM PST AFP - Nearly seven years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the US Senate approved Thursday a symbolic bill vowing to help make the country's upcoming parliamentary elections a success.

Unveiled women stop traffic in Iraq election campaign (AFP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:10 AM PST AFP - Feyruz Hatam's face is itself an indication of the change in Iraqi society's view of women that has become apparent in the runup to the country's election on Sunday: it is not covered.

Defying bombers, Iraqi security forces vote en masse (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:14 AM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Shrapnel had flown into Ali al Tamimi's eyes, partially blinding him, and both of his legs were broken in several places.

Timeline of events leading up to Iraq election (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 06:56 AM PST AP - A timeline of key events in Iraq beginning with the U.S.-led invasion to the March 7 parliamentary elections:

Suicide bombs before Iraq election shows Al Qaeda still active (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 06:29 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As early voting begins for the Iraqi election this weekend, tribal sheikhs say Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) is alive and well on the outskirts of Baghdad â€" a belt of communities crucial to the capital's security. While attacks have declined dramatically over the past two years across Iraq, in areas such as Abu Ghraib political attacks have added to the lethal mix of Al Qaeda intimidation and violent crime in the run-up to Sunday’s national election.

Blair's autobiography to be published in September (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 05:13 AM PST AP - Will he expose the deal critics suspect carried Britain and the United States to war in Iraq? Take aim at those who dubbed him President George Bush's poodle? Describe his furious arguments with successor Gordon Brown?

Seven Iraqi soldiers killed as early voting starts (AFP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 03:55 AM PST AFP - Suicide bombers killed seven soldiers and wounded 25 in two separate attacks against Baghdad polling stations on Thursday, an interior ministry official said, as members of the security forces cast their ballots in early voting for Sunday's general election.

US ponders if Iraq elections vindicate Bush (AFP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 03:42 AM PST AFP - "Victory at Last," proclaims the magazine cover. Elections in Iraq, seven years after the US invasion, could belatedly prove former president George W. Bush right, Newsweek magazine suggests in its latest issue.

(AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 03:26 AM PST AP - Iraqi police: 8 die in separate Baghdad blasts; brings death toll in pre-vote violence to 15.

Five killed in Baghdad attack as voting begins (AFP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:56 AM PST AFP - Five people were killed and at least 10 wounded in a rocket or bomb attack near a polling station in a northern district of the Iraqi capital on Thursday, security officials said.

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