Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,386 (AP)
• Complicated quota system helps put Iraqi women in parliament (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Al-Qaida leader in Iraq calls for continued jihad (AP)
• Iraq's two main Shi'ite blocs discuss merger (Reuters)
• Iraq oil revenues dip despite record exports (AFP)
• New Saddam-era mass gave found in Iraq's south (AP)
• Iraq's divided vote may deepen Kirkuk dispute (Reuters)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,386 (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 05:22 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at least 4,386 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Complicated quota system helps put Iraqi women in parliament (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:19 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Maysoun al Damlouji has just one word for the male politicians who are sure to be upset when they find out their newly won parliamentary seats will be handed to female candidates under a quota to increase the role of women in the Iraqi government.

Al-Qaida leader in Iraq calls for continued jihad (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:50 AM PDT AP - The self-described leader of an al-Qaida front group has called for continued jihad against Iraq's American "occupiers" in the wake of the March 7 election that he claimed was boycotted by most Sunni Arabs, according to an audio tape posted Tuesday on militant Web sites.

Iraq's two main Shi'ite blocs discuss merger (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:23 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's two main Shi'ite political blocs, one led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and another whose leaders have close ties to Iran, are discussing a merger that could widen Iraq's sectarian divide.

Iraq oil revenues dip despite record exports (AFP) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 06:39 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi oil revenues dipped in February on slightly lower oil prices despite the highest level of exports in 20 years, the oil ministry said on Tuesday.

New Saddam-era mass gave found in Iraq's south (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:26 AM PDT AP - Iraq's Human Rights Ministry says a Saddam Hussein-era mass grave dating to his 1991 suppression of a Shiite revolt has been unearthed in the south.

Iraq's divided vote may deepen Kirkuk dispute (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:07 AM PDT Reuters - A dispute between Kurds and Arabs over Iraq's oil producing city of Kirkuk may deepen after a strong election challenge by Iyad Allawi's Arab nationalist Iraqiya to the Kurdish ruling bloc.

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