2010年3月30日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi artist who opposed Saddam now fights 'terrorist' label (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 03:27 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A federal judge is forcing the Department of Homeland Security to process the permanent-residency request of an Iraqi artist despite the U.S. government's claims that he could be considered a terrorist under post-Sept. 11 laws.

Iraqi PM fights to hold power, risks sectarian war (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, file)AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's postelection strategy suggests he is prepared for a long and bitter fight to hold on to power, even if it alienates the country's Sunni community and risks new sectarian warfare.


Iraq's Allawi accuses Iran of interference (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 01:10 PM PDT

Premier-elect Iyad Allawi is surrounded by security and cameras in Baghdad on March 27. Allawi accused neighbouring Iran on Tuesday of seeking to prevent him becoming prime minister again, after his bloc emerged strongest from national elections.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi accused neighbouring Iran on Tuesday of seeking to prevent him becoming prime minister again, after his bloc emerged strongest from national elections.


Sadrists organise referendum to name Iraq PM (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 12:32 PM PDT

An Iraqi elderly couple cast a ballot at a polling station in Baghdad's Shiite bastion of Sadr City on March 7. The movement loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr, which has emerged as a kingmaker in the aftermath of elections, will organise a vote to see who its supporters want to be Iraq's next leader, it said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The movement loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr, which has emerged as a kingmaker in the aftermath of elections, will organise a vote to see who its supporters want to be Iraq's next leader, it said Tuesday.


Maliki is block in Iraq coalition merger talks (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 11:24 AM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (center R) meets with a delegation from the U.S. congress, in Baghdad, March 28, 2010. REUTERS/Iraqi Government/HandoutReuters - Disagreement over a second term for Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is snarling merger talks between his coalition and a fellow Shi'ite bloc with close ties to Iran, sources close to the talks said on Tuesday.


Iraq PM will follow law on election: US envoy (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:30 AM PDT

US ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill speaks during an interview with AFP in Baghdad in January 2010. Hill voiced confidence Tuesday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki would abide by the law despite his mounting criticism of what he alleges is election fraud.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The US ambassador to Iraq voiced confidence Tuesday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki would abide by the law despite his mounting criticism of what he alleges is election fraud.


Convicted Iraq war roadside bomber in Dutch jail (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 09:34 AM PDT

AP - A Dutch citizen convicted of conspiring to kill Americans with roadside bombs in the Iraq war was flown back to the Netherlands Tuesday to serve his sentence, his lawyer said.
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