2010年3月31日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Abducted Army linguist glad to be back in US (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:49 PM PDT

AP - A civilian Army employee kidnapped while working as a linguist in Iraq released a statement Wednesday saying he is delighted to be back in the United States and is focused being able to reintegrate back into his normal life.

Al-Sadr asks backers for input on future Iraq PM (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:33 PM PDT

Former Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi, speak to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 during a joint press conference with Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, not seen.The former Iraqi prime minister whose electoral bloc was the top-vote getter in parliamentary elections has met with Iraq's Kurdish president in an effort to shore up Kurdish support he would need to form a government. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraq's political disarray deepened Wednesday when a potential kingmaker withheld his support from both big election winners and said he would ask his supporters to make the choice in a referendum.


Iraq Election: Media Call Allawi Win, Deadlock Remains (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Iyad Allawi has accused Iran of meddling in Iraq's election, as Shi'ite rivals maneuver to deny him the premiership. An inconclusive outcome could leave Iraq politically adrift

Security Council backs Iraq election results (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 01:20 PM PDT

AP - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday called on all political parties to respect Iraq's election results and the choices of the Iraqi people.

Mounting obstacles block efforts to form new Iraq government (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 12:46 PM PDT

Iraqi men inspect the full winner's list from general elections, in Baghdad on March 29. Charges of Iranian meddling, constitutional conflicts and bad blood between bitter rivals: obstacles blocking the formation of a new government have piled up in the aftermath of Iraq's general election.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Charges of Iranian meddling, constitutional conflicts and bad blood between bitter rivals: obstacles blocking the formation of a new government have piled up in the aftermath of Iraq's general election.


Iran denies meddling in Iraqi politics (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Iran on Wednesday denied charges of meddling in Iraqi politics as alleged by Iyad Allawi, pictured in February 2010, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq's election, while vowing to help efforts to form a new government in Baghdad.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iran on Wednesday denied charges of meddling in Iraqi politics as alleged by Iyad Allawi whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq's election, while vowing to help efforts to form a new government in Baghdad.


Iraq PM appeals poll results, Sadr plans referendum (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 09:56 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 - Iraq's prime minister said on Wednesday that his party had formally appealed the results from the country's tight parliamentary elections, a move that could further delay the formation of a new government.


Dead soldier's father must pay organizer of anti-gay protest (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 07:52 AM PDT

Baptist preacher Fred Phelps(L) and Betty Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, during an anti-gay rally in 2003. The father of a US Marine killed in Iraq in 2006 has been ordered to pay 16,000 dollars to Phelpswho organized an anti-gay protest during his son's funeral, an attorney has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Springer)AFP - The father of a US Marine killed in Iraq in 2006 has been ordered to pay 16,000 dollars to the preacher who organized an anti-gay protest during his son's funeral, an attorney has said.


Dad of a fallen Marine perseveres against protests at military funerals (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Baptist preacher Fred Phelps(L) and Betty Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, during an anti-gay rally in 2003. The father of a US Marine killed in Iraq in 2006 has been ordered to pay 16,000 dollars to Phelpswho organized an anti-gay protest during his son's funeral, an attorney has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Springer)The Christian Science Monitor - A father of a Marine killed in Iraq says he won't pay the legal fees of a protest group who picketed at his son's funeral in 2006 â€" at least not until he hears from the US Supreme Court on the matter.


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