2010年4月26日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi court bans candidates in election disarray (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 06:08 PM PDT

Iraqi election officials count votes at a polling station in Karbala, March 2010. An Iraqi spokesman for a controversial investigative committee said that a judicial panel has invalidated the candidatures of 52 people who stood in Iraq's March 7 general election.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AP - An Iraqi court threw the nation's disputed election into deeper disarray Monday by disqualifying 52 candidates, including one winner, in a legal ruling that cast doubt on the slim lead of a Sunni-backed alliance over the prime minister's political coalition.


US soldier pleads not guilty in contractor's death (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:33 PM PDT

AP - A soldier accused of killing a military contractor in Iraq has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.

Journalist group demands probes into Iraq deaths (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 02:24 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States should hold comprehensive, impartial and public inquiries into the deaths of 16 journalists and three media support workers killed by U.S. troops in Iraq, a media lobby group said on Monday.

At Iraqi border outpost, a U.S.-Iran game of 'spy vs. spy' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:57 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - JOINT SECURITY STATION WAHAB, Iraq — This windswept U.S. garrison on Iraq's border with Iran has no running water and sporadic mail service, and it's so easily overlooked that the military accidentally canceled its contract for portable toilets last month, forcing the 60 soldiers who live here to resort to disposable waste bags for a while.

US tells Iraq to 'get show on the road' amid vote row (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:10 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands in front of a portrait of former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi in Baghdad on April 17. The United States admitted its concern about Iraq's stumbling democracy on Monday, urging the country's leaders to AFP - The United States admitted its concern about Iraq's stumbling democracy on Monday, urging the country's leaders to "get this show on the road" and form a new government almost seven weeks after elections.


George W. Bush to release memoir on November 9 (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Reuters - George W. Bush, whose U.S. presidency was marked by the September 11 attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will release a memoir on November 9, his publisher said on Monday.

Iraq election turmoil as panel invalidates votes (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:50 AM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.  An Iraqi man holds his identification as he waits to cast his vote at a polling station in Dolatabad area southern Tehran March 7, 2010. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlReuters - A review panel on Monday invalidated votes cast for 52 candidates in Iraq's election, throwing into doubt the slim lead of a Sunni-backed alliance and setting the stage for a possible spike in sectarian violence.


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