Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,393 (AP)
• Iraq-Iran border post: From 'Checkpoint Charlie' to tourist gate? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Clinton urges Iraq to form new government quickly (AFP)
• Burned Iraqi boy returns home after surgery in US (AP)
• Clinton urges Iraq's candidates to 'set aside differences' (AFP)
• The loneliness of Iraq's medal-winning runner (AFP)
• Lufthansa resumes flights to Iraq (AFP)
• Iraq delays ruling on election candidate ban (Reuters)
• US expresses first concerns over Iraq election results (The Christian Science Monitor)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,393 (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:02 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at least 4,393 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraq-Iran border post: From 'Checkpoint Charlie' to tourist gate? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 02:46 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - 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.

Clinton urges Iraq to form new government quickly (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 02:29 PM PDT AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged Iraqi leaders to resolve rows over the March elections and form a new government quickly, as more winning candidates risked being disqualified.

Burned Iraqi boy returns home after surgery in US (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 11:48 AM PDT AP - After a year in the U.S. where he underwent five surgeries to treat severe burns, the Iraqi boy seemed a bit uncertain as he waited for his bags Tuesday at the Baghdad airport.

Clinton urges Iraq's candidates to 'set aside differences' (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:51 AM PDT AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged the candidates in Iraq's March 7 elections to "set aside their differences" and respect the vote, in the interest of "a strong, independent and democratic" country.

The loneliness of Iraq's medal-winning runner (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:08 AM PDT AFP - Mahmud Kamel Ahmed has endured war, family tragedy and moral disdain on the road to becoming an international athlete but, undeterred by such obstacles, he is finally reaching his physical peak.

Lufthansa resumes flights to Iraq (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:29 AM PDT AFP - German carrier Lufthansa flew from the northern Iraqi city of Arbil to Frankfurt on Tuesday for the first time in 20 years and said flights to Baghdad are also in the pipeline.

Iraq delays ruling on election candidate ban (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 07:02 AM PDT Reuters - A potentially divisive ruling by an Iraqi review panel on whether to wipe out the votes of nine winning candidates from last month's election has been delayed, possibly until next week, officials said on Tuesday.

US expresses first concerns over Iraq election results (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:10 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi election authorities on Monday announced the disqualification of two winning parliamentary candidates because of alleged Baathist ties while the US said publicly for the first time it was concerned about delays in forming a new Iraqi government.

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