Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq's banned Baath holds first public meeting in Syria (AFP)
• Baghdad vote recount to take about 2-3 weeks (AP)
• UN pays out $590 million from Iraqi oil fund (AP)
• Saddam's loyalists in Syria blast US (AP)
• Iraq stumbles toward vote recount (Reuters)
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• New twist in Iraq election crisis: Maliki's enemies latch onto torture allegations (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Nightmare maiden London flight for Iraqi Airways (AFP)
• Baghdad vote recount starts Monday: officials (AFP)
• Iraq slams Kuwait for interfering with its airline (AP)
• Iraqi doctors use acupuncture during drug shortage (Reuters)

Iraq's banned Baath holds first public meeting in Syria (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 01:23 PM PDT AFP - Iraq's banned Baath party, booted out of power in the 2003 US-led invasion, held its first public meeting in the Syrian capital on Thursday.

Baghdad vote recount to take about 2-3 weeks (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:40 PM PDT AP - Iraq's election officials said Thursday that a recount of the Baghdad ballots could take up to three weeks as a car bomb killed eight people in the capital, highlighting again the tenuous security situation while the chaos arising from the March 7 parliamentary vote drags on.

UN pays out $590 million from Iraqi oil fund (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:36 AM PDT AP - A U.N. panel has approved $590 million in compensation payments for victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

Saddam's loyalists in Syria blast US (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:20 AM PDT AP - Supporters of Iraq's late dictator Saddam Hussein gathered in Damascus Thursday to denounce the U.S. "occupation" of Iraq and demand that his loyalists unite.

Iraq stumbles toward vote recount (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:06 AM PDT Reuters - An election recount in Baghdad will start on Monday and may take three weeks, Iraqi officials said on Thursday, further delaying the formation of a new government as U.S. troops prepare to leave.

(AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:25 AM PDT AP - Iraqi officials say 8 killed, 20 injured in car bomb outside Baghdad liquor store.

New twist in Iraq election crisis: Maliki's enemies latch onto torture allegations (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 09:55 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi authorities Thursday announced that an Iraq election recount demanded by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would take up to two weeks. Meanwhile, recent allegations of torture on Maliki's watch have given his political enemies new fodder and could further weaken his ability to head a coalition government.

Nightmare maiden London flight for Iraqi Airways (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 08:20 AM PDT AFP - The first commercial flight between Baghdad and London in 20 years has turned into a nightmare for Iraq after its national airline boss had his passport seized and a chartered plane was impounded.

Baghdad vote recount starts Monday: officials (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:50 AM PDT AFP - A manual recount of ballots cast in Baghdad during last month's Iraqi parliamentary election will begin on Monday and last two weeks, an electoral official said.

Iraq slams Kuwait for interfering with its airline (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:28 AM PDT AP - Iraq's Ministry of Transportation has accused Kuwait of interfering with its fledgling airline service to London.

Iraqi doctors use acupuncture during drug shortage (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:45 AM PDT Reuters - Iraqi doctors faced with a shortage of drugs in a capital city hit by years of conflict have successfully used acupuncture to treat mothers during caesarean section births.

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