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Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq's Maliki edges nearer power as rival warns of civil war (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 12:46 PM PDT

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, seen here in March 2010, took a major step forward to staying in power in Iraq when a leading Shiite cleric said he would not block him, but an arch-rival warned of civil war.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a major step toward staying in power on Saturday when a top Shiite cleric said he would not stop him from keeping his job, but an arch-rival warned of civil war.

Maliki 'hijacking' Iraq elections: top Saudi prince (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 05:40 AM PDT

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, seen here in March 2010, took a major step forward to staying in power in Iraq when a leading Shiite cleric said he would not block him, but an arch-rival warned of civil war.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal accused Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday of trying to "hijack" the results of the general election held in Iraq in March.

Iraq to boost oil output 'above 3 mln bpd in 2011' (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 01:56 AM PDT

File picture of the Halfaya oil field near the southern city of Amara. Iraq, which last year awarded 10 contracts to oil majors, expects to add 600,000 barrels per day of new oil to boost output to 3.2 million bpd by end 2011, a top official was quoted as saying.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq, which last year awarded 10 contracts to oil majors, expects to add 600,000 barrels per day of new oil to boost output to 3.2 million bpd by end 2011, a top official was quoted as saying.

For Iraqis, learning Hebrew is a mixed blessing (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 01:49 AM PDT

Iraqi Muslim student Marwa Abdel Karim (L) sings in Hebrew at Baghdad University in the Iraqi capital on May 10. For the first time since it was set up 40 years ago, the language department organised a festival where students sang songs and recited poetry for an enthralled audience of about 100, and gifted tutors with presents.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Wearing an elegant pink headscarf, Marwa Abdel Karim serenades her fellow Baghdad University students with a heartfelt rendition of "Filled With Love," remarkable for the language in which it is sung -- Hebrew.

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