2010年5月25日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,400 (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 01:41 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at least 4,400 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Brazen Baghdad gold heist ends in 15 dead (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 01:11 PM PDT

People inspect the bodies of people killed when masked gunmen attacked gold shops in the southwestern neighborhood of Baiyaa in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Masked gunmen shot up a gold jewelry market in Baghdad Tuesday, killing 15 people before they fled with a large quantity of gold in their arms, police and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Gunmen wearing Arab headscarves and wielding assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and pistols robbed a gold jewelry market in broad daylight Tuesday, killing 15 people in the most brazen example of Baghdad street crime that has soared as sectarian fighting ebbed.

Iraqi election appeals rejected (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2010 12:24 PM PDT

Iraqi soldiers search a vehicle at a checkpoint in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, May 25, 2010. Gunmen shot dead on Monday an Iraqi politician elected to parliament in March for the cross-sectarian Iraqiya coalition of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, police said. The killing of Bashar Mohammed Hamid al-Aqidi in the restive northern city of Mosul will further fuel tensions running high since an inconclusive March 7 election that Iraqis hoped would bring stable government after years of sectarian warfare. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousuly (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)Reuters - Election authorities in Iraq rejected final appeals on Tuesday against the results of a March parliamentary election, which will now move to the Supreme Court for certification.

Iraq Airways drops Britain, Sweden flights (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 09:47 AM PDT

An Iraqi Airways aircraft on the runway after landing at Al-Hamza airport in Najaf, 160 kms south of Baghdad. Iraqi Airways has dropped its services to Britain and Sweden because of the AFP - Iraqi Airways has dropped its services to Britain and Sweden because of the "escalation" of a legal battle with Kuwait, the state-run carrier's chief said in a statement on Tuesday.

Gunmen rob Baghdad gold shops, killing 14, wounding 4 (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 May 2010 09:23 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Gunmen wearing scarves to hide their faces laid siege to a shopping district in southwestern Baghdad just before noon Tuesday, killing at least 14 people in a robbery of several gold shops, Iraqi authorities said.

Anger, recrimination at funeral of Iraqi politician (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2010 08:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi politicians buried a slain Sunni colleague on Tuesday and accused Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government of failing to protect the cross-sectarian Iraqiya alliance that won a March election.

Gunmen kill 8 in Baghdad jewellery heists (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 08:26 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers secure an area in Baghdad. Masked gunmen swooped on jewellers in the Iraqi capital in a brazen morning rampage, killing eight people, including one policeman, and bombing five stores after robbing them.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Masked gunmen swooped on jewellers in the Iraqi capital in a brazen morning rampage on Tuesday, killing eight people, including one policeman, and bombing five stores after robbing them.

Najaf cemetery witness to Iraq's tragic history (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 07:26 AM PDT

In this Sunday, May 16, 2010 photo, Mushtaq Wahab walks through the Shiite cemetery in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. The cemetery is a kind of map to Iraq's history, at least that of its majority Shiites. The country's natural disasters, wars and tragedies are etched across the tomb stones that fill every square foot of its dusty, sun-blasted expanse. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Pictures of the two brothers stare out, side by side, separated by the gulf of a quarter century. Rahim Jabr died in 1981, a foot soldier in the bloody eight year war with Iran, while Naeem was a casualty of the savage sectarian fighting that gripped Baghdad in 2006.

Gunmen kill 14 in Baghdad gold heist: police (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2010 07:20 AM PDT

A giant replica of the official football of the FIFA 2010 Football World Cup. Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq on Tuesday denied plotting attacks against the football World Cup in South Africa next month, deriding as Reuters - Gunmen swooped on a row of Baghdad goldsmiths on Tuesday, killing 14 people and making off with gold and cash in a brazen daylight robbery, an Interior Ministry source said.

Al-Qaida in Iraq denies World Cup plot allegations (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:55 AM PDT

A giant replica of the official football of the FIFA 2010 Football World Cup. Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq on Tuesday denied plotting attacks against the football World Cup in South Africa next month, deriding as AP - Al-Qaida in Iraq has denied government allegations that suspected militants in Iraqi custody were planning to attack the World Cup in South Africa.

Govt negligence blamed for Iraqi MP's death (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:43 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers stand guard outside the Baghdad headquarters of the Iraqi National List, ex-premier Iyad Allawi's bloc. Relatives and colleagues of an Iraqi MP gunned down outside his home blamed government negligence for his death as the lawmaker, from ex-premier Iyad Allawi's bloc, was buried.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Relatives and colleagues of an Iraqi MP gunned down outside his home blamed government negligence for his death as the lawmaker, from ex-premier Iyad Allawi's bloc, was buried on Tuesday.

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