Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraqi high court certifies March vote results (Reuters)
• 48 states: Funeral protests shouldn't be protected (AP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,400 (AP)
• Clinton welcomes ratification of Iraqi election results (AFP)
• Iraqis OK election results, but there's no sign of new government (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq's north says villagers flee Iranian shelling (Reuters)
• Memorial Day in Iraq: Sacrifices remembered (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
• Iraq supreme court ratifies March election results (AFP)
• Iraqi civilian toll in May highest this year (AFP)
• Iraq president's bloc opens crucial party congress (AFP)
• US ends 'overwatch' of Baghdad checkpoints (AFP)
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Iraqi high court certifies March vote results (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 05:27 PM PDT Reuters - Iraq's Supreme Court on Tuesday certified the final results of a March 7 parliamentary election, affirming the narrow victory of a cross-sectarian coalition led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.

48 states: Funeral protests shouldn't be protected (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 02:05 PM PDT AP - Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia have submitted a brief to the Supreme Court in support of a father who sued anti-gay protesters over their demonstration at the 2006 funeral of his son, a Marine killed in Iraq.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,400 (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 01:38 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, June 1, 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.

Clinton welcomes ratification of Iraqi election results (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 11:03 AM PDT AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday hailed the Iraqi supreme court's ratification of election results, and urged political leaders to move "without delay" to form a new government.

Iraqis OK election results, but there's no sign of new government (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 10:59 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq's top court on Tuesday approved the results of the March parliamentary elections, a move that cements the narrow lead of a secular-led coalition but does little to end the impasse over forming a new government.

Iraq's north says villagers flee Iranian shelling (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 10:29 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said on Tuesday dozens of families had been displaced in days of shelling by Iranian forces pursuing Kurdish rebels in the border region.

Memorial Day in Iraq: Sacrifices remembered (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 10:28 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With heads bowed beneath a palace dome still etched with the initials of Saddam Hussein, dozens of U.S. service members paid tribute Monday to Americans killed in action not only in Iraq, but also in Afghanistan and in wars of the past.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 09:58 AM PDT AP - October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Iraq supreme court ratifies March election results (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 08:44 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's supreme court on Tuesday ratified the results of the country's March general election, clearing the way for a faster pace to government formation talks which remain in limbo.

Iraqi civilian toll in May highest this year (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 07:21 AM PDT AFP - The number of Iraqi civilians killed in acts of violence in May was the highest monthly tally so far this year, figures released on Tuesday showed.

Iraq president's bloc opens crucial party congress (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 07:15 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan opened its party congress on Tuesday, just the third such meeting since its founding in 1975, amid charges of nepotism and graft.

US ends 'overwatch' of Baghdad checkpoints (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 06:33 AM PDT AFP - US military support for Iraqi efforts to secure Baghdad's Green Zone ended on Tuesday, in the latest step in the American withdrawal from Iraq more than seven years after its invasion of Iraq.

(AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 06:40 AM PDT AP - Palestinian medical official says 3 militants killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

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