2010年6月29日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,409 on Tuesday (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:40 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at least 4,409 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Marine accused in Iraqi war crimes is back on duty (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:16 PM PDT

U.S. Marine Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III poses for a portrait on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, in Oceanside, Calif. Hutchins is reporting for duty, four years after he was imprisoned for a murder conviction in a major Iraqi war crimes case. Hutchins tells The Associated Press he feels he will be under the microscope by the Marine Corps when he goes to work Tuesday at Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego. (AP Photo/Adam Lau)AP - Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III put on his uniform and reported for duty Tuesday despite lingering accusations that he killed an unarmed Iraqi man in what became a major war crime case.


Iraq rivals meet to bring premiership row to head (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, pictured on June 7, and his arch rival for the premiership Iyad Allawi met on Tuesday, aides said, in a bid to resolve a row that has stalled coalition talks for months.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his arch rival for the premiership Iyad Allawi met on Tuesday, aides said, in a bid to thrash out a row that has stalled coalition talks for months.


Iraq's main rivals meet on government to end impasse (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Reuters - The two main contenders in Iraq's March election met on Tuesday for only the second time since the inconclusive vote as concerns mounted at the lack of progress in negotiations to form a government.

13 killed in Iraq attacks, including army general (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:38 PM PDT

An Iraqi police officer mans a road block in Baghdad, as tight security measures are imposed following a spate of bombings and killings across the country, on June 21. A suicide bomber killed five people in northern Iraq on Tuesday as bombs in the capital Baghdad killed three people, including an Iraqi general, security officials said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - A series of bombings and shootings around Iraq Tuesday claimed 13 lives, including four policemen, an Iraqi army general and a 9-year-old girl, Iraqi officials said.


Suicide bomber kills five as 16 die in Iraq unrest (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Smoke is seen following a blast in the heart of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, after police thwarted a bomb attack with a controlled explosion. A suicide bomber killed five people in northern Iraq Tuesday as bombs in Baghdad and other attacks raised the overall toll to 16 dead, including an Iraqi general, security officials told AFP.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A suicide bomber killed five people in northern Iraq Tuesday as bombs in Baghdad and other attacks raised the overall toll to 16 dead, including an Iraqi general, security officials told AFP.


Iraq signs multi-billion gas deal with Shell, Mitsubishi (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 09:42 AM PDT

Iraqi Southern Oil Company engineers look towards the flares in the Zubair oil field in southern Iraq in January 2010. State-owned South Gas and Basra Gas companies in southern Iraq will take a 51 percent stake in the contract, with Shell and Mitsubishi taking a 49 percent share, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq approved a multi-billion dollar deal with Royal Dutch Shell and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp on Tuesday that will provide much needed electricity from natural gas currently being wastefully burned off.


Iraqis seek out private schools to educate children (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 06:54 AM PDT

Students attend class at Mama Ayser, a private school in Baghdad June 29, 2010. Once banned under Saddam Hussein, private schools have flourished in Iraq since the 2003 REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Once banned under Saddam Hussein, private schools have flourished in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion as Iraqis become increasingly frustrated with their government's failure to provide basic services.


Blast kills senior policeman and two others in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:49 AM PDT

U.S. Marine Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III poses for a portrait on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, in Oceanside, Calif. Hutchins is reporting for duty, four years after he was imprisoned for a murder conviction in a major Iraqi war crimes case. Hutchins tells The Associated Press he feels he will be under the microscope by the Marine Corps when he goes to work Tuesday at Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego. (AP Photo/Adam Lau)Reuters - * Bomb kills a senior police officer


Petraeus gives evidence to UK's Iraq war inquiry (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:59 AM PDT

Keynote speaker General Davis Petraeus addresses the crowd at a tribute to the National Order of the Purple Heart in New Windsor, New York Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - The head of Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war says his panel has held a private meeting with U.S. General David Petraeus.


UK Iraq inquiry seeks international legal feedback (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:36 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's public inquiry into the Iraq war has invited international lawyers to comment on the government's decision to join the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, its chairman said on Tuesday.
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