2010年7月5日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Biden, Iraqi president discuss how to end deadlock (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:54 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, meets with Iraqi President Jalal, Talabani, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 5, 2010. Biden urged rival Iraqi politicians Sunday to end months of delays and select new leaders for their wobbly democracy, predicting a peaceful transition of power even as suicide bombers struck government centers in two major cities. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Vice President Joe Biden on Monday made a final effort to push Iraqi leaders to bridge their differences, which have created a dangerous political vacuum as U.S. troops head home.

Iraq's widows: a grim legacy for postwar Iraq (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:21 AM PDT

In this photo taken June 13, 2010, an Iraqi widow waits to receive money from a government office in Baghdad, Iraq. Three decades of wars, massacres and sectarian killing have left Iraq with as many as a million widows, by Iraqi government count. It estimates some 100,000 have lost husbands since the U.S.-led invasion, and the postwar government is struggling to meet their needs. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Three decades of wars, massacres and sectarian killings have left Iraq with as many as a million widows, by Iraqi government count. Hameeda Ayed is one of them.

Biden pushes for Iraq government breakthrough (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:06 AM PDT

US Vice President Joe Biden addresses US soldiers during a naturalisation ceremony at Al-Faw Palace in Baghdad's Camp Victory. Biden made a final bid on Monday to persuade Iraq's squabbling leaders to end their differences and form a government, four months after elections ushered in political deadlock.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden made a final bid on Monday to persuade Iraq's squabbling leaders to end their differences and form a government, four months after elections ushered in political deadlock.

Biden leaves Iraq with no plan to end deadlock (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:02 AM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden attend a naturalization ceremony at Al-Faw Palace in Baghdad July 4, 2010. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - Vice President Joe Biden ended a visit to Iraq on Monday without presenting any plan to nudge the country's leaders toward forming a government, four months after an election.

Iraq troops and Kurd fighters clash in volatile north (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 07:39 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish peshmerga fighters exchanged punches and some gunfire along the volatile frontline between minority Kurds and Iraq's majority Arabs, Iraqi officials said on Monday.

Restive Iraq provinces defy U.S. withdrawal timeline (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:48 AM PDT

Reuters - It was a tip-off about a weapons cache that drew the U.S. soldiers of Charlie Troop away from their Stryker armored vehicles in the densely populated Iraqi town of Jalawla one Friday morning last month.

Blasts mar Biden's call for new gov't, unity (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 08:07 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, his wife, Jill Biden, center and Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, right, are seen during a naturalization ceremony for service members at al-Faw Palace on the western outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 4, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden landed Saturday in Baghdad to coax Iraqi leaders into ending their government impasse as vying political factions remain deadlocked over which political bloc should pick its new leaders, including prime minister. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Vice President Joe Biden urged rival Iraqi politicians Sunday to end months of delays and select new leaders for their wobbly democracy, predicting a peaceful transition of power even as suicide bombers struck government centers in two major cities.

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