2010年7月12日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi schools, once renowned, still reeling from war (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 11:46 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Security has improved across Iraq, and along with it attention to an education system battered by decades of deprivation, and, since US forces took over in 2003, attacks by Islamist militants intent on disrupting daily life.

Ex-diplomat: UK exaggerated Iraq WMD claims (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 11:38 AM PDT

AP - The U.K. government intentionally exaggerated its assessment of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, a former diplomat told Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war on Monday.

Iraq stumbles into month 5 with no new government (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 14, 2010 file photo, a  member of the new Iraqi Parliament makes a phone call before the first session of Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq on Monday delayed a parliament session scheduled for this week as the political impasse over who will lead the country drags into its fifth month.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Hopes that Iraq's parliament could convene this week fell apart Monday as the country stumbled into month five with no new government and the prime minister hitting a brick wall with his nominal Shiite allies, some of whom deeply oppose him staying in his post.


Saudi urges Iraq parties to form government (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 07:57 AM PDT

Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz waves as he arrives at a ceremony in Jeddah, 2008. Saudi Arabia called on Iraq's political parties to move quickly to form a new government to enhance the country's stability and security.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)AFP - Saudi Arabia on Monday called on Iraq's political parties to move quickly to form a new government to enhance the country's stability and security.


Parliament gives Iraq leaders two more weeks to form govt (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:16 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier guarding a location of al-Iriqayah secular bloc stands in front of a portrait of former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi in Baghdad, April 2010. Iraqi politicians extended an inaugural parliamentary session by two weeks to give rival blocs more time to form a government, more than four months after an inconclusive poll.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraqi politicians on Monday extended an inaugural parliamentary session by two weeks to give rival blocs more time to form a government, more than four months after an inconclusive poll.


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