Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• U.S. hands over prisons and prisoners to Iraq (Reuters)
• Iraq faces new test in US handover of last prison (AP)
• Six killed, 20 wounded in Iraq attacks: officials (AFP)
• Lion, wolves and bears draw the crowds at Baghdad pet shop (AFP)
• Charges dropped against gay veteran protester (AP)
• Jailed Tareq Aziz handed over to Iraqis (AFP)
• Saudi to restart Iraq flights after 20-year freeze (AFP)
• Turkey to form professional army to fight rebels (AP)
• Iraq's artists reflect pain, trauma of the war (AP)

U.S. hands over prisons and prisoners to Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 03:27 PM PDT Reuters - The United States has handed over to Iraq dozens of detained former officials of Saddam Hussein's government, including one of its most public faces, ex-Foreign Minister Tareq Aziz, an official said on Wednesday.

Iraq faces new test in US handover of last prison (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 02:20 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military has handed over Tariq Aziz and dozens of other members of Saddam Hussein's inner circle to Iraqi authorities who will assume control Thursday of the last American-run detention facility in the country.

Six killed, 20 wounded in Iraq attacks: officials (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 11:53 AM PDT AFP - A series of six attacks in Baghdad and a shooting west of the capital killed six people, including three daughters and the grandson of a Sufi Muslim order's leader, Iraqi officials said Wednesday.

Lion, wolves and bears draw the crowds at Baghdad pet shop (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT AFP - Sabah Alazawi is doing a roaring trade these days at his Baghdad pet shop -- and not only because he has a lion for sale. Along with dogs, he also offers bears, wolves, monkeys and vultures.

Charges dropped against gay veteran protester (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 08:15 AM PDT AP - Prosecutors have dropped all charges against an openly gay Iraq War veteran who twice chained himself to a White House fence to protest the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Jailed Tareq Aziz handed over to Iraqis (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 07:37 AM PDT AFP - Former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz and 25 other jailed members of Saddam Hussein's former regime were transferred from the US military to Iraqi authorities, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.

Saudi to restart Iraq flights after 20-year freeze (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 04:32 AM PDT AFP - Saudi airline Alwafeer will begin regular flights to Iraq this week, some 20 years after the kingdom stopped flights following Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, an airline official said Wednesday.

Turkey to form professional army to fight rebels (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 04:02 AM PDT AP - Turkey is working on plans for a specially trained military unit to man troublesome outposts along the Turkish-Iraqi border and fight autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels, the defense minister said Wednesday.

Iraq's artists reflect pain, trauma of the war (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:06 PM PDT AP - Iraq's artists are using their work to try to process the turmoil since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, and what they are producing shows a profound anger over their country's traumas and uncertainty over its future.

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