2010年7月28日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Troubled Iraq league gets August 3 restart (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:28 PM PDT

An Iraqi sells football shirts and accessories at his store in central Baghdad, on July 24. Iraq's national league will restart on August 3, the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) said on Wednesday, after two weeks of political turmoil.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq's national league will restart on August 3, the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) said on Wednesday, after two weeks of political turmoil.

U.S. keeps pressure on Iraq to form new government (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:19 PM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (centre R) meets with Iyad Allawi (centre L), Iraq's former Prime Minister and head of the delegation of the Iraqiya coalition, in Baghdad July 20, 2010. REUTERS/Iraqi Government/HandoutReuters - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Iraq's politicians, still unable to agree on a new government, to "get on with the business of governing" as U.S. troops prepare to end their combat mission.

Iraq film directors look to build 'Baghdadwood' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:04 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The windows that would catch a breeze off the Tigris River are cracked, the brick floors covered in debris. But as Oday Rasheed wrests off a padlock and looks around the historic house in the commercial heart of Baghdad, he sees the future of the country's film industry.

Biden: US troops halted 'chaos' and 'destruction' in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 11:44 AM PDT

US Vice President Joe Biden, pictured on July 14, declared Wednesday that anti-US forces who wanted to consign Iraq to AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden declared Wednesday that anti-US forces who wanted to consign Iraq to "chaos and destruction" had failed, as he welcomed home a much decorated military unit.

Iraq signs electricity deal with French firm Alstom (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:23 AM PDT

French engineering giant Alstom chief executive Patrick Kron talks during a press conference in May 2010. French energy infrastructure firm Alstom on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraq to build a power plant in southern Iraq, which is suffering a severe electricity shortfall.(AFP/File/Eric Piermont)AFP - French energy infrastructure firm Alstom on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraq to build a power plant in southern Iraq, which is suffering a severe electricity shortfall.

US military investigates contractor work force (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 09:05 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. military said Wednesday it is clamping down on contracting firms on American military bases using employees whose home countries ban travel to Iraq, raising questions about why the contractors were allowed to work in the country for so long despite the ban.

British army almost "seized up" in Iraq, Afghan wars (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:02 AM PDT

British soldiers hold their weapons as they rush to the scene of the British helicopter crash site in Basra, 550 Km, (341miles) south of Baghdad May 6, 2006. REUTERS/Wisam AhmadReuters - Britain's army was on the verge of "seizing up" in 2006 when it faced a "perfect storm" of simultaneous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a former military chief said on Wednesday.

Worried about bombs? Work and live at Baghdad airport (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:27 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers guard a checkpoint on a road leading to the Baghdad International airport July 5, 2008. REUTERS/Erik de CastroReuters - Worried about bombs and suicide attacks? Iraq has the solution for businessmen who want to invest but fear venturing into Baghdad's dangerous streets -- work and live in a mini-city right next to the airport.

Twelve killed in Iraq as Shiite pilgrimage ends (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:25 AM PDT

Iraqis look at the debris after a bomb blast in the Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City in north Baghdad. A series of attacks in Baghdad and a holy Iraqi city killed 12 people, while five others died in a helicopter crash, as major religious ceremonies came to a close.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - A series of attacks in Baghdad and a holy Iraqi city killed 12 people, while five others died in a helicopter crash, as major religious ceremonies came to a close, officials said on Wednesday.

11 killed in Iraq helicopter crash, bombings (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 03:51 AM PDT

A worker clears away blood and debris after a suicide attack on Shiite pilgrims in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq,Tuesday, July 27, 2010. According to police, a female suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint near the Imam Hussein shrine where pilgrims are gathered to mark an important religious holiday, known as Shabaniyah, that attracts devout Shiites from around the country. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - A sandstorm downed an Iraqi military helicopter Wednesday, killing its five-man crew, while midmorning Baghdad bombings claimed the lives of six people, officials said.

Five killed as sandstorm brings down Iraq helicopter (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:54 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers take position as they disembark from an Mi-17 helicopter at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad in March 2010. A sandstorm brought down an Iraqi military helicopter, killing all five of its crew.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A sandstorm brought down an Iraqi military helicopter on Wednesday, killing all five of its crew, the commander of the country's air force said.

Bomb kills five in Baghdad, helicopter crashes (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:27 AM PDT

Fire fighters work at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad July 26, 2010. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - A bomb planted in the middle of a Baghdad road exploded on Wednesday, killing five Iraqis standing in a line to collect their pensions and wounding 12 others, a police source said.

Mortars kill seven pilgrims in Iraq holy city (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:40 AM PDT

A Muslim Shiite woman walks in Karbala. A series of attacks in Baghdad and a holy Iraqi city killed 12 people, while five others died in a helicopter crash, as major religious ceremonies came to a close.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A mortar attack killed seven people and wounded 46 in the southern Shiite holy city of Karbala as pilgrims gathered for a ceremony, Iraqi police said on Wednesday.

Iraqis flock to Kurdistan to beat the summer heat (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 11:28 PM PDT

Iraqi tourists cool off by a waterfall in the northern Kurdish city of Arbil on July 17, 2010. The country's autonomous region of Kurdistan has been invaded by Iraqi tourists fleeing the heatwave in the capital and the south of the country.(AFP/Safin Hamed)AFP - Long the bane of many in the south and the centre of the country, Iraq's annual summer heat wave has been a boon for the northern Kurdish region, which is seeing a tourism boom this summer.

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