2010年9月18日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

How goes Iraq? View from a bookstore is revealing (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2010 01:49 PM PDT

In this Aug. 8, 2010 photo, Mohammed Hanash Abbas, a book dealer, right, helps clients at his shop in Baghdad. The 'Iqra'a' bookstore on Mutanabi street has more than tripled in size in the last two years, and business has grown 50 percent since 2003. But the store's owners say the future is uncertain as long as they can't count on safe streets, stable government and reliable electricity supplies. The future also depends on how the Iraqi police and military manage without the Americans, all of whom will be gone by the end of next year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The Iqraa bookstore on Mutanabi street has more than tripled in size in the last two years. Business is up 50 percent since 2003.

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