2010年10月30日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Saudi invites Iraqis to Riyadh for talks on forming govt (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud is pictured in May 2010. Saudi Arabia invited Iraq's political leaders on Saturday to meet in Riyadh after Muslim holidays in mid-November to try to resolve a deadlock in efforts to form a new government, state news agency SPA said.(AFP/File)AFP - Saudi King Abdullah invited Iraq's political leaders on Saturday to meet in Riyadh to try to resolve a deadlock over forming a new government, drawing a generally negative reaction in Baghdad.


Saudi king invites Iraqi leaders for talks (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:33 PM PDT

AP - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Saturday invited the leaders of Iraq's political blocs for talks in Riyadh aimed at breaking the deadlock over the formation of a new government.

Saudi offers to host talks on Iraq political crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:46 AM PDT

Reuters - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah invited Iraq's political parties on Saturday to attend talks in the kingdom to overcome the 7-month political gridlock that followed an inconclusive election, state news agency SPA said.

Death toll in suicide attack in Iraq raises to 26 (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:12 AM PDT

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud is pictured in May 2010. Saudi Arabia invited Iraq's political leaders on Saturday to meet in Riyadh after Muslim holidays in mid-November to try to resolve a deadlock in efforts to form a new government, state news agency SPA said.(AFP/File)AP - An Iraqi health official says the death toll from a suicide bombing north of Baghdad has risen to 26.


Kurd bloc exits Iraq alliance (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:03 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki attends a meeting in Baghdad on October 25. A key Iraqi party with eight elected MPs said it has withdrawn from a Kurdish bloc, weakening an alliance whose support will decide who becomes the next prime minister.(AFP/FIle/Sabah Arar)AFP - A key Iraqi party with eight elected MPs said Saturday it has withdrawn from a Kurdish bloc, weakening an alliance whose support will decide who becomes the next prime minister.


Iraqi coffee shop suicide bombing kills 30 (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:52 AM PDT

Iraqis inspect a destroyed coffee shop in the town of Balad Ruz in central Iraq's restive Diyala province. The death toll from a suicide bombing at a coffee house in central Iraq's restive Diyala province has risen to 30, a medical official said, making the deadliest attack in October.(AFP)AFP - The death toll from a suicide bombing at a coffee house in central Iraq's restive Diyala province has risen to 30, a medical official said on Saturday, making the deadliest attack in October.


Probe urged into Kurd journalist's death (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:45 AM PDT

An undated family handout picture of Kurdish journalist and student Sardasht Osman. Human Rights Watch called for a transparent probe into the death of Osman who was killed after writing an article scathing of Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Human Rights Watch called Saturday for a transparent probe into the death of a journalist who was killed after writing an article scathing of Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani.


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