2010年10月31日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi forces free hostages from church; 19 killed (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:13 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces and wellwishers surround an Iraqi youth after his release from a hostage situation at the Sayidat al-Najat church following a rescue operation by Iraqi and US forces in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood. Seven Christians were killed and at least 13 wounded in an operation involving US and Iraqi forces to end a hostage drama at a church in the Iraqi capital, officials said.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)AP - Islamic militants held around 120 Iraqi Christians hostage for nearly four hours in a church Sunday before security forces stormed the building and freed them, ending a standoff that left at least 19 people dead, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

At least 7 hostages killed in rescue from Iraq church (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:49 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces and wellwishers surround an Iraqi youth after his release from a hostage situation at the Sayidat al-Najat church following a rescue operation by Iraqi and US forces in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood. Seven Christians were killed and at least 13 wounded in an operation involving US and Iraqi forces to end a hostage drama at a church in the Iraqi capital, officials said.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)Reuters - At least seven Iraqi Catholics died on Sunday when police stormed a Baghdad church where gunmen were holding dozens of parishioners hostage, threatening to kill them if al Qaeda prisoners were not released.

Seven hostages killed, 20 wounded in Baghdad church drama (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:18 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces and wellwishers surround an Iraqi youth after his release from a hostage situation at the Sayidat al-Najat church following a rescue operation by Iraqi and US forces in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood. Seven Christians were killed and at least 13 wounded in an operation involving US and Iraqi forces to end a hostage drama at a church in the Iraqi capital, officials said.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - Seven Christians were killed Sunday and at least 13 wounded in a rescue operation involving US and Iraqi forces to end a hostage drama at a church in the Iraqi capital, officials said.

Saudi FM says Iraqis support Riyadh-sponsored talks (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:43 PM PDT

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, pictured in March 2010. Iraqi political leaders have signalled support for a Saudi proposal to host talks aimed at resolving the political deadlock in Baghdad, the kingdom's foreign minister said on Sunday.(AFP/File/Joseph Eid)AFP - Iraqi political leaders have signalled support for a Saudi proposal to host talks aimed at resolving the political deadlock in Baghdad, the kingdom's foreign minister said on Sunday.

Seven hostages killed in Baghdad church (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:39 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces and wellwishers surround an Iraqi youth after his release from a hostage situation at the Sayidat al-Najat church following a rescue operation by Iraqi and US forces in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood. Seven Christians were killed and at least 13 wounded in an operation involving US and Iraqi forces to end a hostage drama at a church in the Iraqi capital, officials said.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)AFP - Seven worshippers were killed and at least 13 wounded in a rescue operation to end a hostage drama at a church in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, ministry officials said.

Gunmen seize hostages in Baghdad church (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:59 AM PDT

An Iraqi boy walking past the Syrian Catholic church in Baghdad's central Karrada district in 2008. Gunmen have taken around 40 worshippers hostage in a Baghdad church on Sunday and Iraqi forces are preparing to launch a rescue operation to free them, an interior ministry official said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Gunmen have taken worshippers hostage in a Baghdad church where they fled after shooting dead two guards at the Iraqi capital's stock exchange, a bishop and security officials said.

Iraq denies Tareq Aziz on hunger strike (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:50 AM PDT

An Iraqi court official has denied a family claim that ailing former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, seen here in July 2010, had begun a hunger strike. Aziz was sentenced to death last week.(AFP/File/Karen Ballard)AFP - An Iraqi court official on Sunday denied a family claim that ailing former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, sentenced to death last week, had begun a hunger strike.

First European flight in 20 years lands in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:35 AM PDT

An Airbus A319 plane operated by France's Aigle Azur lands at Baghdad's International Airport -- becoming the first flight from a European airline to arrive in the city since a 1990 international embargo on Iraq.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The first flight by a European carrier in 20 years landed in Baghdad on Sunday, marking an important step for a country looking to post-war reconstruction following the ravages of the 2003 US-led invasion.

French airline makes landmark flight to Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:42 AM PDT

French Minister of Foreign Trade Anne Marie Idrac disembarks from France's Aigle Azur airlines plane in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. The French airline has landed in Baghdad international airport, becoming one of the first passenger carriers to fly into the capital direct from western Europe since the Gulf War and opening a potential new route to stronger international business ties. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A French airliner landed at Baghdad International Airport Sunday, becoming one of the first passenger planes to fly into the Iraqi capital direct from western Europe since the Gulf War and opening a potential new route to stronger international business ties.

New airline to launch direct London-Baghdad flights (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:01 AM PDT

An Iraqi man gets off a private airplane at Baghdad international airport. The first direct flights between London and Baghdad by a private Iraqi firm will begin on November 3, a civil aviation official in Baghdad said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The first direct flights between London and Baghdad by a private Iraqi firm will begin next week, a civil aviation official in Baghdad said on Sunday.

Lebanese PM urges Iraqis to accept Saudi invitation (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:19 AM PDT

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, seen here in July 2010, has urged Iraqi political parties to accept the Saudi invitation to meet in Riyadh to resolve their political deadlock.(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)AFP - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Sunday urged Iraqi political parties to accept the Saudi invitation to meet in Riyadh to resolve their political deadlock.

Iraq's Shi'ite politicians turn down Saudi offer (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's Shi'ite alliance turned down a Saudi Arabian offer on Saturday to host all-party talks to resolve months of political stalemate because it said it was confident a deal could be struck in Baghdad on a new government.

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