2010年11月6日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Egypt's Mubarak vows to protect Copts after Qaeda threat (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 01:08 PM PDT

An Egyptian policeman (bottom L) patrols in front of a Coptic church in Cairo on November 2. President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday condemned threats by the Al-Qaeda franchise in Iraq against Coptic Christians in Egypt and promised to protect them, the official MENA news agency reported.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)AFP - President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday condemned threats by the Al-Qaeda franchise in Iraq against Coptic Christians in Egypt and promised to protect them, the official MENA news agency reported.

Activists mock political greed in Baghdad skit (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 12:37 PM PDT

Members of Iraq's civil society groups perform during a demonstration in central Baghdad's Tahrir (Liberation) Square silent satirical scenes critical of the government as protesters called on MPs to pick a speaker and form a government eight months after inconclusive elections.(AFP/Ammar Karim)AFP - Activists staged a satirical play in a Baghdad square on Saturday to protest against greedy politicians, as Iraq marked eight months without a new government since an inconclusive parliamentary election.

US commander says Qaeda still a threat in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 12:34 PM PDT

Iraqi Christians inspect damages at the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral, or Syrian Catholic Church, in central Baghdad on November 5. A senior US commander said on Saturday that Al-Qaeda's ability to infiltrate foreign fighters into Iraq had been severely restricted, but that it was still a threat and would remain so.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A senior US commander said on Saturday that Al-Qaeda's ability to infiltrate foreign fighters into Iraq had been severely restricted, but that it was still a threat and would remain so.

Car bombs wound 34 in Iraq's Kirkuk (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 12:31 PM PDT

A fireman douses a burning car with water following the explosion of three car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Three car bombs exploded at dawn on Saturday outside the homes of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party officials in northern Iraq, wounding 34 people, police said.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Three car bombs exploded at dawn on Saturday outside the homes of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party officials in northern Iraq, wounding 34 people, police said.

France to treat Iraqis wounded in church siege (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 08:37 AM PDT

Two handbags filled with flowers sit on the ground in front of an Iraqi soldier guarding the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral, or Syrian Catholic Church, in Baghdad on November 6. Almost 40 Iraqis wounded in a deadly Al-Qaeda hostage crisis in the church are to be flown to France for hospital treatment, the French embassy in the Iraqi capital has said.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Almost 40 Iraqis wounded in a deadly Al-Qaeda hostage crisis in a Baghdad church are to be flown to France for hospital treatment, the French embassy in the Iraqi capital said on Saturday.

Ethiopian housemaid trades broom for stardom in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 07:28 AM PDT

Twenty-year-old Mahlet, a house maid from Ethiopia, poses for a picture in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil on November 3, after her life was transformed as she became a pop star, gracing the front covers of Kurdish magazines.(AFP/Safin Hamed)AFP - Ethiopian housemaid Mahlet is changing her name to Maha and cutting her first video clip after proving to her Iraqi boss that she can sing better than she can clean.

Groups demand Iraqi lawmakers return salaries (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 06:43 AM PDT

A Lebanese Christian woman holds a photo of two priests who were killed last Sunday, when gunmen stormed a church in Baghdad during mass and took the entire congregation hostage, during a vigil at Jounieh north of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010. Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq vowed to launch more strikes on Iraq's Christians following a bloody siege on Sunday at a Baghdad church that left 58 people dead. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)AP - A coalition of Iraqi human rights groups have filed a lawsuit to try to force highly paid lawmakers to return salaries they received during parliament's five-month recess.

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