Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Kurds hold to presidency, Iraq stalemate rolls on (AP)
• Unapologetic Bush defends legacy (AFP)
• 3 UK soldiers could face war crimes trial (AP)
• Hopes dim for Iraq govt deal as leaders stay away from talks (AFP)
• PM cautions against open door to Iraq Christian immigration (AFP)
• How an Iraqi Christian school became 82 percent Muslim (The Christian Science Monitor)
• In Iraq, Christians fear they could be wiped out – like Jews before them (The Christian Science Monitor)
• US open to keeping troops in Iraq after 2011: Gates (AFP)
• Bush recounts Katrina, WMD mistakes on talk show (AP)
• Gates: US open to request from Iraq to stay (AP)

Kurds hold to presidency, Iraq stalemate rolls on (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:20 PM PST AP - Iraq's Kurds are holding firm to their claim on the country's presidency and the once-dominant Sunni minority is pushing for checks on the powers of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as the country faces a looming parliamentary deadline.

Unapologetic Bush defends legacy (AFP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:14 PM PST AFP - An emotional but unapologetic George W. Bush opened up about his tumultuous presidency Tuesday as he released memoirs in which he defiantly defends the Iraq invasion and the use of waterboarding.

3 UK soldiers could face war crimes trial (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:09 PM PST AP - Three British soldiers have been referred to a senior military prosecutor over allegations that they abused Iraqis in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday.

Hopes dim for Iraq govt deal as leaders stay away from talks (AFP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 12:03 PM PST AFP - Hopes for an elusive deal to form a new government a full eight months after Iraq's parliamentary election dimmed on Tuesday as key figures stayed away from all-party talks.

PM cautions against open door to Iraq Christian immigration (AFP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 11:17 AM PST AFP - Iraq's prime minister on Tuesday cautioned other countries not to encourage Christians to abandon their homeland, after France took in dozens of people wounded in a bloodbath at a Baghdad church.

How an Iraqi Christian school became 82 percent Muslim (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 11:12 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Down a battered street in the working class neighborhood of New Baghdad, next to a Shiite mosque frequented by followers of hard-line cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, children play in the school courtyard of St. Elia Catholic Church.

In Iraq, Christians fear they could be wiped out – like Jews before them (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 10:20 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In the flickering candlelight of Our Lady of Salvation Church, Nagam Riyadh sits against a pillar singing Ave Maria, her voice rising to the shrapnel-marked rafters.

US open to keeping troops in Iraq after 2011: Gates (AFP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 09:45 AM PST AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request.

Bush recounts Katrina, WMD mistakes on talk show (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 09:10 AM PST AP - George W. Bush says he still feels "sick" that no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, and that he should have landed Air Force One two days after Hurricane Katrina instead of viewing the destruction through the plane's window.

Gates: US open to request from Iraq to stay (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:18 AM PST AP - The United States is open to the idea of keeping troops in Iraq past a deadline to leave next year if Iraq asks for it, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.

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