2010年11月14日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Foreign influence behind Iraq power-sharing pact: analysts (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 02:36 PM PST

Incumbent Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki walks past lawmakers in Baghdad on November 11. Iraq's power-sharing deal, hailed as a sign of its factions coming together, is more a result of foreign powers' influence and was pushed in particular by the United States and Iran, analysts say.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's power-sharing deal, hailed as a sign of its factions coming together, is more a result of foreign powers' influence and was pushed in particular by the United States and Iran, analysts say.


Iraq violence kills nine (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 10:27 AM PST

US forces train their Iraqi counterparts on counter-insurgency tactics in the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk on November 12. Violence in central and northern Iraq killed nine people, four of them troops, on Sunday, security officials said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Violence in central and northern Iraq killed nine people, four of them troops, on Sunday, security officials said.


Baghdad plans makeover for deadly airport road (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 06:20 AM PST

raqi Police commandos from the 1st Mechanised Battalion patrol 'Route Irish' the road leading to Baghdad airport in February 2008. Long known as the globe's most dangerous highway, Baghdad authorities are now aiming to turn the Iraqi capital's airport road into AFP - Long known as the globe's most dangerous highway, Baghdad authorities are now aiming to turn the Iraqi capital's airport road into "the most beautiful street in the world".


Iraqi MPs salvage power-sharing pact after walk-out (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 06:05 AM PST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) listens to President Jalal Talabani. Iraqi lawmakers appeared on Saturday to have salvaged a power-sharing deal that gives Nuri al-Maliki a second term as premier, days after a dramatic walk-out from parliament by his former rivals.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - Iraqi lawmakers appear to have salvaged a power-sharing deal that gives Nuri al-Maliki a second term as premier, days after a dramatic walk-out from parliament by his former rivals.


Why Iraqi Christians Are Running Scared -- in Sweden (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Nov 2010 09:45 PM PST

Time.com - While other European nations have called a halt to deporting Iraqi Christians back to their native country, Sweden is taking a harder line
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