2010年11月25日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Two dead, 20 trucks ablaze after Iraq-Jordan border blast (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:16 PM PST

Oil trucks queue at a refinery in 2007. An oil tanker exploded in an accident on the Iraqi-Jordanian border on Thursday, killing two people, injuring at least 12 others and setting 19 other trucks ablaze, an official said.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - An oil tanker exploded in an accident on the Iraqi-Jordanian border on Thursday, killing two people, injuring nine others and setting 19 other trucks ablaze, security officials said.


Maliki named Iraq PM for second term, urges unity (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:14 PM PST

A handout picture released by the Iraqi presidency shows Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (C-R) naming Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister for a second term during an official ceremony in Baghdad. Maliki called for unity among Iraq's factions on Thursday after he was named for a second term as prime minister, signalling an end may be in sight to an eight-month political impasse.(AFP/HO)AFP - Nuri al-Maliki called for unity among Iraq's factions on Thursday after he was named for a second term as prime minister, signalling an end may be in sight to an eight-month political impasse.


EU lawmakers: US must help Iranian group in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:27 AM PST

AP - The European Parliament urged the United States and the U.N. on Thursday to provide immediate aid to an Iranian opposition group camped near Baghdad since the 1980's.

Facts and figures about Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:01 AM PST

AP - RISE TO POWER: The 60-year-old former schoolteacher with a master's degree in Arabic literature rose from obscurity in 2006 to become a compromise candidate for prime minister.

Epic battle over, Iraq PM must form new government (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

In this photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, are seen during a ceremony of asking al-Maliki to form the next government in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. al-Maliki appealed to the country's warring political factions for unity after formally accepting on Thursday Nov. 25 2010 a request by the president to form the next government, part of a deal to end an eight-month deadlock over who would lead the country the next four years. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government, HO)AP - Incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki cemented his grip on power Thursday, bringing an end to nearly nine months of political deadlock after he was asked to form the next government.


Iraqi PM Maliki asked to form new government (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:20 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq's president formally asked Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday to form a new government, giving him 30 days to choose a cabinet from among Iraq's fractious Shi'ite, Kurdish and Sunni political factions.

(AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:20 AM PST

AP - Iraqi state TV: President asks Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form new government.
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