2010年11月27日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq arrests militants suspected of deadly church attack (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 07:21 AM PST

Iraqi Christians pray at the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral in central Baghdad on November 7. Iraqi authorities have arrested militants who took Christians hostage in a church attack that killed 44 worshippers and two priests last month.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq has arrested 12 militants suspected of helping take Christians hostage in a church siege that killed 44 worshippers and two priests last month, an interior ministry official said on Saturday.


Iraq's Tareq Aziz will not be spared death penalty: son (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 07:20 AM PST

Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz testifies in 2006. Aziz is bound to be executed despite international calls to Baghdad to spare him, his son told AFP in Jordan.(AFP/POOL/File/Marco Di Lauro)AFP - Iraq's former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz is bound to be executed despite international calls to Baghdad to spare him, his son told AFP in Jordan on Saturday.


Iraqi premier: No need for US troops after 2011 (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 07:00 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 - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that an agreement requiring U.S. troops to leave by the end of 2011 will stand because Iraqi forces are capable of taking care of the country's security.


Iraqi PM Maliki says to form government by mid-December (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:34 AM PST

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (centre-R) reads a presidential decree during a ceremony authorizing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (centre-L) to form the new government, at his residence in Baghdad November 25, 2010. REUTERS/Iraqi Government/HandoutReuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday that he would form a government by mid-December that would incorporate all the main political factions, including rival Iyad Allawi's Iraqiya bloc.


Iraq PM expects new govt by mid-December (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:35 AM PST

A handout picture released by the Iraqi presidency shows Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (centre right) naming Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister for a second term during an official ceremony in Baghdad. Maliki said that Iraq's new government should be in place by mid-December, putting an end to a months-long political impasse(AFP/HO)AFP - Iraq's new government should be in place by mid-December, putting an end to a months-long political impasse, Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday.


Iraq arrests 12 suspects in Baghdad church attack (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:33 AM PST

Reuters - Iraqi security forces arrested 12 suspected al Qaeda members on Saturday in connection with an attack on a Christian cathedral in Baghdad, a security official said.

(AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 02:28 AM PST

AP - Iraqi interior minister says militant group that planned deadly Baghdad church siege arrested.
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