2010年12月7日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi maqam emerges as casualty of modernity and war (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 09:15 AM PST

Members of the Iraqi AFP - Performing before a half-empty room at Baghdad's Alwiyah Club, Taha Gharib is conscious that the music he has passionately played for decades -- traditional Iraqi maqam -- is dying.


Allawi threatens to quit Iraqi government: report (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 07:13 AM PST

Iyad Allawi, seen here in February 2010, who won the most votes in Iraq's elections, threatened to quit a power-sharing government in an interview with Britain's Times newspaper(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iyad Allawi, who won the most votes in Iraq's elections, threatened to quit a power-sharing government in an interview with Britain's Times newspaper on Tuesday.


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