2010年12月9日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq Christians mark 40 days since church carnage (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:50 AM PST

Iraqi Christians gather at the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral in central Baghdad on Thursday as they attend the 40th day memorial for 46 fellow worshippers taken hostage by Al-Qaeda gunmen during prayers in the church in October.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Dozens of Iraqi Christians overcame their fears and attended Baghdad's Sayidat al-Nejat church on Thursday to begin prayers marking 40 days since Al-Qaeda militants carried out a deadly siege.

US soldier, 2 Iraqi policemen killed in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 12:08 AM PST

Dianne Layfield, of Fremont, along with her daughter Tiffany Hicks, second from right, and son Tyler Layfield, right, pose with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Congressman-elect Jeff Denham, of Merced, after she was presented one of the first three 'Gold Star Family License Plates' issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles at Capitol Park in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. Created by the passage of a 2008 measure, by Denham, while he served in the state Senate and Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, that enables families who have lost an active duty member of the U.S. Armed Forces in current and prior wars to obtain a Gold Star plate honoring their families sacrifice. Marine Lance Corporal Travis Layfield was killed in an ambush in Iraq in 2004.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in southern Iraq.

Iraq zooms ahead with new driving permits (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:12 PM PST

A man poses for a driving licence picture at the Iraqi transport ministry in Baghdad in November 2010. A handful of Iraqis are signing up for a new post-invasion licensing system that authorities hope will bring order to the chaotic traffic that has resembled a video game since 2003.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Dawood Salman clutches the steering wheel and stares ahead as he nervously accelerates toward something only a few Iraqis have: a valid driving licence.

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