2010年12月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Al-Qaida threat on Iraq Christians linked to Egypt (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:18 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 20, 2010 file photo, children run past a painting of the Virgin Mary inside the entrance of the Virgin Mary Coptic church in the el-Asafra area of the coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt. The wives of two Egyptian Coptic priests, forbidden by the Church from divorcing their abusive husbands, desperately sought another way out by converting to Islam but were handed over to the Church and their whereabouts since have been unknown, causing a furor at home that spilled over the borders and turned deadly when al-Qaida in Iraq cited the women as the reason behind the bloodiest attack ever on Christians in Iraq - a five-hour siege of a church in October that left 68 people dead. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP - The wives of two Egyptian Coptic priests, forbidden by the Church from divorcing their abusive husbands, desperately sought another way out by converting to Islam. When their intentions were discovered, police handed them over to the Church and their whereabouts since have been unknown.

Iraqi Christians join Christmas worship in France (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:31 AM PST

Iraqi Catholics, including some of the wounded in a deadly Al-Qaeda hostage crisis at a Baghdad in October, attend a Christmas mass at the Chaldean Church of Paris.(AFP/Pierre Verdy)AFP - Iraqi Christians who survived the deadly storming of a Baghdad church attended a special Christmas mass on Sunday in France, where they were evacuated following the attack.

Female MPs slam under-representation in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 07:57 AM PST

An Iraqi man walks past an election poster for a female candidate last Februrary. Female MPs, both religious and secular, have slammed the under-representation of women in Iraqi institutions, especially government, sparking public soul-searching by male parliamentarians.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Female MPs, both religious and secular, have slammed the under-representation of women in Iraqi institutions, especially government, sparking public soul-searching by male parliamentarians.

Egypt hopes for quick accord on Saddam-era debt (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:17 AM PST

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit speaks during a press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari following a meeting in Baghdad. Gheit said that Cairo hopes for a quick accord with Iraq on the hundreds of millions of dollars of Saddam-era debt.(AFP/SABAH ARAR)AFP - Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said in Baghdad on Sunday that Cairo hopes for a quick accord with Iraq on the hundreds of millions of dollars of Saddam-era debt.

For many U.S. troops, a last Christmas in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:34 AM PST

Reuters - Colonel Lance Kittleson is looking forward to spending Christmas with his family next year as U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq 7-1/2 years after the invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein.

Pope urges courage for Catholics in China, Iraq (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 06:25 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during the 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the City and to the World) message in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI in his Christmas Day message Saturday urged Catholics loyal to him in China to courageously face limits on religious freedom and conscience. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)AP - Iraqi Christians celebrated a somber Christmas in a Baghdad cathedral stained with dried blood, while Pope Benedict XVI exhorted Chinese Catholics to stay loyal despite restrictions on them in a holiday address laced with worry for the world's Christian minorities.

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