2011年2月6日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq swirls with rumors of Egypt-like protests to come (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 11:19 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The rumors of Iraq’s first case of self-immolation to protest poor services and corrupt government proved not to be true on Sunday.

Iraq cabinet ramps up spending as oil prices rise (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 11:16 AM PST

Iraq's government submitted a revised draft budget to MPs for approval on Sunday, raising projected public spending as oil prices have increased, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, pictured in 2010, said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's government submitted a revised draft budget to MPs for approval on Sunday, raising projected public spending as oil prices have increased, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.


Iraq PM's oil deal has long-term impact: experts (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 11:13 AM PST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki listens to a question during an interview in Baghdad on February 5. Maliki's announcement that Iraq will honour Kurdish oil deals with foreign firms will boost its coffers, but experts said Sunday the longer term impact of his remarks may well be more significant.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Nuri al-Maliki's announcement that Iraq will honour Kurdish oil deals with foreign firms will boost its coffers, but experts said Sunday the longer term impact of his remarks may well be more significant.


Iraqis demonstrate over lack of basic services (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 07:34 AM PST

Reuters - Hundreds of Iraqis took part in scattered demonstrations on Sunday, calling for an improvement in basic services and the resignation of local government officials as unrest sweeps much of the Arab world.

Iraqis protest poor public services across country (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 07:23 AM PST

An Iraqi army soldier gestures during a demonstration against a lack of basic services near Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011.  The banner in Arabic says that the protesters are asking for jobs and also details the dismissal of more than 1200 employees of the Ministry of Electricity. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Protesters scuffled with riot police and marched along sewage-filled streets in demonstrations across Iraq on Sunday to demand better utilities and job security from their government.


Iraqi Christians speed exodus to Kurdistan: report (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 03:50 AM PST

An Iraqi woman prays at Saint Joseph's Chaldean Catholic Church in central Baghdad, 2010. According to the International Organization for Migration an exodus of Christians to the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq's north has accelerated after a spate of attacks against the minority group.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - An exodus of Christians to the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq's north has accelerated after a spate of attacks against the minority group, according to the International Organization for Migration.


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