Yahoo! News: Iraq

Belgium stages 'chips revolution' (AFP)
Two killed, 47 hurt in Iraq protest violence (Reuters)
Iraq war: why US military withdrawal might not happen in 2011 (The Christian Science Monitor)
Kurdish guards fire on protest in Iraq, killing 2 (AP)
Two killed in rare Kurdish demo in north Iraq (AFP)
At least 16 killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)
Baghdad demands $1 billion from US in war damages (AP)
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Baghdad wants U.S. to pay $1 billion for damage to city (Reuters)
Austria grants refuge to 30 Iraqi Christians (AP)
Iraqi trains to stop rolling from Monday (AFP)
Iraqi journalist murdered outside home: police (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:32 PM PST

AFP - Protesters across Belgium staged a "chips revolution" to demand a government as the country beat Iraq's dubious record for the world's longest political crisis of recent times.

Two killed, 47 hurt in Iraq protest violence (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:18 PM PST

Reuters - Two people were killed and 47 wounded during a protest in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya Thursday, sources said, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called for demonstrations to be kept peaceful.

Iraq war: why US military withdrawal might not happen in 2011 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:49 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - It is looking increasingly likely that American troops will stay in Iraq beyond December 2011 scheduled date of withdrawal for the US military â" a prospect that appears to be gaining bipartisan support in Congress.

Kurdish guards fire on protest in Iraq, killing 2 (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:02 AM PST

AP - Kurdish security guards opened fire Thursday on a crowd of protesters calling for political reforms in northern Iraq, killing at least two people, officials said, showing even war-weary Iraq cannot escape the unrest roiling the Middle East.

Two killed in rare Kurdish demo in north Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:01 AM PST

AFP - Two young Kurds were killed when security forces opened fire to disperse an unruly protest in Iraqi Kurdistan on Thursday, as Iraq's prime minister warned that riots would not be tolerated.

At least 16 killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:00 AM PST

AFP - A car bomb killed 13 people at a vehicle trade fair in the deadliest of a string of attacks on Thursday in which 16 died, including a university professor hanged in his home.

Baghdad demands $1 billion from US in war damages (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:13 AM PST

AP - The Baghdad city government is demanding the United States pay $1 billion and apologize for damage to the city caused by blast walls erected during the nearly eight-year long war.

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Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:25 PM PST

AP - Security officials: Egypt's ex-Interior Minister Habib El-Adly arrested for alleged corruption.

Baghdad wants U.S. to pay $1 billion for damage to city (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:44 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq's capital wants the United States to apologize and pay $1 billion for the damage done to the city not by bombs but by blast walls and Humvees since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Austria grants refuge to 30 Iraqi Christians (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:35 AM PST

AP - Austria says it is granting asylum to 30 Iraqi Christians fleeing persecution in their homeland.

Iraqi trains to stop rolling from Monday (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:18 AM PST

AFP - Iraq's train network is to suspend all operations from Monday because of a cut in state aid needed to pay staff, an Iraqi National Railway Company spokesman said.