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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Gunmen torch Iraqi TV station that showed protest (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST

Security forces inspect a destroyed television station in Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Gunmen burst into a Kurdish television station in northern Iraq on Sunday, shooting up the equipment and setting fire to the building, possibly in retaliation for footage they aired earlier in the week of a deadly protest, station officials said. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - Gunmen burst into a Kurdish television station in northern Iraq on Sunday, shooting up equipment and setting fire to the building, apparently in retaliation for footage it aired earlier in the week of a deadly protest, station officials said.

Iraq MPs pull back from drastic pay cuts (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:07 AM PST

People protest in the main square in Sulaimaniyah, on February 19, in Iraq, demanding that officials combat graft and improve basic services. Iraqi MPs decided against slashing their salaries and those of ministers on Sunday, opting instead for smaller cuts in a vote in parliament despite government calls for dramatic decreases.(AFP/File/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - Iraqi MPs decided against slashing their salaries and those of ministers on Sunday, opting instead for smaller cuts in a vote in parliament despite government calls for dramatic decreases.

Iraq lawmakers approve 2011 budget of $82.6 billion (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 08:58 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq's parliament gave final approval on Sunday to an $82.6 billion budget for 2011 based on an average oil price of $76.50 per barrel and 2.2 million barrels per day in crude exports.

Iraq Kurd TV attacked after broadcasting protests (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:55 AM PST

Employees inspect the offices of the Nalia television station in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah, after it was attacked early on Sunday. The station had carried live footage of protests against the autonomous Kurdish region's dominant political bloc.(AFP/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - An Iraqi television channel that carried live footage of protests against the autonomous Kurdish region's dominant political bloc was attacked early on Sunday, its owner said.

Iraq court postpones verdict in trial of Briton (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:17 AM PST

British ex-security guard Danny Fitzsimons, who is accused of murdering two colleagues in Iraq, is escorted from the Justice Palace in Baghdad. The verdict has been postponed in the trial, the first of a Western national before an Iraqi criminal court since the 2003 US-led invasion.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - An Iraqi judge on Sunday postponed a verdict in the murder case of a British security guard, the first trial of a Western national in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion.

Verdict delayed in Iraq trial of accused Briton (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:05 AM PST

Danny Fitzsimons, center, walks out of the Iraqi court in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. An Iraqi judge says the verdict in the case of a British man accused of murdering two contractors in Baghdad has been delayed while the court studies his claim to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. He is the first Westerner to be tried by an Iraqi court since the start of the war nearly eight years ago and faces the death penalty if convicted. He's charged with two counts of murder for the 2009 shooting deaths of a British and Australian contractor with whom he worked and with attempting to kill an Iraqi guard. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - An Iraqi judge on Sunday delayed the verdict in the case of a British man accused of murdering two contractors in Baghdad while the court studies his claim to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

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