2011年2月28日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq may be safest Arab country: Maliki (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:43 PM PST

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, pictured on February 27, said on Monday that Iraq may be the safest country in the Arab world, as protests and violence rage across much of the region.(AFP/IRAQI PM'S OFFICE)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that Iraq may be the safest country in the Arab world, as protests and violence rage across much of the region.


British security contractor Danny Fitzsimons gets life in prison for murder in Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:14 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In a test of Iraq’s judicial sovereignty, an Iraqi court sentenced a British contractor who killed two co-workers to life in prison but spared him the death penalty.

British guard gets life for killing colleagues in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:01 AM PST

British security guard Danny Fitzsimons (C) arrives under Iraqi police escort at the Karkh Criminal Court in Baghdad. Facing the death penalty, Fitzsimons was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Iraqi court on Monday for killing a British and an Australian colleague.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced a British security guard to life in jail for killing a fellow Briton and an Australian in Baghdad, the first conviction of a Western contractor since the 2003 invasion.


Sadr says Iraq PM Maliki must address mass demands (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:30 AM PST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks at a ceremony to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed at Um al-Qura mosque in Baghdad February 15, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Monday urged Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to address peoples' demands after weeks of nationwide protests over better basic services inspired by regional uprisings.


Iraqi court gives Briton 20 years over slayings (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:10 AM PST

Danny Fitzsimons, center, walks out of the Iraqi court in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. An Iraqi court on Monday convicted a British man and sentenced him to 20 years in prison over the shooting deaths of two contractors, making him the first Westerner convicted in an Iraqi court since the 2003 U.S. invasion. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - An Iraqi court on Monday convicted a British man and sentenced him to 20 years in prison over the shooting deaths of two contractors, making him the first Westerner convicted in an Iraqi court since the 2003 U.S. invasion.


After protests, Iraq PM urges early local vote (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 07:12 AM PST

Saudi Hawks : The Royal Saudi Hawks, the aerobatic team of the Saudi Air Force, perform during a military show in Kuwait City as the Gulf state marks its 50th Independence Day and 20th anniversary of the end of the Gulf war with the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation. (AFP/Yasser al-Zayyat)AP - Iraq's prime minister called for new provincial elections Monday following anti-government protests that killed 14 people last week in a demonstration of the simmering anger many Iraqis feel at a government they say fails to provide basic services.


Briton gets life in prison for killings in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:17 AM PST

Reuters - A British security contractor was sentenced Monday to life in prison by an Iraqi court for the killing of two colleagues in 2009, a court official said.

(AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:42 AM PST

AP - Reformist website says Iran's opposition leaders have been taken to a prison in Tehran.

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