2011年3月29日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Gunmen kill 56 in grisly Iraq hostage siege (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PDT

A resident inspects damaged vehicles at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, March 29, 2011. Two Katyusha rockets landed near a hotel on Abu Nawas Street in central Baghdad and wounded two people, an Interior Ministry source said. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP - Gunmen wearing military uniforms over explosives belts charged into a government building in Saddam Hussein's hometown Tuesday in an attack that left 56 people dead, including 15 hostages who were shot execution-style.


Journalist for Reuters killed in Iraq attack (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:13 PM PDT

Reuters - A freelance journalist who worked for Reuters was among more than 50 people killed on Tuesday when gunmen attacked a local government building in Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Iraq ambassador says thanks during Vermont swing (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:08 PM PDT

Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida'ie, Iraq's ambassador to the United States, addresses the Vermont House on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Iraq's ambassador to the United States talked about the price of war. Then he met a woman who'd paid it — with the loss of her son.


At least 53 dead as Iraqi forces end gunmen's siege (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:14 AM PDT

A resident inspects damaged vehicles at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, March 29, 2011. Two Katyusha rockets landed near a hotel on Abu Nawas Street in central Baghdad and wounded two people, an Interior Ministry source said. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - At least 53 people were killed on Tuesday when gunmen took hostages at a provincial council headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown, precipitating a battle with security forces who swept in to end the siege.


58 dead in Tikrit attack: Iraq police (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:08 AM PDT

An Iraqi police officer guards a checkpoint on the outskirts of Tikrit in 2008. Security forces stormed the provincial council building in former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Tuesday after an hours-long shootout with gunmen that left 58 dead and 97 wounded, a police official said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Security forces stormed the provincial council building in former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Tuesday after an hours-long shootout with gunmen that left 58 dead and 97 wounded, a police official said.


Erdogan arrives in Iraqi Kurd region (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Iraqis hold the Turkish flag as they wait for the arrival of the convoy carrying Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan along the airport road upon his arrival in Baghdad on March 28. Erdogan arrived in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq on Tuesday, a day after he said that Kurdish rebel bases in the territory were an obstacle to strengthening neighbourly ties with Baghdad.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq on Tuesday, a day after he said that Kurdish rebel bases in the territory were an obstacle to strengthening neighbourly ties with Baghdad.


Belgium's political crisis energises Flemish separatists (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:48 AM PDT

Protesters hold Belgian flags during a demonstration in Brussels. Protesters hit the streets as Belgium matched Iraq's record as the country longest without a government Tuesday, and polls showed the crisis boosting separatists in the Dutch-speaking north.(AFP/Georges Gobet)AFP - Protesters hit the streets as Belgium matched Iraq's record as the country longest without a government Tuesday, and polls showed the crisis boosting separatists in the Dutch-speaking north.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,441 (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:11 AM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at least 4,441 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

(AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:56 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi government spokesman says death toll rises to 34 in Tikrit hostage siege.

Belgium reaches Iraq's record government stalemate (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:34 AM PDT

Workers in the non-profit sector, throw shoes towards a dummy of Belgian Prime minister Yves Leterme, center top, on the steps of the stock exchange building in Brussels, during a protest, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The non-profit sector, numbering some 450,000 people, complains about the absence of a new working agreement, partly the result of Belgium lacking a fully fledged government. (AP Photo/Elisa Day)AP - Belgium tied the world record with Iraq for time without a government on Tuesday, but months of political waffling that was once a joke is quickly wearing thin.


At least 10 dead in Tikrit attack: Iraqi police (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:25 AM PDT

An Iraqi police officer guards a checkpoint on the outskirts of Tikrit in 2008. Security forces stormed the provincial council building in former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Tuesday after an hours-long shootout with gunmen that left 41 dead and 95 wounded, a police official said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - At least 10 people were killed in an attack by a suicide bomber and gunmen on the provincial council building in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, security officials said.


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