Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraqi officer killed as figures show violence down (AFP)
• Peace laureate appeals to Iran to release US hikers (AFP)
• Iraqi violent deaths, but injuries drop in April (Reuters)

Iraqi officer killed as figures show violence down (AFP) Posted: 01 May 2011 09:14 AM PDT AFP - A senior security officer was shot dead at a construction site in north Iraq on Sunday as new figures showed the number of people killed in violence last month declined by around 15 percent.

Peace laureate appeals to Iran to release US hikers (AFP) Posted: 01 May 2011 08:31 AM PDT AFP - East Timorese president Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, appealed Sunday to Iran to release two American hikers arrested on the Iraqi border in 2009 and accused of espionage.

Iraqi violent deaths, but injuries drop in April (Reuters) Posted: 01 May 2011 08:08 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -The number of civilians and soldiers killed in Iraqi violence fell in April, official figures showed on Sunday, although attacks continued against security forces ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

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