2011年1月3日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Denmark to host seminar on Iraqi religious dialogue (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:24 AM PST

Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen, seen here in 2010, said on Monday that Denmark will next week host a seminar aiming to promote dialogue between different religious groups in Iraq.(AFP/SCANPIX/File/Marie Hald)AFP - Denmark will next week host a seminar aiming to promote dialogue between different religious groups in Iraq, the foreign Minister said Monday.


Survivor of Iraqi church siege killed in robbery (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:17 AM PST

A woman lights a candle among pictures of slain Iraqi Christians at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Militants in Iraq have attacked at least four Christian homes with a combination of grenades and bombs, killing and wounding a few people and sending fear into the country's already terrified tiny Christian community, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Rafah Toma survived one of the most horrific attacks on Iraq's tiny Christian community — the siege on a Baghdad church two months ago that left 68 people dead — only to be gunned down in her home Monday by thieves stealing her cash and jewelry.


French group in deal to boost Iraq power grid (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 09:33 AM PST

An electrical plant for the Basra Electricity Company in the southern city of Basra in 2006. French group Schneider Electric has signed a contract with the local government in Basra to build eight electricity sub-stations in power-starved southern Iraq, an Iraqi official said on Monday.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - French group Schneider Electric has signed a contract with the local government in Basra to build eight electricity sub-stations in power-starved southern Iraq, an Iraqi official said on Monday.


Three Iraqis, two US soldiers killed in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:34 AM PST

File photo of a cross and rosary hanging in the home of an Iraqi Christian family in central Baghdad. Gun and bomb attacks killed three Iraqis and wounded 15 on Monday, security officials said, while the US military said two US soldiers had been killed, the first to die in Iraq this year.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Gun and bomb attacks killed three Iraqis and wounded 15 on Monday, security officials said, while the US military said two US soldiers had been killed, the first to die in Iraq this year.


Attack on intel service in northeast Iraq wounds 28 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 02:38 AM PST

Iraqi troops implement strict security measures on main roads in Baghdad in 2010. Bomb and gun attacks across Iraq killed at least nine people on Sunday, including six members of the Iraqi security forces, security and medical officials said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - A suicide car bomber attacked an office of the Iraqi intelligence services in a city northeast of Baghdad on Monday, wounding 28 people, officials said.


US military: 2 US soldiers killed in central Iraq (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:09 PM PST

An electrical plant for the Basra Electricity Company in the southern city of Basra in 2006. French group Schneider Electric has signed a contract with the local government in Basra to build eight electricity sub-stations in power-starved southern Iraq, an Iraqi official said on Monday.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AP - The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in central Iraq.


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