2011年1月9日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Arab summit plan in Iraq faces challenges (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 09:48 AM PST

Workers repaint the outside of the Palestine hotel in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Insurgent threats and lacking space in hotels being rebuilt from bombings have cast doubt on whether the Arab League can hold its annual meeting in Iraq this spring. But Iraqi and league officials maintain the March 23 summit will happen as planned.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Insurgent threats and a lack of hotel space for delegations pose stiff challenges to Iraq's plans to host for the first time in 20 years the annual Arab League meeting, despite assurances from the body's leader Sunday.


Clinton seeks Gulf aid for Iran sanctions, Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 12:30 AM PST

Handout picture issued by the Saudi Press Agency shows Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz during a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York. Clinton is on the way to the Gulf region in a bid to tighten sanctions against Iran and win greater support from allies for Iraq's new government.(AFP/SPA/HO/File)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on the way to the Gulf region in a bid to tighten sanctions against Iran and win greater support from allies for Iraq's new government.


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