2011年1月16日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Asian Cup win was for Iraqi people, says Akram (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 06:10 AM PST

Iraq's midfielder Nashat Akram reacts during the 2011 Asian Cup group D football match between UAE and Iraq at Al-Rayyan Stadium in Doha on January 15. Akram said he hopes the injury-time winner against UAE that put his side within touching distance of the Asian Cup last eight would bring happiness to the football-mad country.(AFP/Karim Jaafar)AFP - Iraq's Nashat Akram said he hopes the injury-time winner against United Arab Emirates that put his side within touching distance of the Asian Cup last eight would bring happiness to the football-mad country.


Bomb kills 1 at Iraqi militia headquarters (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 06:08 AM PST

Iraqi security forces inspect a damaged car at the site of a bombing that wounded bodyguards of an official in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. The blast wounded three bodyguards of the science and technology minister in Jadriyah district. The minister was not in the convoy. Another attack wounded municipal officials on a bus to work in north Baghdad Sunday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A bomb planted near offices of the military wing of one of Iraq's dominant Shiite political parties exploded Sunday, killing one worker and wounding three people, police and hospital officials said.


Jordan coach hails 'best ever' Asian Cup (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 06:00 AM PST

Jordan's coach Adnan Hamad says the current edition of the Asian Cup is the best ever in terms of quality, as the group stages reached their climax.(AFP/Karim Jaafar)AFP - The current edition of the Asian Cup is the best ever in terms of quality, Jordan's respected Iraqi coach Adnan Hamad said on Sunday, as the group stages reached their climax.


Haunted by violence, Iraqi Christians flee to Turkey (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 09:51 PM PST

Christians, mostly Chaldean Iraqi immigrants, are seen here during a Sunday mass in the Catholic Chaldean church in Istanbul. Terrorised by mounting extremist attacks, more and more Iraqi Christians are fleeing in panic to neighbouring Muslim-majority Turkey, among them lone minors sent away by desperate parents.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Terrorised by mounting extremist attacks, more and more Iraqi Christians are fleeing in panic to neighbouring Muslim-majority Turkey, among them lone minors sent away by desperate parents.


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