Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Heritage makes giant gas find in Iraqi Kurdistan (AFP)
• Sikh shrine in Baghdad lives on in memories (AFP)
• Blair sister-in-law wants him tried for Iraq crimes (AFP)
• Iraq and Kuwait seek to improve relations (AP)
• Iraqi journalists face sacks of gold, fists of fire (Reuters)
• Iraq exported less oil but earned more in 2010 (AFP)
• Blackwater suit tossed 7 years after grisly deaths (AP)
• Obama: Iraq war ending, transition in Afghanistan (AP)

Heritage makes giant gas find in Iraqi Kurdistan (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 09:39 AM PST AFP - Energy firm Heritage Oil said on Wednesday it has made a major gas find in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan that is among the largest ever in the country.

Sikh shrine in Baghdad lives on in memories (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 09:36 AM PST AFP - A desolate courtyard surrounded by fields of mournful graves is all that remains of an ancient shrine to the Sikh faith?s founder Guru Nanak inside a sprawling Muslim cemetery in Baghdad.

Blair sister-in-law wants him tried for Iraq crimes (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:36 AM PST AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth, a rights campaigner and Muslim convert, said on Wednesday that he should be tried for war crimes over the invasion of Iraq.

Iraq and Kuwait seek to improve relations (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:42 AM PST AP - Iraq and Kuwait pledged Wednesday to work toward resolving border disputes and debt issues as the two former enemies seek to repair relations damaged by Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of the oil-rich emirate.

Iraqi journalists face sacks of gold, fists of fire (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:00 AM PST Reuters - Iraqi journalists who have survived deadly threats through years of war and insurgency now face a new challenge -- whether to accept cash "bonuses" from the government, and even cheap flats and free land.

Iraq exported less oil but earned more in 2010 (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 05:08 AM PST AFP - Iraq exported slightly less crude in 2010 compared to the previous year but still earned 26.3 percent more due to an increase in global oil prices, an official statement said on Wednesday.

Blackwater suit tossed 7 years after grisly deaths (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 06:44 PM PST AP - A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit that blamed the security company formerly known as Blackwater for the deaths of four contractors killed in a grisly 2004 ambush on the restive streets of Iraq.

Obama: Iraq war ending, transition in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 06:02 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says the Iraq war is coming to an end and the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan will begin in July.

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