2011年1月28日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


UNHCR reports drop in Iraqi refugee returns (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 09:57 AM PST

FILE - In this June 20, 2007 file photo, an elderly Iraqi woman waits for a bus that would take her to neighboring Syria, in central Baghdad, Iraq. The flow of Iraqi refugees back to their homes dropped sharply last year, largely due to the political deadlock surrounding the formation of a new government, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - The flow of Iraqi refugees back to their homes dropped sharply last year, largely due to the political deadlock surrounding the formation of a new government, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.


Iraq refugee returns fell in 2010: UNHCR (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:39 AM PST

Newly returned Iraqi refugees carry their luggage upon their arrival from Syria to Baghdad's international bus station, 2007. The UNHCR said that fewer Iraqis displaced inside and outside the country returned to their homes in 2010 than in the previous year, largely as a result of Iraq's prolonged political deadlock.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Fewer Iraqis displaced inside and outside the country returned to their homes in 2010 than in the previous year, largely as a result of Iraq's prolonged political deadlock, the UNHCR said on Friday.


Iraq forces on alert after Baghdad blasts kill 53 (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 10:26 PM PST

Iraqis gather at the scene of a car bomb in a Shiite neighborhood of the capital Baghdad. Iraqi security forces were on alert Friday after the massive car bomb ripped through a funeral ceremony killing 48 people in Iraq's bloodiest day in more than two months.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraqi security forces were on alert Friday after a massive car bomb ripped through a funeral ceremony in a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing 48 people in Iraq's bloodiest day in more than two months.


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