2011年2月4日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi premier says he'll cut his salary by half (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:19 PM PST

FILE - In this March 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's prime minister says he will return half of his annual salary to the government's treasury in a symbolic effort to balance the standard of living between the nation's rich and poor. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraq's prime minister said Friday he'll return half of his annual salary to the public treasury in a symbolic gesture that appeared calculated to insulate himself from the anti-government unrest spreading across the Middle East.


Small plane crashes in Iraq, 7 killed (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:59 AM PST

Reuters - A small plane crashed on takeoff from an airport in northern Iraq Friday, killing all seven people on board, officials said.

Plane crashes in northern Iraq, killing 7 (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:49 AM PST

AP - A small private plane caught on fire and crashed Friday, shortly after taking off from a regional airport in northern Iraq, killing all seven passengers on board, officials said.

Iraq not immune from Arab anger: clerics (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:33 AM PST

Iraqis demonstrate in support of the people of Tunisia and Egypt in central Baghdad on February 3. Iraq is not immune to protests elsewhere in the Arab world because it is a democracy, and its leaders must work to fight corruption and promote social justice, clerics said in Friday sermons.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq is not immune to protests elsewhere in the Arab world because it is a democracy, and its leaders must work to fight corruption and promote social justice, clerics said in Friday sermons.


Iraqis seize on Egyptian unrest in protests (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:44 AM PST

AP - Iraqis are seizing on Egypt's unrest to protest what they call corruption in their own security forces, rampant unemployment and scant electricity and water supply.
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