2011年2月23日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi in AZ 'honor killing' faces 18 to 46 years (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:34 PM PST

AP - An Iraqi immigrant convicted of second-degree murder for running over his daughter because she became too Westernized now faces between 18- and 46 years in prison.

Iraq oil exports highest since Saddam: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:23 PM PST

A worker is seen at an oil refinery near the village of Taq Taq, Iraq, in 2009. Iraq's oil exports and revenues from crude sales in January hit their highest levels since the 2003 US-led invasion which ousted Saddam Hussein, the oil ministry announced on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - Iraq's oil exports and revenues from crude sales in January hit their highest levels since the 2003 US-led invasion which ousted Saddam Hussein, the oil ministry announced on Wednesday.

Iraqi press watchdog blames govt for break-in (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:17 PM PST

An Iraqi man inspects damages at an office at the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO) in Baghdad, as the Iraqi media watchdog accused the government of being behind the theft of computers and documents at its premises, claiming authorities had been attempting to clamp down on its work.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - An Iraqi media watchdog on Wednesday accused the government of being behind the theft of computers and documents at its premises, claiming authorities had been attempting to clamp down on its work.

As war ebbs, Baghdad blast walls start coming down (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:39 AM PST

In this Feb. 20, 2011 photo, a woman with her daughter passes between concrete blast walls in Baghdad, Iraq. At a time when other parts of the Arab world are in turmoil, Iraq is feeling stable enough to begin removing some of the tall concrete blast walls that went up as protection against bombings and insurgents during the height of the war. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - At a time when other parts of the Arab world are in turmoil, Iraq is feeling stable enough to begin removing some of the tall concrete blast walls that went up as protection against bombings and insurgents during the height of the war.

Iraqi forces raid journalists' office overnight (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:07 AM PST

Ziyad al-Ajili, director of an Iraqi journalists organization inspects the damaged in his office in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Gunmen raided their office last night and took equipment such as flak jackets, laptops and video cameras, al-Ajili said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Gunmen raided the office of an Iraqi journalists' organization Wednesday, taking equipment such as flak jackets, laptops and video cameras, the director of the Baghdad-based independent group said.

Policeman killed in Iraq Kurd anti-govt protest: mayor (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:02 AM PST

Thousands of Iraqi Kurdish anti-government protesters chant slogans as they demonstrate against the Kurdish region's leadership in the town of Sulaimaniyah in northern Iraq. Anti-government protests in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja on Wednesday left a policeman dead as a result of gunshot wounds and another injured, the town's mayor and a doctor said.(AFP/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - Anti-government protests in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja on Wednesday left a policeman dead as a result of gunshot wounds and another injured, the town's mayor and a doctor said.

Iraq attempts to defuse huge protest planned for Friday (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:28 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi security forces blanketed the streets of Iraq's capital on Wednesday, as officials used tactics including media intimidation and warnings of violence in an apparent attempt to defuse a major demonstration planned for Friday.

Libya live report (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:05 AM PST

A Tunisian woman carries her bags past the Ras Jdir border post between Libya and Tunisia, near the Tunisian city of Ben Guerdane, after leaving Libya on Wednesday. Hundreds more Tunisians fled Libya to escape unrest as the government demanded its neighbour stop using force against civilians in a bloody crackdown on protests that has left hundreds dead.(AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - 1700 GMT: This live text report is concluding as night falls in Libya after a momentous day following leader Moamer Kadhafi's call for his supporters to rise up and crush the unrest.

Radical Shiite cleric Sadr 'back in Iraq' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:41 AM PST

The radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is seen in Najaf in January. Sadr has returned to the holy city of Najaf from Iran, a source within his office told AFP.(AFP/File/QASSEM ZEIN)AFP - Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr returned to the holy city of Najaf from Iran on Wednesday, a source within his office told AFP.

Iraqi officials bend to protesters' demands (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:06 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In an apparent bid to deflate a major protest planned for Friday, the head of Baghdad’s provincial council on Tuesday promised to fire corrupt and inept officials, while Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced that he was personally overseeing the availability of sugar and other items provided to the poor.

Qaddafi speech: More Saddam Hussein than Mubarak (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:09 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Embattled Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi turned in a stunning television harangue this evening that repeatedly called for democracy protesters to be executed, describing them as “rats” and “cockroaches” in the service of foreign agents.

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