2011年3月9日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Official: Kurd forces will stay near key Iraq city (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:32 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2010 file photo, a Kurdish Peshmerga, left, and an Iraqi Army soldier, right, participate in a simulated battle as they demonstrate their skills at a graduation for members of the Combined Security Force, comprised of Kurdish, Iraqi. Thousands of Kurd forces will remain in their new positions around the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk for the time being, a senior Kurdish official said Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)AP - Thousands of Kurd forces will remain in their new positions around the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk for now, a senior Kurdish official said Wednesday.


Blast shuts down Iraq Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:23 AM PST

Reuters - A bomb attack in the northern province of Nineveh halted oil flow through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, which carries a quarter of Iraq's crude exports, a spokesman for Iraq's oil ministry said on Wednesday.

Baghdad blast kills Iraqi army general (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:22 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2010 file photo, from left: an Iraqi policeman, an Iraqi Army soldier, a U.S. Army soldier, an Iraqi policeman and a Kurdish Peshmerga, members of the newly-minted Combined Security Force participate in a simulated battle as they demonstrate their skills at a graduation ceremony in Kirkuk, Iraq. Thousands of Kurd forces will remain in their new positions around the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk for the time being, a senior Kurdish official said Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)AFP/File - A roadside bomb attack in east Baghdad killed an Iraqi army general on Wednesday while violence across the capital wounded 13 people, including a US soldier, security officials said.


Iraq premiere at world's biggest tourism fair (AFP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:05 AM PST

AFP - The world's biggest tourism fair, the ITB Berlin, opened Wednesday with an Iraqi stand for the first time, eight years after the toppling of Saddam Hussein and the turmoil that followed.
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