Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Gunmen kill 56 in grisly Iraq hostage siege (AP)
• Journalist for Reuters killed in Iraq attack (Reuters)
• Iraq ambassador says thanks during Vermont swing (AP)
• At least 53 dead as Iraqi forces end gunmen's siege (Reuters)
• 58 dead in Tikrit attack: Iraq police (AFP)
• Erdogan arrives in Iraqi Kurd region (AFP)
• Belgium's political crisis energises Flemish separatists (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,441 (AP)
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• Belgium reaches Iraq's record government stalemate (AP)
• At least 10 dead in Tikrit attack: Iraqi police (AFP)

Gunmen kill 56 in grisly Iraq hostage siege (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PDT AP - Gunmen wearing military uniforms over explosives belts charged into a government building in Saddam Hussein's hometown Tuesday in an attack that left 56 people dead, including 15 hostages who were shot execution-style.

Journalist for Reuters killed in Iraq attack (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:13 PM PDT Reuters - A freelance journalist who worked for Reuters was among more than 50 people killed on Tuesday when gunmen attacked a local government building in Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Iraq ambassador says thanks during Vermont swing (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:08 PM PDT AP - Iraq's ambassador to the United States talked about the price of war. Then he met a woman who'd paid it — with the loss of her son.

At least 53 dead as Iraqi forces end gunmen's siege (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:14 AM PDT Reuters - At least 53 people were killed on Tuesday when gunmen took hostages at a provincial council headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown, precipitating a battle with security forces who swept in to end the siege.

58 dead in Tikrit attack: Iraq police (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:08 AM PDT AFP - Security forces stormed the provincial council building in former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Tuesday after an hours-long shootout with gunmen that left 58 dead and 97 wounded, a police official said.

Erdogan arrives in Iraqi Kurd region (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:49 AM PDT AFP - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq on Tuesday, a day after he said that Kurdish rebel bases in the territory were an obstacle to strengthening neighbourly ties with Baghdad.

Belgium's political crisis energises Flemish separatists (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:48 AM PDT AFP - Protesters hit the streets as Belgium matched Iraq's record as the country longest without a government Tuesday, and polls showed the crisis boosting separatists in the Dutch-speaking north.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,441 (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:11 AM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at least 4,441 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

(AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:56 AM PDT AP - Iraqi government spokesman says death toll rises to 34 in Tikrit hostage siege.

Belgium reaches Iraq's record government stalemate (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:34 AM PDT AP - Belgium tied the world record with Iraq for time without a government on Tuesday, but months of political waffling that was once a joke is quickly wearing thin.

At least 10 dead in Tikrit attack: Iraqi police (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:25 AM PDT AFP - At least 10 people were killed in an attack by a suicide bomber and gunmen on the provincial council building in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, security officials said.

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