2011年4月20日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


US soldier goes on trial in slaying of 2 in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 01:37 PM PDT

AP - An Army sergeant gunned down his commanding officer and a fellow soldier after they criticized him for a series of battlefield blunders, including making a wrong turn during a patrol in Iraq and later leaving behind a squad member, prosecutors said Wednesday at a court-martial hearing.

Austrian Airlines to fly to Baghdad after 21 years (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:21 AM PDT

AP - Austrian Airlines says it will resume its flights from Vienna to Baghdad after a 21-year hiatus.

Arab League delays summit on regional unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Arab states have agreed to postpone a summit that was scheduled for May 11 in Baghdad, the Arab League announced on Wednesday, amid disputes over the venue and popular unrest rocking the region.

Arab League delays summit in Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:58 AM PDT

Tunisians protest in Tunis, February 2010. The Arab League has delayed a summit that was to be held in Iraq next month as a wave of political unrest rocks the region(AFP/File/Fethi Belaid)AFP - The Arab League has delayed a summit that was to be held in Iraq next month as a wave of political unrest rocks the region, its deputy secretary general said on Wednesday.


Baghdad protest ban is undemocratic: Sadr (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:40 AM PDT

Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, seen here in 2010, has blasted a ban on public rallies in the Iraqi capital, saying it was AFP - Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday blasted a ban on public rallies in the Iraqi capital, saying it was "undemocratic" and based on fear of rising protests.


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