2011年5月1日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi officer killed as figures show violence down (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 09:14 AM PDT

Iraqi policemen stop a driver to search his vehicle at a checkpoint in Baghdad, in April 2011. A senior security officer was shot dead at a construction site in north Iraq on Sunday as new figures showed the number of people killed in violence last month declined by around 15 percent.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - A senior security officer was shot dead at a construction site in north Iraq on Sunday as new figures showed the number of people killed in violence last month declined by around 15 percent.


Peace laureate appeals to Iran to release US hikers (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 08:31 AM PDT

US hikers Shane Bauer (left) and Josh Fattal (right), detained in Iran on spying charges, arrive for the first session of their trial at the Tehran Revolutionary Court in the Iranian capital on February 6, 2011. East Timorese president Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has appealed to Iran to release the two Americans arrested on the Iraqi border in 2009 and accused of espionage.(AFP/Press TV/File)AFP - East Timorese president Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, appealed Sunday to Iran to release two American hikers arrested on the Iraqi border in 2009 and accused of espionage.


Iraqi violent deaths, but injuries drop in April (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 08:08 AM PDT

Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -The number of civilians and soldiers killed in Iraqi violence fell in April, official figures showed on Sunday, although attacks continued against security forces ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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