2011年6月2日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


9 killed in series of explosions in western Iraq (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2011 file photo, protesters chant anti-Iraqi government slogans under a huge Iraqi flag during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq. A leading human rights group says Iraq's central government and regional Kurdish leaders are beating and illegally detaining protesters to try to stop demonstrations calling for reforms. The New York-based Human Rights Watch called on Iraqi authorities on Thursday, June 2, 2011 to release detained protesters or formally charge those suspected of breaking the law. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - A series of bombings ripped through the capital of Iraq's western Anbar province Thursday night, killing nine people, Iraqi officials said.


Triple blasts kill 10 in west Iraq: officials (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:47 PM PDT

An Iraqi traffic policeman wears a surgical mask for protection from a heavy sandstorm that blanketed Baghdad. At least three explosions near provincial government offices in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi killed 10 people and wounded 15 on Thursday evening, security officials said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - At least three explosions near provincial government offices in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi killed 10 people and wounded 15 on Thursday evening, security officials said.


Iraqi youth fret over scarce jobs, tired of war (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Like most Iraqi university students, Dalia Muthanna is more concerned about finding a job than worrying about bomb attacks or a return of sectarian fighting in her homeland.

While some Iraqis head home, others still fear violence (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:08 AM PDT

Makeshift houses belonging to displaced residents are seen in Baghdad May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - Jasim Jubayer al-Ugaili recalls with obvious pain the night he and his family fled their home in western Iraq, carrying the threatening letter that drove them away: "Either leave within 72 hours or die."


Iraq protest clouds loom (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:25 PM PDT

Iraqis take part in a demonstration in Baghdad's al-Tahrir square against corruption, poor public services and high unemployment, in February 2011. The February rallies were among the biggest since the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets following uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia which toppled those countries' rulers.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq risks a return to massive street protests when a 100-day deadline for progress expires next week, experts say, with no core issues having been addressed and a summer heatwave coming.


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