Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Ex-KBR firefighter denies raping woman in Iraq (AP)
• Blasts rip through western Baghdad, killing 40 (AP)
• Iraq blasts kill at least 23, scores wounded (Reuters)
• Baghdad market bomb blitz kills 21 (AFP)
• Fuel theft hits Iraq power grid: inspector (AFP)
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• Iraq's Maliki wants to downsize government (Reuters)
• Iraq PM says bloated government must be trimmed (AFP)

Ex-KBR firefighter denies raping woman in Iraq (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 03:00 PM PDT AP - An ex-KBR firefighter told jurors on Thursday he had consensual sex with a Texas woman who says she was drugged and sexually assaulted in Iraq at the hands of co-workers.

Blasts rip through western Baghdad, killing 40 (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:28 PM PDT AP - Four bombs ripped through Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad Thursday evening, killing at least 40 people in the worst violence the capital has seen in months, Iraqi officials said. An American civilian aid specialist working to improve education in Iraq was killed in a separate attack.

Iraq blasts kill at least 23, scores wounded (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:59 PM PDT Reuters - Three bombs exploded near a busy street market and a religious site in a mainly Shi'ite area of southwestern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and wounding scores of others, security sources said.

Baghdad market bomb blitz kills 21 (AFP) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:25 PM PDT AFP - Explosives packed into three shopping carts ripped through a crowded market in the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 107, an interior ministry official said.

Fuel theft hits Iraq power grid: inspector (AFP) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:10 AM PDT AFP - Large volumes of diesel fuel destined for Iraq's power stations are stolen each month by transportation contractors in cahoots with electricity ministry officials, an inspector said on Thursday.

(AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:42 AM PDT AP - Iraqi officials: Death toll in triple Baghdad blasts jumps to 34, more than 80 injured.

Iraq's Maliki wants to downsize government (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:09 AM PDT Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Thursday he wanted to shrink his government and fire weak ministers to meet protesters' demands for improved government services.

Iraq PM says bloated government must be trimmed (AFP) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:27 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Thursday it was imperative to trim the size of the government, the biggest in Iraq's contemporary history.

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