Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq to fly home despairing Sri Lankan workers (AP)
• Rebuilt Iraq hospital plans surgery on infants (AFP)
• Nearly 900 Iraqi children killed in violence: UN (AFP)
• Iran dismisses claims it's arming Iraqi insurgents (AP)
• U.S. Military Focuses on Training with Six Months Left to Iraqi Pullout (ContributorNetwork)

Iraq to fly home despairing Sri Lankan workers (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:13 AM PDT AP - A group of Sri Lankan laborers who tried to kill themselves after months of begging for food and shelter when their employer went out of business will each be given $3,000 and flown home for free, the Iraqi government said Wednesday.

Rebuilt Iraq hospital plans surgery on infants (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:37 AM PDT AFP - It will be three years before doctors in Iraq can perform heart surgery on infants, doctors say, in a country where birth defects are high due to marriage within extended families.

Nearly 900 Iraqi children killed in violence: UN (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:16 AM PDT AFP - Nearly 900 children were killed in violence in Iraq between 2008 and 2010 and more than 3,200 wounded, UNICEF said in a report on Wednesday marking the "Day of the Iraqi Child."

Iran dismisses claims it's arming Iraqi insurgents (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:43 AM PDT AP - Iran's state TV says the country's defense minister has dismissed renewed U.S. claims that Tehran is arming Iraqi insurgents.

U.S. Military Focuses on Training with Six Months Left to Iraqi Pullout (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 08:22 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - Lt. Gen. Frank G. Helmick, U.S. Forces-Iraq deputy commanding general (operations), briefed reporters from Baghdad June 22. His topic was the status of U.S. and Iraqi military forces. The deadline for withdrawal of all U.S. forces is six months away.

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