2011年7月16日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


5 killed in bombings in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 16, 2011. A bomb in a minibus parked outside a restaurant in the Karradah neighborhood killed and wounded several people, officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Two separate blasts killed five people and wounded nearly three dozen Saturday, Iraqi officials said, in the latest reminder of the violence and instability in the country as U.S. troops prepare to leave.


Iraq key oil player 'for next 20 years': Shahristani (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 06:41 AM PDT

Iraq will be the key player in international oil politics over the next two decades, the country's top government official for the energy sector said on Saturday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq will be the key player in international oil politics over the next two decades, the country's top government official for the energy sector said on Saturday.


Bombs hit Iraq holy city during Shi'ite rite (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 02:32 AM PDT

Protesters take part in a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the eastern Syrian town of Deir al-Zour, near the border with Iraq, July 16, 2011. Syrian opposition factions meeting in Istanbul on Saturday formed a broad-based council in the hope of creating a government-in-waiting to fill a void if street protests succeed in toppling Assad.  REUTERS/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSReuters - A bomb attached to a policeman's car blew up Saturday in the Iraqi city of Kerbala, killing at least three people and wounding 15 others during an annual Shi'ite pilgrimage, officials said.


US military: US soldier killed in southern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:38 PM PDT

Protesters take part in a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the eastern Syrian town of Deir al-Zour, near the border with Iraq, July 16, 2011. Syrian opposition factions meeting in Istanbul on Saturday formed a broad-based council in the hope of creating a government-in-waiting to fill a void if street protests succeed in toppling Assad.  REUTERS/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed while conducting military operations in southern Iraq.


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