2011年11月29日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Vienna best place to live, Baghdad worst: survey (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 03:03 PM PST

Reuters - Vienna's excellent infrastructure, safe streets and good public health service make it the nicest place to live in the world, consulting group Mercer said in a global survey which put Baghdad firmly in last place.

Biden visits Iraq ahead of US troop departure (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:46 AM PST

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2011 - A boy is separated from a suspected militant, who has been accused of killing the boy's father at the height of the sectarian slaughter in 2006-07, at the Interior Ministry in Baghdad November 21, 2011. A total of 22 suspected militants were presented to the media on Monday as they await their trial, according to the police. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)AP - Vice President Joe Biden arrived on a surprise visit to Iraq late Tuesday in a trip designed to chart a new relationship between the two countries after all American forces have left the country in just over a month.


Biden swoops into Iraq as U.S. troop pullout nears (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 10:39 AM PST

Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday in a visit to mark the end of the U.S. war in Iraq as troops complete withdrawal by year-end.

Lebanese accuse Syria of 'stealing' video footage (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:58 AM PST

AP - A group of Lebanese men have accused Syrian authorities of using old video filmed in Lebanon to back up claims that they are fighting terrorists in Syria.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,485 (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 08:45 AM PST

AP - As of Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at least 4,485 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

(AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 07:47 AM PST

AP - Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Baghdad for surprise visit ahead of US troop departure.
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