Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• One Egyptian's surrender: The revolution failed
• A father, a son, and a game called baseball
• Father's Day: Surprise Homecomings of 10 Military Dads
• Obama backs Iraq envoy nominee despite affair revelations
• Jobs Report Shows Improvement in Virginia, D.C., Decline in Maryland
• MEK victims warn Lobby groups - "we will claim compensation from MEK beneficiaries"
• Iraq bombings kill five in bloody end to deadly week
• Bomb kills security contractor in Iraq's north
• U.S. may have less Mideast clout, uses it with care

One Egyptian's surrender: The revolution failed Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:55 AM PDT Mahmoud Abou Adhma's despair over Egypt's course the past 16 months has turned him from an avid revolutionary who camped out in Tahrir Square for most of the 18 days of protests demanding the fall of Hosni Mubarak to working for the presidential campaign of the deposed leader's last prime minister and close friend.

A father, a son, and a game called baseball Posted: 17 Jun 2012 07:00 AM PDT Mike Simzak looks at the link between Father's Day and baseball in his family.

Father's Day: Surprise Homecomings of 10 Military Dads Posted: 17 Jun 2012 06:15 AM PDT Military Dad Surprises Daughter at Soccer Game

Obama backs Iraq envoy nominee despite affair revelations Posted: 17 Jun 2012 06:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has no plans to withdraw Brett McGurk's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to Iraq, despite Republican demands after revelations that the nominee had engaged in an extra-marital affair with a journalist whom he later married, the White House said on Sunday. Six of the nine Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee wrote to Obama last week requesting a new choice to head the huge U.S. embassy in Baghdad. ...

Jobs Report Shows Improvement in Virginia, D.C., Decline in Maryland Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:43 AM PDT The U.S. Department of Labor released unemployment numbers Friday for May, showing Maryland shed 7,500 jobs. The state had the third-worst showing, following Pennsylvania with 9,900 losses and North Carolina at 16,500.

MEK victims warn Lobby groups - "we will claim compensation from MEK beneficiaries" Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:06 AM PDT LONDON, June 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Iran-Interlink -- Critics of Iran's human rights record are being warned by former MEK members in Europe not to be fooled into giving support to a terrorist cult. The Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) wants to be removed from the U.S. FTO list and is using front organisations to lure paid speakers to a campaign rally in VillePinte, Paris on 23 June.

Iraq bombings kill five in bloody end to deadly week Posted: 17 Jun 2012 04:11 AM PDT Bombings in Iraq killed five people and wounded 34 others on Sunday, security and medical officials said, after a bloody week that cost the lives of more than 100 people.

Bomb kills security contractor in Iraq's north Posted: 17 Jun 2012 01:41 AM PDT A provincial police officer in Iraq says a roadside bomb has killed one security contractor and wounded three others working for a Turkish security company in the country's north.

U.S. may have less Mideast clout, uses it with care Posted: 16 Jun 2012 10:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Events in Egypt, Bahrain and Syria illustrate the limits of U.S. influence in the Middle East following the Arab Spring and a U.S. reluctance, at times, to exercise such clout as it has. Court rulings in Egypt and in Bahrain this week, analysts say, show the ruling authorities' desire to maintain their grip on power and the United States' limited ability to shape events despite its general support for democracy. ...

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