Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Turkey turns to NATO over Syrian attack
• Iraq's Sadr demands reforms for support of PM
• Iraq cleric: Government reforms need PM's ouster
• Iraq orders closure of 44 media outlets
• Firebrand cleric says Iraqi premier should resign
• NATO to discuss downing of Turkish plane by Syria
• Firebrand cleric says Iraqi PM should resign
• Morsi's Win: Progress or Paralysis?
• Iraq PM must go for reforms to happen: Sadr
• Kazakh mining giants seek to placate labor dissent
• Protest as Iraq moves to close 44 media outlets
• Turkey hits Kurdish rebels deep inside Iraq
• Turkey bombs Kurd positions in Iraq
• Holocaust Survivor Margit Meissner Journeys to Rwanda with Women for Women International to meet "Sister" Genocide Survivors
• Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
• Fire at Dana Gas LPG plant in Iraq kills one
• 'No hint' of US plan for Assange extradition: Australia
• Chicago-Area Wounded Veteran and Family Surprised With New Mortgage-Free Home: Anonymous Donor Contributes More Than $200,000

Turkey turns to NATO over Syrian attack Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:16 PM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has accused Syria of shooting down one of its military reconnaissance jets in international airspace without warning and summoned a NATO meeting for Tuesday to agree a response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Turkey's cabinet was due to meet on Monday to discuss Friday's incident, which lent a more threatening international dimension to the 16-month-old uprising against Assad. Britain called the attack over the eastern Mediterranean outrageous and said it stood ready to back strong action in the United Nations. ...

Iraq's Sadr demands reforms for support of PM Posted: 24 Jun 2012 03:16 PM PDT NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, head of a powerful Shi'ite movement in Iraq, on Sunday called for more political reforms, saying he would back a no-confidence vote against the prime minister if they were not made. Sadr, a Shi'ite cleric who led uprisings against the U.S. presence before American forces withdrew last December, is now an influential player in government after his bloc's support of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki helped secure his position. ...

Iraq cleric: Government reforms need PM's ouster Posted: 24 Jun 2012 02:13 PM PDT The firebrand Iraqi cleric whose followers make up a crucial swing vote said Sunday the prime minister must resign as a first step to pull Iraq out of the morass that has all but paralyzed its government.

Iraq orders closure of 44 media outlets Posted: 24 Jun 2012 02:07 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi regulatory body has ordered the closure of 44 media outlets in the country including the BBC and Voice of America in a dispute over broadcast licenses, sources with knowledge of the order said on Sunday, but no action has yet been taken. Other organizations targeted for shutdown include privately-owned local TV channels Sharqiya and Baghdadia as well as U.S.-financed Radio Sawa. ...

Firebrand cleric says Iraqi premier should resign Posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:30 PM PDT The firebrand Iraqi cleric whose followers make up a swing vote in the nation's ongoing government crisis said Sunday that the prime minister should resign if he cannot produce reforms.

NATO to discuss downing of Turkish plane by Syria Posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:27 PM PDT NATO will hold emergency talks on Tuesday to discuss Syria's downing of a Turkish jet fighter, but the alliance is not expected to take military action, even if it confirms Turkey's claim that the unarmed plane was attacked in international airspace.

Firebrand cleric says Iraqi PM should resign Posted: 24 Jun 2012 11:30 AM PDT The firebrand Iraqi cleric whose followers are a swing vote in the nation's ongoing government crisis said Sunday that the prime minister should resign if he cannot produce reforms.

Morsi's Win: Progress or Paralysis? Posted: 24 Jun 2012 11:03 AM PDT And so it begins: an unprecedented test on the world stage of whether Islamist politics can, at long last, join modernity. Can an Islamist head of state renounce jihadist violence in practice (as al-Qaida or its many offshoots, and Hamas and Hezbollah, have been unable to do)? Can he can work with the international community rather than consistently defy it (like the Iranian regime)?

Iraq PM must go for reforms to happen: Sadr Posted: 24 Jun 2012 10:33 AM PDT Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki needs to be removed for reforms to take place, powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Sunday, adding that his MPs would back a no-confidence vote if needed.

Kazakh mining giants seek to placate labor dissent Posted: 24 Jun 2012 08:31 AM PDT KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - At 65, Pavel Shumkin says he has lived a decade longer than the average coal miner in Kazakhstan. He recalls a time when he drank beer with his bosses after ascending, face blackened, from the coal face. "Now, these bosses have billions and I have my pension of $150 a month," he said. "They breathe a different air." Shumkin, an independent activist in the city of Karaganda, fights the corner of those who earn a modest living mining the resources that have made Kazakhstan's $185 billion economy the largest in Central Asia. ...

Protest as Iraq moves to close 44 media outlets Posted: 24 Jun 2012 08:11 AM PDT An Iraqi press freedom group condemned authorities on Sunday for ordering the closure of 44 news organizations, including a U.S.-funded radio station. The country's media commission said it was only targeting unlicensed operations.

Turkey hits Kurdish rebels deep inside Iraq Posted: 24 Jun 2012 08:01 AM PDT Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts deep inside northern Iraq, and Kurdish rebels killed one policeman and wounded three others in a roadside bomb attack inside Turkey on Sunday, authorities said.

Turkey bombs Kurd positions in Iraq Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:25 AM PDT Turkish warplanes have carried out strikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq, the army said on Sunday.

Holocaust Survivor Margit Meissner Journeys to Rwanda with Women for Women International to meet "Sister" Genocide Survivors Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:02 AM PDT 90-year-old traveling with Women for Women International will visit Kigali Genocide Memorial CentreWashington DC (PRWEB) June 24, 2012 Women for Women International (WfWI) announced today one of its supporters, 90-year-old Holocaust survivor Margit Meissner, will travel to Rwanda June 24th – 30th, to meet two women survivors of the 1994 genocide, one whom she has sponsored through WfWI's programs and the other whom she will sponsor in the upcoming year. ...

Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants in northern Iraq Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:00 AM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Sunday it had carried out air strikes on nine Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq between June 22-24, days after severe clashes on the other side of the border. The Turkish military said in a statement that most of the targets were in the Qandil region and were hideouts and caves belonging to Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants. It said all its planes had returned safely to their bases. ...

Fire at Dana Gas LPG plant in Iraq kills one Posted: 24 Jun 2012 04:30 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - One person died and four were injured in an explosion at the Khor Mor liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on Friday, plant operator Dana Gas said on Sunday. Dana Gas, which is based in the United Arab Emirates, blamed two LPG trucks belonging to a local LPG trader for the fire and accompanying explosion that killed a truck driver and caused extensive damage to the loading facility. It did not specify the damage. ...

'No hint' of US plan for Assange extradition: Australia Posted: 24 Jun 2012 01:07 AM PDT Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr Sunday said there was "no hint" of a plan to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States should he be sent to Sweden.

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