2012年10月30日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Independent Artist and Active Duty Soldier Lets Her Double Lives Blend in Honor of Veterans Day

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Independent artist Corrin Campbell & The Election Will Release New Single Nov.6 - All Proceeds to be Donated to the USO.Nashville, TN (PRWEB) October 30, 2012 Sergeant Corrin Campbell, self-proclaimed "certified auto tune free" combat veteran and pop/rock independent artist, will contribute all proceeds of "Where I Stand - A Soldier's Perspective", her 2-song single, to the USO. It will be available through most digital distributors and on her artist website Nov. 6, 2012. ...

VMFP Endorses Obama for President

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:26 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Veterans and Military Families for Progress proudly and confidently has chosen to endorse President Barack Obama for reelection.  VMFP's endorsement is recognition of both President Obama's outstanding achievements as Commander-in-Chief and his support of veteran, active duty, guard, reserve, and military family issues over the past four years.VMFP is a national, non-partisan, not-for-profit veterans' 21st Century organization committed to addressing the critical "coming home" issues of our veterans and military families. ...

US: Iraqi audit points to huge money laundering

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:09 AM PDT

Saad Abdullah helps his sister carry a pan of water for drinking and cooking filled from a public water hose on open ground in Baghdad's eastern suburb of Fadaliayah, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The neighborhood has no municipal water supply. The US allocated billions of dollars to rebuild Iraq's water infrastructure shattered by war, sanctions and neglect, but security issues, corruption and inefficiency have left millions of Iraqis still without basic sanitation or piped water.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Iraqi auditors believe as much as $800 million in U.S. dollars is being sent out of the country illegally each week, draining it of hard currency, according to a report by American inspectors released Tuesday.


George W. Bush Presidential Center to feature 15-acre park recreating Texas prairie

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:58 AM PDT

DALLAS - A 15-acre park at the upcoming George W. Bush Presidential Center will recreate a Texas prairie, complete with a wildflower meadow, a new blend of native grasses and even trees transplanted from the former president's ranch.

Bush library to feature park recreating prairie

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:54 AM PDT

In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 photo, former first lady Laura Bush, center, talks with Herb Sweeney, right, landscape architect, and Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation, during a tour of the Texas interpretation of the White House Rose Garden at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. A 15-acre park at the upcoming George W. Bush Presidential Center will recreate a Texas prairie, complete with a wildflower meadow, a special blend of native grasses and even trees transplanted from the former president's ranch. (AP Photo/LM Otero)A 15-acre park at the upcoming George W. Bush Presidential Center will recreate a Texas prairie, complete with a wildflower meadow, a new blend of native grasses and even trees transplanted from the former president's ranch.


Kaka keeps Brazil place, no room for Shakhtar players

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:03 AM PDT

Real Madrid's Kaka gestures during their friendly soccer match against Benfica at the Luz stadium in LisbonRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Kaka has kept his place in the Brazil squad after his impressive return last month but Shakhtar Donetsk players were again overlooked by coach Mano Menezes. Menezes, naming his squad for next month's friendly against Colombia in the United States, also declined to give Ronaldinho another chance despite some good recent performances for Atletico Mineiro in the Brazilian championship. ...


Soccer-Kaka keeps Brazil place, no room for Shakhtar players

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:37 AM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Kaka has kept his place in the Brazil squad after his impressive return last month but Shakhtar Donetsk players were again overlooked by coach Mano Menezes. Menezes, naming his squad for next month's friendly against Colombia in the United States, also declined to give Ronaldinho another chance despite some good recent performances for Atletico Mineiro in the Brazilian championship. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said the match, at the Metlife stadium in New Jersey on Nov. ...

Exclusive: UAE's Dana Gas won't repay bond - sources

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:54 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dana Gas is set to become the first United Arab Emirates (UAE) company to fail to pay an Islamic bond on maturity, three sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, sending its stock and bond prices sharply lower. The UAE's largest listed natural gas firm, hit by payment delays from Egypt and Iraq's Kurdistan region, will not repay a $920 million convertible Islamic bond, or sukuk, when it matures on Wednesday, the sources said. However, Sharjah-based Dana has won more time to hammer out a deal with bondholders, they added. Dana Gas declined to comment. ...

Yemenis suspect Iran's hand in rise of Shiite rebels

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:25 AM PDT

While the graffiti on the walls of Rayda's bullet-scarred Awadin Mosque condemns the United States and Israel, the clashes that briefly transformed this agrarian town into a war zone were fought between local foes.

Exclusive: UAE's Dana Gas won't pay bond on maturity - sources

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 03:30 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dana Gas is set to become the first United Arab Emirates (UAE) company to fail payment of an Islamic bond on maturity, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The UAE's largest listed natural gas firm, hit by payment delays from Egypt and Iraq's Kurdistan region, will not repay a $920 million convertible Islamic bond, or sukuk, when it matures on Wednesday, the sources said. However, Sharjah-based Dana has won more time to hammer out a deal with bondholders, they added. Dana Gas declined to comment. ...

Iran criticizes Iraq's search of Syria-bound plane

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:31 AM PDT

Iran has criticized neighboring Iraq for forcing a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it was not carrying weapons.

Romney for President

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

"Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people — a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who, by their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side throughout a long and bloody war, have nobly established general liberty and independence."
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