Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Turkey wants France to explain contacts with Kurd leader
• Czechs elect president by direct vote for 1st time
• Turkey demands Hollande explain meeting with dead Kurd
• World of Concrete 2013 Reveals Top Four Winners in Crews That Rock 2013 Contest
• Demonstrators rally in support of Iraqi government
• Progress in Women’s Rights Creates Backlash, Says Linfield College Professor
• Shepard Fairey, Artist Who Created Obama “Hope” Poster, to Design and Paint a Mural at Santa Fe University of Art and Design
• R.A. Wilson Connects Readers Personally to Soldiers and War in New Book
• Rafic Daud’s Novel Explores and Celebrates One of the Greatest Mysteries of the Heart
• Today in History
• HAGEL IS EXACTLY THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY
• Afghanistan: The challenge of 'good' vs 'bad' militias

Turkey wants France to explain contacts with Kurd leader Posted: 12 Jan 2013 10:53 AM PST ISTANBUL/PARIS (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan demanded on Saturday that French President Francois Hollande explain why he had met one of three Kurdish militants shot dead in Paris this week. Kurdish activists blamed the execution-style killings at an institute in central Paris on Thursday on shadowy elements from the Turkish state or foreign powers. Turkey pointed to possible infighting in the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). ...

Czechs elect president by direct vote for 1st time Posted: 12 Jan 2013 09:51 AM PST PRAGUE (AP) — A former leftist prime minister and the Czech Republic's conservative foreign minister will face each other in a presidential runoff later this month after finishing Saturday as the top two candidates in the ballot's first round.

Turkey demands Hollande explain meeting with dead Kurd Posted: 12 Jan 2013 04:42 AM PST ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday demanded French President Francois Hollande explain why he had met one of three Kurdish militants shot dead in Paris this week. The execution-style killings at an institute in central Paris on Thursday cast a shadow on a new initiative by Erdogan's government to launch a peace process to end a 28-year-old insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) that has claimed more than 40,000 lives. Hollande told reporters he and other politicians knew one of the three women, who all had ties to the PKK. ...

World of Concrete 2013 Reveals Top Four Winners in Crews That Rock 2013 Contest Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:42 AM PST For the second year, World of Concrete 2013 featured the CREWS THAT ROCK competition, sponsored by BASF, to honor crew members for their teamwork and contribution to the industry.Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) January 10, 2013 Since crews have always been a huge part of World of Concrete every year, WOC wanted to recognize the incredible accomplishments of the commercial construction/masonry industry crews. For the second year, World of Concrete 2013 featured the CREWS THAT ROCK competition, sponsored by BASF, to honor crew members for their teamwork and contribution to the industry. ...

Demonstrators rally in support of Iraqi government Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:25 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Shiite demonstrators took to the streets in Iraq's capital Saturday to show support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government, which has faced angry protests in Sunni provinces in a sign of growing sectarian tensions.

Progress in Women’s Rights Creates Backlash, Says Linfield College Professor Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:08 AM PST A recent surge in violence against women in the Middle East and India may be a backlash against gains in legal rights, education and political representation, says Dawn Nowacki, a political science professor at Linfield College in Oregon.McMINNVILLE, Ore. (PRWEB) January 09, 2013 Women throughout the developing world are assuming more leadership positions, and even some authoritarian regimes have made progress in terms of personal status laws, with more women having the right to divorce, win child custody lawsuits or own property. ...

Shepard Fairey, Artist Who Created Obama “Hope” Poster, to Design and Paint a Mural at Santa Fe University of Art and Design Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:04 AM PST Fairey will also participate in a lecture and Q&A conversation for the campus and wider Santa Fe communitySanta Fe, NM (PRWEB) January 09, 2013 Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD) announced today that contemporary artist and graphic designer Shepard Fairey will visit Santa Fe for a lecture and Q&A discussion and will create a mural design as part of the university's 2013–2014 Artists for Positive Social Change series. ...

R.A. Wilson Connects Readers Personally to Soldiers and War in New Book Posted: 12 Jan 2013 02:40 AM PST A fictional look into the complexities of the Iraq WarWarrenton, VA (PRWEB) January 10, 2013 "I wrote this book to shed light on the war in Iraq, beyond the headlines and politico facts," author and Iraq War veteran R.A. Wilson says about his book, "The Land between Two Rivers" (published by AuthorHouse). While a work of fiction, it reflects how regular people are affected by the war and gives war itself a human face. ...

Rafic Daud’s Novel Explores and Celebrates One of the Greatest Mysteries of the Heart Posted: 12 Jan 2013 02:12 AM PST A spellbinding parable of love and romance unfolds.(PRWEB) January 12, 2013 "Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy." Jan Demir, the protagonist in "Persian Pearl Tulip", will discover the brevity of this quote by Marguerite de Valois when he embarks on a journey that will change his life as he knows it. ...

Today in History Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:01 PM PST Today is Saturday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2013. There are 353 days left in the year.

HAGEL IS EXACTLY THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:00 PM PST Chuck Hagel has committed unpardonable sins. He has violated the GOP commandment -- popularized by Ronald Reagan -- against criticizing his fellow partisans. Worse yet, in the eyes of those partisans, he has castigated the warmongering imperialists who dragged the nation into a disastrous invasion of Iraq.Recipient of two Purple Hearts as an enlisted man in Vietnam, Hagel came back from that war a staunch defender of U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia, according to an insightful 2007 profile in The New Republic. ...

Afghanistan: The challenge of 'good' vs 'bad' militias Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:10 PM PST As two Afghan farmers tell it, they are part of the "good" militia in their northern province: unofficial armed men who protect schools, families, and farms, and have chased Taliban insurgents away.

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