Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq PM warns Sunni protesters, makes small concession
• Heartwarming moments defy chill at Rose Parade
• Iraqi civilian deaths rise in "low-level war": study
• Iraqi Shiite cleric lends support to Sunni protest
• Why Marco Rubio voted against the fiscal cliff deal
• 2012 one of "bloodiest years" for journalists: media body
• Today in History

Iraq PM warns Sunni protesters, makes small concession Posted: 01 Jan 2013 02:52 PM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has warned he will not tolerate Sunni anti-government rallies indefinitely, but made a concession to their demands by promising to free some women prisoners. Thousands of Sunnis have been taking to the streets of Iraq for more than a week in protest against Maliki, whom they accuse of discriminating against their sect and being under the sway of their non-Arab Shi'ite neighbor Iran. ...

Heartwarming moments defy chill at Rose Parade Posted: 01 Jan 2013 12:15 PM PST PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A couple who became husband and wife on the "Love Float," a surprise reunion between a returning soldier and his little boy, and a grand marshal famed globally for her chimpanzee research were among the highlights of the 124th Rose Parade on Tuesday.

Iraqi civilian deaths rise in "low-level war": study Posted: 01 Jan 2013 07:01 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A total of 4,471 civilians died in Iraq's festering "low-level war" with insurgents in 2012, the first annual climb in the death toll in three years, campaigners said on Tuesday. The deaths, up from 4,059 in 2011, showed militant fighters were still bent on carrying out large-scale bomb attacks, said rights group Iraq Body Count (IBC) in its annual report. Tensions between Shi'ite, Kurdish and Sunni factions in Iraq's power-sharing government have been on the rise this year and the civil war in neighboring Syria is whipping up sectarian tension across the region. ...

Iraqi Shiite cleric lends support to Sunni protest Posted: 01 Jan 2013 05:38 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — A top anti-American Shiite cleric lent support Tuesday to Sunni protesters who have been rallying against Iraq's Shiite-dominated central government, increasing pressure on the leadership in Baghdad.

Why Marco Rubio voted against the fiscal cliff deal Posted: 01 Jan 2013 05:07 AM PST The GOP's superstar senator, a potential 2016 contender, was one of only eight senators to oppose the bipartisan package

2012 one of "bloodiest years" for journalists: media body Posted: 01 Jan 2013 12:49 AM PST BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A heavy death toll in war zones such as Syria and Somalia made 2012 one of the bloodiest years for journalists, with 121 killed, an international journalists' group said on Monday. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said the figure was up from 107 journalists and other media workers killed in targeted attacks, bomb blasts and cross-fire incidents in 2011. ...

Today in History Posted: 31 Dec 2012 09:01 PM PST Today is Tuesday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2013. There are 364 days left in the year.

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