2013年7月5日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Bombs kill 22 in Iraq, Sunni leader urges Egypt-style protests

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:04 PM PDT

People gather at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in the city of SamarraBy Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 15 people as they left a Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi capital on Friday and a separate attack on Sunni protesters killed seven, police and medics said. In Baghdad's northwestern district of Graiaat, witnesses said guards at the exit to the Shi'ite mosque stopped a woman who then blew herself up amidst worshippers leaving after sunset prayers. Suicide bombings are the hallmark of al Qaeda. ...


Bombings targeting Shiites kill 19 in Iraq

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:07 PM PDT

A worshipper kisses the shrine of Sheik Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani after joint Sunni-Shiite Friday prayers at Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 5, 2013. In a show of national unity, Shiite and Sunni worshippers held joint prayers Friday in a Sunni mosque in downtown Baghdad amid tight security measures. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide attacker and a car bombing killed at least 19 people and wounded 38 in separate attacks Friday targeting Shiites north of Baghdad.


Obama's toughest sell on Guantanamo: Senate Dems

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 11:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. President Barack Obama's hardest sell in his renewed push to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may be members of his own party _ moderate Senate Democrats facing tough re-election bids next year in the strongly Republican South. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's hardest sell in his renewed push to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may be members of his own party — moderate Senate Democrats facing tough re-election bids next year in the strongly Republican South.


Iraq officials: Bomber kills 15 north of Baghdad

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 11:19 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber who walked into a Shiite mosque in northern Baghdad has killed 15 worshippers and wounded 32.

Defense to take center stage in U.S. WikiLeaks court-martial

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 10:49 AM PDT

A member of German Piraten Partei (Pirates party) holds the portraits of U.S. Army Private First Class Manning and Snowden, a former contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA), during a protest in Berlin's Tiergarten districtBy Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For weeks, Private First Class Bradley Manning has been portrayed as an arrogant loner and a traitor who damaged U.S. security and put countless lives at risk by providing hundreds of thousands of secret files to WikiLeaks. Now, as his lawyers prepare to kick off their case, they will seek to convince the judge deciding the trial that Manning has been miscast by prosecutors. They are likely to argue, said legal experts, that he is a naive, well-intentioned 25-year-old who wanted to alert Americans to the reality of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. ...


June brings more US jobs to men and teenagers

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 08:13 AM PDT

The U.S. unemployment rate may have been unchanged last month from May at 7.6 percent. But for adult men, who make up a slight majority of the workforce, June was a time of improvement. Unemployment for ...

Evidence of Ancient Farming in Iran Discovered

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 07:07 AM PDT

Evidence of Ancient Farming in Iran DiscoveredAgriculture may have arisen simultaneously in many places throughout the Fertile Crescent, new research suggests.


How to Save for College After a Parent's Death

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 06:48 AM PDT

Jackie Livaudais knows what it's like to want to provide for a child's future when one's own is uncertain. She was pregnant with her third son when her husband, an Army ranger, was killed in Iraq.

FIFA imposes home match ban on Iraq again

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 06:44 AM PDT

FIFA imposes home match ban on Iraq againIraq has been declared off-limits again for international exhibition soccer games amid a wave of deadly bombings. Soccer's governing body says it wrote to the Iraqi Football Association and confirmed "the ...


Iraq officials: car bomb kills 4 north of Baghdad

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:27 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a car bomb explosion has killed four civilians and wounded 6 others north of Baghdad.
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