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Lawmaker says Rice interfered with Iraq inquiry (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:43:25 GMT

A leading Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday accused Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of interfering in congressional inquiries into corruption in Iraq's government and the activities of U.S. security firm Blackwater.


WHO: Cholera outbreak in Iraq spreading (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:44:05 GMT

A cholera outbreak in Iraq is spreading, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, with new cases confirmed in Baghdad, Basra and for the first time three northern districts.


U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,799 (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:39:00 GMT

As of Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007, at least 3,799 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,098 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Cholera outbreak in Iraq is spreading (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:42:36 GMT

An outbreak of cholera in Iraq has spread with new cases confirmed in Baghdad, Basra and for the first time the northern districts of Tikrit, Mosul and Dahuk, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.


Iraq ministry finishes draft law on contractors (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:28:07 GMT

Iraq's Interior Ministry has finished draft legislation that would end the legal immunity enjoyed by private security contractors after a deadly shooting involving U.S. firm Blackwater, an official said on Tuesday.


Iraq-Iran border chaos over detainee dispute (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:48:06 GMT

Iran's sudden closure of its border with northern Iraq caused trucking chaos at the frontier on Tuesday, as experts warned of severe economic fallout and traders scrambled for goods.


Iraq president says US arrest of Iranian 'illegal' (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:50:13 GMT

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Tuesday declared the arrest in northern Iraq of an Iranian national by US forces "illegal" and again demanded his release.


Bombs kill more than 40 in Iraq in less than 24 hours (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:37:48 GMT

A spate of powerful car and suicide bombings has killed 44 people and wounded more than 100 in less than 24 hours across Iraq, shattering what had been a relatively calm holy month of Ramadan.


Miliband warns of Iraq 'contagion' in Mideast, Al-Qaeda threat (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:11:27 GMT

Foreign Minister David Miliband warned Tuesday that "contagion" could spread from Iraq across the Middle East, urging the West to talk to all the country's neighbours to head off the threat.


24 die in Iraq peace meeting blast (CNN.com)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:31:42 GMT

A suicide bombing in Iraq's volatile Diyala province ripped through a "reconciliation meeting" on Monday night attended by Sunni and Shiite militia leaders -- a brazen attack that killed and wounded dozens and fractured an effort to foster amity between the rival sects.