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Iraq elects parliament speaker after 4-month impasse - Los Angeles Times Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:23:41 GMT

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Iraq elects parliament speaker after 4-month impasse Los Angeles Times, CA By Liz Sly Reporting from Baghdad -- Iraq's parliament ended four months of legislative paralysis on Sunday by electing a new speaker who supporters hope will bring both muscle and discipline to the notoriously disorderly body. Iyad Samarrai, a leading ... Iraq parl't gets speaker after months of discord Reuters New speaker for Iraq parliament BBC News Iraqi military investigates gangland-style heists The Associated Press AFP - CNN all 630 news articles

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Iraq's Stock Exchange goes electronic - Forbes Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:57:17 GMT

Iraq's Stock Exchange goes electronic Forbes, NY By SINAN SALAHEDDIN , 04.19.09, 09:41 AM EDT The Iraq Stock Exchange flipped the switch Sunday on electronic trading, raising hopes that a faster exchange will attract more local and foreign investment needed to boost Iraq's cash-strapped economy. ...

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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4274 - FOXNews Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:56:14 GMT

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4274 FOXNews By AP As of Saturday, April 18, 2009, at least 4274 members of the US military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. ...

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Iraq arrests children recruited by Al-Qaeda - AFP Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:46:14 GMT

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Iraq arrests children recruited by Al-Qaeda AFP KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) — Iraqi security forces have arrested four children who were recruited by Al-Qaeda to carry out suicide attacks in and around the northern city of Kirkuk, an army general told AFP on Sunday. "Special forces units have arrested an ...

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Iraq PM warns 'terror' danger far from over - AFP Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:46:34 GMT

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Iraq PM warns 'terror' danger far from over AFP Iraq has witnessed an upsurge in violence over recent weeks, with several deadly suicide bombings after several months in which there was a steady reduction in the number of attacks. Maliki also outlined a new task for the Iraqi security forces -- to ... 'Maintaining security more difficult than creating it' PRESS TV all 7 news articles

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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 19 - Reuters Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:03:10 GMT

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 19 Reuters BAGHDAD - Unknown gunmen killed seven people using silencers at a gold shop in Baghdad's Tobchi district, the city's security spokesman said. MOSUL - A parked car bomb targeting a US patrol wounded seven people in the east of the city of Mosul, ... Policeman killed, 8 people injured in N Iraq Xinhua Iraqi Police: Three Iraqi Security Forces Killed In Mosul EasyBourse.com all 10 news articles

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Iraq says attacks will not derail US withdrawal - AFP Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:46:09 GMT

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Iraq says attacks will not derail US withdrawal AFP "It would be good for Al-Qaeda if US forces stayed in Iraq, because they could justify their kidnappings, bombings and killings," he told AFP. A security pact signed with Washington in November requires the fewer than 140000 US troops in Iraq to pull ... Video: C-SPAN Vignette: US Army Patrol in Diyala Province, Iraq C-SPAN Iraqi gay men face 'lives of hell' BBC News Iraq in Fragments ZNet On Top Magazine - Reuters all 260 news articles

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Commentary: Former ambassador Peter Galbraith on Obama's foreign ... - McClatchy Washington Bureau Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:01:46 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Former ambassador Peter Galbraith on Obama's foreign ... McClatchy Washington Bureau, DC By John C. Bersia | Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service Peter W. Galbraith, the author of "The End of Iraq and Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies," formerly served as a US ambassador to Croatia. ... Obama as Europe's president Jamaica Gleaner Talking politics after bidding farewell to Obama Today's Zaman Slackers protest taxes at Tea Party as others work Statesman Journal Kennebec Journal - South Dakota Politics all 31 news articles

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Iraqi-born insurgent jailed for 25 years in US - AFP Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:46:00 GMT

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Iraqi-born insurgent jailed for 25 years in US AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) — A US federal judge Thursday sentenced an Iraqi-born Dutch citizen to 25 years in prison for conspiring to kill Americans in Iraq in the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department said. Wesam al-Delaema, who made demonstration ... IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS Atlanta Journal Constitution Bomber will get final sentence from Dutch judge The Associated Press Dutch man sentenced in first Iraq terror prosecution The Hill Jawa Report - The Associated Press all 521 news articles

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Gates Takes His Case for Military Budget on the Road - New York Times Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:23:38 GMT

New York Times

Gates Takes His Case for Military Budget on the Road New York Times, United States “For too long, there was a belief, or a hope, that Iraq and Afghanistan were exotic distractions that would be wrapped up relatively soon,” Mr. Gates told a sometimes skeptical audience of officers and civilians at the Army War College here in ... The Calculating Mr. Gates Washington Post Gates eyes quick relaunch of US Army-vehicle revamp Reuters Gates warns against big cuts in future spending GovExec.com Systems - Providence Eyewitness News all 340 news articles