3 US Troops Are Killed in Iraq - New York Times Fri, 01 May 2009 15:39:30 GMT

3 US Troops Are Killed in Iraq
New York Times, United States - Steven Lee Myers
By STEVEN LEE MYERS BAGHDAD — Three Americans were killed Thursday in combat in Anbar Province, west of Baghdad, the military said Friday, adding to the high death toll for American forces in Iraq last month. The deaths brought the total number of ...
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Iraq says it's open for business again - BBC News Fri, 01 May 2009 14:59:53 GMT

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Iraq says it's open for business again
BBC News, UK
To be in London at the moment is to hear the mantra "Iraq is open for business". Business Daily went to one conference - Invest Iraq - which was chock-a-block with Iraqi and British ministers and business people. The message was that violence continues ...
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Testimony: Ex-soldier talked of role in Iraq crime - Houston Chronicle Fri, 01 May 2009 22:34:59 GMT

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Testimony: Ex-soldier talked of role in Iraq crime
Houston Chronicle, United States - Brett Barrouquere
Howard's testimony came on the fifth day of Green's federal trial on charges that he raped 14-year-old Abeer Qassim al-Janabi and killed her and her family near Mahmoudiya, Iraq, south of Baghdad. Federal prosecutors say Green was the third soldier to ...
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Top US Officials Say Pakistan Responding to Taliban Threat - Voice of America Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:58:30 GMT

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Top US Officials Say Pakistan Responding to Taliban Threat
Voice of America - Deborah Tate
The US officials appeared Thursday before a congressional panel that will begin considering the Obama administration's request for more funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The comments by Secretaries Gates and Clinton to the Senate ...
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Death toll from twin Iraq car bombs rises to 51 - Washington Post Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:54:40 GMT

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Death toll from twin Iraq car bombs rises to 51
Washington Post, United States - Muhanad Mohammed, Michael Christie, Sophie Hares
The car bombs Wednesday, which also wounded 76 people in the capital's sprawling Sadr City slum, followed a series of other attacks in the past two weeks that have stirred fears of a return to broader sectarian bloodshed in Iraq. ...
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Iraq hit hard by world financial crisis: deputy PM - AFP Fri, 01 May 2009 13:46:36 GMT

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Iraq hit hard by world financial crisis: deputy PM
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LONDON (AFP) — Iraq's war-ravaged economy has been hit hard by the global financial crisis, forcing the authorities to try and diversify away from the core oil business, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said Friday. Saleh's comments came a day after ...
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Iraqi anti-US cleric Sadr resurfaces in Turkey - AFP Fri, 01 May 2009 16:02:53 GMT

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Iraqi anti-US cleric Sadr resurfaces in Turkey
AFP
The anti-US cleric met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan first for talks on "security in Iraq and the promotion of links between the parties," according to a Turkish diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity. He was then entertained by ...
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4281 - MiamiHerald.com Sat, 02 May 2009 02:54:23 GMT

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4281
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AP As of Friday, May 1, 2009, at least 4281 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. ...

Turkish warplanes hit suspected PKK in Iraq - Reuters Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:01:54 GMT

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Turkish warplanes hit suspected PKK in Iraq
Reuters
ANKARA, April 30 (Reuters) - Turkey's military said it had launched air strikes against suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq overnight and on Thursday. The operation came after nine Turkish soldiers were killed by a bomb in ...
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Iraq strives for reconciliation, but whose? - Reuters Fri, 01 May 2009 18:07:43 GMT

Iraq strives for reconciliation, but whose?
Reuters - Missy Ryan, Waleed Ibrahim
As the rash of deadly bombings raises fears of resurgent sectarian conflict like that which tore Iraq apart between 2005 and 2007, there is little common ground about how to achieve reconciliation, or on whose terms. Maliki, an increasingly assertive ...