Voice of America | Truck Bomb Kills Dozens in Northern Iraq New York Times, United States By STEVEN LEE MYERS BAGHDAD — A suicide truck bomb exploded in a volatile region of northern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 68 people and wounding nearly 200 more, even as Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki pledged that attacks like it would not ... Video: Truck Bomb in Northern Iraq Kills More Than 70 Iraq bombing kills 70, injures 182 Truck Bomb Kills Dozens in Northern Iraq |
New Zealand Herald | Milutinovic mulls future after Iraq eliminated USA Today By Andrew Dampf, AP Sports Writer JOHANNESBURG — The latest stop in Bora Milutinovic's well-traveled career may have come to a close Saturday when Iraq was eliminated from the Confederations Cup. The 64-year-old Milutinovic, who has coached five ... Confederations Cup Games 9 & 10: Predictable Iraq and New Zealand draw 0-0 at Confederations Cup on Saturday Milutinovic back on the market after Iraq go out |
BBC News | Fear Iraq bodies are UK hostages BBC News, UK Two bodies feared to be those of British hostages held in Iraq have been handed over, Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said. Mr Miliband said forensic tests were being carried out on the remains to see if they were of two of the five Britons who ... Two British hostages in Iraq are dead UK fears Iraq corpses are British UK Says Bodies Handed Over by Iraq May Be Hostages |
CTV.ca | US hands over Sadr City base to Iraq AFP BAGHDAD (AFP) — The US army handed over a base in the Baghdad neighbourhood of Sadr City, once a bastion for anti-US insurgents, to Iraqi forces on Saturday as the deadline nears for its pullout from Iraq's cities. The transfer of the Joint Security ... Iraq karate coach shot and killed US military hands over Sadr City US envoy to Iraq calls for talks |
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4316 The Associated Press As of Saturday, June 20, 2009, at least 4316 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 nine military civilians killed in action. ... |
guardian.co.uk | South Africa goes through after big scare USA Today For a few minutes after South Africa's 2-0 loss to Spain, success in the Confederations Cup depended on whether Iraq could score a couple of goals against New Zealand in the other group game. When that game ended scoreless, huge cheers erupted around ... South Africa advances to Confederations semifinals despite loss to ... Day for South Africa and Iraq, Spain chase records South Africa reach Confed Cup semis thanks to Kiwis |
Watching Iran, Re-Fighting Iraq New York Times, United States He elaborates: If critics of the war can for just a moment move beyond their own deeply held opinions about the invasion of Iraq — that this was a war of choice fought on false premises to lower gas prices or whatever — and examine the effect of that ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Tony Blair pushed Gordon Brown to hold Iraq war inquiry in private guardian.co.uk, UK Tony Blair announces on 20 March 2003 that British servicemen and women are engaged from air, land and sea in the war against Iraq. Photograph: PA Tony Blair urged Gordon Brown to hold the independent inquiry into the Iraq war in secret because he ... Brown Says Iraq Panel Can Hold Some Open Hearings Blair demanded: Hold Iraq inquiry in secret Open up on Iraq |
Obama to Iran: stop unjust action...63 dead in Iraq...Train flames ... KXMC, ND BAGHDAD (AP) At least 63 people are dead after a truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq. troops will leave Iraqi cities by the end of this month "no matter what happens." ROCKFORD, Illinois (AP) Authorities say the ... News Minute: Post election confrontations...Obama's response ... UPI NewsTrack TopNews Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment ... |
Earthtimes (press release) | Iraq asks UN to cut reparations to Kuwait, others Reuters By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, June 18 (Reuters) - Iraq has asked the UN Security Council to reduce its war reparation payments to Kuwait and others, saying it needs more money for services and reconstruction projects, Iraq's UN envoy said on ... Iraq Seeks to Reduce Debt to Kuwait for 1990 Invasion Iraq taking over security in cities from US Iraq, with right conditions, has potential to flourish, says ... |