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Bombings and shootings kill more than 30 in Iraq - The Associated Press Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:50:56 GMT

Voice of America

Bombings and shootings kill more than 30 in Iraq The Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and shootings killed more than 30 people across Iraq on Monday, including high school students on their way to final exams, part of a new round of violence ahead of next week's deadline for US troops to withdraw from urban areas ... Video: Truck Bomb in Northern Iraq Kills More Than 70 The Associated Press In Nineveh, tensions between Iraqi Kurds and Arabs simmer Los Angeles Times Iraq pullout: Some US soldiers likely to stay behind in Mosul Christian Science Monitor New York Times - Voice of America all 2,645 news articles

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Plea from Iraq hostages' families - BBC News Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:59:28 GMT

The Sun

Plea from Iraq hostages' families BBC News, UK The families of five hostages held in Iraq, two of whom have died, have spoken of their "profound grief" and called for the others to be freed. Foreign Secretary David Miliband has insisted every "conceivable option" had been examined to secure their ... Video: Bodies of two British hostages identified in Iraq ITN NEWS Brown Appeals to Iraq's Maliki Over Hostages FOXNews ID for Slain Britons Taken Hostage in Iraq New York Times guardian.co.uk - United Press International all 1,646 news articles

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Head of UK Iraq war inquiry backs some public hearings - Reuters Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:01:32 GMT

BBC News

Head of UK Iraq war inquiry backs some public hearings Reuters LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) - A large part of an inquiry into Britain's involvement in the Iraq war may now be held in public after the head of the inquiry backed open hearings. Former top civil servant John Chilcot, who was asked by Prime Minister ... Chairman urges public Iraq probe BBC News Head of Iraq inquiry Sir John Chilcot wants public hearings guardian.co.uk Head of new British Iraq war probe vows public hearings AFP The Press Association - BBC News all 570 news articles

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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4316 - guardian.co.uk Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:19:39 GMT

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4316 guardian.co.uk, UK AP foreign, Tuesday June 23 2009 The Associated Press= As of Monday, June 22, 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 ... US military deaths in Iraq war at 4316 The Associated Press US Military Deaths In Iraq War At 4316 WITN all 142 news articles

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Review: `Hurt Locker' strongest Iraq war film yet - The Associated Press Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:20:51 GMT

New Yorker

Review: `Hurt Locker' strongest Iraq war film yet The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Despite their admirable intentions and acclaimed names on both sides of the camera, the vast majority of movies made about the Iraq war have failed to hit the mark. Either they felt too preachy, like "Rendition" and "In the Valley of ... Seeing war on terror through a new lens Contra Costa Times Exclusive The Hurt Locker Interviews ComingSoon.net HuffPost Review: The Hurt Locker Huffington Post Box Office Prophets - New Yorker all 124 news articles

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US, Iraq renovating looted Baghdad amusement park - The Associated Press Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:40:50 GMT

The Associated Press

US, Iraq renovating looted Baghdad amusement park The Associated Press "US troops were based near the island and had the area blocked off," said Abdul-Zahra al-Talaqani, a spokesman for Iraq's ministry of tourism and antiquities. "Moreover it was very hard to reach the island because it was surrounded by volatile areas. ...

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Iraq urges scientists to come home - Reuters Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:56:50 GMT

Post Chronicle

Iraq urges scientists to come home Reuters By Aseel Kami BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq appealed on Monday for scientists living abroad to return home and use their expertise to help rebuild their homeland's economy after years of war. For decades Iraq boasted one of the most highly educated ... Iraq Asks Professors to Return Home IraqSlogger all 7 news articles

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Chaplain dies 5 years after being wounded in Iraq - The Associated Press Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:30:19 GMT

KARE

Chaplain dies 5 years after being wounded in Iraq The Associated Press Tim Vakoc, a Minnesota priest who was gravely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq five years ago, has died, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Sunday. He was 49. Vakoc, who was believed to be the first military chaplain ... Father Tim Vakoc dies; remembered as 'a man of peace' The Catholic Spirit Beloved chaplain Vakoc survived Iraq war explosion, ministered ... Pioneer Press ME looks into cause of Army chaplain's death Minneapolis Star Tribune Zenit News Agency - KARE all 116 news articles

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Uneasy Iraq Weighs Implications of the Political Crisis Next Door - Washington Post Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:18:04 GMT

IraqSlogger

Uneasy Iraq Weighs Implications of the Political Crisis Next Door Washington Post, United States By Ernesto Londoño and Nada Bakri NAJAF, Iraq, June 21 -- As post-election unrest roils neighboring Iran, Iraqi officials are warily contemplating the potential ramifications of the crisis in a country with which Iraq shares a tumultuous past and an ... In Iraq People Die Every Day Daily Kos Iraqis say “hands off” to Iran Iraq Oil Report Intellectual crime Ceylon Daily News IraqSlogger - niqash all 11 news articles

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Milutinovic mulls future after Iraq eliminated - USA Today Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:04:47 GMT

Goal.com

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 ... Iraq going ''all out'' to reach Confed Cup semis ESPN Iraq the 'moral' victors at Confed Cup: coach AFP Confederations Cup Games 9 & 10: Predictable FOXSports.com The Canadian Press - guardian.co.uk all 247 news articles