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10 killed, 29 wounded in Iraq attacks - Xinhua Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:59:42 GMT+00:00

Kansas City Star

10 killed, 29 wounded in Iraq attacks
Xinhua
BAGHDAD, April 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people were killed and 29 others wounded Friday in separate insurgent attacks across Iraq, police sources said. Three people were killed and 28 others, including eight policemen, were wounded when three ...
Mosque's imam and six more killed by gunmen in northern IraqChannel 6 News Online
Seven killed in Iraq after deadly mosque attackTimes of India
Attacks in Iraq kill 6, including 8-year-old girlAtlanta Journal Constitution
ToTheCenter.com -RTT News -Boston Globe
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Military: Troop ailments, from backs to breathing, swell - USA Today Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:39:08 GMT+00:00

USA Today

Military: Troop ailments, from backs to breathing, swell
USA Today
WASHINGTON — More than 190000 active-duty servicemembers sought treatment for back injuries in 2010 — roughly 70000 more than did in 2001, before the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began, according to a Defense Department ...

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Oregon National Guard Soldier Dies In Iraq - OPB News Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:51:56 GMT+00:00

KEZI TV

Oregon National Guard Soldier Dies In Iraq
OPB News
The Oregon National Guard has identified Specialist Andrew Lara as the soldier who died in Iraq Wednesday. He was from Albany and died from non-combat related injuries. National Guard spokesman, Stephen Bomar, says he'll be missed. ...
Albany Solider Killed in IraqKEZI TV
Oregon Guardsman with the 116th Dies in IraqKIVI-TV
Albany soldier who died in a non-combat incident in Iraq this week is survived ...OregonLive.com
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Jury: Rights of protesters told to strip weren't violated - The Olympian Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:55:21 GMT+00:00

Jury: Rights of protesters told to strip weren't violated
The Olympian
A federal jury in Seattle decided late Friday afternoon that the City of Olympia and police officer Amy King did not violate the civil rights of three Iraq War protesters who were ordered to strip to a single layer of clothing at the city jail after ...

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Robin Williams brings different sort of funny to Iraq war play - Washington Post Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:31:10 GMT+00:00

Robin Williams brings different sort of funny to Iraq war play
Washington Post
Long before Robin Williams was in an Iraq war play, he was very close to the Iraq war. Sitting in his dressing room at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where he's making his Broadway debut as the talking tiger in ...

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Call for Afghan units honours move - Belfast Telegraph Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:09:26 GMT+00:00

Call for Afghan units honours move
Belfast Telegraph
More than 50 Royal Navy ships, Army regiments and RAF squadrons received honours approved by the Queen for their involvement in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But Captain Doug Beattie said the fighting in Helmand in southern Afghanistan was more worthy of ...

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Military presence halts protests in Iraq's Kurdistan - Jerusalem Post Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:38:58 GMT+00:00

Military presence halts protests in Iraq's Kurdistan
Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS SULAIMANIYA, Iraq - The deployment of thousands of heavily armed troops in Iraq's Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya appears to have quelled, for the moment, two months of protests against corruption and authoritarian rule. ...
Days of Rage: Protests and Repression in IraqDocuticker
The Chair Isn't Anyone's ForeverRudaw

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Another American Mistake - New York Times Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:03:50 GMT+00:00

Foreign Policy

Another American Mistake
New York Times
McCain is overlooking the important fact that the war in Libya, like those in Iraq and Afghanistan, is largely tribal. Some tribes support Qaddafi, others support the rebels and former royal family. Democracy is a secondary issue. ...
Who will reshape the Arab world: its people, or the US?The Guardian
US rethinks strategy: War as opportunity in LibyaTehran Times
The Middle East Channel: Don't repeat the mistakes of Iraq in LibyaForeign Policy
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Trump wants all of Iraq's oil for the U.S. - UPI.com Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:53:43 GMT+00:00

Trump wants all of Iraq's oil for the U.S.
UPI.com
CONCORD, NH, April 29 (UPI) -- The United States should have first dibs on any oil produced in Iraq because of its lead in the invasion of the country, real estate mogul Donald Trump said. Trump, a presumptive presidential candidate for 2012 elections ...

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Iraq tries to revive ailing date industry - Reuters Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:04:47 GMT+00:00

Reuters

Iraq tries to revive ailing date industry
Reuters
By Khalid al-Ansary BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Standing in the middle of what was once a date palm oasis overlooking the Tigris River, Salim Abdulla al-Salim sees little hope in Iraq's quest to relive its heyday as the world's leading producer of dates. ...

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