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Iraq Election Official's Arrest Casts Doubt on Prospect for Fair Voting - New York Times Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:43:09 GMT

Kansas City Star

Iraq Election Official's Arrest Casts Doubt on Prospect for Fair Voting New York Times But with the arrest of the head of Iraq's election commission, the prospect for fair elections has been thrown into question. Faraj al-Haidari, chief of the Independent High Electoral Commission, spent most of the weekend in a jail cell after being ... Iraq election commission chief released from jail-officialChicago Tribune Officials: 5 killed in Iraq attacksKansas City Star Iraq poll chief freed on bail, calls arrest anti-democracyGulf Times Aswat Al Iraq all 230 news articles »

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Iraq: Gunmen kill 4 Shiite farmers near Baghdad - Fox News Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:31:16 GMT

Iraq: Gunmen kill 4 Shiite farmers near Baghdad Fox News BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead four Shiite farmers working in an orchard just north of Baghdad. Police officials said that two carloads of attackers opened fire Monday on the farmers pollinating date trees in the predominantly ... and more »

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Iraq seen sustaining southern oil exports surge - Reuters Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:01:37 GMT

The Daily Star

Iraq seen sustaining southern oil exports surge Reuters Southern exports jump to 2.11 mbpd so far in April * New SPM platform exports four cargoes this month * Executives expect overall exports around 2.5 mbpd in 2012 * Iraq to have world's biggest growth in oil export capacity By Alex Lawler and Peg Mackey ... Iraq seen sustaining recent surge of southern oil exportsThe Daily Star Iraq's southern oil exports surge in AprilReuters UK all 12 news articles »

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Iraq hosts arms expo 9 years after fall of Saddam - Pakistan Daily Times Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:38:29 GMT

The National

Iraq hosts arms expo 9 years after fall of Saddam Pakistan Daily Times IRAQ is hosting its first arms fair, replete with warplanes, tanks, missiles and telecommunications gear, since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein which saw the US completely dismantle the country's military. Iraq is still rebuilding its security forces, ... Iraq hosts first weapons expo since fall of Saddam HusseinThe National Iraq to release Saddam Hussein's last WMD scientistNew York Post all 35 news articles »

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Paralyzed Iraq War Vet Finds Freedom In Adaptive Home - Huffington Post (blog) Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:49:38 GMT

Paralyzed Iraq War Vet Finds Freedom In Adaptive Home Huffington Post (blog) On his second tour of duty, 25-year-old Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Keil was hit by sniper fire near Ramadi, Iraq. The injury left him a quadriplegic. When Keil returned, he was confined to a wheelchair and no longer able to live in his own home.

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Iraq Emerges From Isolation as Telecommunications Hub - Pittsburgh Post Gazette Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:07:17 GMT

Iraq Emerges From Isolation as Telecommunications Hub Pittsburgh Post Gazette By ERIC PFANNER / The New York Times PARIS -- Iraq, cut off from decades of technological progress because of dictatorship, sanctions and wars, recently took a big step out of isolation and into the digital world when its telecommunications system was ... and more »

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Iraq dinar hit by fallout from sanctions next door - Reuters Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:40:51 GMT

Iraq dinar hit by fallout from sanctions next door Reuters For weeks now, Iraqi businesses say they have been struggling as the dinar has become increasingly volatile due to fallout from sanctions imposed on neighbouring Iran and Syria and to Iraq's own political turmoil. "The price keeps changing so quickly," ... and more »

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UN Iraq chief: The countries of the world must take MEK 'refugees' - Foreign Policy (blog) Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:29:52 GMT

Iran Focus

UN Iraq chief: The countries of the world must take MEK 'refugees' Foreign Policy (blog) The United Nations and the State Department have been struggling to convince the Iranian exile group the Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK) to move to a former US military base in Iraq, but the real need is for third countries to accept MEK "refugees" on a ... The most powerful weapon Obama can deploy against IranFox News Iraq - Iranian Agents at Camp Ashraf Entry Now Moving to LibertyStopFundamentalism.com (blog) all 4 news articles »

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Quiara Alegria Hudes wins Pulitzer Prize for drama - NECN Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:29:18 GMT

Globe and Mail

Quiara Alegria Hudes wins Pulitzer Prize for drama NECN NEW YORK (AP) — Quiara Alegria Hudes's play "Water by the Spoonful," about an Iraq war veteran struggling to find his place in the world, has won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for drama, leaving its author in a "daze." The drama, which was produced last ... Pulitzer Prize: Quiara Alegria Hudes wins coveted award for drama for her play ...New York Daily News 'Water by the Spoonful' Scoops Pulitzer PrizeHollywood Reporter all 324 news articles »

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For One Soldier, Rap Is A Powerful Postwar Weapon - NPR Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:39:18 GMT

For One Soldier, Rap Is A Powerful Postwar Weapon NPR by Daniel Zwerdling When Jeff Barillaro came home from fighting the war in Iraq, he felt lost, like thousands of vets do. Soon after he found solace in music and performs across the country as hip-hop artist Soldier Hard. When Jeff Barillaro came home ... and more »