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US senators cut funds for Iraq police training program - Reuters Tue, 22 May 2012 22:01:19 GMT

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US senators cut funds for Iraq police training program Reuters Proposed US aid for Afghanistan, Pakistan also cut * Egypt aid slashed to pay for bailing out US NGOs By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - A US Senate panel on Tuesday voted to eliminate funding for a police training program for Iraq, ... Foreign aid bill clears Senate panelPolitico Leahy Recommends Spending Cuts For Afghanistan, IraqVermont Public Radio Senate panel votes to cut aid for Pakistan, EgyptSeattle Post Intelligencer Washington Post all 167 news articles »

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Ryan Crocker, ambassador to Afghanistan, to leave - The Associated Press Tue, 22 May 2012 19:22:00 GMT

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Ryan Crocker, ambassador to Afghanistan, to leave The Associated Press By MATTHEW LEE, AP – 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became the civilian face of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over two administrations, is stepping down as ambassador to Afghanistan and retiring from ... Ryan Crocker to leave post as US ambassador to AfghanistanBoston Globe US ambassador to step down from Kabul postAljazeera.com US ambassador to Afghanistan 'plans to quit'AFP Zee News all 658 news articles »

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US Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments - San Jose Mercury News Wed, 23 May 2012 02:34:25 GMT

US Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments San Jose Mercury News By Lolita C. Baldor AP In sharp contrast to the peak years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Army last year took in no recruits with misconduct convictions or drug or alcohol issues, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. and more »

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Iraq buys US drones to protect oil - USA TODAY Mon, 21 May 2012 00:46:59 GMT

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Iraq buys US drones to protect oil USA TODAY By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY BAGHDAD - The United States has agreed to sell unarmed surveillance drones to Iraq's navy as part of an effort to help protect that nation's oil exports amid growing tensions in the Persian Gulf and to strengthen US-Iraqi ... Iraq turns to US drones to protect oil platformsChicago Tribune Iraq seeks drones to protect oil facilitiesEgyptian Gazette Iraq earns $8.8 billion from oil sales in AprilMarketWatch all 102 news articles »

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Iraq says Kurdish oil deals need Baghdad approval - BusinessWeek Tue, 22 May 2012 04:51:11 GMT

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Iraq says Kurdish oil deals need Baghdad approval BusinessWeek By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Iraq's central government warned authorities in the semiautonomous Kurdish region on Monday that their oil deals with Turkey must have Baghdad's approval. The statement came a day after Iraqi Kurds announced a deal with Ankara that ... Iraq Warns Turkey To Halt Kurdistan Pipeline DealNASDAQ Iraq warns northern Kurdish region that its oil deals with Turkey must have ...Washington Post Kurdish Oil Pipeline Could Split IraqOilPrice.com Platts -PanARMENIAN.Net all 53 news articles »

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Iraq and Iran swap remains of 111 soldiers killed in 1980-1988 war - Washington Post Tue, 22 May 2012 06:55:15 GMT

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Iraq and Iran swap remains of 111 soldiers killed in 1980-1988 war Washington Post BAGHDAD — An Iraqi official says Iraq and Iran have exchanged the bodies of 111 soldiers killed during the two countries' 1980-1988 war. Mahdi al-Tamimi, an official in Iraq's Human Rights Ministry, says the remains of 98 Iranians and 13 Iraqis were ... Iraq and Iran swap remains of 1980-1988 war deadThe Seattle Times all 90 news articles »

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Iranians criticize US 'crimes' in Iraq while praising IAEA - Los Angeles Times Mon, 21 May 2012 18:47:24 GMT

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Iranians criticize US 'crimes' in Iraq while praising IAEA Los Angeles Times "The IAEA's opposition to the US false claim over Iraq helped the agency steer clear of Washington so that the UN agency's officials could not be considered as accomplice to the crimes committed by the US statesmen in Iraq," Iran's official Islamic ... Iraq steadily emerging from isolationMiddle East Online Iran nuclear talks step in Iraq's re-emergenceAFP Dust storm shuts Iraq airport ahead of nuclear talksTimes of India Independent Online -Gulf Times all 4,069 news articles »

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Iraq Plans to Spend $9.8 Billion on Roads, Housing by 2016 - Bloomberg Mon, 21 May 2012 10:36:13 GMT

Iraq Plans to Spend $9.8 Billion on Roads, Housing by 2016 Bloomberg Iraq plans to spend $9.8 billion on roads, bridges and housing through 2016 as the war-torn country's budget doubles on higher oil production, according to the construction and housing minister. The current annual budget is $112 billion, ... Iraq Budgets $4 Billion For Housing NeedsMortgageorb all 5 news articles »

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Denmark's Phoenix Signs Contract to Build, Run Iraq Pipe Plant - Bloomberg Tue, 22 May 2012 15:06:52 GMT

Denmark's Phoenix Signs Contract to Build, Run Iraq Pipe Plant Bloomberg Denmark's Phoenix International A/S signed a contract to build and operate an $86 million pipeline factory in southern Iraq, company and government officials said. The plant will produce pipes for transporting oil, natural gas and water, Rene Koch, ... and more »

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In Chicago, Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans Put NATO's Endless War on Trial - Huffington Post (blog) Mon, 21 May 2012 16:11:57 GMT

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In Chicago, Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans Put NATO's Endless War on Trial Huffington Post (blog) When the history of our time is written, people will try to explain to each other how the country in which leading Democrats provided crucial support for taking the country into a fraudulent war in Iraq became the country in which Connecticut voters ... Iraq-Afghanistan vets are saying no to NATO in ChicagoAthens NEWS Veterans Throw Medals Into the Street as Protest Against Wars in Iraq and ...OB Rag "No NATO, No War": US Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Return War Medals at ...Democracy Now Free Speech Radio News -ArmyTimes.com all 12,304 news articles »