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Lessons of Iraq Help US Fight a Drug War in Honduras - New York Times Sat, 05 May 2012 23:24:54 GMT

New York Times

Lessons of Iraq Help US Fight a Drug War in Honduras
New York Times
This new offensive, emerging just as the United States military winds down its conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and is moving to confront emerging threats, also showcases the nation's new way of war: small-footprint missions with limited numbers of ...
U.S. military turns its focus on drug smuggling in HondurasSan Antonio Express

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Iraq, Kuwait try to mend fences – Kuwait media delegation tours Iraq - Kuwait Times Sat, 05 May 2012 20:22:54 GMT

Kuwait Times

Iraq, Kuwait try to mend fences – Kuwait media delegation tours Iraq
Kuwait Times
KUWAIT: Kuwait Journalists' visit to Iraq signaled a new step in improving relations between the two brotherly nations. The Journalists' visit represented a qualitative move towards strengthening media relations. The visit received unlimited support ...
Iraq, Kuwait ask UN to repair border markersThe Daily Star

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US Hikers Imprisoned in Iran Wed - ABC News (blog) Sun, 06 May 2012 02:16:48 GMT

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US Hikers Imprisoned in Iran Wed
ABC News (blog)
Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer, two Americans arrested and imprisoned in 2009 for hiking near the Iraq-Iran border, got married today in an undisclosed location in California. Bauer proposed to Shourd while they were imprisoned in Iran's notorious Evin ...
2 hikers held in Iran to marry in SF Bay areaThe Seattle Times
Cal grads formerly held in Iranian prison to marry SaturdaySan Jose Mercury News

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Iraq's VP, facing terror trial in Baghdad, says he is target of campaign to ... - Washington Post Fri, 04 May 2012 15:44:41 GMT

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Iraq's VP, facing terror trial in Baghdad, says he is target of campaign to ...
Washington Post
ISTANBUL — Iraq's vice president on Friday described a terror trial pending against him in Baghdad as part of a political vendetta that has wider repercussions for Iraqi unity and sectarian tensions across the Middle East.
Iraq vice-president's death squad trial postponedChicago Tribune
Iraq's fugitive VP Hashemi 'fears for his life'AFP

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Can-do Najaf offers hope for Iraq investment boom - Chicago Tribune Sat, 05 May 2012 11:15:39 GMT

Can-do Najaf offers hope for Iraq investment boom
Chicago Tribune
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - With its sweeping highway, solar-powered street lights and plethora of hotels, the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf is a beacon for investment in Iraq, outshining other areas where projects have been slow to take off.

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Iraq's unity tested by rising tensions over oil-rich Kurdish region - Christian Science Monitor Fri, 04 May 2012 20:12:06 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Iraq's unity tested by rising tensions over oil-rich Kurdish region
Christian Science Monitor
By Jane Arraf, Staff writer / May 4, 2012 Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, center left, shakes hands with Kurdish president Massoud Barzani, center right, upon his arrival in Erbil, north of Baghdad, Iraq, April 26. Sadr visited Erbil for the first time ...
Iraq Kurd leader fears return to culture of violenceMiddle East Online
Oil-rich Kurdish region sparks rising tension over Iraq unityAlaska Dispatch
PM adviser sees Iraq's row with Kurds resolved by year-endThe Daily Star
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Iraq to double power supply - Gulf Daily News Sun, 06 May 2012 02:03:27 GMT

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Iraq to double power supply
Gulf Daily News
BAGHDAD: Iraq plans to double its electricity supply to 12330 megawatts (MW) by 2013 as it brings new sources of power online, the electricity ministry said yesterday, but is still seen falling short of demand. Iraq needs investment in most of its ...
Iraq aims to double power provision in a yearAFP

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Fifth group of MKO members are relocated inside Iraq - Tehran Times Sat, 05 May 2012 17:38:44 GMT

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Fifth group of MKO members are relocated inside Iraq
Tehran Times
TEHRAN – The Iraqi government evacuated the fifth batch of 416 members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) from Camp New Iraq, said the governor of Khales, a city in northeast of Baghdad. The MKO members, of which 350 were women, have been moved ...
British MPs Strongly Condemn the Conduct of Iraqi Government During Transfer ...MarketWatch (press release)
Hundreds of MKO Members Seeking to Return to IranFars News Agency
Why should we care about fate of Iranian dissidents in Iraq?Scoop.co.nz
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Wartime stress as a defense for murder - CNN Sat, 05 May 2012 16:35:17 GMT

Wartime stress as a defense for murder
CNN
The gunman, Nicholas Horner, was a husband, a father, and a veteran soldier who had been awarded multiple medals for his service in Iraq, including a combat action badge. Less than a year after returning from combat, Horner faced two first degree ...
Attorney asks for new trial in W. Pa. murder case involving Iraq veteran | The ...The Republic
Attorney seeks retrial for HornerThe Tribune-Democrat

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Top Iraqi politician alleges political vendetta - Sacramento Bee Sat, 05 May 2012 13:59:30 GMT

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Top Iraqi politician alleges political vendetta
Sacramento Bee
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA AP ISTANBUL -- Iraq's vice president on Friday described a terror trial pending against him in Baghdad as part of a political vendetta that has wider repercussions for Iraqi unity and sectarian tensions across the Middle East.
Trial for Iraq's fugitive Sunni VP on terrorism charges postponed in BaghdadWashington Post
Venue appeal delays Iraq VP death squad caseThe Daily Star
Top Iraqi politican alleges political vendettaCBS News
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