New York Times | Iraq Vote Turnout Shows Political Dismay Wall Street Journal Only slightly more than 50% of eligible Iraqi voters participated in provincial elections on Saturday, a far cry from the 72% turnout for the last provincial elections, in 2009, according to Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission. In Iraq's ... Some Iraqis Doubt Benefits of First Vote Since US Departure Poll centre attacks mar Iraq provincial vote Bombs, mortars fail to stop first Iraq vote since US exit |
Press TV | Iraq blast kills 2, wounds 22 CNN International Baghdad (CNN) -- An explosion at a busy restaurant in the Iraqi city of Falluja killed at least two people Sunday and wounded at least 22 more, police said. The state television network Al-Anbar reported that a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the ... 'Bomb attack kills 9, injures 20 in Iraq' 9 killed, 20 wounded in roadside bomb attack in Iraq |
Ahram Online | HSBC reviewing Iraq ops, continues Egypt investment -executive Reuters UK L) is reviewing its operations in Iraq while continuing to invest in Egypt despite a challenging near-term environment there, the bank's regional chief executive said on Sunday. "In terms of Iraq, it's a market that we will continue to review," Simon ... HSBC says reviewing Iraq presence, may exit country |
Telegraph.co.uk | Britain and US 'risk repeating Iraq invasion mistake with Iran' Telegraph.co.uk Meanwhile the mainstream media is behaving as it did in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 when, instead of questioning every aspect of the case for military action, it became the cheerleader for war. This brings us to the biggest falsehood of ... |
'Kurdistan is part of Iraq,' Arab Idol judge tells Kurdish contestant Al-Arabiya “I want to welcome, with love, all Iraqis because we have amazing voices from there,” the show's Emirati judge and songstress Ahlam Al-Shamsi, said before saying Kurdistan is an “inseparable” part of Iraq. “I am against the country title that says ... |
Six new affordable houses will go to Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans - Newsday Newsday (subscription) The charitable arm of the Long Island Builders Institute is seeking Iraq and Afghanistan wars veterans to apply for the chance to own one of six new below-market-rate homes in Islandia. Long Island Home Builders Care Development Corp. plans to ... |
Wall Street Journal | Iraq's Vote Looks Set to Deepen, Not Heal, Rifts Wall Street Journal BAGHDAD—Iraq's vote on Saturday marks the first nationwide polls since U.S. soldiers left in late 2011. But weeks of deadly violence have already marred prospects for an election that now looks set to deepen sectarian divisions. At least 27 mostly ... |
Iraq counts votes from first polls since US pullout Al-Arabiya But the credibility of the elections came into question, as 14 candidates were killed in attacks ahead of the polls and a third of Iraq's provinces -- all of them mainly Sunni Arab or Kurdish -- not voting due to security concerns and political ... |
Nine Killed on Iraq Election Day Antiwar.com Iraq conducted regional elections today, except in heavily Sunni areas deemed security risks by the Shi'ite-led central government. Several bombs were detonated at polling centers around the country, but many of them failed to cause any casualties ... |
Christian Science Monitor | How stable is Iraq? 13 candidates killed ahead of elections Christian Science Monitor Iraq's provincial elections tomorrow, the first since the US withdrawal, are considered a strong indicator of the country's stability. Pre-election violence does not bode well. By Jane Arraf, Correspondent / April 19, 2013. Workers carry ballot boxes ... |