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2 hrs ago | The Facts

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Sparta, TN

7 hrs ago | WisInfo

Iraqi detainees needle Wisconsin troops about Favre leaving Packers

MILWAUKEE - Detainees at a camp in Baghdad, Iraq have found a way to get under the skin of guard troops from Wisconsin.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Metro, World News, New Richmond, WI

11 hrs ago | The Common Ills

Burials, memorials and deployments

Early Monday morning, men dressed in Iraqi Army uniforms killed at least 13 people, including a local cleric.

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Related Topix: World News, Abu Ghraib, Boat Disaster, Life, Veteran Affairs, Prison

16 hrs ago | CBS 2

Gates says Iraq withdrawal on schedule

Melinda worries about Aiden when he's befriended by the ghost of a girl who died from leukemia.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Bruce Gray, Prison

Thu Nov 19, 2009

DispatchPolitics

Ohio soldier's father, senator fault Army's death probe

Army Lt. Col. Dominic "Rocky" Baragona was killed in Iraq on the day he was going home.

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Related Topix: Niles, OH, World News

Daily News

Wives of Baghdad four appeal to JZ

The wives of four South African men abducted on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, nearly three years ago have made an emotional plea for help to President Jacob Zuma.

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa,

The Boston Globe

Iraq struggles over election law dispute

Iraqi lawmakers will vote Saturday on how to break a deadlock over a key election law after a vice president vetoed the legislation, causing a crisis that could delay a national vote scheduled for January and affect the timetable for an American troop withdrawal.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News

HeraldTribune.com

Fine and Inquiry Possible for Blackwater Successor

The international security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide is facing large government fines for unlicensed arms shipments to Iraq, as a key Congressional committee is asking for a separate investigation into whether the company bribed Iraqi officials.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Democrat, World News

BBC

Iraq election is 'Herculean task'

The UN's special envoy to Iraq has said it will be a "Herculean task" to ensure basic standards are met before Iraq's planned national elections in January.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News,

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Iraq vice president vetoes new election law

Reporting from Baghdad - One of Iraq's vice presidents vetoed the country's new election law today, throwing into fresh doubt the feasibility of holding crucial national elections in January and possibly disrupting the withdrawal next year of U.S. troops.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News,

ESPN

Iraq facing FIFA expulsion after disbanding its FA

Asian Cup holders Iraq face being kicked out of world soccer after the country's football association was disbanded by a rival sports authority, governing body FIFA said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: World News, Sports

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Baghdad's once ravaged zoo comes back to life

More than six years after the U.S. invasion left Iraq's main zoo a wasteland of starving animals and deserted cages, the park in central Baghdad is enjoying a vigorous revival and needs to grow.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East

WNED.org

Six killed in Kirkuk car bomb blast

A car bomb exploded in a crowded market place in northern Kirkuk on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding six others, Iraqi police and hospital sources said.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Explosion,

WBT-AM Charlotte

Iraq's Sunni VP vetoes parts of election law

An Iraqi police officer allows a heavily loaded car to pass a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Nov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, World News

Boulder Weekly

13 Sunni men, boys reported slain in Iraq

In a massacre that revived memories of Iraq's worst years of sectarian bloodshed, assailants dressed in Iraqi army uniforms savagely killed 13 men and boys late Sunday near the restive city of Abu Ghraib, according to Iraqi officials and villagers.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Abu Ghraib, Terrorism, Jalal Talabani

Tue Nov 17, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Schwarzenegger Drops in on US Troops in Iraq

A treat for U.S. soldiers in Iraq, especially action movie buffs. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has visited with U.S. troops in Baghdad, thanking them for their service and sacrifices.

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Related Topix: California Government, California, World News, Video

WBT-AM Charlotte

Iraq's Kurds threaten to boycott elections

An Iraqi policeman uses a scanner device to inspect a taxi at checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Nov.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Scanners, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Athens Banner-Herald

Afghanistan slips in corruption index despite aid

Afghanistan has slipped three places to become the world's second most-corrupt country despite billions in aid meant to bolster the government against a rising insurgency, according to an annual survey of perceived levels of corruption.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Middle East, Hamid Karzai, Prison,

Newkerala.com

At least 26 dead in fresh Iraq violence

Baghdad, Nov 16: At least 26 people were killed in fresh violence on the western outskirts of Baghdad and in the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Monday, police and medics said.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Abu Ghraib

KPLR-11

Bureaucracy grinds to a halt: Blasts at Iraqi government buildings cripple services

Sadiya Khadem Rashid just needed a stamp. One stamp from Baghdad's city hall so she could receive $850 in compensation given to displaced Iraqis who return home.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News

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