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2 hrs ago | PakTribune

Top US officer warns of attacks ahead of Iraq vote

BAGHDAD: The top US military officer in Iraq warned on Wednesday of attacks in the run-up to an expected January general election and said he would ask Washington to alter troop drawdown plans if necessary.

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

6 hrs ago | The Age

'Too early' for Afghan handover deadline: Gates

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said it is too soon to set a timeline for shifting security duties from NATO-led troops to Afghan forces, as proposed by Britain.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), George Bush, Hamid Karzai

11 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Iraq working for release of Americans held in Iran

An Iraqi official says Baghdad has contacted Tehran in a bid to secure the release of three Americans detained in Iran, but has received no reply.

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Related Topix: World News

15 hrs ago | New York Times

U.S. Fears Iraq Development Projects May Go to Waste

In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan , the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity substations, schools and bridges.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News

20 hrs ago | Weekday Magazine - Azerbaijan

Al-Qaeda In Iraq 'Becoming Less Foreign'

Al-Qaeda in Iraq is becoming more Iraqi and less dominated by foreigners as the insurgent group increasingly joins forces with Saddam Hussein's outlawed Ba'ath party, the commander of U.S. forces said today.

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Related Topix: World News

Fri Nov 20, 2009

KNDU

Iraq cleric's aide urges end to political crisis

A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to resolve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Yakima, WA

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

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

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

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

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