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US urges Syria to do still more to stop fighters entering Iraq
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:32:27 GMT
 AFP - The nominee for US ambassador to Damascus, Robert Ford, said Tuesday Syria "could and should do" more to stop foreign fighters crossing the border into Iraq.
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Iraq progress still "fragile": Petraeus
(Reuters)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:18:23 GMT
Reuters - Iraq's progress remains fragile and could still be reversed, despite decreased violence, successful national elections in March and other advances, U.S. General David Petraeus said on Tuesday.
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Iraqi PM's bloc accuses election official of fraud
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:10:54 GMT
 AP - The coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has accused an election official of manipulating vote counts from the country's parliamentary elections and called for a recount, a candidate from the bloc said Tuesday.
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Eight dead, 11 wounded in Iraq bomb attacks: police
(Reuters)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:16:21 GMT
 Reuters - Eight people died in two bombings five minutes apart on the main street of an Iraqi town south of Baghdad on Tuesday, nine days after an election Iraqis hoped would bring more stability and less sectarian conflict.
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ArcelorMittal plans steel plant in Iraq
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:43:51 GMT
 AFP - The world's biggest steel maker ArcelorMittal said Tuesday it plans to build a 130-million-dollar steel plant in Kurdish northern Iraq in partnership with the Turkish company Dayen.
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Iraq results show PM's bloc set to be biggest
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:29:09 GMT
 AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bloc looked likely to form parliament's single largest grouping Tuesday, after results showed the incumbent had strengthened his hold on key Baghdad province.
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Iran praises Iraq election as Shi'ite ally leads
(Reuters)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:22:30 GMT
Reuters - Iran congratulated Iraqis on Tuesday over an election that is likely to keep a bloc led by its Shi'ite ally, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in power after a campaign in which Tehran's influence was a divisive issue.
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US hands over Taji detention facility to Iraqi control
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:28:18 GMT
 AFP - The US military handed over one of its two remaining detention facilities to Iraqi authorities on Monday, further winding down its operations as it prepares a withdrawal of combat troops.
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U.S. transfers prison, 2,900 ex-insurgents to Iraq
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:35:49 GMT
Reuters - The U.S. military handed over a $107 million prison and nearly 3,000 inmates to the Iraqi government on Monday as it prepares to leave Iraq seven years after ousting Saddam Hussein.
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Iraq's Arab neighbors wary of Shi'ite sway after vote
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:51:40 GMT
Reuters - Iraq's Arab neighbors fear a split Iraqi election could further marginalize minority Sunnis and hope any coalition government formed by the Shi'ite frontrunner will resist Iran's sway.
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Iraq Shiite group: We didn't mistreat freed Briton
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:40:41 GMT
AP - A Shiite extremist group on Monday discounted claims from its former hostage that he was mistreated, presenting a video taken during his two-and-a-half year captivity showing the Briton exercising and playing with a child.
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Double-blast suicide bomber 'kills eight' in Iraq
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:58:05 GMT
 AFP - A double-blast suicide bomber targeting a military checkpoint and labourers killed eight people on Monday in the former Sunni rebel bastion of Fallujah, Iraqi police and medics said.
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Car bomb in Iraq's Falluja kills 7, wounds 20: police
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:16:19 GMT
 Reuters - A car bomb in Iraq's western Anbar province killed seven civilians and wounded 20 others on Monday, as Iraq struggles to end years of sectarian violence after a pivotal national vote.
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A week after Iraqi elections, vote count far from complete
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:34:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Partial election results released Sunday for all of Iraq's 18 provinces showed Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's coalition ahead of formidable rivals, both secular and religious, in a tight race that's complicated by a glacial vote-counting process and allegations of fraud.
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A week on, Maliki pulls ahead in Iraq race
(Reuters)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:32:11 GMT
 Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pulled ahead on Sunday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but a divided vote suggested long and fraught talks to form a government are ahead.
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'Iraq PM leads poll count' in province of Basra
(AFP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:35:12 GMT
 AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bloc has a comfortable lead in the predominantly Shiite southern province of Basra, Iraq's third-biggest constituency, early results showed on Sunday.
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Iraq PM leads in early results from oil hub Basra
(Reuters)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:14:21 GMT
 Reuters - A list led by Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a wide lead in early results from the southern oil hub of Basra a week after Iraq's parliamentary election, the country's electoral commission said on Sunday.
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US soldier killed in attack on Iraq base: military
(AFP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:05:38 GMT
 AFP - An American soldier was killed and two wounded in a rocket or mortar attack on a US military base in central Iraq, a statement said on Sunday.
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Maliki leads key Baghdad vote count
(AFP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:28:42 GMT
 AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday comfortably emerged as the top vote getter in Baghdad, which has the most seats in parliament of any constituency, early results showed.
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EU's Ashton to be urged to lodge formal Iraq vote protest
(AFP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:18:47 GMT
 AFP - European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will next week be urged to lodge a formal protest over "widespread fraud" during the Iraqi election count.
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