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Iraq arrests two over deadly Baghdad attacks
(AFP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:19:30 GMT
 AFP - Iraqi soldiers arrested two suspected insurgents behind a brazen series of attacks in Baghdad this week that killed 16 people and wounded 14 others, a security official said on Saturday.
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4 killed, 11 wounded in bombing south of Baghdad
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:21:52 GMT
 AP - A roadside bomb killed four people, including three army soldiers, and wounded 11 people south of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi officials said.
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US court allows suit against contractor in Abu Ghraib
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:08:03 GMT
 AFP - A US court has given approval for a lawsuit to proceed from 72 Iraqi nationals against a private contractor accused of complicity in the alleged abuse of detainees at the US-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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With US drawdown in Iraq, shift from joint ops to training
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:01:57 GMT
 AFP - US and Iraqi military police slowly comb a strip of dirt road west of Baghdad, looking for tell-tale signs of hidden improvised explosive devices.
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UK former deputy PM doubted Iraq WMD intelligence
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:34:36 GMT
Reuters - Britain's deputy prime minister at the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq said on Friday he had doubts about intelligence that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, describing some of it as "tittle tattle."
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UK's Iraq inquiry may recall witnesses
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:41 GMT
AP - Britain's Iraq inquiry says it may recall witnesses to offer new testimony — which could see ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair return to face the panel.
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Iraqi minister hurt, two Britons killed in Jordan accident
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:49:28 GMT
 AFP - Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi was injured on Friday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two British women, police said.
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Spanish Court Seeks Arrest of U.S. Soldiers in Hotel Attack
(Time.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:55:00 GMT
Time.com - Spain's National Court has re-opened its case against three U.S. troops implicated in a 2003 attack on Baghdad's Hotel Palestine that killed two journalists
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Gunmen and bombs kill at least 12 in Iraq
(Reuters)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:46:21 GMT
Reuters - Attackers killed at least 12 people and wounded 31 in a series of shootings and explosions across Iraq on Thursday, security and hospital sources said.
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Lack of Iraq government 'embarrassing': FM
(AFP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:38:31 GMT
 AFP - The lack of a government in Iraq nearly five months after general elections is "embarrassing" and is impeding any long-term decision-making, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told AFP on Thursday.
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Biden bets on no explosion of violence in Iraq
(AFP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:25:18 GMT
 AFP - Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview aired Thursday he would bet "everything" that there would be no explosion of sectarian violence when US combat troops leave Iraq next month.
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(AP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:27:09 GMT
AP - Iraqi officials say 7 members of the security forces were killed in Baghdad attacks.
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Spain court seeks U.S. troops arrest for Iraq killing
(Reuters)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:00:42 GMT
 Reuters - A Spanish High Court judge ordered on Thursday the arrest and extradition of three U.S. soldiers for killing a Spanish television cameraman during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Kuwait gets $650 mln in Iraqi reparation: UN
(AFP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:52:14 GMT
 AFP - The United Nations released 650 million dollars in Iraqi compensation to Kuwait on Thursday, the latest payment of a war reparation scheme that began in 1994.
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Spain reissues US troop warrants over Iraq death
(AP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:07:42 GMT
AP - A Madrid judge reissued arrest warrants Thursday for three U.S. servicemen over the death of a Spanish journalist killed by American tank fire in Iraq in 2003.
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Retrial of Hassan killer adjourned over missing defendant
(AFP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:12:15 GMT
 AFP - The retrial of an Iraqi man convicted of killing British aid worker Margaret Hassan was adjourned again on Thursday because the imprisoned defendant could not be found, a court official said.
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Nepal lifts ban on travel to Iraq to save jobs
(AFP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:31:19 GMT
 AFP - Thousands of Nepalese workers in Iraq will be able to keep their jobs after the government lifted a ban on travel to the war-torn country, the employment ministry said on Thursday.
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Al Qaeda in Iraq claims TV office bombing
(Reuters)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:07:18 GMT
 Reuters - The Iraqi arm of al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack this week on the Baghdad office of satellite television channel Al Arabiya, and warned of further strikes on media targets.
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Al-Qaeda group claim Al-Arabiya TV bombing in Iraq
(AFP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:14:30 GMT
 AFP - An Al-Qaeda group has claimed responsibility for this week's deadly car bomb attack on Al-Arabiya television's offices in Baghdad that killed four people, US monitors have said.
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Troubled Iraq league gets August 3 restart
(AFP)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:28:03 GMT
 AFP - Iraq's national league will restart on August 3, the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) said on Wednesday, after two weeks of political turmoil.
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