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US opens world's largest foreign mission in Iraq
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - Just inside the gateway of the new United States Embassy in Baghdad, a US Army lieutenant colonel acted as the diplomatic equivalent of a Wal-Mart greeter, welcoming guests Monday afternoon to the dedication ceremony for the largest – and most expensive – American mission in the world.
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Opening Day for America's Enormous New Embassy in Iraq
(Time.com)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:10:00 GMT
Time.com - It is meant to symbolize a new era, but its heavy security portends otherwise.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,221
(AP)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:09:41 GMT
 AP - As of Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at least 4,221 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Fewer reporters died in 2008; Iraq still deadliest
(AP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:47:07 GMT
AP - The Committee to Protect Journalists says Iraq remains the most lethal place for working media members despite a two-thirds decline in deaths there in 2008.
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Bush chooses Uribe, Blair, Howard for high honor
(AP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:52:36 GMT
AP - President George W. Bush is giving the nation's highest civilian award to three foreign leaders who have been among his most loyal partners on the world stage, particularly in the Iraq war.
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Baghdad Bag Claim: A (Happy) Tale of Lost Luggage
(Time.com)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:25:00 GMT
Time.com - The true story of how Delta lost my luggage but the Iraqis got it to me - a parable of Iraq's new phase
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Iranian Resistance Group a Source of Contention in Iraq
(Time.com)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:20:00 GMT
Time.com - Iran wants the group handed over for prosecution, but the U.S. has pledged to ensure its protection under international law
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Mammoth new U.S. Embassy marks new stage for Iraq
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:56:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD ? The U.S. flag was raised Monday over the mammoth new American Embassy in Iraq, symbolizing a new era of restored Iraqi sovereignty and reduced U.S. power, despite the fact that it's the biggest American mission on Earth.
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US opens new embassy in Baghdad
(AFP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:14:57 GMT
 AFP - The United States inaugurated its gigantic new embassy in Baghdad on Monday, ushering in what American officials described as a new era in relations with Iraq nearly six years after it invaded the country.
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Iraq takes over Sunni anti-Qaeda fighters in Diyala
(AFP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:13:42 GMT
 AFP - Around 9,000 Sunni militia from restive Diyala province who have helped the United States battle Al-Qaeda will now take their payments from the Iraqi government, the US military said on Monday.
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Victims of Blackwater shooting await guards' trial
(AP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:42:18 GMT
 AP - Iraqis wounded by gunfire in a Baghdad square 15 months ago are awaiting with guarded hopes the beginning of court proceedings against five former private Blackwater Worldwide security guards.
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Turkey, Iran bombard Kurdish rebels in Iraq: PKK
(AFP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:15:25 GMT
 AFP - Turkish warplanes and Iranian artillery bombarded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Monday, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) spokesman said.
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US inaugurates $700 million embassy in Iraq
(AP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:39:34 GMT
 AP - The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever on Monday, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone ? and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chapter in relations between America and a more sovereign Iraq.
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US ambassador: 2009 key year for Iraq
(AP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:34:29 GMT
 AP - Iraq has made tremendous progress in recent months but the United States must remain engaged over the long term if it wants those gains to solidify, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said.
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U.S. opens new Iraq embassy
(Reuters)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:16:59 GMT
 Reuters - The United States dedicated its new embassy building in Baghdad on Monday, a step meant to symbolize its transition from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government.
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Dozens in Iraq killed by woman wearing a bomb
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:18:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD ? A woman wearing an explosive belt blew herself up near an important Shiite shrine in northern Baghdad on Sunday, killing as many as 40 people ? many of them pilgrims ? and wounding about 76, police said.
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Woman suicide bomber kills 35 near Baghdad shrine
(AFP)
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:26:35 GMT
 AFP - A female suicide bomber blew herself up near a Shiite holy shrine in north Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 35 people including women, children and Iranian pilgrims, a security official said.
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Suicide bomber kills 35 at Baghdad shrine
(Reuters)
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:21:09 GMT
 Reuters - A suicide bomber infiltrated a crowd of Shi'ite pilgrims and blew himself up, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 79 at a Shi'ite shrine in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi officials said.
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Kurdish communist politician shot dead in Iraq
(AFP)
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:09:39 GMT
 AFP - A member of the Kurdish Communist Party has been shot dead by unknown assailants at his home in Kirkuk in northern Iraq, local police and his party said on Sunday.
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Government gets control of Sons of Iraq in Diyala
(AP)
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:24:19 GMT
AP - The U.S. military in a turbulent province northeast of Baghdad handed over control on Sunday of the Sons of Iraq, a predominantly Sunni group of former insurgents and tribesmen whose revolt against al-Qaida in Iraq significantly boosted security here.
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