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AFP - The face of Iraqi farmer Aid Shamkhi darkens as he looks at his parched, weed-strewn ground in the heart of what was once the country's breadbasket.
AP - Relatives of a Fort Drum soldier accused of stabbing his two Army buddies to death said Thursday that he told them he saw his best friend "blown to pieces" in Iraq and came back a changed man: abusive, violent, sleepless, edgy and plagued by flashbacks.
AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has called on parliament to hold an emergency meeting on Saturday in order to vote on a draft law to govern legislative elections, a senior official said.
AP - Iraqs vice president said Thursday he remains open to talks to break an impasse on holding parliamentary elections scheduled for next month but stands by his demand that minority Sunnis have a greater voice in the voting.
AFP - Attacks in Iraq on Thursday killed eight people, including a senior anti-terror officer who led a key fightback against Al-Qaeda in his province, police said.
AFP - Swine flu has killed 14 people in Iraq since May, a spokesman for the health ministry said on Thursday, doubling the previously disclosed toll.