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Sun-Sentinel - Sun Nov 22, 12:34 pm ET
BAGHDAD (AP) — A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 59 minutes ago
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew to Tehran on Sunday to appeal for the lives of Iranian Kurds sentenced to death, a newspaper website reported.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 10:27 am ET
Iraq's parliament failed again on Sunday to break a stalemate over a key election law, raising fears that nationwide polls will have to be delayed beyond a constitutional deadline.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 3:36 pm ET
An Iraqi Turkmen leader was assassinated at his home in the northern city of Mosul on Sunday by gunmen who knocked at his door then shot him, police and Turkmen sources said.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 10:01 am ET
The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could affect the U.S. military's plans for a partial pullout next year.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 10:06 am ET
Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday sought a compromise in a dispute over an election law that was vetoed by a vice president, throwing national polls slated for January into question.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 6:16 am ET
Iraq's parliament is discussing ways to end a dispute over an election law after a vice president vetoed the bill, throwing national polls slated for January into question.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 10:24 am ET
Iraqi MPs will meet again on Sunday to try to break the deadlock on a stalled electoral law which has left the country's planned January general election in doubt.
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CNN - Sat Nov 21, 11:31 am ET
Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday plan to take another shot at ending the impasse over a proposed election law -- a political crisis sparked by the veto of a newly passed measure this week by one of the country's leaders.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 8:39 am ET
Iraqi lawmakers are seeking a compromise in a dispute over an election law that was vetoed by a vice president, throwing national polls slated for January into question.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sun Nov 22, 5:58 am ET
Baghdad - A man detonated explosives packed into his car as he approached a police checkpoint north of the western Iraqi city of Falluja on Sunday, killing a policeman, police and medics said. Medics said five policemen and three civilian bystanders ...
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The Wenatchee World - Sat Nov 21, 8:46 pm ET
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday sought a compromise in a dispute over an election law that was vetoed by a vice president, throwing national polls slated for January into question. Parliament had planned to vote Saturday on how to resolve the issue, but delayed the proceeding until Sunday while lawmakers attempted to find a solution acceptable to all political blocs in a nation marked ...
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CNN - Fri Nov 20, 5:01 pm ET
A former Army sergeant who revealed the murders of four Iraqis at a canal in 2007 says he has no regrets about breaking his silence.
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The Oshkosh Northwestern - Sat Nov 21, 5:22 am ET
Detainees at a camp in Baghdad, Iraq have found a way to get under the skin of guard troops from Wisconsin: needle them about former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre joining the rival Minnesota Vikings.
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Green Bay Press-Gazette - Sat Nov 21, 5:10 am ET
Detainees at a camp in Baghdad, Iraq, have found a way to get under the skin of troops from Wisconsin, having to do with football and a painful chapter for some Green Bay Packers fans who consider Brett Favre a traitor for joining the Minnesota Vikings.