Reuters: US military releases Iraqi photographer
AP - 23 minutes agoAn Iraqi freelance photographer who worked for Reuters has been released by the U.S. military after 17 months in detention in Iraq, the news agency reported Wednesday.
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Most banned Iraqi poll candidates' appeals rejected
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 8:28 am ETAlmost all the candidates who contested their ban from Iraq's upcoming parliamentary election did not submit their cases properly and lost the chance to appeal, an Iraqi legal body said on Tuesday.
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Familiar Face Returns To Iraqi Politics: Saddam
NPR - Wed Feb 10, 12:22 am ETAhead of national elections in March, residents of Anbar province say they're disillusioned with the current government and look back on the late Saddam Hussein with nostalgia. For all of his shortcomings, they say Saddam was a leader who inspired fear and respect.
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Iraqi PM: Appeals panel can review election law
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Feb 8, 8:02 am ETIraq's prime minister says he accepts an appeals panel's jurisdiction over a ban on candidates from March 7 parliamentary elections for their suspected ties to Saddam Hussein's regime.
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Joint security force stirs Iraqi tensions
UPI - Mon Feb 8, 3:50 pm ETKIRKUK, Iraq, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A joint security force in the north of Iraq is a divisive issue among Kurdish supporters and opponents in the Arab and Turkmen community, leaders say.
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Iraqi Court Given Time to Review Candidates
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Mon Feb 8, 2:26 am ETBAGHDAD -- Iraq staggered toward a resolution of its election crisis on Sunday as the country's leaders gave an appeals court time to reconsider a ban on hundreds of candidates barred from next month's election because of alleged links to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party.
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Iraqi vice president warns against exploiting sectarian sentiment
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Feb 9, 5:19 am ETBaghdad - Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi warned politicians against exploiting sectarian sentiment for electoral gain, in an interview published Tuesday. His remarks came amid a boiling political dispute over whether some 500 candidates previo...
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Keon D. Jordan does tour in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Anderson Independent-Mail - Mon Feb 8, 4:51 pm ETArmy National Guard Spec. Keon D. Jordan has returned to the United States after being deployed to an overseas forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom . Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq . Mission objectives focus ...
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Siemens Healthcare Wins $69 Million Iraqi Health Ministry Contract
Fox News - Mon Feb 8, 6:03 am ETSiemens Healthcare Wins $69 Million Iraqi Health Ministry Contract
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Iraqi Crude Oil Production Is Forecast To Rise To 3.9mn B/d By The End Of 2018
OfficialWire - Mon Feb 8, 6:27 am ETThe report forecasts that Iraq will account for 8.41% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2013, while providing 11.07% of supply.
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Iraqi Shiite group says holding two Americans
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Feb 7, 5:59 am ETRadical Shiite Islamists who claim to have kidnapped a US military contractor of Iraqi origin said on Sunday they are also holding a second American hostage captured two years ago.
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Iraqi court pushed to rule on banned candidates
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Feb 6, 3:43 pm ETIraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't.
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Yalies gather to talk with Iraqi refugees
Yale Daily News - Mon Feb 8, 4:00 am ETTwenty-five Yale students gathered with about 20 Iraqi refugees in the Kasbah Gardens Café on Howe Street on Saturday and bonded over Iraqi food. At the two-hour event, held by the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, they discussed topics ranging from bronze sculptures made by an Iraqi refugee to snowboarding.
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AP Exclusive: US military hands over trained bomb dogs to Iraqi police after Baghdad bombings
Sun-Sentinel - Thu Feb 4, 8:34 am ETBAGHDAD (AP) — The American military is rushing delivery of dozens of bomb-detection dogs to Iraq after accusations that widely used mechanical devices are ineffective to pinpoint explosives at checkpoints and other search sites, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
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Militants kidnap Iraqi-American in Iraq
Deseret News - Sun Feb 7, 12:26 am ETBAGHDAD — A missing Iraqi-American contractor was kidnapped by Shiite militiamen who lured him into central Baghdad by...
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Iraqi Militants Claim To Kidnap American Contractor
WROC Rochester - Sun Feb 7, 12:05 pm ETA militant group in Iraq is claiming it has kidnapped an American civilian contractor.
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Final Red Bull Members Return From Iraq
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Soldiers return to Fort Lewis after year in Iraq
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