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BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi official says Baghdad has contacted Tehran in a bid to secure the release of three Americans detained in Iran, but has received no reply.
Incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is hoping for a repeat of last January's provincial elections — that's when Iraqi voters rejected overtly religious parties and turned to his more secular slate. Luckily for him, those religious parties don't seem to have gotten the message. One of the largest Shiite religious parties is spending millions on an Iranian-style mausoleum to its fallen ...
What's Your Reaction? With a rerun of Afghan elections dominating the headlines, the road to January's Iraqi elections may prove equally bloody unless the Sunnis feel they are getting a fair slice of the power cake.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Iraqi air force pilots struck ground targets from an AC-208 Caravan utility aircraft using a Hellfire missile for the first time since the force was reformed.
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq's prime minister warned on Wednesday that insurgents will try to undermine the country's fledgling democracy in the run-up to January's national elections. Nouri al-Maliki told tribal leaders from Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City district that maintaining security would remain his top priority because the insurgent groups do not want the January vote to be held in a secure climate.
(RTTNews) - A court in Iraq on Wednesday ordered Britain's Guardian newspaper to pay a fine of 100 million dinars or $86,000 for defaming Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in an article published in April.
As American forces withdraw from Iraqi cities and towns, sharp cutbacks in the money paid to Sunni tribal leaders, combined with increasing Sunni hostility, have contributed to a dramatic deterioration in security.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The next government in Iraq will not have the authority to cancel oil contracts signed by the current administration, said Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi official says Baghdad has contacted Tehran in a bid to secure the release of three Americans detained in Iran, but has received no reply.
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.
BAGHDAD (AP) - 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.
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.
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.
Detainees at a camp in Baghdad, Iraq have found a way to get under the skin of guard troops from Wisconsin.
The Iraqi Parliament should act swiftly to adopt reforms to a national election law so the vote can proceed in January, the U.N. secretary-general said.
A top Iraqi official vetoed the country's election law Wednesday, throwing plans to hold parliamentary elections in January into disarray. The move could unravel hard-won compromises, and it could complicate U.S. efforts to withdraw U.S. combat troops next year.
