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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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NPR - Mon Nov 23, 1:17 am ET
One of the most popular programs on Iraqi TV these days is Hotline, a call-in show that allows viewers to take their problems directly to the highest government officials. It offers an unprecedented chance for ordinary Iraqis to confront their government.
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The Huffington Post - Mon Nov 23, 10:10 am ET
What's Your Reaction? Washington is sending tremendous amounts of military material into autocratic Middle Eastern nations and building-up bases in countries whose governments often prefer that no publicity be given to the growing American military "footprint."
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 23, 1:26 pm ET
Baghdad - Iraqi lawmakers on Monday returned a new elections law to the Iraqi presidency without including amendments the vice president had requested when he vetoed a previous version. Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni Muslim, vetoed a previo...
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 23, 11:41 am ET
Baghdad - Iraqi lawmakers on Monday approved an amended version of the country's elections law and sent it back to the Iraqi presidency for approval. The decision followed Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi's November 19 veto of the law because he wante...
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 23, 10:41 am ET
Baghdad - Iraqi lawmakers on Monday decided not to override Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi's veto of the country's elections law, al-Arabiya television reported. Instead, they sent an amended version of the law back to the Iraqi presidency for appro...
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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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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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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.