Iraqi official: Baghdad bomb kills 1, injures 6
AP - Thu Dec 3, 5:24 am ETAn Iraqi security official says a bomb at a roadside market in northern Baghdad killed one and wounded six people.
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Google Chief Eric Schmidt Announces Documentation of Iraqi Museum Treasures
Art Daily - Tue Nov 24, 1:57 pm ETGoogle chief Eric Schmidt, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill attend a ceremony at Iraq's national museum, in Baghdad, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Internet search engine Google is documenting the treasures of Iraq's national museum, home to priceless artifacts from the Stone Age through Islamic periods, and will make the photographs available online early next year, the company's ...
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Iraqi parliament passes another election law
Washington Post - Tue Nov 24, 12:00 am ETBAGHDAD -- Iraqi lawmakers on Monday approved an amended law to organize parliamentary elections next year, a ballot seen as crucial to U.S. plans to withdraw combat troops.
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Google's Digitizing Iraqi Historic Archives
Fast Company Magazine - Tue Nov 24, 8:39 am ETGoogle's extending its grip on the digital world in a wholly new and surprising way: It's just brokered a deal with Iraq's authorities to digitize historic artifacts and documents in the country's museums. It's a philanthropic move, don't you know. Google's CEO Eric Schmidt has been touring the country, and just made the announcement of Google's archiving plans. The whole idea is to both ...
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Clinton says Iraqi election might be delayed
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 12:20 pm ETSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding out the possibility that Iraq's national election could be delayed beyond January because of a dispute over the allocation of seats in parliament.
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Iraqi elections face possible delay
UPI - Mon Nov 23, 9:58 pm ETBAGHDAD, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A dispute between lawmakers and a vice president of Iraq threatens to derail plans to hold a parliamentary election on schedule in January, officials said.
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Inability to compromise may delay Iraqi election
The Gainesville Sun - Tue Nov 24, 6:15 am ETThe Associated Press Iraq's parliament failed Monday to produce an election law acceptable to minority Sunni Arabs, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to say that nationwide balloting scheduled for January "might slip" to a later date.
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Iraqi prime minister ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote
Denver Post - Mon Nov 23, 3:16 am ETA stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions ahead of national elections.
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Google Documents Iraqi Museum Treasures
The Tuscaloosa News - Tue Nov 24, 2:58 pm ETGoogle is documenting the artifacts of Iraq's national museum. Google chief Eric Schmidt toured the museum Tuesday, and said the photographs would be available for viewing online in 2010. (Nov 24)
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Iraqi lawmakers amend election law; Sunnis angry
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 9:46 am ETIraq's parliament has amended an election law that was vetoed by a Sunni Arab vice president, but Sunnis say the changes do not address their concerns.
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Kirkuk Arabs threaten to boycott Iraqi elections
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 12:41 pm ETKirkuk, Iraq - Iraqi Arab politicians in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday said they would boycott the country's upcoming parliamentary elections if parliament did not make changes to the electoral law. The Arab Political Council in Kir...
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Ft. Benning soldier dies supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom
WALB Albany - Tue Nov 24, 12:11 pm ETStaff Sergeant Briand T. Williams, 25, of Sparks, GA, died Nov. 22, in Numaniyah, Iraq.
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Iraqi Air Force Commander to Present at Iraq Aviation and Defense Summit in Washington This December
PRWeb - Tue Nov 24, 3:23 am ETIraqi Air Force Commander Lt. General Anwer Ahmed has confirmed to speak at the summit. Lt. Gen. Anwer Ahmed will present challenges and opportunities in the Iraqi defense sector, answer questions from delegates, and conduct one-on-one meetings at IADS, a two-day event on December 10-11, 2009 in Washington, D.C. (PRWeb Nov 24, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com ...
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Iraqi offering cash to intermarry
UPI - Mon Nov 23, 9:58 am ETBAGHDAD, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Iraq is offering $2,000 cash to Shiites and Sunnis who intermarry to try to ease sectarian tension, officials said.
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Iraqi TV presenter wounded in shooting
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 2:04 pm ETAn Iraqi television presenter was wounded on Monday when unknown attackers shot him while he was driving to work in central Baghdad, police and the channel he worked for said.
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Iraqi election law passed, but veto looms
UPI - Mon Nov 23, 7:21 pm ETBAGHDAD, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- An election law passed Monday by the Iraqi Parliament faces another veto as it heads to a three-member presidency council for approval.
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Iraqi journalist turns tables on shoe thrower
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Baghdad's postmen, delivering the mail at any cost
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Raw Video: Soldiers give thanks in Iraq
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Troops stationed in Iraq celebrate the holiday
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