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2008-11-12 18:36

Kurdish expansion moves threaten stability in northern Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - BASHIQA, Iraq

2008-11-12 18:36

Opening of bridge reconnects Shiite, Sunni Iraqis (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD

2008-11-12 18:36

Iraqi Sunni guards join Shi'ite government payroll (Reuters)

Reuters - From a money-counting table stacked with cash to a staircase out in the hallway, a long line of U.S.-backed Iraqi fighters wait patiently for their dues.

2008-11-12 12:32

Will Obama Have to Adjust His Timetable on Iraq? (Time.com)

US president-elect Barack Obama, seen here with President George W. Bush at the White House, is sending evaluators to study the sprawling US bureaucracy to help him determine how best to meet his administration's goals when he takes office on January 20.(AFP/Jim Watson)Time.com - U.S. commanders are skeptical that a 16-month withdrawal schedule could be completed while maintaining security


2008-11-12 12:32

Iraq FM visits Syria in wake of US raid (AFP)

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (C) is welcomed by his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem (R) at Damascus airport. Iraq will never be used as a base for attacks against its neighbours, Zebari said at a meeting in Damascus on Tuesday with Muallem, the official Sana news agency reported.(AFP/Louai Beshara)AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari flew in to Damascus on Tuesday, on a surprise visit two weeks after a US raid on a Syrian village launched from Iraq that caused tension with Baghdad.


2008-11-12 12:32

Backers of Iran opposition enter third month of UN sit-in (AFP)

A flag featuring Iranian People's Mujahedeen leader, Maryam Radjavi is pictured in front of supporters attending her meeting in June 2008 in Villepinte, France. Supporters of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, the main Iranian opposition group, began the third month of a protest in front of UN headquarters Tuesday, seeking protection for residents of a group encampment in Iraq.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)AFP - Supporters of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, the main Iranian opposition group, began the third month of a protest in front of UN headquarters Tuesday, seeking protection for residents of a group encampment in Iraq.


2008-11-12 06:32

Baghdad reopens 'stampede' bridge (AFP)

A general view shows the Al-Aima bridge that links the Sunni district of Adhamiyah with the Shiite district of Kadhimiyah in Baghdad in October. Authorities in Baghdad on Tuesday opened a major bridge that was closed for more than three years after nearly 1,000 Shiite pilgrims perished in a deadly stampede.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Authorities in Baghdad on Tuesday opened a major bridge linking historic Sunni and Shiite districts that was closed in 2005 after nearly 1,000 Shiite pilgrims perished in a deadly stampede.


2008-11-12 06:32

Baghdad bomb attack kills 2, wounds 17 (Reuters)

Iraqi and U.S. military personnel secure the site of a bomb attack in northeastern Baghdad's Palestine Street November 11, 2008. Two roadside bombs exploded in a crowd of part time labourers in central Baghdad Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounding 17, police said. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)Reuters - Two roadside bombs exploded in a crowd of part time laborers in central Baghdad Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounding 17, police said.


2008-11-12 06:32

Baghdad bridge of death becomes bridge of hope (Reuters)

Iraqi soldiers secure the reopening of the Imams bridge in central Baghdad, November 11, 2008. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)Reuters - Sunnis and Shi'ites made an emotional reach across the sectarian divide on Tuesday, reopening a Baghdad bridge between the two communities closed since a 2005 stampede, the deadliest incident of the war.


2008-11-12 00:32

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,193 (AP)

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (C) is welcomed by his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem (R) at Damascus airport. Iraq will never be used as a base for attacks against its neighbours, Zebari said at a meeting in Damascus on Tuesday with Muallem, the official Sana news agency reported.(AFP/Louai Beshara)AP - As of Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, at least 4,193 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


2008-11-12 00:32

UN warns of possible violence in Iraq elections (AP)

AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said passage of a law clearing the way for provincial elections in Iraq was "a milestone" in the process of national reconciliation, but he warned of the possibility of election violence.

2008-11-12 00:32

Moment of truth for Shiite party over pact (AP)

Arab League envoy to Iraq, Hani Khalaf, speaks to the media after he met with the country's most influential Shiite spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,in Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraq. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - The fate of an agreement that would keep U.S. troops here for three more years rests with Iraq's largest Shiite party, which must choose between its two main partners: the United States and Iran.


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