Bomb blasts at bird market in Baghdad kill 4 The Guardian | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Associated Press= BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say three bombs have struck a bird market in eastern Baghdad, killing four people and wounding dozens. | Police officials say the Friday morning attack targeted a bird market crowded with shoppers in the Shiite neighborhood of S...
EU, Iraq sign first-ever partnership deal Khaleej Times The European Union and Iraq signed their first partnership agreement Friday, opening the way to a slew of trade and energy deals as well as improved cooperation to combat terrorism. | "We're opening a new chapter," said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at a signing ceremony with Iraqi Foreig...
Iran, Syria among topics for G-8 and NATO Jakarta Post | President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers stepped outside discussions of European economic woes and Afghanistan that will dominate a long weekend of summitry for a look Friday at options to solidify world resolve against d...
Deadly blasts hit pet market The Daily Telegraph Australia | THREE near-simultaneous bomb blasts at a pet market in east Baghdad killed five people on yesterday. | The attacks came just hours after an earlier attack in the city's southeast left five dead, officials said. | The explosions, which occurred at a...
Iran, Syria among topics for G-8 and NATO The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By ANNE GEARAN - AP National Security Writer By ANNE GEARAN Tags: | WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is using weekend gatherings of world leaders - dominated by discussion...
Summit agenda led by economy and Afghanistan, but leaders confer on Iran and Syria The Washington Post | WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is using weekend gatherings of world leaders — dominated by discussion of European economic woes and Afghanistan — to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and to...
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Iraq's sagging safety net Al Jazeera | In February 2011, with grassroots uprisings having toppled the governments of Tunisia and Egypt, unrest was swelling in Iraq as well. In response, the government of Prime Ministe...
Iraqi Airlines flight to land at Mumbai airport after 22 years DNA India | When a flight of Iraq's national carrier, Iraqi Airways, touches down at the Mumbai international airport on Tuesday, it will be a historic moment. The airline is restarting dire...
Baghdad market bombs kill at least four The Star | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three roadside bombs ripped through a Baghdad marketplace on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring at least 30 more near one of the capital's main Shi'ite neighbourhoods, police and hospital sources said. | The almos...
India looking at Saudi, Iraq to diversify its oil sourcing DNA India | India is looking at Saudi Arabia and Iraq to diversify its global oil purchase while making efforts to reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, a top Obama Administration official has told US lawmakers. | Assistant Secretary of State for South and Cen...
Baghdad market bombs kill at least four Reuters | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three roadside bombs ripped through a Baghdad marketplace on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring at least 30 more near one of the capital's main Shi'ite neighborhoods, police and hospital sources said. | The almost...
Largest protests yet in Syria's biggest city The Guardian | ZEINA KARAM | Associated Press= BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentiment in the country's biggest city, which has largely remained supportive of President Bashar Assad throughout the 15-month uprising. | The head of the U.N. observer mi...
