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Google documents Iraqi museum treasures
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday....
British panel begins inquiry on Iraq war
LONDON (AP) -- An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration officials were calling for Saddam Hussein's ouster as early as 2001 - long before sanctions were exhausted and two years before the U.S.-led invasion....
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,365
As of Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at least 4,365 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count....
US military: American soldier killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in action in Iraq....
Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections....
Iraq's Oct. oil exports drop due to attacks
BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi official says insurgent attacks caused a 4 percent drop in the country's oil exports in October compared to the previous month, but that revenues were up due to higher prices....
Iraq working for release of Americans held in Iran
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....
Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBR
HOUSTON (AP) -- A woman who claimed she was raped in 2005 while working in Iraq for a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary has been awarded nearly $3 million by an arbitrator to settle her case....
Marines, corpsman to be removed in Iraqi death
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Three Marines and a Navy man convicted of aiding the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man have been ordered removed from the military, the Navy said Wednesday....
Lingering effects of Baghdad blasts on Iraqis
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Sadiya Khadem Rashid just needed a stamp. One stamp from Baghdad's city hall so she could receive $850 in compensation given to displaced Iraqis who return home. But before she could get there, the building was blown up.... |