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More power in Iraq, but shortages linger

AP - 1 hour 4 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - Don't try to convince Taha Yassin that Iraq's power shortages are finally easing. More »

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  • Syria says restores order at military prison

    Reuters - 2 hours 5 minutes ago

    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian authorities said on Sunday they had restored order at a military jail near Damascus after a riot, but dissidents said the insurrection was not over and dozens of prisoners had been killed. More »

  • UAE scraps billions in Iraqi debt, names Baghdad envoy

    UAE scraps billions in Iraqi debt, names Baghdad envoy

    AFP - 2 hours 43 minutes ago

    ABU DHABI (AFP) - - The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Sunday waived Iraq's debt of nearly seven billion dollars and named an envoy to Baghdad, in a twin boost timed with a visit by Iraq's prime minister. More »

  • Claims of more Afghans killed in US-led strikes

    AFP - Monday, July 7

    JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) - - An Afghan district governor accused the US-led coalition of killing nearly two dozen civilians in an air strike on a wedding party on Sunday but the force insisted only militants died. More »

  • Iraq attacks kill 15

    Iraq attacks kill 15

    AFP - Monday, July 7

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - - At least 15 people were killed across Iraq on Sunday, including six in a Baghdad car bombing, a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said the capital had thwarted a siege by foreign-backed terrorists. More »

  • Jerusalem bulldozer killer acted alone

    Reuters - Monday, July 7

    By Rebecca Harrison and Ori Lewis More »

  • Iraq blasts kill 15

    Iraq blasts kill 15

    AFP - Monday, July 7

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - - At least 15 people were killed across Iraq, including seven by a bomb targeting a local leader of President Jalal Talabani's political party, officials said Sunday. More »

  • Iraq: Electricity production up over 10%%

    AP - Monday, July 7

    BAGHDAD - Iraq's electricity production jumped more than 10 percent in roughly the first six months of 2008 compared to the same period a year ago, the director of energy operations for coalition forces said Sunday. More »

  • Baghdad car bomb kills six

    Reuters - Monday, July 7

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb killed six civilians and wounded 14 other people in the Shaab district of northern Baghdad on Sunday, police said. More »

  • Saudi man and woman face flogging for research work

    Reuters - Monday, July 7

    RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi appeals court is due this week to review the case of a biochemist and his female student sentenced to jail and flogging after a lower court ruled their research contact was a front for a telephone affair. More »