Archive for July, 2008

Iraq bans pictures of non-candidates in vote (AP)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

AP - The Iraqi government has banned candidates in upcoming provincial elections from using pictures in their campaign materials of people not running for office, the government’s spokesman said Thursday.

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The Battle for Catholic Voters (Time.com)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Time.com - With the economy and Iraq topping voter concerns, abortion has receded into the political background. As a TIME poll shows, that has put the Catholic vote up for grabs

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U. S. officials condoned Hunt-Kurd oil deal-documents (Reuters)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Reuters - U.S. officials condoned Hunt Oil Co
efforts to obtain an exploration deal with Iraq’s Kurdish
regional government, contrary to public statements discouraging
it, according to documents cited by a congressional committee.

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Former Australian FM Downer quits politics (AFP)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

AFP - Australia’s former foreign minister Alexander Downer, one of the most visible supporters of US President George W. Bush’s war in Iraq, announced his retirement from politics Thursday.

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McCain camp cranks up pressure ahead of Obama’s Iraq trip (AFP)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

AFP - John McCain’s campaign raised the stakes ahead of White House rival Barack Obama’s expected trip to Iraq, saying the Democrat’s plans for immediate troops withdrawals ignored security gains.

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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,113 (AP)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

AP - As of Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at least 4,113 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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Bush says US to send more troops to Afghanistan (AP)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

AP - Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year’s end. He conceded that June was a “tough month” in the nearly seven-year-old war.

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U.S., Iraq narrow differences over forces pact, Iraq says (McClatchy Newspapers)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Iraq’s foreign minister said Wednesday that the wide gap between Iraq and the United States over the future of U.S. forces in Iraq had narrowed after the American side had shown “excellent flexibility” on some key issues that had threatened to derail or postpone the accord.

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Iraq says Jordan king and Turkish PM to visit (Reuters)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Reuters - Iraq is expecting visits soon from
Jordan’s King Abdullah and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip
Erdogan, easing its regional diplomatic isolation, the foreign
minister said on Wednesday.

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U.S. conviction upheld in FBI sting of NY Muslims (Reuters)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Reuters - An Iraqi Kurdish imam and a
Bangladeshi-American pizzeria owner on Wednesday lost an appeal
of their convictions for plotting to kill a Pakistani diplomat
in what turned out to be an FBI sting operation.

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