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Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Sat Nov 28 11:26:04 -0800 2009 | political-news

There will no longer be any multi-national units in Iraq since only US troops remain in the country. Gradually other countries involved have withdrawn their troops from Iraq so that now only US troops are in the country. Obama has...
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Source: Associated Press

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Sat Nov 28 12:23:08 -0800 2009 | political-news

Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq's leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year...Biden's office says he encouraged the leaders to finalize an arrangement that would allow national elections to...
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Source: CNN

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Fri Nov 27 06:18:24 -0800 2009 | political-news

The fate of Iraq's newly revised election law again hinges on the approval of the country's Sunni Arab vice president, who is under pressure to sign the much-contested plan. The new bill has been approved by the other two members...
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Current World News: Arab Sunni bloc threatens Iraq election boycott.
Posted by: northsunm32

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Sat Nov 28 11:27:15 -0800 2009 | political-news

The vice president Hashemi vetoed the original bill precisely because of the lack of representation of Sunnis particularly those displaced. However, when the bill went back to parliament the Kurds took the opportunity to negotiate with the Shia majority to...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Thu Nov 26 06:29:04 -0800 2009 | political-news

Iraq's prime minister on Thursday warned that a political dispute likely to postpone January elections was a threat to security, but said American troops would not have to delay their timetable for leaving because of the vote. "Linking the withdrawal...
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Current Event: Iraqi journalists worry about media crackdown
Source: Reuters

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Thu Nov 26 01:30:39 -0800 2009 | political-news

Lawsuits, rules that allow the government to shut TV stations that promote violence and other signs of creeping censorship are raising fears of a crackdown on Iraq's often partisan media ahead of an election next year. Lawsuits have been filed...
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Source: The Guardian

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 15:25:40 -0800 2009 | political-news

Tony Blair called for the Baghdad government to uphold press freedoms "we fought for" in Iraq today following a wave of complaints that independent media were being harassed. The former prime minister, whose role in the Iraq war is the...
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Source: Reuters

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 06:18:43 -0800 2009 | political-news

U.S. and U.N. officials have proposed solutions to Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president to stop him vetoing for a second time a law needed for an election to take place next year, an official said on Wednesday. Seen as a...
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Latest News Event: U.S. Policy on Soldier Suicide Challenged
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 17:03:50 -0800 2009 | political-news

The Keesling family is mounting a lobbying effort to get that policy overturned. With the military being hit by a record number of suicides, the Keeslings -- backed by a bipartisan array of lawmakers from their home state of Indiana...
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Breaking World News: Iraq on cusp of foreign investment flood
Source: The Daily Star

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 07:38:46 -0800 2009 | political-news

Iraq is on the verge of a boom in project finance as power plants, shopping malls and general infrastructure investment starts to kick in and violence continues to subside, the country’s trade bank said.  Increasing numbers of foreign bankers have...
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