Headlines for April 23, 2013
Source: Democracy Now
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-23 08:10:36 -0700 | travel-news
You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. download: Boston Bombing Suspect Charged, Reportedly Admitted to Role in Attacks Before Hearing Rights The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been charged in his hospital...
30+ killed in Iraq attacks
Source: CNN
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-23 06:52:40 -0700 | travel-news
At least 28 people were killed and more than 70 wounded in northern Iraq on Tuesday in fighting between security forces and gunmen, police said...Police said the fighting began when security forces looking for wanted people raided al-Atisam Square, the...
More than 30 killed in Iraq attacks
Source: CNN
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-23 06:14:50 -0700 | travel-news
At least 28 people were killed and more than 70 wounded in northern Iraq on Tuesday in fighting between security forces and gunmen, police said...Earlier, at least four people were killed and 13 others were wounded when two roadside bombs...
Clashes at Sunni Protest Site in Iraq Kill 33
Source: Newyork Times
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-23 04:51:17 -0700 | travel-news
Iraqi security forces stormed a Sunni protest encampment in a village near the northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, sparking clashes between government forces and gunmen that left dozens dead and wounded and sharply raised the stakes in Iraq's sectarian...
277 Million Boston Bombings
Source: Truthdig
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-23 03:04:14 -0700 | travel-news
Apr 23, 2013 The horror of Boston should be a reminder that the choice of weaponry can be in itself an act of evil. Boston Bombs Were Loaded to Maim is the way The New York Times defined the hideousness of the...
Iraq: Clashes erupt at Sunni protest site
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-23 13:27:00 -0700 | travel-news
Officials in Iraq say clashes have erupted between demonstrators and security forces in a northern Sunni town, leading to multiple casualties. Sheikh Abdullah Sami al-Asi, a Sunni provincial official from Hawija, said the fighting began early Tuesday morning when security...
Frustrated Iraqi Sunnis protest, fear they being sidelined
Source: Reuters
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-22 16:41:13 -0700 | travel-news
Topics Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a joint news conference with Iraqi parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi in Baghdad December 20, 2010. Iraqis in Sunni provinces boycotted government offices, closed shops and deserted universities on Monday in the latest...
Iraqi vote key to stability, envoy says
Source: United Press International
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-22 09:59:29 -0700 | travel-news
Credible provincial council elections in Iraq are vital to the country's post-war stability, U.N. special envoy Martin Kobler said. About half of the eligible voters took part in weekend provincial council elections, the first since U.S. combat forces left Iraq...
Iraq's Sunnis stage day of civil disobedience
Source: Boston.com
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-22 10:17:38 -0700 | travel-news
Many of Iraq's Sunnis are holding a day of civil disobedience to protest the Shiite-led government's policies they perceive as being discriminatory against their minority. The protest is underway in the provinces of Anbar, Salahuddin and Ninevah, where many schools,...
Remember the National Guard Remember the National Guard
Source: Nutley Sun
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-21 22:18:11 -0700 | travel-news
The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry are in the process of training for deployment...Their last deployment was to Guantanamo where they supervised the prisoners held there...They answered the call to local and state emergencies and were activated to...
Iraq's First Vote Since U.S. Exit Is Mostly Calm
Source: Newyork Times
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-20 16:53:44 -0700 | travel-news
I will not be fooled again, said Haider al-Mutairy, 34, a lawyer in Babil Province, who said he would not vote, reflecting widespread disenchantment among Iraqis toward political leaders...My street is still broken and filled with dirt, the electricity and...
Bombing spree as Iraq heads for first polls since US withdrawal
Source: Russia Today
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-20 09:33:22 -0700 | travel-news
Iraqis are voting in the country's first elections following US forces' withdrawal. However, terrorist attacks forced a third of provinces to refrain from participating in the polls due to security concerns. The surge in assaults in recent days mainly on...
Sectarian tensions stalk Iraq elections
Source: BBC
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-20 08:02:23 -0700 | travel-news
The provincial elections being held in Iraq come at a time of severe political and sectarian tension and will be a test for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ahead of the parliamentary elections due next year...Fourteen contenders, most of them Sunnis,...
Valley Muslims gather for special prayer meeting
Source: The Fresno Bee
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-19 15:05:12 -0700 | travel-news
Text Size: tool goes here Central San Joaquin Valley Muslims gathered Friday for a special prayer meeting to remember the victims of the bombing in Boston and those killed by and earthquake victims in Iran and Pakistan as well as...
Eight killed in Iraq attacks on eve of polls
Source: Qatar English Daily
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-19 14:27:53 -0700 | travel-news
Mortars and a bombing north of Baghdad killed eight people on Friday, on the eve of Iraq's first polls since US troops withdrew and a day after a blast in a cafe in the capital left 27 dead. Four...
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