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Mahdi Army fighters take positions in Basra, Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2008. Shiite militants clashed with government forces for a fourth day in Iraq's oil-rich south and sporadic fighting broke out in Baghdad, despite a weekend curfew in the capital.
Britain   Hostages   Iraq   Military   Photos   		 The Guardian 
US frees Shia militant linked to British hostages in Iraq
Tue 9 Jun 2009
| Release of former ally of Moqtada al-Sadr could speed up release of five Britons captured in 2007, Iraqi officials say | The US military has freed a senior member of an Iraqi Shia insurgent group li... (photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani)
Mine victims in Basr
Environment   Iraq   Photo   Photos   Security   		 IRINnews 
IRAQ: Appeal for help to clear landmines
Mon 8 Jun 2009
web | Photo: IRIN BAGHDAD, 8 June 2009 (IRIN) - Iraqi Environment Minister Narmin Othman has appealed for more international support to clear the country of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). | ... (photo: IRIN)
Stephen Colbert and sons at the premiere of Speed Racer at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.  Kansas City Star  Mon 8 Jun 2009
For Colbert in Iraq, tonight's Word is `haircut'

Steve Manuel, HO In this handout photo taken Sunday, June 7, 2009, released by the U.S. military, comedian Stephen Colbert, from the Comedy Central television program gets a military style haircut fro... (photo: GFDL / David Shankbone)
Comedy   Company   Iraq   Military   Photos  
U.S. Special Forces Soldiers and Albanian troops patrol northern Iraq. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.  The Guardian  Mon 8 Jun 2009
Stephen Colbert shaves head for US troops in Iraq
| KIM GAMEL | Associated Press Writer= BAGHDAD (AP) — It's official. Stephen Colbert has declared victory in the war in Iraq. But the top U.S. commander in the country says not so fast. | Colbert... (photo: U.S. Army/Mike Buytas)
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Relatives and friends of three people killed by unknown gunmen during a jewellery store heist, mourn over their coffins during a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 20, 2009. CNN Mon 8 Jun 2009
Explosion kills 7 at Baghdad bus station

From Mohammed Tawfeeq | CNN | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A bomb attached to a minibus exploded at a bus station in southern Baghdad Monday, killing seven, authorities said. |... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
Baghdad   Bomb   Iraq   Killing   Photos  
A woman passes destroyed vehicles at a bus station in the Baiyaa neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 28, 2007. A parked car bomb exploded in one of Baghdad´s busy outdoor bus stations at rush hour Thursday, killing at least 20 people and Denver Post Mon 8 Jun 2009
Iraq: Bombing of minibus in Shiite area kills 7
| Click photo to enlargeAn Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Spc. Christopher M. Kurth, 23, of Alamogordo, N.M., during a dign... (photo: AP/Hadi Mizban)
Bombing   Iraq   Photos   US   War  
US Dollar - US Currency - us economy - US business - finance -money Star Tribune Mon 8 Jun 2009
New report gives a bleak assessment of how taxpayer dollars are spent in Iraq and Afghanistan

| WASHINGTON - The Defense Department has failed to provide adequate oversight over tens of billions of dollars in contracts to support military operations in Iraq and Af... (photo: WN / Jane Magturo)
Business   Economy   Financial   Photos   Washington  
All the news that's fit to slant: Baghdad Now portrays Iraq on upswing Seattle Times Mon 8 Jun 2009
All the news that's fit to slant: Baghdad Now portrays Iraq on upswing
| BAGHDAD - | The pages of Baghdad Now, an Arabic-language newspaper, portray a country on the upswing. | Iraqi soldiers and policemen are capable civil servants who take... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Arabic   Baghdad   Defence   Iraq   Photos  
People in the Green Zone checkpoint with Iraqi solider The Guardian Mon 8 Jun 2009
Iraqis detain 5 US contractors in Baghdad
| ROBERT H. REID | Associated Press Writer= BAGHDAD (AP) — Five U.S. contractors have been detained in the investigation of the slaying of another American in Baghda... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Baghdad   Death   Iraq   Photos   US  
DRIVER DUTY - U.S. Army Pfc. Matthew Starks prepared for duty as a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle gunner in Baghdad, Iraq, June 1, 2009. Starks is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company G, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team in Baghdad. Newsday Sun 7 Jun 2009
Major problems found in Iraq spending
| This is one Christmas gift U.S. taxpayers don't need. | Construction of a $30 million dining facility at a U.S. base in Iraq is scheduled to be completed Dec. 25. But t... (photo: US Army / Jon Soles)
Defence   Iraq   Military   Photos   US  


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A Saudi trader looks at the stock market monitor in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi stocks are best Gulf Arab investment -Merrill The Guardian
Cars and Palestinian pedestrians are seen on both sides of a section of the barrier Israel is building to separate the outskirts of Jerusalem from the West Bank, in the village of A-ram outside the West Bank town of Ramallah, Sunday Feb. 27, 2005. Israel Time is ripe to end the Arab-Israeli conflict The Times
A Palestinian Muslim prays next to a section of Israel's separation barrier, at Kalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. As Obama Begins Trip, Arabs Want Israeli Gesture The New York Times
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, answer questions during a news conference in Dresden, Germany, Friday, June 5, 2009. Merkel Backs Obama on Push for Accord in Middle East The New York Times
These are slave laborers in the Buchenwald concentration camp near Jena; many had died from malnutrition when U.S. troops of the 80th Division entered the camp. Germany, April 16, 1945. Pvt. H. Miller. WW2 cg1 wnhires Barack Obama's visit to Buchenwald sends a political message The Times
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at Cairo University in Cairo, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Obama calls for new beginning between US, Muslims NZ Herald
This televsion image released by Qatar's Al-Jazeera televison broadcast on Friday Oct. 5, 2001 is said to show the most recent images of Osama bin Laden, right, at an undisclosed loaction, the prime suspect in the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11. At left is bin Laden's top lieutenant, Egyptian, Ayman al-Zawahri, jsa1 Osama bin Laden emerges to attack Barack Obama for 'antagonising Muslims' The Times
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U.S. President Barack Obama, right, tours the Sultan Hassan Mosque with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Obama's Sense of Ummah Wall Street Journal
The Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri S.M. Krishna calls on the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi on January 13, 2003 (Monday). Jpib2u Indian diplomacy eyes active engagement Gulf News
Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki talking with people in Baghdad Is Maliki the remedy Iraq needs? The Guardian
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