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  • Iraqi minister in Kuwait to discuss compensation for 1991 invasion

    Iraq's finance minister traveled to Kuwait on Sunday to discuss payment of debts and compensation for Saddam Hussein's 1991 invasion of that country, the Iraqi government said Sunday.

  • Iraqi Cabinet approves initial gas deal with Shell

    Iraq's Cabinet approved an initial gas agreement Sunday between the Oil Ministry and Royal Dutch Shell PLC to invest in a joint venture to tap natural gas in southern Iraq, a government statement said.

  • Iraqi parliament faces urgent national issues

    Iraqi lawmakers end their summer break this week facing urgent tasks of approving a new election law and signing off on a still-unfinished security pact with the U.S. - key steps in laying the foundation for a lasting peace.

  • Health chiefs battle to bring back Iraqi doctors

    A kidney specialist who fled Iraq's bombings, kidnappings and sectarian killings 20 months ago has reported back to work at his Baghdad hospital - one of some 800 doctors who have returned over the summer.

  • Rice: US and Iraq have 'very open' relationship

    Facing allegations the U.S. spied on its Iraqi allies, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday defended the relationship between the two governments as "very open and transparent."

  • In a desert war zone, a fishermen's club springs up

    By 8 in the morning it was hot, and Chief Warrant Officer Scott Henry, the custodian of the Baghdad Angler's Club and School of Fly Fishing, sat in the shadow of a palace pillar. More palaces were all around the lake, and directly across from him was al Faw Palace, bigger and uglier than the rest.

  • Iraq's knotty Kirkuk problem: crucial, urgent, but no quick answer

    The men line up by the hundreds every day at the blast wall on al Quds Street: Kurds who were forced out of the province of Kirkuk under Saddam Hussein's regime, Arabs who were brought in to replace them and others. They're all waiting for their checks.

  • Iraqi police: Roadside bombs wound 14 in Baghdad

    A series of roadside bombs wounded at least 14 people Sunday in eastern Baghdad, police said, in a sign of the ongoing security threats despite a sharp reduction of violence in the Iraqi capital.

  • Iraq govt reacts sharply to US spying allegations

    The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report were true.

  • White House: Bush wasn't detached from war review

    The White House on Friday disputed an assertion in a new book by Bob Woodward that President Bush was slow to react to escalating attacks in Iraq, forcefully arguing that Bush's military buildup was responsible for a sharp drop in the violence.

  • Palin's son's job to guard his commanders in Iraq

    The long and divisive war in Iraq is about to resonate with presidential candidates in a way not seen so far in the campaign: The sons of both vice presidential nominees are assigned to go there soon.

  • General returns to Scott; 'It's great to be back'

    Air Force Gen. Duncan McNabb is back at Scott Air Force Base and ready to take on the challenge of commanding the U.S. Transportation Command.

  • Official: 6 killed in Iraq bomb; Chalabi uninjured

    Ex-Iraqi deputy prime minister and former Pentagon favorite, Ahmad Chalabi, escaped a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy in Baghdad, an official in his office said Saturday.

  • US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,154

    As of Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, at least 4,154 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

  • Official: Baghdad car bomb kills 2

    An Iraqi police official says a car bomb apparently targeting the convoy of former Pentagon favorite Ahmad Chalabi has exploded in western Baghdad, killing two civilians.

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