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Iraq begins sixth year of chaos, bloodshed
(AFP) AFP - The US-led war on Iraq that toppled the brutal regime of dictator Saddam Hussein entered its sixth year on Thursday with millions of Iraqis still battling daily chaos and rampant bloodshed. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Iraq violence casts pall on key US Congress report
(AFP) AFP - US lawmakers Tuesday grilled the top US general in Iraq amid fierce fighting on the ground as Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to end a truce which had helped staunch the bloodshed. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Terrified Westerners describe Mumbai chaos Europeans and Americans were among those caught up in the bloodshed and chaos of the terror attacks in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday and Thursday. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Iraq security official to Americans: Be patient As the Iraq war enters its sixth year, the country's national security adviser today urged Americans to have patience, contending that the war is "well worth fighting" because it has implications in the battle against "global terror." His remarks came as attacks killed 30 people in Iraq. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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BBC witnesses Jerusalem bloodshed - BBC News GulfNewsBBC witnesses Jerusalem bloodshedBBC News - 2 hours agoBy Jo Floto It is just before midday. Jerusalem's main East-West thoroughfare, Jaffa Road, is extra busy. One lane has been closed for weeks while the city lays track for a light railway.Video: Palestini Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Studies: Iraq costs US $12B per month
(AP) AP - The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the "burn" rate of its earliest years, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and co Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Bush defiantly defends war in Iraq
(AP) AP - President Bush defiantly defended the Iraq war Wednesday as U.S. troops began a sixth year of combat in the long and costly conflict that has dominated his presidency. Bush conceded the war has been harder and more expensive than anticipated but insisted it has all been necessary to keep Ame Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Three U.S. soldiers die in Iraq, toll nears 4,000 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers in Iraq on Saturday, pushing the U.S. death toll closer to the 4,000 mark at the start of the sixth year of the war for U.S. troops. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Three U.S. soldiers die in Iraq, toll nears 4,000
(Reuters) Reuters - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers in Iraq on Saturday, pushing the U.S. death toll closer to the 4,000 mark at the start of the sixth year of the war for U.S. troops. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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U.S. toll in Iraq hits 4,000 as four soldiers killed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four U.S. soldiers were blown up in Baghdad, pushing the U.S. military death toll in Iraq to 4,000 just days into the sixth year of a war that President George W. Bush says the United States is on track to win. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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McCain says US succeeding in Iraq
(AP) AP - Fresh off his eighth Iraq visit, Sen. John McCain declared Monday that "we are succeeding" and said he wouldn't change course — even as the U.S. death toll rose to 4,000 and the war entered its sixth year. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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U.S. toll in Iraq hits 4,000 as four soldiers killed
(Reuters) Reuters - Four U.S. soldiers were blown up in Baghdad, pushing the U.S. military death toll in Iraq to 4,000 just days into the sixth year of a war that President George W. Bush says the United States is on track to win. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Iraq-US pact puts troop pullout by 2011: negotiator
(AFP) AFP - Negotiators have finalised a deal which will see the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by 2011, ending an eight-year occupation, the top official in the Iraqi team told AFP on Friday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Top Iraq official upbeat over US, British pull-out pacts
(AFP) AFP - Iraq is likely to approve a military pact with a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by 2011 and British troops will leave by the end of next year, Iraq's national security adviser said Friday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Despite Deadly Clashes in Iraq, Shiite Pilgrims Spared - New York Times Washington PostDespite Deadly Clashes in Iraq, Shiite Pilgrims SparedNew York Times - 5 hours agoBy ALISSA J. RUBIN BAGHDAD - Government troops in southern Iraq fought with a millennial religious militia group on Friday in clashes that left more than 40 people dead, b Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Fireworks but long shadows as New Year begins
(AFP) AFP - Countries around the world celebrated the New Year -- but Gaza violence, Mumbai memories, economic collapse and tragedy in Thailand each cast long shadows at the dawn of 2009. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Bush on farewell visit to Iraq dodges flying shoes
(Reuters) Reuters - An Iraqi reporter called President George W. Bush a "dog" and threw his shoes at him on Sunday, sullying a farewell visit to Baghdad meant to mark greater security in Iraq after years of bloodshed. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Myanmar holds poll despite post-cyclone chaos - Reuters KIDKMyanmar holds poll despite post-cyclone chaosReuters - 1 hour agoBy Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar held a rare election to approve a new army-drafted constitution on Saturday while many of the 1.5 million survivors of a devastating cyclone waited in vain fo Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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US military death toll in Iraq hits 4,000: AFP tally
(AFP) AFP - The death toll of US military in Iraq hit 4,000, according to an AFP tally based on independent website www.icasualties.org, after the military announced on Monday the deaths of four soldiers. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Jabbing Begins as Woods Steps Back in the Ring - New York Times Betting ChoiceJabbing Begins as Woods Steps Back in the RingNew York Times - 2 hours agoBy LARRY DORMAN SAN DIEGO - The atmosphere changed at Torrey Pines on Tuesday. With Tiger Woods pronouncing himself “good to go,” but not fully recovered, the pressure and the vo Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |