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Kurds Defend Policies in Sharp Rebuke to Iraqi Government (New York Times) |
12/01/2008 11:18 PM |
Iraq?s prime minister had said the Kurds were pursuing several unconstitutional policies, including the development of an oil business independent of Baghdad.
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America's diminishing role in Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor) |
12/01/2008 04:58 PM |
Many Iraqis say passage of the US-Iraqi security pact ushers in a new era in which US military power will be replaced by Iraqi political power.
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With Iraqi parliament approving pact, Maliki's stature grows (McClatchy Washington Bureau) |
12/01/2008 07:56 AM |
BAGHDAD — In a country where agreements are hard to reach, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki built a broad political coalition to muscle through a divisive U.S.-Iraq security pact that could set his place in his nation's history as the man who ended the American occupation.
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Berkeley quadriplegic helps empower disabled Iraqis (Oakland Tribune) |
12/01/2008 09:19 AM |
Man teaches those with disabilities about how to get around and speak out for their rights
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PC Angela Cornes decided Banaz Mahmod was a lying drunk (Times Online) |
11/30/2008 04:59 PM |
On a wet New Year’s Eve, two police officers were called to a café in Wimbledon where a young woman had collapsed in the doorway, barefoot, bleeding and pleading for help.
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Al-Kurd Family Becomes Symbol of Palestinian Struggle Father Dies of Sorrow, Future of the Family Unknown (Palestine Media Center) |
11/24/2008 05:10 AM |
Mohammad al-Kurd, 62, also known as abu-Kamal, the father of a Palestinian family who were evicted from their home in East Jerusalem on November 9 by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) died at the weekend of sorrow after his family’s eviction from the house where they had lived for more than 50 years.
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Five senior lawyers urge Justice Dogar to resign (Dawn) |
11/28/2008 10:18 PM |
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Five members of the Pakistan Bar Council and the Supreme Court Bar Association called on Friday for immediate resignation of Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar for allegedly using his position to gain advantage for his daughter.
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Analysis: SOFA ratified -- with a wrinkle (Middle East Times) |
11/28/2008 10:10 AM |
BAGHDAD, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Iraq's Parliament Thursday ratified the bilateral agreement between Baghdad and Washington that allows U.S. troops to remain in the country for another three years, but not without last-minute bickering and deal-making among lawmakers.
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Tough Iraqi leader pushed through pact (Seattle Times) |
11/28/2008 05:23 AM |
In a country where agreements are hard to reach, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki built a broad political coalition to muscle through a divisive U.S.-Iraq security pact that could set his place in his nation's history as the man who ended the U.S. occupation.
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Iraq's Parliament Approves Security Agreement With United States (Washington Post) |
11/27/2008 08:27 AM |
BAGHDAD, Nov. 27 -- The Iraqi parliament on Thursday approved a security pact that requires the U.S. military to end its presence in Iraq in 2011, eight years after a U.S.-led invasion brought about the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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