| UN Iraqi refugee program at risk due to funding crisis
People's Daily
The UN refugee agency said Friday that its programs to help Iraqi refugees are at risk due to a grave funding crisis. The Geneva-based United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said it...
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| Iraqi army says al-Qaida offensive underway
Examiner
Thousands of people have fled the fierce battles...
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| Sniper ambush leads to US deaths in Iraq
Iraq News.Net
Battles between Shiite fighters and US forces in Iraq's militia stronghold of Sadr City killed 15 people and wounded dozens more on Friday night.
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| Multitasking mothers deserve praise, recognition
Examiner
They changed our diapers, chauffeured us around town and managed to love us through our least likeable moments. Despite everything they do, mothers receive only one official day of recognition per...
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| Al-Sadr announces cease-fire in Baghdad fighting
WLOX
An aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says extremists have agreed to a cease-fire in Baghdad's Sadr City. The aide claims the cease-fire will go into effect tomorrow. He...
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| Blackwater unlikely to face charges in Iraq shooting
WISH TV8
Sources say security contractor Blackwater Worldwide is not expected to face criminal charges in connection with the deaths of 17 civilians in Iraq. Sources close to the...
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| Sadr group strikes deal to end Baghdad clashes
ABC Australia
The movement of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said it had struck a deal with the Iraqi Government to end fighting in its Baghdad stronghold of Sadr City. Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi, the...
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| Today on the presidential campaign trail
Examiner
... amp;Today on the presidential campaign trail& Examiner Reader said: How can I voice my disgust for the superdelegates not determining their votes right now to end this nomination. We are tired of the...
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| U.S. firm accused of Baghdad atrocity is flying high
International Herald Tribune
Washington : Last autumn, Blackwater Worldwide was in deep peril. Guards for the security company were involved in a shooting in September that left at least 17 Iraqis dead at a Baghdad...
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| Security offensive launched in Iraq
Earth Times
Baghdad - The Iraqi government launched Saturday a security offensive against members of the al-Qaeda terrorist network and militants in Nineveh, media reports and security sources said. A spokesman...
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| 15 killed in Baghdad battles
ABC News
Battles between Shiite fighters and US forces in Baghdad's militia stronghold of Sadr City killed 15 people and wounded dozens more overnight, US and Iraqi officials said. A US military statement...
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| 19 Shiite extremists killed in Iraq
Examiner
U.s. soldiers and Shiite extremists left 19 militants dead, and one American soldier died of non-combat injuries, the military said Saturday.The U.S. soldier, who was assigned to the Multi National...
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| Rocket hits BBC office in Baghdad, no one hurt
Reuters
... amp;At 14:45 local time (7:45 a.m. EDT), a rocket struck the roof of the BBC Baghdad bureau. It caused structural damage but no one was injured,& Howse said.
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| KBR driver in Iraq charged with child porn possession
ABC 7
Prosecutors say an ex-bus driver for Iraq contractor KBR who was fired in 2006 for possessing child pornography -- has again been caught with child porn. Ira L. Waltrip of...
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| Economic opportunity replaces conflict in Iraq
AME Info
A $5m grant to restart operations at the Balad Canning Factory is part of a larger regional project that will help restore agricultural and agribusiness operations throughout this formerly...
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| More aid needed for Iraqi refugees
CNN
U.n. agency says lack of funding threatens aid programs for Iraqi refugees The UNHCR said it's burdened by higher prices for fuel, food and rent In other Iraq news, no injuries reported in rocket hit...
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| Armor added to Iraq vehicles as roadside bombs surge
USA Today
... amp;amp;#151; The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside...
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| Suspected al Qaeda leader in Iraq caught
Reuters
Iraqi forces have detained a man suspected of being the head of al Qaeda in Iraq after a captured associate led them to him sleeping in a house in the northern city of Mosul...
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| In Oregon, Clinton hits Obama while he targets McCain
Examiner
A month ago, a Hamas spokesman told an interviewer the terrorist group approved of Barack Obama's candidacy for president. John McCain has argued since that Hamas &endorsed& Obama. This...
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| Oregon students cheer Obama call to leave Iraq
Examiner
Iraq , a war he said should never have begun.&Bring them home,& he said to loud cheers Saturday night. Obama was winding up a day of campaigning in...
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| Bulgaria to decide on future of troops in Iraq within a week
People's Daily
The government decision regarding the future of the Bulgarian military contingent in Iraq could be made within a week, local press quoted the country's Armed Forces chief as saying Friday. Speaking...
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| Sadr aide criticises Iraq
Al Jazeera
An aide to Muqtada al-Sadr has lashed out at Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most revered Shia cleric, for keeping silent over clashes that have killed hundreds in Baghdad.
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| Judge finds that claims can go forward against Halliburton
Examiner
Jamie Leigh Jones , is pleased that she will have the opportunity to bring attention to the case.&We are extremely excited we can now go forward and present the case in the public arena and make the...
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| Soldier, killed in Iraq, honored by classmates
WBIR
A soldier killed in Iraq was honored by his East Tennessee classmates Friday. Sergeant First Class James David Connell Jr. of Lake City was killed during an ambush in Iraq last year.Connell graduated...
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| Parade in Frankfort welcomes soldiers home from Iraq service
WISH TV 8
Despite rainy conditions, Frankfort residents lined the streets of the north-central Indiana city today for a parade welcoming local soldiers home from Iraq. The 50 Indiana...
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| Turkey urges northern Iraq administration to take actions against the PKK
People's Daily
Turkey expected the regional administration in northern Iraq to &take concrete steps& to end the presence of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party, the semi-official Anatolia news...
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| US military denies Iraqi claims of al-Qaida leader
Newsday
The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has been not been captured, the U.S. military said Friday, despite a claim by the Iraqi government.U.S. military spokeswoman Maj. Peggy Kageleiry says...
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| Eastern KY soldier dies in Iraq
WBIR
The mother of a Fort Campbell soldier from eastern Kentucky said her son, who was killed in Afghanistan, wanted to be a soldier since he was little.The Defense Department confirmed 23-year-old Spc....
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| Va. Guard soldiers set to return from Iraq, Kuwait
Examiner
Kuwait since soldiers are scheduled to return Saturday afternoon and will be welcomed by friends and family at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach.While in the Middle...
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| 3 students in western Minn. suspended over Pledge
Examiner
News ) - Fourteen-year-old Bishop Edens was suspended from school Friday because he wouldn't stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, but he was quickly invited back once his principal learned that rule...
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| Al-Qaeda Boss Still Loose in Iraq
Newser
... newser) – Iraqi officials jumped the gun yesterday when they announced the capture of the top commander of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the US military said today. It turns out the man they captured...
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| Marine to be laid to rest Saturday
Examiner
Iraq , will be laid to rest Saturday.Casanova, a 22-year-old McComb native, is remembered by family and friends as a woman who loved to sing and dance and never met a stranger. She was one of...
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| Iraq marriages are casualties of war
Gulf News
... amp;amp;There were many cases where divorces occurred for sectarian reasons, but we tried to limit it,& Alousi said. &Now I think the situation has reversed, and we are seeing more mixed...
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| Members of 914th Airlift Wing in Niagara Falls head to Iraq
Examiner
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station late Friday morning for what is expected to be a one- to two-month deployment assisting combat troops.For some of the...
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| Plame seeks to resurrect lawsuit in CIA leak case
Examiner
Valerie Plame is trying to resurrect a lawsuit against those in the Bush administration she says illegally disclosed her identity.A federal judge dismissed Plame's lawsuit last year, saying there was...
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| Situation unsatisfactory in Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan - Rafsanjani
IRNA
Oppression Provisional Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran said here Friday current situation in Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan is quite unsatisfactory, which is due to oppressor powers' aggressive mood...
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| Al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Captured, Police Say
RedOrbit
Posted on: Friday, 9 09:00 CDT By PATRICK QUINN By Patrick Quinn The Associated Press BAGHDAD Iraqi police commandos captured the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid in the northern city...
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| Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad; damage reported but no injuries
CNews
A rocket has hit the building housing the British Broadcasting Corporation's bureau in Baghdad. BBC bureau chief Patrick Howse says the attack damaged equipment but caused no injuries....
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| "Best Santa Ever" A Pedophile
CBS News
Ap) A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children's parties and performed as &the...
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| Mortar bomb slams into BBC
ABC Australia
A mortar bomb has hit the roof of the BBC office in central Baghdad without causing casualties, security officials and witnesses told AFP. The projectile struck the building in the Karrada district...
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| US forces say kill 14 militants in Baghdad
Khaleej Times
U.s. forces have killed 14 militants in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City, a stronghold of gunmen loyal to anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the military said on Friday.)9 May...
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| Land mine kills 3 in Turkey
Examiner
News ) - A land mine explosion in southeast Turkey killed three people and injured three others on Friday, state-run media said.The blast occurred near a minibus packed with villagers in the town of...
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| U.S. military says leader of al-Qaida-in-Iraq has not been arrested
WLOX
The U.S. military says the leader of al-Qaida-in-Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri (ah-BOO' eye-YOOB' ahl MAH'-sree), has been not been captured. A U.S. military spokeswoman in Baghdad says...
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| Two killed in rocket attack in south Iraq
Los Angeles Times
Militants fired rockets into a British base in Iraq's southern oil town of Basra, killing two contractors and wounding four other civilians, the U.S. military said Thursday. It said that...
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| Iraq army, police seized wrong man
USA Today
U.s. military spokeswoman Peggy Kageleiry says &neither coalition forces nor Iraqi security forces detained or killed Abu Ayyub al-Masri. This guy had a similar name.& She said Friday that no...
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| At MIT, low-tech inventions with a high impact
Christian Science Monitor
Cambridge, Mass. - Amy Smith is not an easy person to track down. Even during the school year, this inventor and instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hops over to remote...
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