Provides the latest RSS feeds for Iraq News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Iraq News.Net http://www.iraqnews.net/ en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:22:49 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:22:49 -0500 30 Refugee children play tug of war at Al-Tanf camp in Syria in 2008. Al-Tanf housed as many as 850 Palestinian refugees who fled sectarian strife in Iraq. http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076758&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:57:49 -0500 UNICEF http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076758&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)An electoral worker carries a ballot box at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 12, 2010. Partial tallies have only been released from only five of Iraq's 18 pr... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076643&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:38:19 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076643&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals on Friday, preliminary results from the country's general election showed, as opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud.M... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076625&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:11:03 -0500 Canada.com http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076625&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD (AP) - Seizing on an early lead in Iraq's election, the prime minister's political coalition began reaching out to rivals Friday as partial results signaled a tight race that was unlikely to p... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076645&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:53:41 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076645&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD (AP) - Seizing on an early lead in Iraq's election, the prime minister's political coalition began reaching out to rivals Friday as partial results signaled a tight race that was unlikely to p... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076620&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:47:36 -0500 Find Law http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076620&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Faraj al-Hayderi, the chairman of IHEC, lashed out at Struan Stevenson, a European MP who had issued a statement claiming there were "suspicious delays" in announcing the results, and that "widespread... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076997&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:46:38 -0500 Al Jazeera http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33076997&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD: A cross-sectarian, secularist list headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Thursday alleged major fraud in Iraq's national election this week.Members of Allawi's Iraqiya list called a ... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073643&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:18:47 -0500 Times of Oman http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073643&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 LONDON: British computer expert Peter Moore, held captive in Iraq for 2-1/2 years until his release in December, has said he was tortured and subjected to mock executions by a well-trained kidnap gang... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073644&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:18:37 -0500 Times of Oman http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073644&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 An electoral worker carries a ballot box at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 12, 2010. Partial tallies have only been released from only five of Iraq's 18 provinces, excluding Bag... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073624&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:10:22 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073624&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Electoral workers sit amongst piles of ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, March 12, 2010. Partial tallies have been released from seven of Iraq's 18 provinces, excluding Baghdad. http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073646&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:30:11 -0500 CBS News http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073646&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Iraqis count votes at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad on March 12, 2010, following Iraq's second general elections since the US-led invasion of 2003. Prime Min... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073619&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:29:53 -0500 Canada.com http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073619&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 In his first interview since the Iraq election, Ad Melkert said that the UN is looking into individual complaints including missing voter names and tampering with election data. The UN is not seeing w... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073621&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:13:54 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33073621&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 /enpproperty--> BAGHDAD - The Iraqi prime minister's bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence after preliminary election resu... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33074201&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:13:23 -0500 China Daily http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33074201&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead ... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33070692&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:29:49 -0500 Swiss Info http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33070692&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 We've now been at war intermittently with Iraq for almost 20 years, and with Afghanistan for 30. It adds up to nearly half a century of experience, all bad.Yet an expanding crew of Washington-based op... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066727&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:07:27 -0500 eTaiwan News http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066727&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Baghdad - Iraq's main political alliances were still neck-and-neck as vote tallying continued Friday, while early results pointed to the emergence of the Iraqi National Alliance as a possible kingmake... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066723&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:06:28 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066723&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Baghdad - Iraq's main political alliances were still neck-and-neck as vote tallying continued Friday, while early results pointed to the emergence of the Iraqi National Alliance as a possible kingmake... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066725&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:06:21 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066725&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 American Forces Press Service BAGHDAD, March 12, 2010 – Iraqi police arrested five suspected terrorists, including a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq leader in northern Iraq, during combined operation... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066293&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:05:53 -0500 Defense Link http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066293&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Iraq 's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, today began preparing negotiations for a new coalition government after edging ahead in the latest counts of Sunday's general election.The poll's outcome is st... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066728&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:42:59 -0500 The Guardian http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066728&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD (AP) - An Iraqi Shiite religious alliance with ties to Iran is leading in one southern province according to the latest vote tallies released. Results have only been released for six of 18 pro... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066717&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:14:28 -0500 Find Law http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33066717&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud. http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33064176&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:17:12 -0500 Times of Oman http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33064176&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Baghdad - Iraq's main political alliances were still neck- and-neck as vote tallying continued Friday, while early results pointed to the emergence of the Iraqi National Alliance as a possible kingmak... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33064156&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:57:03 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33064156&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 In his first interview since the Iraq election, Ad Melkert, said that while the UN is looking into individual complaints including missing voter names and tampering with election data, there doesn't a... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33064175&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:56:13 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33064175&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD (AFP) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest to hold on to his job on Friday, as election results from Iraq's polls trickled in and opposition blocs alleged blatant ... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33059513&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:11:09 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33059513&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi complained about possible vote-tampering as early results from Iraq’s parliamentary election showed rival blocs leading in areas o... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33059493&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:39 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33059493&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Ayman Asfari, the chief executive officer whose oil and gas engineering skills guided a fourfold increase in the value of Petrofac Plc within five years, is now preparing to ta... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33059491&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:36 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33059491&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has undergone surgery but is in good health, his office said on Thursday without specifying what the procedure was for. Maliki, who was operated on Wednesday, left... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33059520&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:27:51 -0500 iafrica.com http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33059520&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 By Lara Jakes ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD | Partial vote results in Iraq's election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation's prime minister and a secular challenger during a chaotic... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33057109&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:43:01 -0500 Washington Times http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33057109&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Baghdad - An Iraqi elections official on Friday said he was "surprised" by allegations of electoral fraud from the European parliament's chief liaison with Iraq. British conservative MEP Struan Steven... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33057687&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:21:06 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33057687&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BBC World affairs editor, Baghdad These elections will certainly be seen as a big success - despite the depressing level of violence, which demonstrates that it is still altogether untrue to s... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33057557&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:08:15 -0500 BBC http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33057557&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 As the storm clouds gather for Iraq's postelection season of political turmoil, the prospects for stable governance as U.S. combat troops prepare to depart appear increasingly uncertain. Preliminary r... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33057566&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:51:00 -0500 Time http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33057566&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 (See the top 10 war movies.) Maybe Green Zone will be the breakthrough. Set in the first months of the U.S. occupation, the film has a churning urgency and a fierce verisimilitude, courtesy of directo... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33057933&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:50:48 -0500 Time http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33057933&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi complained about possible vote-tampering as early results from Iraq’s election showed blocs led by Allawi and Prime Minister Nouri... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33054983&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:50:45 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33054983&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Baghdad, March 12, IRNA -- Vote counting is underway in Iraq amid tight race between the Iraqi political parties for distribution of seats in the 325-member legislature. http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33055424&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:24:43 -0500 IRNA http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33055424&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud.Results from five provin... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33053397&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:50:24 -0500 Times of Oman http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33053397&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 The Green Zone turns that thesis into a tumultuous, enraging, and occasionally tawdry melodrama. It's a mixed bag, but you can't say Greengrass and Damon don't take a stand. Damon plays a fictional ch... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33053742&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:39:20 -0500 NPR http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33053742&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 A former Iraqi diplomat said key democratic institutions failed in the run-up to his nation's recent elections, but he found hope in the fact that its people appear to have voted against the religious... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33051608&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:06:00 -0500 Courier-Journal http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33051608&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Iraq is written, Sunday's parliamentary election may well provide the final chapter. The national vote in which minority Sunni Arabs cast ballots along with Shiites and ethnic Kurds could be a mar... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33051231&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:58:04 -0500 USA Today http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33051231&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud. http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049364&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:21:30 -0500 Reuters http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049364&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud. http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049363&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:21:21 -0500 Reuters http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049363&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Iraqi electoral officials count votes in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah on March 11, 2010, following Iraq's second general elections since the US-led invasion of 2003. Iraq was hoping to he... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049365&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:14:34 -0500 Canada.com http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049365&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest with rival Iyad Allawi to keep his job, as results from Iraq's elections were set to flow in on Friday. Five days after the election, Mal... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049374&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:58:55 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049374&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud. http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049375&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:58:41 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049375&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 A Briton held hostage in Iraq for more than two-and-a-half years has revealed harrowing details of the torture meted out to him by his captors. In media interviews two months after his release, Pet... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049376&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:58:40 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33049376&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 BAGHDAD (Reuters): Preliminary results from Iraq’s national election began to trickle in on Thursday, showing Shia Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki ahead in the country’s largely Shia south. Prelimi... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33047909&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:53 -0500 The Frontier Post http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33047909&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Rajiv Chandrasekaran that details the early days of the occupation of Iraq and the subsequent insurgency. Oddly, the movie is being advertised as if it were a fourth Bourne film. http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33047452&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:51:33 -0500 USA Today http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33047452&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 “Here is the truth about being a Marine that you won’t find on the local news. We’re loud. We drink too much, fight too much and swear too much. Truth be told, our rifles are the only things we ... http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33047272&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:43:51 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.iraqnews.net/?rid=33047272&cat=c31d0aaa23b24a75