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Tue, 7 Feb 2012
(Photo: US Navy / Staff Sgt. J. Knauth)Iraqi lawmaker says he faces charges; new crisis
U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company 1-8, conduct clean-up operations at a schoolhouse in the city of Fallujah, Iraq....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)Obama dinner to mark end of Iraq War
President Barack Obama meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)Car bomb kills 32 in Baghdad during funeral procession
Victims of a car bomb lie in hospital in Kut, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011....Full Story

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Iraq's Sunni-backed ministers return to Cabinet
| Ministers from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc ended their boycott of the Cabinet on Tuesday, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation that has been mired in a security and political crisis since the U.S. completed its military withdrawal from the c...Full Story
Iraq's Sunni-backed ministers return to Cabinet
| BARBARA SURK | Associated Press= BAGHDAD (AP) — Ministers from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc ended their boycott of the Cabinet on Tuesday, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation that has been mired in a security and political crisis since the...Full Story
Iraq decries US efforts to help
| In its latest show of gratitude for being liberated from Saddam Hussein's tyrannies and set up for representative self-government, the new government of Iraq is objecting to the use of unarmed drones by the U.S. State Department to protect its people. | This as the se...Full Story
Bombs raining down on Homs for fourth day as Syrian President prepares to meet Russian ...
| Bombs continued to rain down on the Syrian city of Homs for a fourth day today, as President Bashar Assad stepped up his efforts to put down a popular uprising against his regime. | Government troops used rocket launchers, tanks and machine guns to kill 95 yesterday -...Full Story
Vicar of Baghdad’s message of hope
| A VICAR who works in astonishingly difficult circumstances in the only remaining Anglican church in Iraq has spoken of his experiences to a crowded church in York. | Canon Andrew White, dubbed the “Vicar of Baghdad”, has been kidnapped and attacked while working i...Full Story
Iraq's Sunni-backed ministers to return to Cabinet
| BAGHDAD — An official from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc says its ministers have ended their boycott of the Cabinet, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation. | Iraqiya spokeswoman Maysoun al-Damlouji says the overwhelmingly Sunni bloc's min...Full Story
Haditha Marine's lawyers call Anonymous "cowards" after hack
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for a U.S. Marine court-martialed for his role in killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha slammed the international hacking collective Anonymous as "cowards" on Monday after they knocked out the firm's website and published internal e-mails ...Full Story
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Arab World
Russia's Lavrov says Assad aware of responsibility
Italy recalls Syrian ambassador for consultations: statement
Russian Foreign Minister arrives in Syria
Turkey plans new Syria initiative after U.N. "fiasco"
Russian FM arrives in Damascus
Iran's parliament summons Ahmadinejad
Germany arrests 2 alleged Syrian spies
Chinese workers held in Sudan board plane to leave
State news agency says Chinese workers held in Sudan have boarded plane to leave rebel area
Terrorism
Five US urban counties lead terror hot spots list
Ohio man pleads guilty to aiding al Shabaab
Terror Attack Shakes Garissa
Casey Anthony trial: Social media let us all be pundits
Going to Afghanistan to train its security personnel is in India’s interest
Pak-American pleads guilty of funding terror groups in J-K
Abu Qatada: attorney general says government must follow rule of law
'No decision yet on granting US citizenship to Pak doc who aided CIA to track Osama'
Bombs raining down on Homs for fourth day as Syrian President prepares to meet Russian ...
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Tue 7 Feb 2012
Iraq's Sunni-backed ministers to return to Cabinet
Denver Post | BAGHDAD—An official from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc says its ministers have ended their boycott of the Cabinet, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation. | Iraqiya spokeswoman Maysoun al-Damlouji says the overwhelmingl...
Iraq's Sunni-backed ministers to return to Cabinet
Atlanta Journal | BAGHDAD — An official from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc says its ministers have ended their boycott of the Cabinet, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation. People gather by the holy shrine of Abu Hanifa to mark the Pro...
Iraq's Sunni-backed ministers to return to Cabinet
Palm Beach Post | BAGHDAD — An official from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc says its ministers have ended their boycott of the Cabinet, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation. | Iraqiya spokeswoman Maysoun al-Damlouji says the overwhelmin...
Iraq's Sunni-backed ministers to return to Cabinet
Dayton Daily News | BAGHDAD — An official from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc says its ministers have ended their boycott of the Cabinet, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation. | Iraqiya spokeswoman Maysoun al-Damlouji says the overwhelmin...
Veterans of Iraq War Also Deserve Parade in City, Some Argue
The New York Times | The New York Giants on Tuesday will be showered with confetti and greeted by throngs as they are feted with the city’s most storied honor: a parade through its Canyon of Heroes. Michael Nagle for The New York Times | Paul Rieckhoff, founder o...
Steve Richards: Will nobody challenge the Falklands War myths?
The Independent | What it defined is no longer quite so clear. As the ongoing economic crisis places an intense critical spotlight on the light regulation that began in the Thatcher era, there is a sudden wariness about the Falklands. What seemed to be a decisive mi...
Addressing the Challenge of MANPADS Proliferation
Scoop Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:05 am | Press Release: US State Department | Remarks | Andrew J. Shapiro | Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs | Stimson Center | Washington, DC | February 2, 2012 | _________________________________...
Mon 6 Feb 2012
Iraq's Sunni-backed ministers to return to Cabinet
Newsday Photos | BAGHDAD - (AP) -- An official from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc says its ministers have ended their boycott of the Cabinet, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation. | spokeswoman Maysoun al-Damlouji says the overwhelmi...
A Boot Fit for a King
The New York Times | Borderlines explores the global map, one line at a time.Tags: | Africa, Belgium, Colonialism, Congo, Geography, King Leopold II | Belgian imperialism. Now there’s an audacious oxymoron — these days, at least [1]. For the last few decades, the M...
Calls for a New York City Parade Honoring Iraq Veterans
The New York Times | An article in Tuesday’s issue of The Times reports that New York City’s plans for a parade to celebrate the Giants’ Super Bowl victory have upset some returned Iraq veterans, who are themselves awaiting recognition. Kate Taylor wr...
Politics in the Academy: The Same Old Song
The New York Times | Stanley Fish on education, law and society.Tags: | Colleges and Universities, Education, United States Politics and Government | I try not to write the same column twice, at least not knowingly.  But I have just come back from still another confer...
New York City throws parade for Giants in a hurry. Iraq vets still waiting
Newsvine | After the Giants beat the Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl, New York City celebrated with a ticker-tape parade. Now that the Giants have beaten the Patriots in 2012 Super Bowl, we're getting ready for another parade tomorrow. | After U.S. troops cam...
SC Marine sentenced for stealing from Iraq bases
The Charlotte Observer | GREENVILLE, S.C. A federal judge in South Carolina has sentenced a former U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant to a year and a half in prison for conspiring to steal generators from Marine Corps bases in Iraq in 2008 | U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said...
Why the west should avoid the drumbeats of war
The Guardian | Simon Jenkins, in a timely article on the geopolitics of western interventionism, raises a number of issues that urgently require further analysis (Still Britain rattles sabres. Nothing has been learned, 3 February). In the context of the chaotic o...
Football and freedom
The Guardian | Nick Spencer (Face to Faith, 4 February) has used the recent football stadium tragedy in Egypt as a vehicle for his dislike of sport in general and football in particular. He doesn't want to ban sport outright, he just wants supporters to lock them...
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