Political Parties of Iraq

Iraq election official: Even if Kurdish boycott averted, January deadline impossible (The...

The Christian Science Monitor - A senior Kurdish leader on Friday moved to defuse the latest threat to Iraq's imperiled elections – a possible Kurdish boycott – saying ongoing discussions with Iraqi leaders and political party...

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'The devil's pipe ruins the soul of prayer'

Politicians in the days of Saddam Hussein tried to harness the music of Nasiriya. Nowadays, militiamen harass the musicians who live in the southern Iraqi city famed for its singers. Where once they strutted their stuff on the...

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Obama in Asia - building block or bow?

Barack Obama's first presidential trip to Asia was also his first big step in recasting U.S. ties with a region in flux, and showed this will demand patience and compromise from a superpower used to pushing its weight around.

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Obama learns hurdles of an Asia in a state of flux

By Chris Buckley/Beijing Barack Obama’s first presidential trip to Asia was also his first big step in recasting US ties with a region in flux, and showed this will demand patience and compromise from a superpower used to...

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Iraq and its neighbours: A regional cockpit

As Americans prepare to leave, Iraq’s biggest neighbours vie for influence OF ALL the foreign officials an American general or ambassador would least want to be seen with, General Qassem Suleimani would—you may think—be high on...

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Threat from the right: facing up to grim facts

A rolling wave of right-wing politics threatens to engulf Britain in the period immediately ahead. The working-class disillusionment with New Labour, which Solidarity thought might come early out of the New Labour government,...

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Anybody-But-Blair Resonates as EU Nears Vote on First President - Bloomberg

Telegraph.co.uk Anybody-But-Blair Resonates as EU Nears Vote on First President Bloomberg The focus on these figures -- and opposition to former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair -- may undercut the 27-nation EU's goal of using the...

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Iraq at a crossroads: Constitutional Review Committee fills in crucial gaps

BAGHDAD: Iraq is at a historical crossroads on the bumpy road to democracy. The Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) has all but completed the task assigned to it by the 2005 Constitution under the chairmanship of Sheikh Humam...

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Hunt for Heroes: SSG Josh Kinser, U.S. Army

SSG Josh Kinser was born in Radford, VA in 1975. After September 11th, Kinser continually felt a pull to enter the military and finally did so as the decision to invade Iraq was being made in 2003. Kinser’s unit saw a great...

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US urges EU, Gulf states to help Iraqi refugees

Amman (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - The United States urged European countries and wealthy Arab states on Tuesday to boost their aid to the millions of displaced Iraqis, saying they did "far too little" to assist them.

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