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British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott leaves 10 Downing Street after a meeting with the Prime Minister Tony Blair, London, Wednesday, May 9, 2007.

Britain Iraq Photos War Wikipedia: Iraq Inquiry

The Star
UK former deputy PM doubted Iraq WMD intelligence
Fri 30 Jul 2010
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deputy prime minister at the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq said on Friday he had doubts about intelligence that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction,... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)

Iraqi police, some holding Iraqi flags, raise their inked fingers after casting their vote in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010.

Elections Iraq Photos Politics Wikipedia: Iraq

Gulf News
Do Iraq's politicians believe in Iraq?
Fri 30 Jul 2010
Nearly five months after parliamentary elections were held, Iraq is still without a government. Unfortunate as this may be, it is not entirely surprising because Iraq, seven years on from the 2003... (photo: AP / Alaa al-Marjani)

Rice - Commodity

Herald Tribune Fri 30 Jul 2010
Philippines swimming in rice amid high imports
MANILA, Philippines - The world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines, is now "swimming" in the staple grain because of massive imports by the previous government that drove world prices to record... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Imports Philippines Photos Spoilage Wikipedia: Rice

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while speaking at a news conference at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, China, Friday, June 11, 2010.

Asia Times Fri 30 Jul 2010
Ahmadinejad makes a call to arms
Jul 31, 2010 Ahmadinejad makes a call to arms... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
Defence Iran Photos US Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran

Khaleej Times Fri 30 Jul 2010
UAE among top 20 medical tourism destinations
DUBAI - The UAE is among the world's top 20 destinations for medical tourism, according to a health tourism survey that has also revealed that the industry has yet to... (photo: Creative Commons / LoverOfDubai)
Dubai Photos Tourism Travel Wikipedia: Tourism in Dubai

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of the U.S. Forces Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan.

mediabistro Fri 30 Jul 2010
Michael Hastings Defends His McChrystal Reporting
Michael Hastings, author of "The Runaway General," the Rolling Stone story that cost now-retired General Stanley McChrystal his job leading the Afghan war effort, says... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Afghan Cost Hastings McChrystal Photos

Spain's soccer player Cesc Fabregas

Gulf News Fri 30 Jul 2010
Cesc Fabregas: forever a gunner
London: Cesc Fabregas has revealed the depth of his torment over a proposed move to Barcelona, describing himself as a "Gunner" and Arsene Wenger as his... (photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Barcelona Conversation Expressed Fabregas Photos

Exterior view of the U.S. Embassy in Paris Friday, July 30, 2010 where two of its employees are undergoing medical tests after handling a suspicious letter.

The New York Times Fri 30 Jul 2010
Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris
PARIS — Two employees of the United States Embassy in Paris underwent medical examinations on Friday after handling a suspicious envelope that arrived at the... (photo: AP / Yoan Valat)
France Photos Security US Wikipedia: U.S. Embassy, Paris

An Afghan man holding his son, both injured slightly in a suicide car bomb attack on an Italian military convoy, walks away from the site in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.

Gulf News Fri 30 Jul 2010
For Afghans, the situation is not getting any better
Seven children killed by rockets in a mosque, a 16-year-old girl abused by a district police chief, more than 80 civilians killed in bomb attacks written off as... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup)
Afghanistan Photos Security War Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

Baghdad, Iraq 2009.02.25
sunny.
	Min: 8°C/46°F Max: 20°C/68°F

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Arabic Headlines

	Arab Rivals Try To Forestall Crisis With Rare Summit National Public Radio
	Arabic names carry cultural significance Gulf News
	Rare Arab summit to forestall possible Hezbollah unrest in Lebanon Yahoo Daily News
	Government, Arab League Delegation Tours Darfur All Africa
	Arab leaders hold meeting in Lebanon to defuse tensions Taipei Times
	Arab stocks take cue from global gains Gulf News
	Israel Slams Americans as Easy. Obama Poll #'s at Bush Levels in Arab World Newsvine

Economic Report

	US crude likely to average $79.44 this year Gulf News
	The Pentagon's bad habits Asia Times
	Iraq wants oil companies to develop 11 fields Fresno Bee
	flydubai begins flights to its first Iraqi destination Gulf News
	North Iraq hotel fire kills 28, half foreigners Houston Chronicle
	Turkey sees its influence rising in construction projects as well as diplomatic affairs Star Tribune

British troops sit on top of a tank as they secure the scene of a roadside bomb attack on a British patrol that left two Iraqi women injured, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006, in Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce on Wednesday Feb. 21, 2008 a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported. Blair will also tell the House of Commons during his regular weekly appearance before it that a total of about 3,000 British soldiers will have left southern Iraq by the end of 2007, if the security there is sufficient, the British Broadcasting Corp. said, quoting government officials who weren't further identif

British army almost 'seized up' in Iraq, Afghan wars

Former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix arrives to give evidence at the Iraq War Inquiry in London, Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Hans Blix told Tony Blair before Iraq invasion that he would not find any WMD

Former United Nations Chief Weapons Inspector Hans Blix is interviewed before speaking at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.

UK, US relied on dubious intelligence: Blix

White House urges halt to spilling of war secrets Post-Bulletin
WikiLeaks 'has blood on its hands' over Afghan war logs, cla The Guardian
Prescott doubted 'tittle-tattle' in Iraq invasion intelligen The Guardian
Prescott reveals Iraq invasion 'doubts' The Independent
TIMELINE - Britain's inquiry into the Iraq War The Star
July is deadliest month of Afghan war for US Herald Tribune
Lord Prescott admits intelligence doubts prior to Iraq war The Guardian
More Billions For Afghanistan, Iraq War; Where's The Outrage Newsvine
Miliband brothers battle it out over Iraq war The Guardian
Potential Labour leaders debate Iraq war BBC News
UN panel pays out $650 million in reparations for Iraq's inv United Nations
At peace in the world far from the war The Boston Globe
Former UN inspector Hans Blix: "The Iraq War Was Illegal" Newsvine
Intelligence community smarting from Afghan war-documents le Star Tribune
Iraq, Afghanistan wars bring new kind of patient to Lackland The Dallas Morning News
Hans Blix: Blair government became "prisoner" of US before " Newsvine
General Dannatt: Army had 'no desire' for Iraq war BBC News
House Approves Money for Wars, but Rift Deepens Herald Tribune
Big war boost clears Congress, despite Afghan leak The Examiner
Montenegro finds no evidence of mass grave of ethnic Albania Star Tribune

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Ahmadinejad Denies Aiding Taliban

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Bombings kill 40 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq

British soldiers stand by a destroyed car in central Basra, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008.

Former MI5 chief demolishes Blair's defence of the Iraq war

Larijani: Iran proud of backing Hezbollah The Siasat Daily
Al-Qaida forms army of 12,000 fighters The Siasat Daily
Copter crash victims back to Israel The Siasat Daily
Muslim clerics star on TV reality show The Siasat Daily
Al-Qaida plants flag in Baghdad as 23 die in Iraq The Siasat Daily
Islamic militants claim responsibility for suicide attack on CNN
Israeli settlers attack WB village The Siasat Daily
Iran condemns new EU sanctions The Siasat Daily
Explosion rocks Baghdad's Green Zone The Siasat Daily
Iran wants Iraq to crack down on PEJAK The Siasat Daily
Four inmates escape from Iraqi prison The Siasat Daily
US soldier, two civilians killed in Iraq violence The Siasat Daily
Afghan, Iraq wars 'radicalised Muslims' Gulf News
Eight killed, 25 injured in Iraq blasts The Siasat Daily
Indonesia's Muslims miss Makkah The Siasat Daily
Math teacher forced students to kiss his feet or forehead The Siasat Daily
Turkey charges 196 people of coup plot The Siasat Daily
Photography is not Haraam: Princess Reem The Siasat Daily
Afghan: The graveyard of NATO The Siasat Daily
Syria bans face veils at universities The Siasat Daily

Lebanese soldiers march in front of a portrait of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, during a military parade as they celebrate the 62th anniversary of Lebanon's independence from France in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Nov. 22, 2005. Lebanon celebrates its independence, first time without Syrian troops in 29

Hezbollah sees plot behind Hariri tribunal

United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix answers questions as he is interviewed while leaving the United Nations building in new York Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003.

Allies relied on 'poor' intelligence on Iraq, says Blix

Iraqi workers are seen at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009.

US unable to account for billions of Iraq oil money

Cambodia says it is winner in battle over UN review of borde Star Tribune
Off nearly tenfold, UN lowers number of condemned in Iraq CNN
General Electric to pay $23.4m over 'oil-for-food' corruptio The Independent
UN arms inspector warned against Iraq war, inquiry told National Post
Iraq arms inspector Blix warned of weak war evidence The Star
US was high on military before Iraq invasion: Hans Blix Zeenews
Ex-UN weapons inspector to face Iraq questions CBC
Former UN weapons inspector Blix to face Iraq questions BBC News
Iraq: UN officials speak out against attack on Al-Arabiya te United Nations
Iraq war inquiry: former UN expert accuses Whitehall of cove The Guardian
Attack on Iran 'almost certain' The Australian
Despite pledges, Iraqi Kurd oil still flows across border to Daily Star Lebanon
Disquiet grows over performance of Ban Ki-moon, UN's 'invisi The Guardian
US Plans 'UN Role' for US Troops in Iraq; Iran Trains Shiite Newsvine
INSTANT VIEW - World Court's Kosovo ruling The Star
Iraq war 'triggered UK bomb plots' Al Jazeera
US rethinks tactics for 'Muddle East' The Australian
Lack of funding hampering Iraq's vulnerable: UN Kalinga Times
Israel-US alliance in jeopardy Daily Star Lebanon
Iraq still blackspot for human rights, says UN Irish Times

Fires flare off the gas from crude oil at Iraq's oldest oil processing plant in the northern Iraqi town of Baba Gurgur, outside Kirkuk, Iraq, in this Jan. 24, 2004 file photo. Oil prices briefly rose to a record DLRS 80 a barrel in afternoon trading Wednesday Sept. 12, 2007 after the U.S. government reported a surprisingly large drop in crude oil inventories and declines in gasoline supplies and refinery activit

Turkey means business in Kurdistan

The al-Fakkah oil field in southern Maysan province south of Baghdad, Iraq is seen, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009.

Kuwait gives initial nod for oil border post - Iraq

An oil worker tightens oil pipes in al-Bakir Harbor in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, July 15, 20

Oil Majors Boost Plans to Expand Iraq Oil Output

Oil smuggling allegations widen Baghdad-Erbil rift Middle East Online
Bush DoD lost $8,700,000,000 in Iraqi oil revenue Newsvine
Poor records on $8.7 billion in Iraq oil money San Fransisco Chronicle
GE settles with SEC over Iraq oil-for-food kickbacks Orlando Sentinel
Audit reveals billions of dollars of Iraqi oil funds gone mi The Guardian
GE to pay $23 million to settle SEC charges over oil-for-foo KDVR
Researchers confirm subsea Gulf oil plumes are from BP well Lexington Herald-Leader
A slave to greed: Oil, the great god money and what unites I The Daily Mail
Iraqi Kurd oil still flows to Iran Khaleej Times
BP's oil spill caused by fed's dangerous culture of permissi The News & Observer
INTERVIEW - Iraqi Kurds to clamp down on oil smuggling The Star
Iraqi Kurds to clamp down on oil smuggling Khaleej Times
Peak oil review - July 19 Energy Bulletin
Sanctions-hit Iran fuels oil smuggling in northern Iraq Daily Star Lebanon
Iraq urges oil firms to honor contracts Daily Star Lebanon
Occidental, Pertamina eye Sonangol's Iraq fields Gulf News
Iraq tries to ease visa problems for oil firms The Times of India
Iraq urges oil companies to honor contracts Syracuse
Iraq wants international oil companies to prove they can mee Orlando Sentinel
Iran fuels oil smuggling in Iraq's north Middle East Online

Iraq Prime Minister Ayad Allawi speaks at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 8, 2004.

Al Sadr may opt to back Allawi

In Sierra Leone Infant mortality rate is still high inrespective of the Free Healthcare for pregnant women and mothers.These women are waiting to see a Pediatrician doctor at the Satellite Government Hospital in Freetown.

Quality healthcare here

Anti-war protesters demonstrate outside the Iraq War Inquiry as former British Prime Minster Tony Blair is called to give evidence in London, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010.

Iraq war: Blair faces another difficulty

5 years after John Garang's death, divided Sudan wonders: Wh Lexington Herald-Leader
Iraq's union crackdown is a return to days of Saddam The Guardian
Prescott admits some British intelligence on Saddam's WMDs w The Daily Mail
Politics live blog – John Prescott at the Iraq inquiry The Guardian
Pentagon rethinking who can access secret information Lexington Herald-Leader
Army suicides: Poor leadership, not repeat deployments blame Lexington Herald-Leader
Do Guantanamo media restrictions also prevent open trials? Lexington Herald-Leader
Commentary: Lax oversight, bad accounting and Iraq reconstru Lexington Herald-Leader
Venezuela to present 'peace plan' to end Colombia standoff Lexington Herald-Leader
Islamabad-bound Airblue plane crashes in Pakistan's Margalla Lexington Herald-Leader
Search continues for missing sailor in Afghanistan Lexington Herald-Leader
Is Pakistan's support for militants backfiring against it? Lexington Herald-Leader
Poor security, lack of government challenge Kandahar operati Lexington Herald-Leader
You want a portrait of failure in Iraq? Try Joe Biden Daily Star Lebanon
Audit: US can't account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds Nashville Tennessean
Arabic Channel Bombed in Baghdad Herald Tribune
Washing the dirty linen of a dirty conflict in public could The Daily Mail
Glimpses of Bin Laden: Now WikiLeaks reveals Al Qaeda boss w The Daily Mail
Behind the biggest leak in intelligence history The Hindu
Iraq's political impasse is a bad omen for the Arabs Daily Star Lebanon

File- Major General (MGEN) James N. Mattis, USMC, Commanding General, 1st Marine Division (MAR DIV), returns a salute from Marines of 1st Battalion (BN) 4th Marines about to be promoted, at Camp Commando, Kuwait while forward deployed in support of Operation enduring Freedom.

The 'Real' Rogue Soldiers

A painter makes a copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper at the "Sally" gallery in Baghdad, Iraq

Iraq's artists reflect pain, trauma of the war

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, meets with Iraqi President Jalal, Talabani, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 5, 2010.

Dear Iraq, Welcome to The Iron Law of Oligarchy

Theater review: Arabian Nights gives age-old tales new life Houston Chronicle
Roadside Bomb in Iraq Kills 5 Members of Family The New York Times
Soldier accused of leaking secrets flown to US Zeenews
GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season Herald Tribune
Disney sells Miramax to investor for $660 million Herald Tribune
U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press by Newsvine
The A-Team (12A) The Independent
Iraq film directors look to build 'Baghdadwood' The Christian Science Monitor
A review of The Tillman Story, directed by Amir Bar-Lev. Slate
The A-Team The Guardian
U.S. Military Chief Presses Iraqis to End Deadlock, Citing R Herald Tribune
Business Highlights Star Tribune
Greek terror group claims journalist killing Fresno Bee
New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans Herald Tribune
Daily Press Briefing - July 26 Scoop
The DISH Vol. 13 No 30 Scoop
Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder is a hacker fighting for f The Independent
Duchess of Death: The Unauthorised Biography of Agatha Chris The Guardian
WikiLeaks seeks transparency in data disclosure Deccan Herald
Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program: A Step Toward Mutual U The White House

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