Iraq
Shoethrower to be released for good behavior
August 30, 2009The Iraqi journalist imprisoned for hurling his shoes at former President George W Bush will be released next month after his sentence was reduced for good behaviour.
Read moreWORLDNOTES – Iraq, Canada, Italy, Chile, China, and Cuba
August 27, 2009On Aug. 17, the Nouri al-Maliki government expressed backing for a national referendum next January on the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) reached late last year. U.S. officials were caught unawares, according to the Washington...
Read moreProtesters hold second day’s march on Wall Street
April 5, 2009Thousands of protesters marched in Manhattan for the second day in a row on Wall Street today, to call for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and for more government aid for struggling...
Read moreIraqi women suffering silent emergency, survey finds
March 14, 2009BAGHDAD (IRIN) - Marking International Women’s Day on 8 March a new survey has painted a grim picture for Iraqi women who it says are suffering a “silent emergency” as they endure insecurity, poverty and a...
Read moreObama to order the beginning of the end of U.S. war in Iraq
February 28, 2009United For Peace and Justice statement on Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan President Obama is scheduled to announce a plan today to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by 19 months from his inauguration -- August...
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