Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1473 topstories Iraq en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:48:52 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1473 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_mideast_afp/egyptiraqdiplomacy afp/20091107/egyptiraqdiplomacy AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:48:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_mideast_afp/egyptiraqdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257583680921-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=2WpVz8xTGAz0nil1XISexw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Ghiet (R) shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari in Cairo after signing a diplomatic agreement. Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country since its charge d'affaires was killed in 2005.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country since its charge d'affaires was killed in 2005.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_mideast_afp/egyptiraqdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257583680921-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=2WpVz8xTGAz0nil1XISexw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Ghiet (R) shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari in Cairo after signing a diplomatic agreement. Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country since its charge d'affaires was killed in 2005.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_us_deaths ap/20091107/us_iraq_us_deaths AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:42:58 GMT AP - As of Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at least 4,359 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_army_veteran_faked_paralysis ap/20091106/us_army_veteran_faked_paralysis AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:51:00 GMT AP - An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/un_un_iraq ap/20091106/un_un_iraq AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:34:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/un_un_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.4a372895e13b4cc18af6e03ba5709796.mideast_israel_palestinians__ba104.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=0ejjZ2HSYflHRzAd8Mlbyg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Israeli soldiers take position during clashes in the village of Iraq Borin near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraq's foreign minister has reiterated his country's request for a high-level international envoy to investigate the extent of foreign involvement in recent bombings of government institutions.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/un_un_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.4a372895e13b4cc18af6e03ba5709796.mideast_israel_palestinians__ba104.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=0ejjZ2HSYflHRzAd8Mlbyg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Israeli soldiers take position during clashes in the village of Iraq Borin near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsreligionvote afp/20091106/iraqpoliticsreligionvote AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:47:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsreligionvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257533184316-2-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=O7JC6.gO01MKojxyDL0g1g--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="An expenses scandal erupted in Iraq after religious leaders hit out at how MPs secured themselves numerous lavish perks while failing to ensure the nation's general election goes ahead. MPs will receive 80 percent of their salary as a pension for 10 years after they retire, as well as a plot of land of up 600 square metres, Baha al-Araji, a Sadrist MP told AFP.(AFP/POOL/File/Wathiq Khuzaie)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An expenses scandal erupted in Iraq on Friday after religious leaders hit out at how MPs secured themselves numerous lavish perks while failing to ensure the nation's general election goes ahead.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsreligionvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257533184316-2-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=O7JC6.gO01MKojxyDL0g1g--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="An expenses scandal erupted in Iraq after religious leaders hit out at how MPs secured themselves numerous lavish perks while failing to ensure the nation's general election goes ahead. MPs will receive 80 percent of their salary as a pension for 10 years after they retire, as well as a plot of land of up 600 square metres, Baha al-Araji, a Sadrist MP told AFP.(AFP/POOL/File/Wathiq Khuzaie)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_westernized_woman_killed_fire ap/20091106/us_westernized_woman_killed_fire AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:53:23 GMT AP - An early morning garage fire forced nine people from the home of a jailed Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter because she had become too "westernized." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect ap/20091106/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect AP politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:15:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3205516650.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tjF0mXpTtWbcQNMBBtfGlA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities say Fort Hood shooting Nidal Malik Hasan remains in a coma but is expected to live.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3205516650.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tjF0mXpTtWbcQNMBBtfGlA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_afghanistan_iraq ap/20091106/us_us_afghanistan_iraq AP politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:05:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_afghanistan_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.753c5f8185194b8aba245a6bff4fcb3a.aptopix_afghanistan_un_ans108.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=jMelDwOqRaYoQ_BcnSeLxw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A burned U.N. bullet proofed vest and a helmet are seen in the destroyed guesthouse that left five U.N. staffers dead in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The United Nations said Thursday that it is temporarily relocating more than half its international staff in Afghanistan following last week's deadly Taliban attack against U.N. workers, the most direct targeting of its employees during decades of work in the country. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama's next move on Afghanistan is growing more difficult by the day. Deadly attacks this week deepened British and U.N. alarm over their commitments, and fresh worries about Iraq could delay the exit of U.S. troops there, squeezing an already overstretched military.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_afghanistan_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.753c5f8185194b8aba245a6bff4fcb3a.aptopix_afghanistan_un_ans108.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=jMelDwOqRaYoQ_BcnSeLxw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A burned U.N. bullet proofed vest and a helmet are seen in the destroyed guesthouse that left five U.N. staffers dead in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The United Nations said Thursday that it is temporarily relocating more than half its international staff in Afghanistan following last week's deadly Taliban attack against U.N. workers, the most direct targeting of its employees during decades of work in the country. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091105/wl_mcclatchy/3349935 mcclatchy/20091105/3349935 McClatchy Newspapers world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:14:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD &mdash; Iraqi lawmakers blew another deadline Thursday as they continued haggling over an election law that's crucial to the country's political stability and to the Obama administration's plans for a speedy withdrawal of U.S. troops. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ap/20091105/ml_iraq AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:40:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.cce40459ea2f4159a01e5079ce4e0ced.iraq_kurd_elections_bag101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_dwt9rXdkaeohq8_5LjCYQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A general view of the city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Iraqi politicians are debating with new hostility over control of Kirkuk, a shabby northern city set near rich oil fields that both the self-ruling Kurds and the central government want. Iraqi lawmakers have only a day left to agree on a new bill that would enable the country to hold key parliament elections in January, according to remarks Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009 by the country's election commission chairman.(AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraqi lawmakers failed Thursday to agree on an election law for the country's January vote, raising concerns the balloting may be delayed and in turn push back a U.S. troop withdrawal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.cce40459ea2f4159a01e5079ce4e0ced.iraq_kurd_elections_bag101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_dwt9rXdkaeohq8_5LjCYQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A general view of the city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Iraqi politicians are debating with new hostility over control of Kirkuk, a shabby northern city set near rich oil fields that both the self-ruling Kurds and the central government want. Iraqi lawmakers have only a day left to agree on a new bill that would enable the country to hold key parliament elections in January, according to remarks Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009 by the country's election commission chairman.(AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsvote afp/20091105/iraqpoliticsvote AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:55:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257447279350-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=opleASYhRHHiWngqeqVWIg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Faraj al-Haidari, the head of the Iraqi electoral commission, pictured in July 2009, said on Thursday it is now too late to organise a general election as planned on January 16 after repeated delays by MPs in adopting an electoral law.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The head of the Iraqi electoral commission said on Thursday it is now too late to organise a general election as planned on January 16 after repeated delays by MPs in adopting an electoral law.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257447279350-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=opleASYhRHHiWngqeqVWIg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Faraj al-Haidari, the head of the Iraqi electoral commission, pictured in July 2009, said on Thursday it is now too late to organise a general election as planned on January 16 after repeated delays by MPs in adopting an electoral law.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_alt_afp/iraqoil afp/20091105/iraqoil AFP us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:37:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_alt_afp/iraqoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257422154974-3-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=hhIcltx8hbyU0BBIHcIeew--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Oil experts work on an Iraqi oilfield, north of Baghdad. Exxon Mobil became the first US company to win a contract since Iraq's oil industry was nationalised almost 40 years ago, further expanding the role of foreign nations in the industry.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Exxon Mobil on Thursday became the first US company to win a contract since Iraq's oil industry was nationalised almost 40 years ago, further expanding the role of foreign nations in the industry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_alt_afp/iraqoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257422154974-3-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=hhIcltx8hbyU0BBIHcIeew--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Oil experts work on an Iraqi oilfield, north of Baghdad. Exxon Mobil became the first US company to win a contract since Iraq's oil industry was nationalised almost 40 years ago, further expanding the role of foreign nations in the industry.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_us/us_westernized_woman_killed ap/20091105/us_westernized_woman_killed AP us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:01:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_us/us_westernized_woman_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091031/capt.bd2c5a8bc3a44e71b3ee518aa51e10b0.westernized_woman_assault_ny114.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=TB6lsxXmKUyUClavTHb9jw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="In this undated photo provided by the Peoria Police Department, Faleh Almaleki is seen. Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming 'too Westernized,' has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Peoria Police Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - A court hearing in Phoenix for an Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter because she had become too Westernized has been delayed because he is on a suicide watch.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_us/us_westernized_woman_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091031/capt.bd2c5a8bc3a44e71b3ee518aa51e10b0.westernized_woman_assault_ny114.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=TB6lsxXmKUyUClavTHb9jw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="In this undated photo provided by the Peoria Police Department, Faleh Almaleki is seen. Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming 'too Westernized,' has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Peoria Police Department)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_us_casualties ap/20091105/ml_iraq_us_casualties AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:53:05 GMT AP - The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in Iraq &mdash; one in combat and one of noncombat-related injuries. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_oil ap/20091105/ml_iraq_oil AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:28:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_oil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.4e1ad87dc8ee4b6eb6b3dfcb580acd13.iraq_oil_bag102.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=vg500Q694fQUll9jnSoQCQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="FILE - In this file photo of Friday, July 17, 2009, an Iraqi worker operates valves at the Nahran Omar oil refinery near the city of Basra 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. A consortium grouping U.S. and European oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC won the right to develop one of Iraq's most prized oil fields, Iraq's Oil Ministry spokesman said on Thursday Nov. 5, 2009, as the OPEC nation looks to revamp its battered energy sector. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A consortium grouping U.S. and European oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Thursday signed a $50 billion deal to develop one of Iraq's most prized oil fields, as the OPEC nation looks to revamp its battered energy sector.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_oil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.4e1ad87dc8ee4b6eb6b3dfcb580acd13.iraq_oil_bag102.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=vg500Q694fQUll9jnSoQCQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this file photo of Friday, July 17, 2009, an Iraqi worker operates valves at the Nahran Omar oil refinery near the city of Basra 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. A consortium grouping U.S. and European oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC won the right to develop one of Iraq's most prized oil fields, Iraq's Oil Ministry spokesman said on Thursday Nov. 5, 2009, as the OPEC nation looks to revamp its battered energy sector. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsvote2ndlead afp/20091105/iraqpoliticsvote2ndlead AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:54:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsvote2ndlead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257447279350-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=opleASYhRHHiWngqeqVWIg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Faraj al-Haidari, the head of the Iraqi electoral commission, pictured in July 2009, said on Thursday it is now too late to organise a general election as planned on January 16 after repeated delays by MPs in adopting an electoral law.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraqi MPs are to vote on Saturday on a controversial electoral bill after a compromise text was agreed, a senior lawmaker said, raising hope that a poll can go ahead as planned in January.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsvote2ndlead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257447279350-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=opleASYhRHHiWngqeqVWIg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Faraj al-Haidari, the head of the Iraqi electoral commission, pictured in July 2009, said on Thursday it is now too late to organise a general election as planned on January 16 after repeated delays by MPs in adopting an electoral law.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsvotelead afp/20091105/iraqpoliticsvotelead AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:22:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsvotelead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257427320511-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=X4MkRRH22tVGKpNjUKuvnQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An Iraqi woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Baghdad during landmark elections in 2005.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Iraqi parliament will attempt yet again to vote on a controversial electoral bill on Saturday, the deadline for a law to be passed if January general elections are to be held, a senior lawmaker said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqpoliticsvotelead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257427320511-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=X4MkRRH22tVGKpNjUKuvnQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iraqi woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Baghdad during landmark elections in 2005.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_alt_afp/iraqoilwrap afp/20091105/iraqoilwrap AFP us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:58:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_alt_afp/iraqoilwrap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257422154974-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=8L2gWLyp41SGyNs9HaT93w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Oil experts work on an Iraqi oilfield, north of Baghdad. Exxon Mobil became the first US company to win a contract since Iraq's oil industry was nationalised almost 40 years ago, further expanding the role of foreign nations in the industry.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US major Exxon Mobil has won a contract to develop West Qurna 1 field, the oil ministry said on Thursday, as the foreign role in Iraq's oil industry widens with China leading the way.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_alt_afp/iraqoilwrap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257422154974-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=8L2gWLyp41SGyNs9HaT93w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Oil experts work on an Iraqi oilfield, north of Baghdad. Exxon Mobil became the first US company to win a contract since Iraq's oil industry was nationalised almost 40 years ago, further expanding the role of foreign nations in the industry.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusoil afp/20091105/iraqusoil AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:11:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1248957937429-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=Tdfraji3pIe3_1O7GlJtbw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="An Exxon gas station sign. A consortium led by Exxon Mobil of the United States has won a contract to develop Iraq's West Qurna 1 field, an oil ministry spokesman told AFP.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A consortium led by Exxon Mobil of the United States has won a contract to develop Iraq's West Qurna 1 field, an oil ministry spokesman told AFP on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1248957937429-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=Tdfraji3pIe3_1O7GlJtbw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Exxon gas station sign. A consortium led by Exxon Mobil of the United States has won a contract to develop Iraq's West Qurna 1 field, an oil ministry spokesman told AFP.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/lifestyleiraqstamps afp/20091105/lifestyleiraqstamps AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:21:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/lifestyleiraqstamps"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257409060342-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=gCcb3Vz94CyiXb_SQs6C9Q--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="An Iraqi philatelist looks through a collection of stamps during an auction in central Baghdad. The Philatelic and Numismatic Society of Iraq, established in 1951 at the time of the King, has come to life again following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. Official membership stands at more than 2,000, though only around 80 are active buyers and sellers with the price of stamps rising sharply.(AFP/File/Khalil al-Murshidi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Reckoned to be Iraq's top expert on cement, Anis Amjad does the rounds of factories during the week but nothing can stop him conducting the stamp auction in old Baghdad every Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_mideast_afp/lifestyleiraqstamps"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257409060342-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=gCcb3Vz94CyiXb_SQs6C9Q--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="An Iraqi philatelist looks through a collection of stamps during an auction in central Baghdad. The Philatelic and Numismatic Society of Iraq, established in 1951 at the time of the King, has come to life again following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. Official membership stands at more than 2,000, though only around 80 are active buyers and sellers with the price of stamps rising sharply.(AFP/File/Khalil al-Murshidi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)