Khaleej Times Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders A list led by Shia PM Nuri al-Maliki had a wide lead in Baghdad, a key prize in Iraq's election, preliminary results posted by Iraq's electoral commission showed. | Election summary I Leading PM conte... (photo: Government Of Iraq )
Newsvine I Was Am-Bushed On MSNBC Over Iraq | I was invited on MSNBC the other day to discuss Karl Rove's book with anchor Davis Shuster and journalist David Corn of Mother Jones magazine and the author of "The Lies of George W. Bush" only to b... (photo: WN / janice)
Newsvine Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count | BAGHDAD — A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was winning in the all-important capital, according to a partial tally of results released Saturday. | If the trend continues,... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) BaghdadIraqNationalParliamentPhotos
The Siasat Daily Chance to Grab Mustasimi's Quran Manuscript | Abu Dhabi, March 13: A few years before his death, Abbasid calligrapher Yakout Al Mustasimi wrote his last copy of Holy Quran. It was Islamic year 690 (1291 AD). Soon after, the holy manuscript trav... (photo: Public Domain / Wayiran) BaghdadDeathIslamicPhotosQuran
Al Jazeera Iraqi poll body rejects criticism | The Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq (IHEC) has fought back against its critics, after a day of fielding accusations of fraud, malpractice and incompetence... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) ElectionFraudIraqPhotosVote
The Guardian Miliband's grand Middle East delusion | There is a common ritual that I, like most Britons, have regularly encountered when riding a taxi in Damascus, Amman or Cairo over the past seven years. Talkative and c... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham) Arab WorldIraqPhotosUKWar
Al Jazeera UN sanctions on Iraq still in force | Iraq is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources, and yet it suffers from a dismal economy with an unemployment rate ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) EconomyIraqPhotosResourcesUN
Daily Star Lebanon Turkey and Armenia must speak privately | By Vartan Oskanian | Commentary by | Friday, March 12, 2010 | - Powered by | Will Turkey’s current turmoil between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the cou... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) ArmeniaDefencePhotosPoliticsTurkey
Gulf News Nothing justifies America's wars | Seven years into the US occupation of Iraq, diplomats, statesmen and analysts are still debating a key question in international politics: when and under what circumsta... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez) AfghanistanDefenceIraqPhotosUSWar
