'WATER BY THE SPOONFUL' TO LAND IN NEW YORK
Quiara Alegria Hudes's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Water by the Spoonful," about an Iraq war veteran struggling to find his place in the world, will land in New York in December.
05/17/2012 00:10, Yahoo!News |
WORLD BRIEFING | MIDDLE EAST: IRAQ: GUARDS SAY VICE PRESIDENT ORDERED THEM TO KILL OFFICIALS
Former bodyguards for Iraq’s fugitive vice president testified Tuesday that they were ordered to kill security officials and plant roadside bombs.
05/15/2012 20:42, NewYork Times |
7 IRAQI ARMY SOLDIERS KILLED IN SUICIDE BOMBING
A suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army base in western Mosul on Tuesday, killing seven Iraqi soldiers and wounding 20 people, an official said.<div class="feedflare">
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05/15/2012 11:42, CNN |
IRAQ VETERAN USES RAP TO TREAT HIS PTSD
On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired. For the troubled former soldier, it was another inexplicable failure, like his divorce or inability to make friends after returning from the war.
05/15/2012 10:54, Yahoo!News |
CONGRESS, SHOW POLITICAL COURAGE ON DEFENSE CUTS
The United States is at a strategic inflection point. The choices we make now will have an enormous effect on our national security for decades. The war in Iraq has ended, and we have begun a transition in Afghanistan that will lead to a smaller American commitment in 2014 and beyond. On the horizon...
05/14/2012 17:07, CNN |
CAR BOMB INJURES SEVEN IN WESTERN IRAQ
(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) At least seven people, mostly thought to be police officers, were injured Sunday in a car bombing in western Iraq, security officials said. The bombing occurred ...
05/14/2012 01:28, MENAFN |
FATAL BOMB BLASTS END RELATIVE CALM IN IRAQ
A few years ago, the day’s toll would have been a footnote in Iraq, when it was not uncommon for 100 people to be killed in one day.
05/13/2012 17:56, NewYork Times |
HOW IRAQ IS USING REALITY TV AND FACEBOOK TO INSPIRE A GENERATION OF PEACEMAKERS
Educational reality TV and social media are the drivers inspiring a group of Iraqi youth demanding a different future -- one with peaceful resolutions and equality.
05/14/2012 03:56, Yahoo!News |
EU, IRAQ SIGN FIRST PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) The European Union and Iraq on Friday signed their first partnership agreement, a deal six years in the making, as part of a bid to strengthen ties between the two ...
05/11/2012 23:21, MENAFN |
WORLD: IRAQ’S WOUNDS
Although America has declared an end to its war in Iraq, the suffering continues for thousands of the allies it left behind.
05/11/2012 17:14, NewYork Times |
IRAN PROMOTES ITS CANDIDATE FOR NEXT SHIITE LEADER
Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi would extend Iran’s influence over the Iraqi people and Shiite Muslims everywhere if he were to succeed Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
05/11/2012 16:35, NewYork Times |
WHY DICK LUGAR WAS TURNED OUT
Chances are that most of you reading this are opposed to at least some of the following federal laws and policies: the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the auto bailout, the serial raising of the debt ceiling, the Iraq War, the Patriot Act, marijuana prohibition, systematic increases in the Departmen...
05/10/2012 07:21, CNN |
HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS, GUILDS, AGENCIES ALIGN FOR VETS
 Though often rivals when it comes to fighting for fair contracts, hot scripts, top talent and big audiences, Hollywood's power players are united in their support for American veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
05/10/2012 07:40, Yahoo!News |
INTERNATIONAL ALERT FOR FUGITIVE IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT
Interpol on Tuesday issued a "red notice" for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, who is suspected of guiding and financing terrorist attacks in the country.<div class="feedflare">
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05/09/2012 04:49, CNN |
TERRORIST LINKS? INTERPOL ISSUES ALERT FOR IRAQ'S VP
 Interpol called for the arrest of fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi at the request of Iraqi authorities on Tuesday on suspicion of planning attacks, a move likely to complicate attempts to defuse Iraq's political crisis.
05/09/2012 02:49, msnbc |
INTERPOL ISSUES ALERT FOR FUGITIVE IRAQI VP
Interpol on Tuesday issued a red notice for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, who is suspected of guiding and financing terrorist attacks in the country.<div class="feedflare">
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05/08/2012 22:56, CNN |
INTERPOL ISSUES ‘RED NOTICE’ FOR IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT
The international police organization asked for help in arresting Iraq’s fugitive Sunni vice president on terrorism charges, stepping into a bitter political and sectarian fight in Iraq.
05/08/2012 07:07, NewYork Times |
INTERNATIONAL ALERT ISSUED FOR FUGITIVE IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT
Interpol has issued a "red notice" for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, who is suspected of guiding and financing terrorist attacks in the country, the international police organization announced Tuesday.<div class="feedflare">
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05/08/2012 03:07, CNN |
IN CASE THAT HAS VEXED AMERICANS, DEFENDANT IN IRAQ COULD GO FREE
An Iraqi court has ordered the release of the last detainee handed over to Iraqi custody by the departing United States military, citing insufficient evidence to prosecute him.
05/07/2012 11:56, NewYork Times |