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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 30 December 2006 Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed Saturday morning for crimes against his people. Iraqi officials present at the hanging say Saddam went to his death a broken man, but showed no remors
By David Gollust State Department 08 March 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's top Iraqi affairs adviser says U.S. diplomats are prepared to raise concerns over Iraq directly with Iranian and Syrian counterparts at a Baghdad conference Saturda
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 21 December 2006 The new U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, visited with troops in Baghdad and held meetings with top Iraqi officials on the second day of a trip to Iraq. His visit comes as President Bush is considerin
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 22 December 2006 New U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he is preparing to give President Bush an assessment of the situation in Iraq based on his meetings with U.S. military and Iraqi leaders in Baghdad. Gates wrap
By Paula Wolfson White House 25 July 2006 President Bush President Bush meets Tuesday at the White House with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The talks come at a time of ongoing sectarian violence in Iraq. --------- They will look for a way to
By Barry Newhouse Irbil, Iraq 28 April 2007 Iraqi officials say a blast near a Shi'ite shrine in the holy city Karbala has killed at least 55 people. Locals say the bomb detonated as many worshippers gathered for evening prayers at the Imam Abbas shr
By David Gollust Washington 27 February 2007 The State Department said Tuesday the United States will attend two conferences on Iraq that might include dialogue by U.S. officials with counterparts from Iran and Syria. The Iraqi government is convenin
By Barry Newhouse Baghdad 17 February 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad Saturday for meetings with Iraqi leaders. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from northern Iraq, her trip comes as U.S. and Iraqi force
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 December 2006 Palestinian refugees leave buses that drove them through Iraq, upon their arrival to Tanaf border crossing, 300 kilometers northeast of Damascus, Syria, 9 May 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says more than 40 Pal
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 26 November 2006 Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki speaks after meeting with top Iraqi officials in Baghdad, 26 Nov 2006 The streets of the Iraqi capital remained mostly quiet Sunday, as a traffic ban remained in effect for a third
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 23 July 2006 Iraqis gather around the site of a bomb blast, in the predominantly Shiite area of Sadr City, Baghdad, July 23, 2006 More than 60 Iraqis have been killed after bomb attacks in a busy market and outside a
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 30 May 2007 U.S.-led coalition forces have formally handed over the responsibility for security in three northern Iraqi provinces to the autonomous Kurdistan government. The carefully orchestrated handover ceremony emphasized
By Al Pessin Baghdad 26 April 2006 The top U.S. military general in Iraq says his intention to recommend a significant reduction in U.S. troop levels in the country later this year is basically on tra
By Al Pessin Baghdad 26 April 2006 The U.S. secretaries of state and defense are both in Baghdad for what officials say is an unprecedented joint visit to show strong support for the country's newly e
French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged European nations to rebuild ties with Iraq during an unannounced visit to that country on Tuesday. Mr. Sarkozy's trip marks the first ever to Iraq by a French leader - and a turnaround in French-Iraqi ties sinc
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 12 April 2007 An apparent suicide bomber has killed at least eight people in a cafeteria inside the building where the parliament meets in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. At least 20 other people were injured in the
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 09 December 2006 The report published this week by a bipartisan U.S. panel urging policy changes in Iraq has not been warmly received in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, particularly its recommendatio
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 13 July 2006 Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki addresses an audience during a handover ceremony, Thursday, July 13, 2006, in Samawah For the first time, coalition troops have handed over security of one of Iraq's 18 provi
By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 April 2007 The second-ranking U.S. general in Iraq says his experts suspect that Iran is helping Sunni insurgent groups, as well as Shi'ite groups, as both contribute to ongoing violence in Iraq. VOA's Al Pessin reports from
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 09 October 2006 Saddam Hussein reads the Quran as he listens to witness testimony, Monday, Oct. 9, 2006 Saddam Hussein's genocide trial has resumed in Baghdad after more than a week in recess, but defense lawyers continued