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• Brazilian Viera back at the helm of Iraq football

  - 2008-09-03

  BAGHDAD AFP — Brazilian coach Jorvan Viera was back at the helm of Iraq's national football team on Wednesday after lifting them to the Asian Cup champions title last year. "He signed on Tuesday evening for a one-year contract and his salary was set at 600,000 dolllars," Abdel Halak...

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• US has three days to respond to Iraq pact proposals: Shiite MP

  - 2008-09-03

  BAGHDAD AFP — The United States has three days to respond to fresh proposals from Iraq on the contentious security deal being negotiated by the two countries, a top Shiite MP said on Wednesday. Ali al-Adeeb of the Shiite Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, a party closely allied to Prime...

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• US forces detain Reuters photographer in Iraq

  - 2008-09-03

  BAGHDAD AFP — Ibrahim Jassam, an Iraqi photographer working for Anglo-Canadian news group Reuters, has been arrested by American forces just south of Baghdad, the US military and the agency told AFP Wednesday. "He has been detained because he has been assessed to be a threat to the security...

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• Iraq-US pact to go to parliament in 10 days: report

  - 2008-09-02

  BAGHDAD AFP — A draft security deal between Washington and Baghdad on the future of US forces in Iraq is to be submitted to parliament within 10 days, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted as saying on Tuesday. "The SOFA Status of Forces Agreement will be sent to parliament...

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• Time running out for Iraqi lawmakers to pass election law

  - 2008-09-01

  BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq has enough time to hold provincial elections this year but only if the nation's lawmakers wrap up a controversial law in the next two weeks, an electoral commission official said Monday. "It normally takes 128 days to organize the ballot but by making a huge...

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• Iraq largely free of foreign fighters: police

  - 2008-09-01

  BAQUBA, Iraq AFP — Counter-offensives by the security forces over the past year have largely rid Iraq of foreign fighters recruited by insurgent groups such as Al-Qaeda, a top police commander said on Monday. "Arab fighters have left Iraq and we are done with them," interior ministry spokesman Major...

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• Marchers urge Republicans to halt Iraq war

  - 2008-09-01

  ST PAUL, Minnesota AFP — They came in their thousands -- veterans, grandmothers, young families and even disgruntled Republicans bearing banners and peace flags, and calling in one voice to end the war in Iraq. Under the watchful eye of scores of police in riot gear, thousands of protestors...

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• Iraq-US troops on alert ahead of Anbar handover

  - 2008-08-31

  RAMADI, Iraq AFP — Iraqi and US forces were on alert on Sunday in the western Sunni province of Anbar ahead of the transfer of security in the desert region from the American military to Baghdad. "Our forces are ready to take the security responsibility tomorrow Monday," Majid al-Assafi,...

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• Qaeda defectors claw way back into Iraq mainstream

  - 2008-08-31

  DHULUIYAH, Iraq AFP — Last month Al-Qaeda fighters Abdul Rahman Mohammed and Ahmed Ali laid down their arms after nearly four years of fighting US soldiers in Iraq. The two young men and hundreds like them from Al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups in largely Sunni Arab Salaheddin province surrendered...

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• Iraqi-US troops on alert ahead of Anbar handover

  - 2008-08-31

  RAMADI, Iraq AFP — Iraqi and US troops were on alert on Sunday in Anbar, once the fiercest battleground in the war-torn country, as the American military prepared to transfer security control to local forces. "Our forces are ready to take the security responsibility tomorrow Monday," Majid al-Assafi, the...

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