Iraq:

Arab World Reacts in Anger at Gaza Strike
Large demonstrations held in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen

Iraqi Official Warns Against Ethnic Divide
Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih says "there are vicious and dangerous attempts to create Arab-Kurdish divide"

Trial of Iraqi Shoe-Thrower Postponed
Muntazer al-Zaidi was scheduled to go on trial Wednesday for December 14 incident in Baghdad

Bombs, Gunmen Kill 8 in Northern Iraq
In bloodiest incident Wednesday, a car bomb blast killed four people and wounded about 45 others in a crowded market in Sinjar, west of Mosul

Iraq Announces 2nd Oil Licensing Round
Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani says 11 fields could increase production by 2.5 million barrels per day

US Hands Over Green Zone Authority to Iraq
Handover mandated in security deal Washington and Baghdad signed last month, allowing US troops to remain in Iraq until 2011

Attack at Iraq Tribal Meeting Kills 23
Suicide bombing wounds 42 others at Sunni-Shi'ite reconciliation meeting

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 35 in Baghdad
Bomber set off her explosives near Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine in Kadhimiya neighborhood, as Shi'ites prepared for upcoming Ashura holiday

EU Sends Team to Middle East for Gaza Truce
Team aims to persuade Israeli and Palestinian leaders to move toward a humanitarian truce in Gaza Strip

US Troops Watch for Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq
A female bomber kills 40 people outside a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad on Sunday 




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