1. With violence at a relative low, large numbers of Iraqis turn out to vote. Turnout is strong in Sunni areas too, and ballot shortages are reported in some precincts . 2. The White House reportedly...
1. Campaigning halts and Baghdad streets are quiet on the eve of Thursday's parliamentary election which will decide who will govern Iraq for the next four years. 2. Iran's president escalates his ant...
1. Despite protests, convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams is executed, the Crips gang co-founder's case stirred national debate about capital punishment and redemption . 2. Gunmen kill a Sunni Ara...
1. As Iraqi patients, soldiers and prisoners cast early ballots for this week's parliamentary elections, at least a dozen people are killed in new violence. 2. The Supreme Court agrees to review a Tex...
1. Iraq says it will close borders, extend curfew hours and ban travel as part of stringent security measures to protect voters during this week's parliamentary elections. 2. A candlelight vigil 's he...
1. Four US soldiers are killed in separate attacks in the Baghdad area amid kidnappers' deadline for four Christian peace activists held hostage. 2. Federal investigators prepare to interview the pilo...
1. In Chicago, investigators study the site where a jet slid off the runway at Midway Airport amid heavy snow killing a 6-year-old boy. 2. A snowstorm that's moved across the middle of the US, hits th...
1. Iraqi insurgents claim online they've killed a kidnapped US security consultant. The White House says it can't confirm the death. 2. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld says US troop levels in Iraq could be...
1. Defending his Iraq strategy, President Bush says reconstruction has been ' uneven ' but spreading economic progress is giving people hope for a democratic future. 2. The trial of Saddam Hussein and...
1．An Iranian military transport plane trying to make an emergency landing crashes into a Tehran apartment building, killing at least 128 people. 2．Two suicide bombers strike Baghdad's police acade...
1. Saddam Hussein tells the judge at his trial he is not afraid of execution as a witness testifies the former president's agents carried out random arrests, torture and killings. 2. The former Septem...
1. Iraqi authorities say they've uncovered a plan by a Sunni Arab insurgent group to rocket Saddam Hussein’s trial when it resumes on Monday. 2. The mother of one of 4 Christian peace activists held...
1. Pakistan's leader says a man said to be Al-Qaida's operational commander has been killed in a blast in that country's lawless tribal areas. 2. Northeast of Baghdad, insurgents ambush Iraqi troops w...
1. US and Iraqi forces continued their joint operation in an area west of Ramadi on Friday, try to restore security ahead of Iraqi elections set for a few weeks from now. 2. A Georgian court said on F...
1. Insurgents attack several US bases and government offices with mortars before dispersing in the capital of western Iraq's Anbar province. 2. Congressman John Murtha says US troops will leave Iraq w...
