Iraq holds peaceful vote in hopeful sign
2009-02-01 09:31:08
Iraq held a provincial election on Saturday without a major attack in the country, a sign that years of sectarian slaughter and insurgency may truly be fading into the past and greater security is taking hold.
Iraqis held peaceful elections
2009-02-01 09:25:40
Iraqis held their most peaceful election since the fall of Saddam Hussein on Saturday, and voting for provincial councils ended without a single major attack reported anywhere in the country.
Voting begins in Iraq under tight security
2009-01-31 17:36:35
Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and police cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as US officials consider the pace of troop withdrawals.
Monument to Bush shoe-thrower shines at Iraqi orphanage
2009-01-30 16:39:06
A statue built for Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who hurled his shoes at former US president George Bush, is seen in Tikrit, 150 km Baghdad, January 27, 2009.
Turkish PM storms off stage at Davos
2009-01-30 13:39:25
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stormed off stage at the World Economic Forum on Thursday during an angry discussion with Israeli President Shimon Peres over the crisis in Gaza.
Israel hits Gaza tunnels as US envoy due
2009-01-28 17:27:45
Israeli aircraft bombed smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border on Wednesday in a response to the killing of an Israeli soldier, violence that strained a fragile ceasefire before the arrival of a US peace envoy.
Voting starts in Iraq's 1st election since 2005
2009-01-28 17:07:56
Soldiers, police, prisoners and displaced people began early voting on Wednesday ahead of Saturday's provincial election in Iraq, which will determine the political landscape across the country as US forces withdraw.
Hamas bombing, Israeli airstrike shake Gaza truce
2009-01-28 13:55:03
A Palestinian roadside bomb killed an Israeli soldier patrolling the border with Gaza on Tuesday, and Israel responded with an airstrike that wounded a Hamas militant.
US wants direct talks with Iran on atom work - envoy
2009-01-27 09:09:42
The US ambassador to the UN said Monday the US would make Iran's nuclear program a top diplomatic priority and would pursue direct talks with Tehran.
Israel vows to back soldiers accused of war crimes
2009-01-26 16:23:42
Special legal teams will defend Israeli soldiers against potential war crimes charges stemming from civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip, the prime minister said Sunday, promising the country would fully back those who fought in the three-week offensive.
Released detainee now Yemen al-Qaida commander
2009-01-24 16:10:38
A released Guantanamo Bay terror detainee's re-emergence as an al-Qaida commander in Yemen highlights the difficulty President Barack Obama faces in his efforts to close the detention facility and decide the fates of US captives.
Hamas says it's back in control of the Gaza Strip
2009-01-24 12:00:28
Bearded Hamas leaders on Friday delivered an envelope with five crisp $100 bills to a veiled woman whose house was damaged during Israel's invasion of Gaza.