Sunday 1 January 2012

Iraqi leader calls for unity, political stability (AP)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to his supporters in Baghdad, Iraq. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. Iraq's prime minister says the end of the American military presence in Iraq is a new dawn for his country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's prime minister is calling for greater political stability to ensure the country's security after the end of the American military presence.



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Saturday 31 December 2011

Iraq celebrates U.S. withdrawal (Reuters)

Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki declared a new dawn on Saturday as Iraq celebrated the departure of American troops at a ceremony held amid tight security and without Maliki's key political rivals.


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Friday 30 December 2011

UN backs Arab League mission to Syria (AP)

AP - The U.N. says it's critical that the Syrian government give the Arab League's observer mission unhindered access and its full cooperation as thousands of protesters take to that country's streets to underscore their defiance of the regime.


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UN chief to focus on sustaining Arab Spring (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a climate change conference in Durban, South Africa. During his first five years at the U.N.'s helm, Ban has won plaudits for helping to raise climate change close to the top of the global agenda. As he embarks on a second five-year term starting Jan. 1, 2012, Ban said one of his top priorities is to help Arab countries sustain their moves toward democracy. He also said he intended to do more for young people and women, and address frustrations over the growing gap between the rich and poor expressed by the Occupy movement. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in his second term as chief of the United Nations, wants to help people who rose up in the Arab Spring attain and sustain freedom and democracy.



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Hundreds of Iraqis cheer departure of US forces (AP)

Protesters chant anti-US slogans and wave Iraqi flags during a demonstration in the Azamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. Hundreds of Iraqi Sunnis have celebrated the departure of the American forces from Iraq, amid sectarian tensions. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Hundreds of Sunni Muslims gathered in Baghdad Friday to celebrate the withdrawal of American forces, but in a sign of the sectarian divisions that re-emerged immediately after their departure, Shiite Muslims did not join the event.



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Thursday 29 December 2011

US weapons sales to Iraq: Still a good idea as violence escalates? (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - With the spike in violence in Iraq since the US troop pullout two weeks ago, concern is rising about US weapons sales to Iraq's government and whether a buildup of armaments could even serve to fuel sectarian tension there.


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Israeli police arrest 6 suspects in settler riot (AP)

In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 photo, empty trucks from Gaza wait to be loaded with goods, left, as full trucks with goods drive toward Gaza, background, in the 'sterile zone' inside the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Each day, dozens of trucks move food, consumer products and industrial materials into the Gaza Strip at this heavily fortified crossing, in an odd arrangement that has turned Israel into a key supplier to a territory governed by its bitter enemy Hamas. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)AP - Israeli police say they have arrested six Jewish extremists wanted for their role in a riot at a military base earlier this month.



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