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Arabs advise Allawi to accept al-Maliki as Iraqi premier, say diplomats
Egypt
October 5, 2010
Arabs advise Allawi to accept al-Maliki as Iraqi premier, say diplomats
Arab diplomats said Tuesday that several key Arab leaders had advised Iyad Allawi, the former Iraqi prime minister whose Iraqi…
ِAllawi arrives in Cairo to discuss future Iraqi government
Egypt
October 4, 2010
ِAllawi arrives in Cairo to discuss future Iraqi government
Iyad Allawi, the former Iraqi prime minister whose Iraqi List emerged as the front-runner in March parliamentary elections, arrived in…
Egypt firms in Iraq await compensation under Oil-for-Food Program
Egypt
September 23, 2010
Egypt firms in Iraq await compensation under Oil-for-Food Program
Egyptian private- and public-sector officials have criticized the Foreign Ministry's seeming disregard for demands by the Trade Ministry’s Trade Representation…
Libya asks to hold next Arab summit in Cairo, not Baghdad
Egypt
September 22, 2010
Libya asks to hold next Arab summit in Cairo, not Baghdad
The government of Iraq is insisting on hosting next year’s scheduled Arab League summit in Baghdad in accordance with league…
Iraq is still under US occupation
Opinion
September 4, 2010
Iraq is still under US occupation
Last month, as the final US combat brigade was leaving Iraq, an American soldier shouted from his armored vehicle: "We…
Egypt mulls gas imports from Iraq, Qatar to supply local industry
Business
September 2, 2010
Egypt mulls gas imports from Iraq, Qatar to supply local industry
Egypt’s Supreme Energy Council has tasked the ministries of foreign affairs, petroleum and industry with studying the possible import of…
For Gates the US war in Iraq is over but cloud remains
World
September 1, 2010
For Gates the US war in Iraq is over but cloud remains
Camp Ramadi, Iraq--US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the…
East Winds, West Winds: The original sandstorm
Books
August 28, 2010
East Winds, West Winds: The original sandstorm
Originally published in Cairo 1995, “East Winds, West Winds” is a milestone for both author Mahdi Issa al-Saqr and Iraqi…
Gunmen kill 6 in raid on Iraq anti-al Qaeda militia
World
August 26, 2010
Gunmen kill 6 in raid on Iraq anti-al Qaeda militia
Gunmen killed six people on Thursday in a raid on a government-backed Sunni militia north of Baghdad, as suspected insurgents…
The week in book reviews: Religion, motherhood, and the bomb
Books
August 24, 2010
The week in book reviews: Religion, motherhood, and the bomb
“The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches From the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam” By Eliza Griswold (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010.)