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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Iraq Sun.com http://www.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c31d0aaa23b24a75/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:24:08 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:24:08 -0400 30 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Saturday ruled out foreign involvement in its efforts to reconcile rival factions, just after visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged Iraqis to do more to bury grievan... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25866658/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:46:38 -0400 The Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25866658/ U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spent the final day of his trip to Iraq celebrating the U.S. Independence Day holiday with American troops in Baghdad http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25866675/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:06:44 -0400 VOA http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25866675/ 237 U.S. troops swear oath to become American citizens New citizens a "powerful symbol" to world, Vice President Biden says Ceremony held in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25866355/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:42:58 -0400 CNN http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25866355/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi government is hoping that a second major auction of oil and gas fields later this year will help revive a struggling oil industry where a first auction this week fell sho... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25866574/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:46:36 -0400 The Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25866574/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met U.S. troops preparing to mark their Independence Day holiday on Saturday, on the third day of a visit he has used to urge Iraqi politicians to do ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25866657/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:36:05 -0400 Reuters http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25866657/ Marjorie Benbow holds a magazine cover featuring her husband, Col. Hector Henry, 70, who is now deployed to Iraq with the U.S. Army Reserves Medical Corps. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25865246/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:43:54 -0400 NPR http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25865246/ July 3, 2009 · Iraq's military pilots once enjoyed elite status in the country's armed forces. Then Saddam Hussein blundered: He flew the entire fleet to Iran for safekeeping during the 1991 Gu... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25865549/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:44:00 -0400 NPR http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25865549/ KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi army forces arrested a man on Saturday suspected of being behind two vehicle bombs in the northern city of Kirkuk that killed more than 100 people, an Iraqi army officia... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25865548/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:18:45 -0400 Reuters http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25865548/ T he soldiers expressed their gratitude over and over to the NFL coaches who made the trip to Iraq. "They kept thanking us," said the Tennessee Titans http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25865247/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:13:54 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25865247/ Baghdad - US Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday said the United States was committed to withdrawing its soldiers from Iraq by the end of 2011. Speaking from Baghdad on US Independence Day, less than... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25864265/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:28:17 -0400 Earth Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25864265/ South Korea , a violation of UN resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on Independence Day.The launches, which came two days after North Korea fired four short-range crui... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25864492/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:45:30 -0400 The Guardian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25864492/ '); As anti-American protesters nearby burned a U.S. flag, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. vowed in Iraq on Friday that those seeking to destroy progress will fail but warned the United States w... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25862893/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:39:14 -0400 Washington Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25862893/ (MENAFN - Aswat Al-Iraq) The Iraqi minister of municipalities and public works, Riad Ghareeb, opened Friday two water compounds south of Amara city, with a total cost of 3.02 billion Iraqi dinars, sai... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25861441/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:23 -0400 MENAFN http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25861441/ The Iraqi prime minister tells visiting Vice President Joe Biden that Iraqis must overcome their political differences on their own and that U.S. involvement would not be welcome. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25861230/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:43 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25861230/ Matt Cavanaugh, center, is running in a series of races this year to raise money to help wounded veterans. After surpassing his original goal of $25,000 in 2009, Cavanaugh hopes to raise $50,000. He p... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25859339/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:38 -0400 Pioneer Press http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25859339/ ' } ] PageVars.set('title', escape("Is Palin Eyeing 2012 Presidential Run? - CBSNews")); PageVars.set('description', escape("Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement that she is resign... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25859622/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:54:52 -0400 CBS News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25859622/ Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, Adjutant General, Oregon National Guard, and Col. Dan Hokanson, 41 IBCT commander, conduct a pass and review of the 41 IBCT as they prepare t... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25857643/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:26 -0400 KATU 2 http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25857643/ SARAH PALIN- Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said this afternoon that she is stepping down from her office July 26. She didn’t give a reason why she was resigning. No hyperbole from David Wright on WORL... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25857661/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:03:39 -0400 ABC News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25857661/ US begins major offensive against Taliban , 1 July)? The strategy is the same one Rumsfeld used in Iraq in 2004-06. Cities like Samarra and Falluja were repeatedly assaulted with artillery, helicopter... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25856093/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:58:43 -0400 The Guardian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25856093/ The deaths of Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe and Trooper Joshua Hammond have put the spotlight once again on the vulnerability of armoured vehicles used in http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25856094/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:58:41 -0400 The Guardian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25856094/ '); Vice President Joe Biden said in Iraq Friday the United States stands "ready if asked and if helpful" as the nation moves toward political reconciliation, but warned of more violence as the U.S... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25852976/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:33:45 -0400 Washington Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25852976/ BAGHDAD — A fiery protest yesterday marked the start of US Vice-President Joe Biden’s visit to Iraq. Biden met General Ray Odierno, the top US officer in Iraq, and Christopher Hill, Washington’s... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853061/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:39 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853061/ WASHINGTON: Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until just hours before it was clear the city was about to fall after the US-led 2003 invasion, according to newly released FBI interviews with the deposed... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853508/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853508/ BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces were in control of towns and cities nationwide yesterday after the pullout of US troops six years after the invasion, but a bloody car bombing underscored the tough challenge ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853941/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:37 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853941/ London: Iraq's first auction of contracts to develop its oil fields since the US-led invasion was not the bonanza for the oil industry that executives hoped, and has tempered eagerness to participate ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853940/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:49:32 -0400 Gulf News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853940/ NAJAF: There is no place outside Iran that has closer links to Tehran's ruling establishment than Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf, where the silence during Iran's post-election crisis says much about... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853376/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853376/ BAGHDAD: A fiery protest marked the start on Friday of US Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Iraq, with supporters of the Shiite anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr burning the Stars and Stripes. Bi... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853374/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:14 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853374/ By Hashem KalantariTEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries sum... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853363/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:42:31 -0400 Swiss Info http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853363/ Iraq's oil minister may visit Tokyo next week and discuss the prospect of Japanese investment as the Middle Eastern nation plans to increase petroleum production. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853145/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:55:15 -0400 Japan Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853145/ In 1901 a group of French archaeologists uncovered a 2,700-year-old Babylonian tablet in what is now Iran. Not only is the Hammurabi codex the first example of a written legal code; it is also the old... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853378/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:53 -0400 Gulf News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853378/ As U.S. military forces withdraw from the urban front lines of a six-year war in Iraq - and prepare to pull out of the country altogether by 2011 - Vice President Joe Biden said today in Baghdad that ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853384/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:53:12 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853384/ U.S. Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders Friday to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered American assistance in achieving that, as concerns grow that a lack of political pro... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853938/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:20:22 -0400 Haaretz http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853938/ Sarah Palin , former Republican vice-presidential candidate, made a surprise announcement Friday that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853937/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:31:44 -0400 The Guardian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25853937/ Vice President Joseph Biden (L) U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill (C) and Gen. Ray Odierno emerge from a U.S. military base July 3, 2009, near Baghdad, Iraq. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25851265/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:26:41 -0400 CBS 5 http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25851265/ Vote John Harbaugh is experiencing a different level of patriotism on this Fourth of July weekend. The Ravens coach is in the middle of the inaugural http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25848972/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:30:33 -0400 Baltimore Sun http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25848972/ Senior Central Intelligence Agency officials, including the London station chief, have been brought before a grand jury in Virginia investigating the potentially illegal destruction of 92 video tapes ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25849495/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:10:25 -0400 The Guardian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25849495/ An arty(ish) shot we've put up because we can't find anything that immediately lends itself to a quick/cheap joke. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images Murray has won the toss and will receive.Max... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25846372/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:38:06 -0400 The Guardian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25846372/ ' } ] PageVars.set('title', escape("Feds Seize Madoff Penthouse, Wife Evicted - CBSNews")); PageVars.set('description', escape("Federal marshals took possession of disgraced financier Bernard Mado... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25847072/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:31:17 -0400 CBS News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25847072/ Baghdad - US Vice President Joe Biden said that he was "optimistic" about Iraq's prospects for stability and security, as he met with US and Iraqi officials in Baghdad Friday. Biden met first with the... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25846532/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:25:38 -0400 Earth Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25846532/ The Vice-President of the United States Joe Biden is holding talks with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad.It is part of the new role given him by President Barack Obama of administering US policy on Iraq. Mr B... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25844020/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:39:55 -0400 BBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25844020/ July 03, 2009 7:41 AM Sandstorms have grounded Vice President Biden here at Camp Victory today, so everyone's coming to him instead. Biden spent a couple of hours this morning getting briefed b... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25844061/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:29:45 -0400 ABC News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25844061/ We do not seem to be getting enough on-the-ground news from Iraq now that Iran and Afghanistan are dominating the foreign news agenda.But the American troop withdrawal, seen in the context of renewed ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25844607/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:08:13 -0400 The Guardian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25844607/ BP PLC (BP.LN) and China National Petroleum Corp. to develop Iraq's Rumaila oil field still requires approval by parliament, the head of parliament's oil and gas committee said Friday. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25844022/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:55:18 -0400 Morning Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25844022/ Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president, allowed the world to believe his country had weapons of mass destruction in an attempt to deter an Iranian invasion, an FBI file has revealed. In 20 formal... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25844276/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:52:33 -0400 Al Jazeera http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25844276/ Saddam Hussein allowed the world to believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction because he feared revealing his weakness to Iran, it has emerged. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25841712/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:13:31 -0400 Sky News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25841712/ FILE - This Dec.15, 2003, file photo shows U.S. soldiers demonstrating access to the spider hole used by Saddam Hussein before he was captured the previous week, on a farm near Tikrit, northern Iraq. ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25842143/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:02:56 -0400 ABC News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25842143/ (MENAFN) The investment commission in Thi-Qar in Iraq signed with an Australian firm a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), under which the firm is will build a residential compound with 10,000 housing ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25839581/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:08:39 -0400 MENAFN http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25839581/ ' } ] PageVars.set('title', escape("Teacher Gives Sex Tape to 5th Graders - CBSNews")); PageVars.set('description', escape("A local teacher accidentally put pornography into a DVD that was meant t... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25839577/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:08:01 -0400 CBS News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/25839577/