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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/940f2bfd509e743b/ en-us Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:51:46 -0400 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:51:46 -0400 30 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has become a controversial figure almost overnight with his latest comments on Iraq. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378249/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:25:34 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378249/cs/1/ Michael Scheuer’s new work “Marching Toward Hell” is very clear with its overall purpose of exposing where American interests have gone wrong in their interactions with the various peoples, beliefs, and religions of the Middle East. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378245/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:30:02 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378245/cs/1/ A car bomb has exploded near one of Baghdad's major hospitals, killing four people and wounding 10. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378246/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:37 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378246/cs/1/ India and Egypt have expressed concern over skyrocketing fuel and food prices in the course of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's three-day visit to Egypt which concluded Thursday. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378184/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:09 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378184/cs/1/ India have been grouped with top continental sides United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Uzbekistan in Group C for the final qualifying round of the 2011 Asia Cup football tournament. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378115/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:01:09 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378115/cs/1/ Reliance Mutual Fund (RMF) of India has joined hands with the public sector Bank of Baroda (BoB) to distribute its products in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378113/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:23 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378113/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on air services with Jordan, WAM news agency reported Thursday. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/377882/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:00:08 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/377882/cs/1/ By Ashok Dixit http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378060/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:31 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378060/cs/1/ Washington, July 3 : An archaeological dig in northeastern Syria has pointed to a bizarre sacrificial ceremony, with the revelation of the remains of man, who may have been an acrobat at around 2300 B.C., along with remains of several rare horse-like animals. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378014/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:00:45 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378014/cs/1/ International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday named former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd as the new chairman of the high-profile ICC Cricket Committee. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378235/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:00:29 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378235/cs/1/ The family of a 30-year old East Jerusalem man who went amok Wenesday with a bulldozer, killing three people, say he was not a terrorist. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378228/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:06:31 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378228/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council (ICC) failed to reach consensus Thursday on the fate of Zimbabwe's membership and decided to take a last call Friday. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378225/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:01:42 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378225/cs/1/ America's military chief has dampened expectations that the United States is preparing a military attack on Iran. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/377867/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:19:00 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/377867/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council (ICC) is awaiting a security report of the ongoing Asia Cup in Pakistan before it can take any decision on holding the Champions Trophy there in September. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378208/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:01:01 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378208/cs/1/ In a major victory for Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday changed the result of the controversial Oval Test in 2006 from an England win to a draw. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378205/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:00:40 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378205/cs/1/ India and the Arab League Thursday discussed issues relating to the Middle East in a meeting External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee held with Arab League chief Amr Moussa. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378149/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:04:46 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/378149/cs/1/ Beirut / Damascus- Syria and Lebanon agreed on Wednesday to exchange agricultural products without any obstacles and open new markets in both countries to promote exporting production surplus. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952418/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:34:50 -0400 Ya Libnan http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952418/ India expects to finalise a deal "by next month" on a pipeline that will transport gas from Iran, Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora told newswire AFP on Thursday. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953113/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:03 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953113/ Iran said on Thursday that it has seized four Saudi fishing vessels crewed by Indian nationals in territorial waters near its first nuclear power plant, the Fars news agency reported. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953156/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:55 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953156/ PRICE WARNING: The secretary general of OPEC Abdallah El-Badri (pictured) said that it would difficult to replace the crude output of Iran if the country was attacked. (Getty Images) http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953153/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:59 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953153/ DEMOLITION CONSIDERED: Israeli authorities were on Thursday considering demolishing the home of a Palestinian man who went on a rampage in a bulldozer in Jerusalem and killed three people. (AFP) http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953170/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:16 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953170/ Rising inflation is expected to be a key issue for voters in next year's presidential election, with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad facing growing criticism from MPs, the public and the media over his ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952942/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:51 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952942/ July 3, 2008 · New York City is famous for its small ethnic restaurants, among other things. With such a variety of eateries, you'd think there would be dozens of Iraqi restaurants in the city.... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15956043/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:36:13 -0400 NPR http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15956043/ Posted: 1:35 PM- A group of state legislators and other elected officials are calling on Gov. Jon Huntsman to intervene in the messy divorce of the Jordan School District. They want Huntsman to call... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953207/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:21:46 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953207/ WASHINGTON - The U.S. military's top officer warned Wednesday that an Israeli airstrike against Iran would make the Middle East more unstable and could add to the stress on overworked American forces ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953127/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:22 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953127/ Tehran says they were kidnapped by militiamen from the Lebanese Forces who delivered them to Israel. Israel has long denied holding them."These assertions that the Iranian diplomats are in Israel are ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953155/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:44 -0400 Examiner http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953155/ CAIRO: Egypt will "soon" host inter-Palestinian talks between Fatah and Hamas as well as other factions, Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt Nabil Amr was quoted as saying on Thursday. The talks are aimed... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952455/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:23:54 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952455/ Yemen this year, paying brutal smugglers who cram them into boats and often throw the weakest overboard, an aid group said Thursday.The number of migrants who reached Yemen has doubled from the same p... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952392/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:36 -0400 Examiner http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952392/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department on Thursday denied charges by a House committee that it inappropriately encouraged a Texas-based oil company to strike an exploration deal with the Kurdish gove... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952719/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:37:48 -0400 Associated Press http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952719/ Important Moment: The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes on the eve of the G8 summit that this is the moment to prove that we can cooperate globally to deliver results: in meeting the needs of th... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953151/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:35:11 -0400 CFR http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953151/ Saddam Hussein was deposed in 2003, Iraqi officials said Thursday.Abdullah's visit would be a significant step in Iraq's quest for more support from its neighbors.Sunni Arab nations have been wary of ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953160/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:20 -0400 Examiner http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953160/ BAGHDAD -- In a move to separate mosque and state, the Iraqi government said Thursday that Islamic houses of worship should be off limits for campaigning in provincial elections scheduled for the fal... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952697/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:37:58 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952697/ In 2008, the Shi'ite revolt has moved south toward the capital Sanaa. Officials said the Believing Youth established cells in such provinces as Amran, Jawf and Sanaa. Officials said the Shi'ite de... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953328/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:02:24 -0400 World Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953328/ Iranian Nobel peace laureate, Shirin, Ebadi, delivers a speech at the launch of a new anti-war group that she helped to create, in hopes of averting an Iranian-U.S. conflict, Thursday, July 3, 2008, T... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15956290/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:21:12 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15956290/ Defense Solutions has proposed teaming with the Russian arms-export agency, Rosoboronexport, for several arms deals, including supplying Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan. Rosoboronexport is blackli... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952463/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:52 -0400 Wired News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952463/ NEW YORK - Hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel III faced a fresh charge of bail jumping on Thursday and was ordered to jail immediately, one day after his mother convinced him to end a high-profile run ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953044/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:41:35 -0400 MSNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953044/ Posted: 2:13 PM- Nine votes made the difference in the Precinct 1 race for Jordan's new east-side school district, according to the Salt Lake County Clerk's official ballot results. Monday's recount... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953326/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:22:14 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953326/ RAFAH: Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday to allow scores of stranded Palestinians to return to the besieged territory, witnesses said. "We have ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952454/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:35:18 -0400 Times of India http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952454/ NEW DELHI: Anil Dhirubhai Ambani-owned Reliance Money on Thursday announced its debut in Saudi Arabia launching a new company — Riyada Reliance Money (RRM) — in collaboration with Bahrain-... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952460/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:59 -0400 The Hindu http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952460/ Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) has ordered a new high-voltage gas-insulated substation from AREVA T&D. The total value of the contract is €36million (US $56million). http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953325/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:11 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953325/ (31 Comments) FARGO, N.D. -- Democrat Barack Obama said today that he continues to be committed to withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq in 16 months, after his earlier comments raised question... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952687/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:38:01 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952687/ Friday, July 04, 2008 Talk of nuclear deal exaggerated: VelayatiTEHRAN: Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi warned the West on Thursday against launching a military attack against Iran or imposing... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953159/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:27 -0400 The News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953159/ Beirut- The US embassy in Lebanon celebrated the US Independence day one day earlier. Over 700 guests were invited to the embassy on July 3, 2008 to join in the celebrations of the 232nd anniversary o... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953198/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:34:53 -0400 Ya Libnan http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953198/ CAIRO: India and Egypt are looking at ways to deepen their economic relationship despite constraints imposed on foreign investments by rising oil prices and tight money supply. The visiting External ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952462/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:51 -0400 The Hindu http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952462/ Officials said authorities have determined that Hamas and Islamic Jihad were identifying and contacting Palestinians and Israeli Arabs who work for the Israeli government or security forces. They sa... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952457/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:02:25 -0400 World Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952457/ DEMOCRATIC presidential hopeful Barack Obama has insisted he had not changed his plan for immediate troop withdrawals from Iraq, despite earlier saying he might refine his policies. Senator Obama spo... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953164/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:24:55 -0400 Courier Mail http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953164/ Bulldozer drives into Jerusalem bus killing three, wounding dozensResponsibility for the attack has not yet been claimed. A Palestinian from East Jerusalem killed by police was driving the vehicle. Ca... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953180/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:22:58 -0400 Spero News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953180/ A deadly rampage in a bulldozer by a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem has left Israel grappling with the dilemma of how to maintain security in the city along with the premise it is undivided. Israe... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953171/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:23:36 -0400 West Australian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953171/ King Abdullah II of Jordan plans to visit Iraq soon in the first trip by an Arab leader since Saddam Hussein was deposed in 2003, officials said today.Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Ab... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952699/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:26:41 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952699/ AMMAN: A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murdering his 23-year-old sister in an apparent "honour killing", a judicial official said. The unnamed suspect reportedly stabbed his sister 10 t... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15957648/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:35:18 -0400 Times of India http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15957648/ Obama or McCain: Israel Debates Glass shattered and sprayed when the bus hit the sidewalk. "We were simply crushed beneath it," Sinai said. "The glass cut us, and it was so shocking to see people ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953181/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:50 -0400 ABC News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953181/ ANKARA (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called on Thursday for quickly starting face-to-face negotiations with Syria after a third round of indirect peace talks mediated by Turkey ended ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953173/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:59:35 -0400 The Jordan Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953173/ The presumptive Democratic Party U.S. presidential nominee, Barack Obama, says he will begin ending U.S. troop involvement in the war in Iraq on his first day in office.Obama told reporters Thursday... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952707/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:38:15 -0400 VOA http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952707/ Posted on: Thursday, 3 July 2008, 15:00 CDT By ABE SELIG; Bloomberg contributed to this report A hot Negev sun was unable to dissuade hundreds of employees, politicians and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953135/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:47 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953135/ OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Israeli military closed border crossings to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday after a rocket was fired from the territory in defiance of a truce that has been in effect si... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953174/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:23:59 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953174/ Posted on: Thursday, 3 July 2008, 15:00 CDT Text of report by Iranian state-run provincial TV from East Azarbayjan on 3 July Following the inauguration of 11 new petrochemical complexes this year, th... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953157/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:40 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953157/ FARGO, N.D. -- Democrat Sen. Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the w... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953165/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:49:23 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15953165/ Posted on: Thursday, 3 July 2008, 18:00 CDT To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Republican National Committee, +1-202-863-8614 WASHINGTON, July 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release is being ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952717/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:30:03 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952717/ FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first saying he might "refine... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952711/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:28:33 -0400 Reuters http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15952711/ During a visit to The Japan Times, Abdelnasser, who has been at his post since September, said Egypt and Japan are in final preparations to open the Egyptian-Japanese University of Science and Technol... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951031/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:01:20 -0400 Japan Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951031/ John McCain 's, campaign for suggesting "we were changing our policy when we haven't." The Illinois senator called a second news conference of the day Thursday to address the GOP criticism of him and ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951075/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:03:41 -0400 MSNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951075/ London: Less than a year ago, diplomats in the Middle East were taking bets on the likelihood of a US military attack on Iran, with some assessing it at higher than 50 per cent. Those odds subsided af... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951167/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:47 -0400 Gulf News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951167/ EILAT, Israel – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday peace talks between Israel and Syria, now mediated by Turkey, will have to be conducted face-to-face 'very soon'. 'With the... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15949900/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:32:31 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15949900/ Baghdad: The Iraqi government yesterday ordered that campaign materials in upcoming provincial elections can only feature pictures of candidates, in an apparent attempt to keep followers of cleric Moq... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951074/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:54 -0400 Gulf News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951074/ Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama today said he would "refine" his position on withdrawal from Iraq after meeting with military commanders there this summer, then later insisted he had not ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951082/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:56:31 -0400 The Guardian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951082/ Riyadh: UAE tops other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states in the import of non-oil products from Saudi Arabia during the first quarter of 2008, according to a report released by Saudi Arabia's Mini... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951035/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:59 -0400 Gulf News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951035/ Occupied Jerusalem: The US ambassador to Israel has said there will be no decision to strike Iran in the near future, playing down speculation that an attack on Iranian nuclear sites by either country... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951166/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:50 -0400 Gulf News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951166/ MADRID: Flagship gas utility Gail has zeroed in on gas-rich Qatar for a mega petrochemicals complex the state-owned company proposes to build in partnership with Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951034/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:38:01 -0400 Times of India http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951034/ BURLINGTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey state trooper killed while serving with the Army in Iraq has received a funeral full of rites from both military and law enforcement. Maj. Dwayne Kelley wa... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15949804/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:29:56 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15949804/ MIAMI, Fla. -- A Plantation man is facing an 11-count indictment that alleges he shipped parts for U.S. made military aircraft to Iran. Federal prosecutors say Traian Bujduveanu violated arms export l... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951128/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:53:37 -0400 Local 10 http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15951128/ Cairo - Ten people were killed and 17 wounded Thursday in a gunfight in Benha, 48 kilometers north of the Egyptian capital, a security source said. The source said that the fight started when members ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15949771/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:14:33 -0400 Earth Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15949771/ MADRID, Spain (AP) - Iran's oil minister is warning that any attack on his country by the United States or Israel will provoke a fierce response. The oil minister (Gholam Hossein Nozari) also says mi... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15948544/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:45:02 -0400 KXAN 36 http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15948544/ Israel is ready to use military action "without hesitation" in Gaza to prevent attacks, an Israeli minister said yesterday after a Palestinian driving a bulldozer went on a deadly rampage in Jerusalem... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15948551/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:41:05 -0400 Daily Star http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15948551/ Israel should cut off outlying Arab neighborhoods from Jerusalem, Deputy Prime Minister Haim Ramon demanded Thursday, a day after a Palestinian construction worker from one of those districts went on ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15948552/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:40:25 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15948552/ Haaretz Iraq once hosted a thriving 2,600 year-old Jewish community that numbered some 130,000 people at the time Israel was created in 1948. Iraq has also provided Interpol with a list of the ten... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15948434/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:18:00 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15948434/ CAIRO - OPEC member Libya is planning an oil refinery and a natural gas pipeline in Egypt, helping to raise Libyan investment in its Arab neighbour to $10 billion over the next two years, the Libyan p... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15946881/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:59:51 -0400 Business Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15946881/ SAN'A, Yemen — Yemen's government held talks Thursday with a visiting U.S. delegation in hopes of securing the release of about 100 Yemenis held at the Guantanamo Bay prison, a Yemeni official sa... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15947138/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:34:39 -0400 Deseret News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15947138/ JERUSALEM, 3 July 2008 (IRIN) - Palestinians in the West Bank consume far less water than people in Israel, but they are likely to face a shortage this summer, the Israeli human rights group B'tselem ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15947092/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:57:45 -0400 IRIN http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15947092/ PARIS - An attack -- or even an attempted attack -- by Islamic extremists on Saudi Arabia's oil sector would have disastrous consequences on the world market and the price per barrel, analysts warn. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945281/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:18:18 -0400 Business Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945281/ WASHINGTON – An Iranian leader said Wednesday he detected a better mood in talks over his country's nuclear program as the top U.S. military officer called for more dialogue to avoid a confronta... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15947080/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:09:16 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15947080/ Assistance Some two Kabul-based dailies 'Anis' and 'Eslah' appreciated the Islamic Republic's 350-million-dollar assistance for rebuilding Afghanistan. The dailies also printed the photo of President ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945252/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:16:46 -0400 IRNA http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945252/ Mineral Iranian and Guinean Conakry officials inked industrial and mineral cooperation agreements on Thursday. As per the agreement, Guinea Conakry undertook to supply the bauxite of the Iranian alumi... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945261/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:16:45 -0400 IRNA http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945261/ OIC The Islamic republic of Iran will host the 7th meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Tourism Ministers next year. The 6th meeting kicked off on Tuesday at Damascus Meridian Hotel... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945447/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:16:44 -0400 IRNA http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945447/ BAGHDAD — Declaring that there will not be “another colonization of Iraq,” Iraq’s foreign minister raised the possibility on Wednesday that a full security agreement with t... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945327/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:13:19 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945327/ BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Iraqi government has banned candidates in upcoming provincial elections from using pictures in their campaign materials of people not running for office, the government's spokesman... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945326/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:11:12 -0400 The News Journal http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945326/ Amman - The Jordan Artists Association (JAA) Thursday dropped its reservations over the Jordan Festival, giving the green light to Arab artists who had intended to boycott the event to change their mi... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945279/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:08:05 -0400 Earth Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945279/ Israel's vice premier has said the home district of the Palestinian who carried out Wednesday's bulldozer attack should be cut off from the rest of Jerusalem. Haim Ramon said residents of Sur Bahir i... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945280/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:54:27 -0400 BBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945280/ The Israeli government is considering bulldozing the East Jerusalem home of the man who went on a deadly rampage in a front-end loader on Wednesday, officials said. They said Israeli Prime Minister E... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945454/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:51:15 -0400 CBC News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15945454/ Saeedi Kia Iran's Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mohammad Saeedi-Kia is going to visit Syria next Monday. Morteza Mortazavi in charge of economic and commercial affairs for the Embassy of ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15943029/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:19:20 -0400 IRNA http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15943029/ Cairo, Egypt - Abdel Wahab Al-Meseri, who led an Egyptian movement demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's rule, has died. He was 70. Hossam Tokan, director of the Palestine Hospital in Cairo... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15942689/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:18:57 -0400 IOL http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15942689/ Marsh has been authorised by the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Regulatory Authority to provide a broad range of insurance broking and risk advisory services in Qatar. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15942690/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:18:14 -0400 Insurance Journal http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15942690/ Israeli police say the attacker may have acted alone Wednesday's attack by a Palestinian who went on a bulldozing rampage in west Jerusalem, killing three people and wounding dozens, has provoked c... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15942956/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:54:47 -0400 BBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15942956/ Model Katie Price and husband Peter Andre have accepted "substantial damages" over a News of the World article portraying them as bad parents. The couple went to the High Court in London to accept ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15943028/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:54:40 -0400 BBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/15943028/