| Sat, 4 Sep 2010 Iraq’s oil future may be vulnerable after US exit | By Rania El Gamal | BAGHDAD - After an explosive device tore through the back of an armoured SUV carrying Chinese oil workers in Iraq in mid-July, security contractors said the US military, not China's Daqing Petroleum, was the likely target. | The Explosively Formed ... | Freedom's Just Another Word | AMONG the few scraps of news to emerge from Barack Obama’s vacation was the anecdote of a Martha’s Vineyard bookseller handing him an advance copy of Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, “Freedom.” The book has since rocketed up the Amazon best-... | Is the Iraq mosaic any different? Last week, President Barack Obama declared that the US military had concluded its combat role in Iraq. It was a bitter milestone seven years after US troops marched into Baghdad hoping to reshape the Middle East. | Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, staked his legacy ... | Roadside bomb attack kills 1, wounds 7 in Iraq | Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least one civilian was killed and seven others wounded in a double roadside bomb attack in northern Baghdad Saturday night, an official at Iraq's Interior Ministry said. | The official said the bombs detonated in quick succession in Baghdad's... | Week of turning points, starting with Iraq 0 0 | "Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page." | President Obama, declaring an end to major combat operations in Iraq | "Thirty years ago, Akio Morita (who founded So... | Iraq's oil future may be vulnerable after US exit | After an explosive device tore through the back of an armoured SUV carrying Chinese oil workers in Iraq in mid-July, security contractors said the US military, not China's Daqing Petroleum, was the likely target. | The Explosively Formed Projectile, designed by Ir... | Sunni and Shiite Iraqi journalists talk about war | BAGHDAD - As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and the other Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war. The accounts are translated and edited. | ___ | FARIS AL-QAISI | Faris al-Qai... | | |
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