Director compares 'Meek's Cutoff' to Iraq war
VENICE - "Meek's Cutoff," a western with a female point of view from director Kelly Reichardt, was the talk of the Venice Film festival Saturday both because of its unusual take on the tried and tr...
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:17:45 -0400

Turkey, Iraq to revise deal on Kirkuk-Yumurtalik oil pipeline
Turkey and Iraq will revise the agreement on Kirkuk-Yumurtalik crude oil pipeline which connects the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, Turkey's energy mini...
Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:13:54 -0400

Blair equates radical Islam to revolutionary communism
WASHINGTON - Former British prime minister Tony Blair warned Sunday that the roots of radical Islam are far deeper than we think and said Al-Qaeda would have killed 300,000 on September 11, 2001 if th...
Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:43:40 -0400

US troops fire back as suicide bombers kill 12 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AFP) – American troops were among those who fired back to repel a coordinated suicide attack on an Iraqi army complex that killed 12 people on Sunday, days after US forces officially en...
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:44:59 -0400

US likely to keep thousands of troops in Iraq after 2011
Published Date: September 06, 2010 WASHINGTON: The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad's fledglin...
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:55:13 -0400

the making of an Iraqi TV hit - Feature
Baghdad - On top of the usual Iraqi worries about being blown up or kidnapped for ransom, local celebrities must now fear getting caught with a fake bomb in their car, planted by the producers of a re...
Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:10:18 -0400

'Going back to Baghdad will be very difficult'
It's a sunny afternoon in Rome and high above the Via Guido Reni in warm, marshmallow-soft air, swallows dot and dash under a sky that might have been painted by Tintoretto, or the young Turner. The b...
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:35:12 -0400