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The death in iraq of an archbishop kidnapped two weeks ago provokes widespread condemnation.

The U.S. military's first and only study looking into ties between Saddam Hussein's iraq and al Qaeda showed no connection between the two, according to a military report released by the Pentagon.

American public support for the military effort in iraq has reached a high point unseen since the summer of 2006, a development that promises to reshape the political landscape, Politico reports.

Severed fingers of five Western contractors were sent to the U.S. military in iraq, giving the men's relatives hope that they are still alive, a brother of one man said.

A prominent cleric dies in captivity, provoking a complaint from the Pope and highlighting the plight of the Muslim world's Christians

Teachers' leaders accuse the MoD of providing unbalanced material on the iraq war to schools.

The body of a kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was discovered buried near the northern city of Mosul on Thursday. Paulos Faraj Rahho was taken in late February as he was leaving Mass in Mosul. Christians constitute a tiny portion of iraq's mainly Muslim population. Still, they have been the victims of repeated violence. Many have fled the country and others have joined the ranks of iraq's 2.5 million internally displaced people.

The Chaldean Catholic archbishop of the Iraqi city of Mosul who was kidnapped last month is found dead.

Severed Fingers of Americans Captured in iraq Reportedly Sent to US Officials

In Turkey, an angry public debate is under way over last month's military incursion against Kurdish separatists in northern iraq. One critic of the incursion is Bulent Ersoy, a transsexual singer who spoke out on Turkey's version of american Idol and could now face prosecution.