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AP - As of Sunday, April 27, 2008, at least 4,052 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,306 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

Military workers and supporters from across the country joined in memorials Sunday for a slain Army reservist who had become a poignant picture of the war in iraq after he was captured by insurgents.

Military workers and supporters from across the country joined in memorials Sunday for a slain Army reservist who had become a poignant picture of the war in iraq after he was captured by insurgents. Officials estimated that about 10,000 people walked past...

After launching fresh air strikes on Kurdish rebel targets in iraq, Turkey is keeping up the pressure.

The Iraqi National Museum is welcoming home 701 artifacts stolen during the looting after Saddam Hussein's ouster in 2003.

Millions of dollars of lucrative iraq reconstruction contracts were never finished because of excessive delays, poor performance or other factors, including failed projects that are being falsely described by the U.S. government as complete, federal...

Militants fired a salvo of rockets or mortars at the heavily guarded Green Zone in Baghdad on Sunday, while officials reported that Iraqi security forces had found more than 100 bodies in two mass graves.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who has called for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from iraq, said on Sunday he will vote to confirm the top commander there for a new job as head of the military's Central Command.

Forget the debate over the war in iraq, the economy, or health-care plans. The candidates' handlers and surrogates certainly have.

Official says children recruited to kidnap, kill, and even serve as suicide bombers