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BAGHDAD, May 4 -- The Iraqi government said Sunday that it has 'concrete evidence' Iran is fomenting violence in iraq and that a high-level panel had been formed to document the proof.

An Iraqi man sued two U.S. military contractors Monday, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months.

The price of oil rises above $120 for the first time, driven by concerns about supply threats in Nigeria and iraq.

Ten Iraqi soldiers are killed in an attack on a checkpoint in the province of Diyala, Iraqi police say.

U.S. Marines rallied to rescue an Iraqi police officer's son.

Germany's foreign minister has rejected plans by Chancellor Angela Merkel's party to set up a U.S.-style National Security Council to oversee foreign policy, saying the body proved a failure in the run-up to the iraq war.

In a recent Los Angeles Times op-ed, Leonard Spector and Avner Cohen argue that, after overestimating the threat from iraq, U.S. intelligence agencies are being too cautious and ignoring real evidence of a nuclear weapons program in Syria.

Iran said Monday it would not hold a new round of talks with the United States on security in iraq until american forces end their current assault against Shiite militias.

While U.S. casualties continue to mount -- and many Iraqi troops lay down their arms -- the Mahdi Army is waging a war of survival.

The Iraqi government has announced plans to create a special committee to review allegations that Iran is providing arms to Shiite militia groups in iraq. Americans say they have come up with large amounts of captured Iranian weapons, and a Mahdi Army commander tells NPR that his group is getting weapons from Iran.