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BAGHDAD, May 11 -- Violence in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City subsided Sunday as a deal took hold to end fighting between Shiite militiamen and U.S. and Iraqi forces. But U.S. military officials and militia commanders said that a truce had not yet been reached, underscoring the fragility of the...

'Eye of the Storm,' an exhibit of works by U.S. combat photographers in iraq and Afghanistan, documents small but indelible moments.

Former State Dept. heads: Warnings, recommendations were ignored.

The Bush administration ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, two ex-State department officials say.

A former senior US official in iraq on Monday accused the State department of recklessly misleading Americans over the country's plight and contributing to the deaths and maiming of US soldiers.

Iraq's prime minister said on Monday a crackdown on Shi'ite militias proved his government was not sectarian, in the face of persistent accusations by Sunni Arabs that he has favored Shi'ites since taking office.

Veteran peace negotiator Padraig O'Malley worked on the conflicts in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Mac Maharaj played a role in the latter nation's anti-apartheid movement. Both took part in recent closed-door negotiations in Finland, aimed at bringing reconciliation among rival factions in iraq.

Five years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Mosul, one of the world's great cities, has become a desolate battleground.

Iraq's main Shiite political bloc and supporters of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr signed a fragile cease-fire in Baghdad's Sadr City on Monday, hoping to end seven weeks of fighting that has left hundreds dead. But the U.S. military has alleged that most...

Since the beginning of 2008, the U.S. military reports 14 female suicide bomb attacks in iraq, up from eight such incidents in 2007. Preventing such attacks — which have caused some of the highest numbers of casualties in recent months — is a challenge.