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AP - The British military acknowledged Friday that one of its planes carrying more than 60 people in iraq was damaged by insurgent fire ? more than a year after it said there was no immediate indication of hostile action.

Despite U.S. pressure over the past month, Iraqi Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki has yet to provide significant financial support for the nearly 2 million Iraqi refugees in Syria and Lebanon, according to administration and congressional sources, even as the United Nations has told donors that it may...

BAGHDAD, May 16 -- Iraqi officials on Friday gave insurgents in the northern city of Mosul a 10-day amnesty period to turn in weapons for cash payouts, the government's latest effort to regain control of the largest insurgent stronghold in iraq.

WATERTOWN, S.D., May 16 -- Sen. Barack Obama pushed back Friday against President Bush's implicit criticism of his approach to foreign policy, condemning his administration for not capturing Osama bin Laden and blaming its iraq war policy for strengthening and emboldening Iran.

Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond stood facing the angry crowd. Using the Quran for target practice was a criminal act, he said, and the U.S. soldier who admitted to the desecration had been relieved of duty. 'I am a man of honor. You have my word, this will never happen again,' the general said. But would the apology be enough to appease the fury in Radhwaniya?

AP - nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al-Qaida in iraq's sway in iraq's third largest city, Mosul, but many of the fighters have fled to nearby areas, where troops are hunting for them, Iraqi officials said Saturday.

A group of French and Italian lawyers will not be able to defend iraq's former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, whose trial resumes on Tuesday, because they still have no visas from Iraqi authorities, the accused's son, Ziad Aziz, told AFP in Amman.

Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaida in northern iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday.

AP - In the eyes of Iraqi justice, Yahya Ali Humadi is a free man.

Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday.