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AP - iraq's oil production and exports have risen to their highest levels since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the Oil Ministry said Monday.

AP - President Bush on Monday presented the nation's highest military award to a 19-year-old soldier who died saving the lives of four comrades in iraq by jumping on a grenade tossed into their military vehicle. The honored soldier, Army Pfc. Ross McGinnis, 'gave all for his country,' the president said somberly.

Nine people are killed in a suicide car bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police say.

Every time Iraqi psychiatrist Shaalan Jauda receives a threatening text message on his mobile phone, he gets another glimpse of the terror ravaging his patients' minds.

Iraqis who say they have seen dead bodies floating in rivers have good reason not to believe official figures of the war's death toll.

Nouri al-Maliki says Iraqi government has earmarked funds as part of effort to make country more attractive to citizens who sought asylum in Europe, elsewhere

France, a strident critic of war in iraq, was one of first countries to re-establish its diplomatic mission in Baghdad in 2003

SEATTLE, Jun 2 (IPS) - Dozens of veterans from the U.S. occupation of iraq converged in this west coast city over the weekend to share stories of atrocities being committed daily in iraq, in a continuation of the "Winter Soldier" hearings held in Silver Spring, Maryland in March.

Provincial elections are expected to take place this fall in iraq, and nowhere is more contested than Basra. The oil port city is considered a major prize by many political parties. The recent Iraqi Army offensive in Basra, which was ordered by the government, has had political ramifications. Rival parties like the Sadrists accuse the Iraqi prime minister of using the fight in Basra for political gain.

Military says 19 servicemen were killed last month, lowest number since US-led invasion of 2003