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Some Headlines Of Today
Wednesday May 21, 2008
Syria seizes more smuggled Iraqi artifacts 5/21/2008, 1:56 p.m. PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian customs officials seized 40 artifacts stolen from the National Museum in Iraq as they were being smuggled across the border into Syria, state media reported Wednesday. |
US: Mosul attacks down 85 percent 5/21/2008, 1:34 p.m. PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The number of daily attacks in Mosul has dropped at least 85 percent since U.S.-Iraqi forces began an offensive against Sunni insurgents in the city earlier this month, the top U.S. commander in northern Iraq said Wednesday. |
Sadr City calm after Iraqi troop move 5/21/2008, 1:31 p.m. PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — With not a Shiite fighter in sight, shoppers crowded through markets and cars packed the streets in Baghdad's Sadr City on Wednesday — a positive early sign for Iraqi forces in their bid to impose control following a truce with the militia in its stronghold. |
Iraq criticized after disbanding Olympic committee 5/21/2008, 1:13 p.m.
PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government ordered the disbanding of the country's national Olympic committee because of questions over its legitimacy, drawing a harsh rebuke Wednesday from the international umbrella organization. |
Iraqi court resumes trial of Tariq Aziz 5/21/2008, 6:52 a.m. PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Tariq Aziz, one of Saddam Hussein's best-known lieutenants, asked an Iraqi court on Wednesday to help annul an arrest warrant against his lawyer so that he can defend him in his trial on charges of crimes against humanity. |
Police say at least 11 killed by gunfire in Baghdad 5/21/2008, 4:50
a.m. PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 11 people were killed Wednesday when gunfire broke out after a roadside bombing in a Shiite militia stronghold in eastern Baghdad near Sadr City, scene of a major military clampdown, Iraqi police said. |
The Above Headlines were gathered from various news sites. |
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