| Coordinated Attacks Strike Baghdad The attack on checkpoints and two car bombs appeared to be against civilians and Iraqi police and army units. feeds.nytimes.com |
Thousands Protest Electricity Shortage in Iraq One person was killed when the police opened fire on the demonstrators, who were throwing rocks at the provincial headquarters in Basra. feeds.nytimes.com |
Baghdad attacks leave 16 dead SIXTEEN people, including nine security force members, were killed and 14 wounded yesterday in a string of attacks in the Iraqi capital's Sunni district of Al-Adhamiyah, the interior ministry said. news.com.au |
Stoning labelled 'barbaric beyond words' THE European Union has condemned the stoning to death sentence passed against an Iranian woman convicted for adultery, saying it was "barbaric beyond words". news.com.au |
Worshippers killed in shrine bombing EIGHT worshippers including two children have been killed in twin bomb blasts at a packed Sufi shrine in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, officials say. news.com.au |