Nuri al-Maliki
Iraqi presidency endorses controversial provincial law
Submitted by Ljubomira Kalcheva on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 11:50.
Iraq's Presidential Council on Tuesday unanimously endorsed a long-delayed provincial councils' election law, state- controlled media reported.
More than 10,000 Iraqi Christians protest in Iraq's Dahuk
Submitted by Ljubomira Kalcheva on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 19:16.
More than 10,000 Iraqi Christians demonstrated Thursday in the northern Dahuk province, demanding self-rule in their area and restoration of a clause in the new elections law that would guara
Iraqi Premier al-Maliki orders probe of journalist killings
Submitted by William Kaelin on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 12:18.Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered an investigation Sunday into the killing of four journalists, according to a cabinet statement.
Those who committed this crime must be brought to justice to receive the just punishment they deserve, the statement said.
The journalists worked for Iraqi TV station al-Sharqia.
The German car market is facing its worse downturn, the nation's auto industry association warned Wednesday as the deepening sense of economic gloom in the country leads to a shakeout in the industry and the prospects of big job cuts.
A comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple trying to avoid their families at Christmas debuted in first place over the weekend at North American box offices, according to preliminary studio estimates issued Sunday.