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US military: 2 soldiers die in Iraq in accident (AP)

Memorial stones, one with the words 'I love you,' sit atop the headstone of Marine Corp Sgt. James McIlvaine in Arlington, Va. Tuesday, March 9, 2010.  He died from wounds sustained during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 30, 2009.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in Iraq.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,382 (AP)
AP - As of Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at least 4,382 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims (AP)

A file photo of Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he listens to questions during his visit to Langside college in Glasgow, Scotland November 6, 2009. REUTERS/David Moir/FilesAP - Britain opened an inquiry Tuesday into claims that its soldiers murdered and abused civilians in southern Iraq in 2004, some of the most serious allegations made against British forces over the war and occupation of the country.


Initial results delayed, Iraq still counts ballots (AP)

Electoral workers carry ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Iraqis are awaiting initial election results for Baghdad, a key location accounting for almost a fifth of the country's ballots and other provinces. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's election commission says ballots are still being counted in the historic parliamentary elections and backed off from an expected announcement of partial results.


Baghdad holds key as Iraq awaits initial vote results (AFP)

Iraqi workers at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad count votes. Iraq awaited initial results from polls touted as a test of its young democracy, with Baghdad holding the key as the prime minister's list and its top secular rival jockeyed for pole position.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq awaited initial results Tuesday from polls touted as a test of its young democracy, with Baghdad holding the key as the prime minister's list and its top secular rival jockeyed for pole position.


First Iraq election results to be released Wednesday (Reuters)

Iraqi workers at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad count votes. Iraq awaited initial results from polls touted as a test of its young democracy, with Baghdad holding the key as the prime minister's list and its top secular rival jockeyed for pole position.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - Preliminary results from Iraq's parliamentary election will be released on Wednesday, an electoral commission official said on Tuesday.


Real Hurt Lockers in Iraq: Life is no movie (AP)

FILE - In this March 1, 2010 file photo, Tech Sgt. Jeremy Phillips waits for his team members to prepare a detonation outside of Forward Operating Base Garry Owen on Monday in Maysan Province, Iraq.  (AP Photo/Matt Ford) U.S. military's explosive experts are basking in their job's newfound fame after the Iraq war drama 'The Hurt Locker' took home the best picture prize at Sunday's Academy Awards in Hollywood. (AP Photo/Matt Ford)AP - American bomb disposal experts in Iraq say few people understood what they did.


After Iraq election, fragile democracy faces the real test (The Christian Science Monitor)

Electoral workers sit amongst piles of ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Iraqis are awaiting initial election results for Baghdad a key location accounting for almost a fifth of the country's ballots and other provinces. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)The Christian Science Monitor - The Iraq election has shored up the countryâ??s fragile democracy, but the months ahead are fraught with potential dangers far more worrying than the bombs that echoed through Baghdad as voters went to the polls over the weekend.


In Iraq, the Methboub family waits â?? and copes (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Expectations of good news have rarely been higher in the poor Iraqi household of Karima Selman Methboub, whose son Ali is due in coming weeks to be released from prison after more than 1-1/2 years.

Top court to decide on anti-gay protests at military funerals (Reuters)
Reuters - The Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether constitutional free-speech rights protected anti-gay protests by members of a Kansas church at funerals for U.S. military members killed in Iraq.

Years before US can judge Iraq success: general (AFP)

General Ray Odierno speaks to the press in Baghdad in 2009. The top US general in Iraq has said it could be years before the United States can gauge whether its long military campaign there had achieved any measure of success.(AFP/File/Arthur Macmillan)AFP - The top US general in Iraq said Monday it could be years before the United States can gauge whether its long military campaign there had achieved any measure of success.


Iraq election turnout down, likely months before new government (The Christian Science Monitor)

An Iraqi man casts his vote for the parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgents attacks, Iraqis went to the polls on foot Sunday in an election testing the ability of the country's still-fragile democracy to move forward at a time of uncertainty over a looming U.S. troop drawdown and still jagged sectarian divisions. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi election workers began tallying votes from 47,000 polling stations across the country Monday, a day after the country pulled off a landmark vote despite dozens of scattered explosions that went off in Baghdad and in other parts of the country.


Britain won respect in Middle East over Iraq: Miliband (AFP)

The government's decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 earned it respect in the Middle East and it must not be scared of similar action in the future, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, pictured on March 5, said Monday.(AFP/File/Francisco Leong)AFP - Britain's decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 earned it respect in the Middle East and it must not be scared of similar action in the future, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday.


Odierno says US troop withdrawal plan on schedule (AP)

A US soldier patrols the area near the Independent High Electoral Commission headquarters in Baghdad. President Barack Obama, who has promised to withdraw all US troops from Iraq by the end of next year, paid tribute to AP - The top U.S. general in Iraq says the Iraqi military performed superbly on Sunday's mostly peaceful election day and that President Barack Obama's plan to remove American combat troops from that country by Sept. 1 is proceeding on schedule.


After Iraq's Elections, Who Will Lead the Country? (Time.com)
Time.com - The election is over. But the counting -- and the dealing -- could go on for a while

'The Hurt Locker' rules on historic Oscars night (AFP)

Film-maker Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman ever to win the Oscar for best director. Iraq war drama AFP - Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" blew away box office king "Avatar" to take six Oscars, with Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman to win the best director award on a historic Hollywood night.


Obama calls Iraq vote an 'important milestone' (AP)

President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden at his side, makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington about the elections in Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010.  'I have great respect for the millions of Iraqis who refused to be deterred by acts of violence, and who exercised their right to vote today,' Obama said. 'Their participation demonstrates that the Iraqi people have chosen to shape their future through the political process. ' (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama praised the Iraqi people for passing "an important milestone" Sunday, when millions turned out for national elections despite insurgent attacks that killed more than 30 people.


Obama keeps U.S. troop withdrawal plan after Iraq poll (Reuters)

President Barack Obama, backed by Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks to reporters on the parliamentary election in Iraq, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, March 7, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - President Barack Obama called Iraq's election an "important milestone" on Sunday despite deadly violence, praising Iraqi security forces and repeating his end-2011 goal for removing all U.S. troops from the country.


US defense chief hails Iraqi voter turnout, security forces (AFP)

Iraqi women line up to vote in their country's general elections in Baghdad's Sadr City. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates hailed Iraqi voter turnout and the performance of Baghdad's security forces in Sunday's elections.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates hailed Iraqi voter turnout and the performance of Baghdad's security forces in Sunday's elections.


Iraq election: Purple fingers, but hard work ahead (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Throughout Iraq, fear gave way to defiance Sunday as voters, even in the most volatile areas, cast ballots in landmark parliamentary elections that militants tried their best to disrupt with dozens of explosions that shook Baghdad even before the polls opened.

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