Christopher Hill

Google puts Iraq museum online

CEO Eric Schmidt announced that the search engine will feature 14,000 pictures of the museum's artefacts It spread across the web like a wildfire: Google chief Eric Schmidt visited Baghdad today. Yes, just like a statesman. He...

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On the war fronts

On the war fronts Minneapolis Star Tribune An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war opened Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration officials were calling for "regime change" -- Saddam...

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Iraq elections face delay

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq cannot hold a national vote scheduled for January on time, Iraq's election panel said Tuesday, even as a vice president signaled he would again veto an election law in a dispute whose roots lie in Iraq's...

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US warns against Iraq election 'slippage'

By Prashant Rao BAGHDAD, Nov 24, 2009 (AFP) - The US ambassador to Iraq warned on Tuesday against "slippage" in holding the country's general election, which has been threatened with delays due to a stalled electoral law. Vice...

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Northeast home sales soar 25 percent in October

J.W. ELPHINSTONE The Associated Press NEW YORK - Home sales in the Northeast soared in October as first-time buyers clamored to close deals before the expiration of a federal tax credit. The nine-state region registered 85,000...

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3 Iraqis jailed in deadly blast confess their tactics on TV

BAGHDAD - Three jailed suspects in the Oct. 25 bombings that killed more than 150 people in Iraq said they filmed the targeted buildings before the attack and escorted the car bombs in a convoy into Baghdad, according to...

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Knowing the homeless

Michael Wood's home is a makeshift hut nestled between trees in a wooded area along Route 9. There, branches are used as coat racks, ropes tied between trees have become makeshift partitions and clotheslines, and there's a...

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Barack Obama's Chump Diplomacy

Oh, how the international community loves Barack Obama -- loves to stiff him, play him along, and manipulate him. He's the world's celebrity ingenue, the slender naïf perpetually undone by the recalcitrance of foreign leaders.

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Iraqis protest veto of election law

Iraqis protest veto of election law United Press International BASRA, Iraq, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Iraqis in the southern province of Basra demonstrated in front of governmental buildings Friday in protest of a decision to veto the...

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Cheers all round for Obama in Korea

After troublesome stopovers in Japan and China, United States President Barack Obama ended his swing through Asia on a high in South Korea, with US troops jubilant after a rousing speech. The feel-good factor was boosted by a...

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