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Kurdish journalist slain in northern Iraq
Gunmen killed a Kurdish journalist near the northern city of Kirkuk, a police official said Tuesday.  Pack your bags for Baghdad? Iraq looks to tourismSomeone had fun tinkering with the airline board at the old, disused terminal at Baghdad International Airport. It advertises a "special flight" on Japan Airlines from Basra to Sydney, Australia, while a flight from Baghdad to Mexico City is "delayed."  Iraqi prime minister seeks German investmentIraq's prime minister said Tuesday that improved security means his country is now ready to welcome foreign firms, using a trip to Germany to encourage investment from Europe's biggest economy.
War and peace and the Democrats: The triumph of politics over national interest
There was a time when Democrats spoke plainly and consistently about matters of war and peace. During the first half of the Cold War, their position was clear -- they would “bear any burden” (John Kennedy’s words) to prosecute it. During the second half of the Cold War, chastened by Vietnam, their position was equally clear -- no more Vietnams.
Iraq opens airport in holy city of Najaf
Iraq opened a new airport in the southern city of Najaf on Sunday in what the prime minister said was a key step in the reconstruction of a country devastated by war.  Analysis: Security transfer stalled in Iraq regionIraq's government hopes to bring the entire country under its security control by year's end. But one critical area stands in the way: the western province of Anbar, where the Sunni insurgency was born and later received its first blows from a civil uprising.
Usha Nellore : Clouded mind or patriotism?
So much talk about patriotism lately. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, battered by some in the media for not wearing an American flag lapel pin, stoutly defends his own brand of patriotism, stripped of fussy symbols. His Republican rival, John McCain, described patriotism as “a love and a duty expressed in good citizenship.”
FBI: No credible terrorist threat ahead of DNC
Jim Davis, Denver's FBI special agent in charge, is no stranger to heavy involvement behind the scenes.  Paring down high unemployment is Iraq's next taskThey fan out across Baghdad in summer's scorching heat - men in blue overalls picking up trash, mowing the sparse grass in parks, and standing on ladders to paint highway underpasses and prune palm trees.
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