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-- Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a freelance journalist outside his home in Mosul on Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Hilal al-Ahmadi, 57, a freelance journalist for more than 30 years, was gunned down as he headed to work, the group said. His writings focused on...

-- Security forces in northern Iraq found a mass grave containing scores of people killed during the height of sectarian violence last decade, police told CNN on Saturday. At least 153 bodies were discovered in Buhriz, just south of Baquba in Diyala province -- a region north and east of...

-- Amid growing unrest about poor public services and water shortages, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday agreed to cut his salary in half. Protesters around Iraq have said recent popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia inspired their weeklong demonstrations for improvements in...

-- Even as the U.S. military investigates Pfc. Bradley Manning, it's also been looking at its own department. Specifically, what steps may have been missed that led to Manning being accused of one of the largest leaks of classified material in U.S. history. A military official says Army...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/20/oakley.uk.blair.scrutiny.cnn -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived Friday for his second round of testimony before the country's independent Iraq Inquiry. He first testified before the panel in January of last year. The...

Washington -- Iraqi authorities have shared information obtained from captured insurgents who claim al Qaeda is planning suicide attacks in the United States and Europe during the Christmas holiday season, according to a U.S. official. The official said the threat report is being taken...

Christians pray at the Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral in central Baghdad on November 7, a week after 46 fellow worshippers taken hostage in the church by al Qaeda gunmen were massacred. Religiously rooted violence is causing increasing concern. Iraqiya TV has run these photos of these men...

The Pentagon believes WikiLeaks has more material than the group's founder, Julian Assange, has admitted. The whistleblower organization WikiLeaks indicated Monday that it is preparing to release a new batch of previously classified U.S. military documents. "Next release is 7x the size of the...

Baghdad, Iraq -- Gunmen shot and killed a young Iraqi journalist in front of his family Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, an official at the Interior Ministry said. Mazin al-Baghdadi worked as a reporter and anchor for al-Mousiliyya TV. Gunmen in civilian clothing showed up at his home...

Ex-Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says he won't accept a government role. "I will not be a part of this theater," he says Baghdad, Iraq -- Two days after Sunni-backed politicians walked out of parliament, politicians and diplomats reported progress Saturday in the delicate process of...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/10/23/sot.wiki.presser.assange.cnn London, England -- Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged the Iraqi and U.S. governments to launch investigations into reports of torture and detainee abuse after the WikiLeaks website published thousands of classified...

Baghdad, Iraq -- Iraqi security forces said Saturday that the arrest of at least 15 suspected terrorists have added to a string of successes against such operations that lead attacks in the country. Forces arrested members of terrorist cells in Ahdamiya and Mosul, said Mohammed al-Askari, a...

Washington -- Removing Saddam Hussein from power was the right move, but the United States made mistakes in the aftermath, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told CNN on Friday. In an interview to be broadcast Monday on CNN International's "Connect the World" program, Rice acknowledged...

Vet in Hawaii slayings had PTSD signs HONOLULU, Court records indicate a former Hawaii National Guardsman involved in an apparent murder-suicide was wrestling with post-traumatic stress syndrome. Clayborne Conley appeared to develop psychiatric problems after his return from a 2005 deployment...

General: Iraq ready to take over security WASHINGTON, Iraqi forces are ready to take over security operations as the U.S. military prepares to end its combat mission, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said. Gen. Ray Odierno's comments on ABC's "This Week" came just weeks before the...

Iraq violence kills 8, wounds 15 BAGHDAD, (UPI) -- Multiple attacks in Iraq Tuesday killed eight people and wounded 15 others, officials confirm. Interior Ministry officials said an Iraqi army brigadier general in the northwestern Baghdad neighborhood of Kadhumiya was killed when a bomb...

Iran wants to supply power to Iraq SANANDAJ, Iran, (UPI) -- Iran has the potential to supply the Kurdish electricity market with as much as 1,000 megawatts of power, Iranian executives said. Mohommad Mostafa Najafian, the managing director of the utility company in Iran's Kurdistan province...

Iranians put pressure on Iran again BAGHDAD, (UPI) -- Iranian troops are reported to have crossed into Iraqi Kurdistan and built a fortified base, one of several recent military incursions as Iraq struggles to form a government amid efforts by Tehran to ensure that a pro-Iranian Shiite alliance...

Petraeus praises U.K. Iraq contribution London, (UPI) -- U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus praised the United Kingdom's role in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Iraq, observers said. Speaking in London Wednesday, the commander of U.S. Central Command emphasized the...

BAGHDAD – A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a soldier has been detained, the U.S. military said. The contractor, whose name was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was shot at 8:30 a.m. at Camp Speicher...