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Red Cross: Iraq's humanitarian situation most critical
Some families spend a third of their average monthly wage of $150 just buying clean water, the report said. Healthcare in Iraq was "now in worse shape than ever".
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

2.7 million Iraqis displaced living difficult conditions
More than 75 percent had no access to government food rations and nearly 20 percent lacked supplies of clean water, she said adding that some 33 percent could not get the medicine they needed while only 20 percent had had any help from humanitarian agencies.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

Iraqi crisis fuels rise in asylum-seekers in industrialized world – UN report
"For the second year running, Iraqis topped the list of asylum-seekers in the world's industrialized countries," according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/18/2008

Pope appeals for peace in Iraq
Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday denounced the US-led 5-year Iraqi war appealing for peace in the country. "Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq," Benedict said to applause at the end of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.
Iraq-Vatican, Politics, 3/18/2008

Cheney in Iraq, Kurds assure they are part of a new Iraq
Barzani said "We understand very well the importance of this visit. Indeed, I would like to reiterate our commitment that we will continue to play a positive role in order to build a new Iraq -- an Iraq with a foundation of a great federal, democratic, pluralistic, free Iraq."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

US on Iraqi political groups walk out
US Department Of State Deputy Spokesman Tom Casey was asked today about the number of Iraqi political groups pulled out of the talks that were being held today, more than a year after President George W. Bush announced the surge as a way to try to provide breathing space for the Iraqi political system to achieve reconciliation.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

Victims of Halabja chemical attacks honored
Thousands of Kurdish people gathered in the town of Halabja, northern Iraq, on Sunday to mark a grim anniversary where 20 years ago when reportedly clouds of poison gas swept through the town, killing as many as 5,000 people.
Iraq, Politics, 3/18/2008

Mottaki: Iran not insisting on talk with the US on Iraq
The American side should explain why it was absent at the latest meeting in Baghdad, he argued.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

Iraq bombing kills 52
The bomb exploded near the shrine of Imam Hussein (AS), a pilgrimage center for Shiite Muslims.
Iraq, Military, 3/18/2008


News from around the web:

Iraqi FM Against Quick US Troop Pullout - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/18/AR2008031801257.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

Cheney Promotes New US-Iraq Agreement - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/18/AR2008031800170.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

Five Years In: Iraq’s Insurgency Runs on Stolen Oil Profits - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/world/middleeast/16insurgent.html?ref=middleeast)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

Top U.S. Officer in Mideast Resigns - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031101805.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

Petraeus: Iraqi Leaders Not Making 'Sufficient Progress' - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303793.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

Iraq Attacks Lower, but Steady, New Figures Show - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/world/middleeast/12iraq.html?ref=middleeast)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

Iraqi feel-good stories prove elusive - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-goodnews16mar16,1,5532952.story)
Iraq, Politics, 3/18/2008

Suicide vest now weapon of choice for Qaeda in Iraq: US - Yahoo! News
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080316/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestusqaeda_080316202113;_ylt=ApUGFVG6T..YMm1dHeVTjhGaOrgF)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2008

Villagers in Iraq fend off new menace - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-wolves17mar17,1,5530625.story)
Iraq, Local, 3/18/2008

Iraq's National Museum Will Stay Closed - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/18/AR2008031802258.html)
Iraq, Culture, 3/18/2008


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