Rice, Straw in Iraq to break Govt deadlock

Posted: 18:11 AEDT

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw have made a surprise visit to Baghdad today to press Iraqi leaders to form a new government and avert a civil war.
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Posted: 07:50 AEDT

US chopper crashes in Iraq

A US helicopter has crashed south-west of Baghdad during a combat air patrol.

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Iraqi insurgents claim US helicopter downing

Posted: 15:00 AEDT

An Iraqi insurgent group has claimed it downed a US helicopter south of Baghdad, according to an Internet statement.

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Posted: 00:15 AEDT

Iraq Shiites urge PM to quit

Leaders of Iraq's ruling Shiite Alliance bloc have called publicly for the first time for Ibrahim al-Jaafari to step down as Prime Minister to break weeks of deadlock over a national unity government.

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Posted: 12:12 AEDT

Iraqi PM rejects resignation calls

Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari is rejecting mounting calls for him to quit.

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