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A man untangles electric cables that feed an ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man untangles electric cables that feed an apartment complex from a private generator in a neighbourhood in Baghdad in August. Iraq's capital throbs to the hum of thousands of polluting generators, but now the authorities in Baghdad want to regulate the private power network that has developed amid the ruins of the public grid. Photo:Ali al-Saadi/AFP

File photo shows a power station compound in ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a power station compound in Iskandariyah, south of Iraq's capital Baghdad. Iraq's capital throbs to the hum of thousands of polluting generators, but now the authorities in Baghdad want to regulate the private power network that has developed amid the ruins of the public grid. Photo:Mauricio Lima/AFP

A tangle of wires feeds apartments with power ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - A tangle of wires feeds apartments with power from private generators in Baghdad in August. Iraq's capital throbs to the hum of thousands of polluting generators, but now the authorities in Baghdad want to regulate the private power network that has developed amid the ruins of the public grid. Photo:Ali al-Saadi/AFP

A woman sits next to the graves of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman sits next to the graves of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) unknown martyrs at a mosque in Tehran as she breaks her fast on the fifth day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN)

Barack Obama speaks at the Schott Glass manufacturing ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Barack Obama speaks at the Schott Glass manufacturing plant in Duryea, Pennsylvania. The US presidential race was shaping up as a battle over whether a strong character trumps solid policies as John McCain attacked his Democratic rival as too weak and Obama worked to refocus voters on the issues. Photo:Saul Loeb/AFP

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin at a campaign event in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Photo:Robyn Beck/AFP

Iraq Paralympic team's flag-bearer Faris Al-Ajeeli waves the ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iraq Paralympic team's flag-bearer Faris Al-Ajeeli waves the Iraqi national flag during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games at the National Stadium September 6, 2008. The stadium is also known as the Bird's Nest. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)

Staffan de Mistura, United Nations representative in Iraq, waves ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Staffan de Mistura, United Nations representative in Iraq, waves to reporters after meeting Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, September 6, 2008. De Mistura held a rare meeting with the country's most senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric on Saturday and warned that delays to provincial polls may undermine local authorities. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ)

Staffan de Mistura, United Nations representative in Iraq, talks ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Staffan de Mistura, United Nations representative in Iraq, talks to reporters after meeting Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, September 6, 2008. De Mistura held a rare meeting with the country's most senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric on Saturday and warned that delays to provincial polls may undermine local authorities. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ)

Staffan de Mistura (2nd L), United Nations representative in ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Staffan de Mistura (2nd L), United Nations representative in Iraq, is surrounded by bodyguards after a meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, September 6, 2008. De Mistura held a rare meeting with the country's most senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric on Saturday and warned that delays to provincial polls may undermine local authorities. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ)

A U.S. flag flutters behind an Iraqi soldier during a ceremony ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A U.S. flag flutters behind an Iraqi soldier during a ceremony for the U.S. army to handover security control of Radwaniya district to the Iraqi army's 17th Division in the outskirts of Baghdad September 6, 2008.REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

Dozens of suspected militants are detained by ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Dozens of suspected militants are detained by Iraqi police in the northeastern town of Baquba on September 5. At least nine people were killed in three attacks in Iraq, including a car bomb in Al-Wehda that claimed six lives and wounded 50. Photo:null/AFP

U.S. soldiers of 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division salute ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. soldiers of 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division salute during a ceremony to handover the security control of Radwaniya district to the Iraqi army's 17th Division in the outskirts of Baghdad September 6, 2008.REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

U.S. soldiers of 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division roll ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. soldiers of 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division roll their national flag during a ceremony to handover the security control of Radwaniya district to the Iraqi army's 17th Division in the outskirts of Baghdad September 6, 2008.REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura speaks to reporters ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - UN envoy Staffan de Mistura speaks to reporters after meeting Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani -- Iraq's most respected Shiite cleric -- in the holy city of Najaf. Mistura urgued politicians to get moving on a key provincial election law that remains bogged down in controversy over the administration of the oil-rich province of Kirkuk. Photo:Qassem Zein/AFP

A boy looks at Iraqi police entering a house during a raid in ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A boy looks at Iraqi police entering a house during a raid in Baghdad's Doura district September 6, 2008. One suspected insurgent was arrested by Iraqi police and 150 weapons were recovered during continued raids and weapons search operations in southern Baghdad on Friday afternoon, police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)

US Major General John Kelly (left) and Anbar ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Major General John Kelly (left) and Anbar province governor Mamoon Sami Rashid sign documents during a handover ceremony in the provincial capital of Ramadi on September 1. Iraqi forces took over control of the Sunni Anbar province from the US military on September 1. Photo:Wathiq Khuzaie/AFP

Iraq's national security adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubaie ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iraq's national security adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubaie gestures before the start of a handover ceremony for the Sunni Anbar province on September 1. Sunni Arab fighters battling Al-Qaeda in Iraq say their future is bleak as the Shiite government prepares to take over responsibility for them from the Americans and they also face jihadist fury. Photo:Wathiq Khuzaie/AFP

Iraqi security forces carry their national flags ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iraqi security forces carry their national flags during a handover ceremony in Anbar province on September 1. Photo:Wathiq Khuzaie/AFP

A member of the 'Sons of Iraq' group requests ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - A member of the 'Sons of Iraq' group requests documents from a driver at a checkpoint in the Faduat Arab neighbourhood in Baghdad. Photo:Ali al-Saadi/AFP

An Iraqi soldier looks out from a guard tower near the wreckage ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Iraqi soldier looks out from a guard tower near the wreckage of a destroyed vehicle on a road after a bomb attack in Mansour district in western Baghdad September 5, 2008. A suicide car bomber targeting the convoy of influential Shi'ite politician Ahmed Chalabi Killed two people and wounded 17 others on Friday night, police said REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)

An Iraqi soldier stands guard near the wreckage of destroyed ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Iraqi soldier stands guard near the wreckage of destroyed vehicles on a road after a bomb attack in Mansour district in western Baghdad September 5, 2008. A suicide car bomber targeting the convoy of influential Shi'ite politician Ahmed Chalabi killed two people and wounded 17 others on Friday night, police said. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)

Children observe a US soldier in Baghdad. A US ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - Children observe a US soldier in Baghdad. A US victory in Iraq is 'within sight,' Republican vice presidential contender Sarah Palin said Photo:Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP

REFILE - CORRECTING CITY A demonstrator chants slogans during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING CITY A demonstrator chants slogans during a protest in Kufa September 5, 2008. Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites protested against the U.S. presence in Iraq, heeding orders from anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr for a peaceful show of force on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ)

Iraqi children talk to a US soldier in Baghdad ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iraqi children talk to a US soldier in Baghdad in late August 2008. The United States would make only modest cuts in US force levels in Iraq early next year under a plan presented to President George W. Bush that calls for a shift in forces to Afghanistan, US defense officials said Friday. Photo:Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP

Iraqi children watch a US soldier as he uses ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iraqi children watch a US soldier as he uses an explosive detector during a joint patrol with the Iraqi army in the southern Baghdad neighbourhood of Abu Dashr on September 4, 2008. The United States would make only modest cuts in US force levels in Iraq early next year under a plan presented to President George W. Bush that calls for a shift in forces to Afghanistan, US defense officials said. Photo:Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP

A demonstrator chants slogans during a protest in Najaf September ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A demonstrator chants slogans during a protest in Najaf September 5, 2008. Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites protested against the U.S. presence in Iraq, heeding orders from anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr for a peaceful show of force on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish (IRAQ)

Iraqi Shiite Muslims wave their national flag ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:49:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iraqi Shiite Muslims wave their national flag during a protest on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad's impoverished Sadr City. Seven minutes of 'No to America' and then they left, ducking for shade. That was the extent of the protest by fewer than 200 Shiite radicals after Friday prayers in Baghdad's anti-US enclave of Sadr City. Photo:Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP

Demonstrators burn a red, white and blue flag during a protest ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Demonstrators burn a red, white and blue flag during a protest in Baghdad's Sadr City September 5, 2008. Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites protested the U.S. presence on the first Friday of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, heeding orders from anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr for a peaceful show of force. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)

An Iraqi soldier stands guard near blindfolded suspected insurgents ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Iraqi soldier stands guard near blindfolded suspected insurgents after their arrest by Iraqi forces during a raid in central of Baquba September 5, 2008. About 65 suspected insurgents were arrested by Iraqi security forces during a military operation backed by the U.S. forces in central of Baquba on Friday, police said. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)

Iraqi policemen escort a suspected insurgent after his arrest ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iraqi policemen escort a suspected insurgent after his arrest during a raid in central Baquba September 5, 2008. About 65 suspected insurgents were arrested by Iraqi security forces during a military operation backed by the U.S. forces in central of Baquba on Friday, police said. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)

US soldiers on patrol south of Baquba in July ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - US soldiers on patrol south of Baquba in July 2008. US President George W. Bush is likely to announce a decision on US troops levels in Iraq next week, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino has said. Photo:Ali Yussef/AFP

The United States spied on Iraqi Prime Minister ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - The United States spied on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his government even as President George W. Bush vowed a strong relationship with the Iraqi leader, according to a new book reported Friday by the Washington Post. Photo:/AFP

Residents attend Friday prayers at Shi'ite's Imam Hussein shrine ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Residents attend Friday prayers at Shi'ite's Imam Hussein shrine in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ)

Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest in Baghdad's Sadr ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest in Baghdad's Sadr City September 5, 2008. Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites protested the U.S. presence on the first Friday of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, heeding orders from anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)

Vendors cut ice blocks for sale to residents in Baghdad's Sadr ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Vendors cut ice blocks for sale to residents in Baghdad's Sadr City September 4, 2008. Picture taken September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)

Worshippers attend Friday prayers at the Imam Mussa Kadhim shrine ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Worshippers attend Friday prayers at the Imam Mussa Kadhim shrine in Baghdad September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)

A worshipper attends Friday prayers at the Imam Mussa Kadhim ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worshipper attends Friday prayers at the Imam Mussa Kadhim shrine in Baghdad September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)

A vendor sells ice blocks to residents in Baghdad's Sadr City ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A vendor sells ice blocks to residents in Baghdad's Sadr City September 4, 2008. Picture taken September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)

Residents buy ice blocks in Baghdad's Sadr City September 4, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Residents buy ice blocks in Baghdad's Sadr City September 4, 2008. Picture taken September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)