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World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: Iraqi Vice President Will Not Be Sent Back
Tariq al-Hashimi, the Sunni vice president of Iraq, will not be sent back to face a death sentence, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said Tuesday.


Death penalties for 3 Saudis revoked in Iraq
(MENAFN - Arab News) The death penalties of three Saudis in Iraq have been revoked while three others are still on death row in various prisons in Iraq, an informed sources said. The prisoners ...


Japan beats Iraq 1-0, nears 2014 World Cup berth
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) -Japan took a significant stride toward a place at the 2014 World Cup by beating Iraq 1-0 on Tuesday, extending its commanding lead in Group B of Asian qualifying.


Fight club reawakens and channels veterans' warrior spirit
In a sweaty, loud San Diego gym, veterans train in mixed martial arts, fighting each other and the demons they brought home from Iraq and Afghanistan.SAN DIEGO — Todd Vance — Iraq combat veteran, bar bouncer, and social-work major at a local university — is lecturing two dozen of his fellow veterans on the techniques and joys of the chokehold.


Obama Nominates Robert Stephen Beecroft as Iraq Envoy
President Obama said he would nominate Robert Stephen Beecroft, a career diplomat, as the next ambassador to Iraq after his first choice, Brett H. McGurk, was forced to withdraw.


Fugitive Iraqi VP denounces death sentence
Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi on Monday denounced a death sentence against him as politically motivated and issued by a "kangaroo court."


Top Iraqi Leader Call His Death Sentence ‘Unjust’
The vice president of Iraq, Tariq al-Hashimi, a prominent Sunni Muslim, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death on Sunday in a trial conducted in absentia.


British Police Evacuate Area Around Home of Alps Murder Victims
The British police on Monday evacuated an area around the home of a British-Iraqi family targeted in last week’s killing in the French Alps.


Is stability the price Iraq will pay for sentencing Sunni VP to death?
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Death sentence for VP Tareq Al-Hashemi compounds Iraq chaos
(MENAFN - Arab News) In a move that has heightened communal and political tensions in Iraq, the fugitive Vice President Tareq Al-Hashemi, has been convicted of murder yesterday and sentenced to ...