Bush 'comfortable' with decision to invade Iraq

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 3 week(s) ago

Bush 'comfortable' with decision to invade Iraq

Former US president George W. Bush says he remains "comfortable" with the decision to invade Iraq, even as a new spate of bloody violence hit the country and rocked politics in Baghdad.

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112,000 civilians dead in a decade in Iraq: report

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 2 month(s) ago

112,000 civilians dead in a decade in Iraq: report

At least 112,000 civilians were killed in the 10 years since the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq that ousted Saddam Hussein, a new report published on Sunday said.

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Iraq hopes to plug power gap in 2013: deputy PM

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VietNam News English 14 month(s) ago

Iraq hopes to plug its electricity shortage by the end of next year and will supply private generator operators with fuel this summer to address the shortfall, its top energy official said on Sunday.

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US forces mark end of Iraq mission

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Báo Thanh Niên English 18 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news 4 related news

US forces mark end of Iraq mission

US military personnel in Baghdad lower the US Forces-Iraq colours before they are encased, during a flag-lowering ceremony marking the end of the US mission in Iraq on December 15 nearly nine years after the controversial invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.

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US forces to lower flag in Iraq ahead of pullout

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Báo Dân Trí English 18 month(s) ago

US forces to lower flag in Iraq ahead of pullout

US forces will lower the flag in Iraq on Thursday, in a formal ceremony ahead of their withdrawal from the country nearly nine years after the controversial invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.

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Former Iraqi Foreign Minister to be executed, says official

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VOV News English 18 month(s) ago

A member of Iraq's governing coalition has told CNN he expects Tariq Aziz, Iraq's top diplomat under Saddam Hussein, to be executed next year.

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US hands over former military hub to Iraq

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VOV News English 19 month(s) ago

US hands over former military hub to Iraq

The base that once served as headquarters for the US military in Iraq is now under Iraqi control.

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US troops to be withdrawn from Iraq

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VOV News English 20 month(s) ago 3 related news

US troops to be withdrawn from Iraq

President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to pull all US troops from Iraq this year, symbolically ending the war but dashing US hopes of leaving a few thousand troops to buttress a still shaky Iraq and offset neighbouring Iran's influence.

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Death of Libya’s Gaddafi avoids awkward trial

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Báo Thanh Niên English 20 month(s) ago

Muammar Gaddafi’s apparent death from wounds received during the fall of Sirte means a long and complex trial that could have divided Libya and embarrassed Western governments and oil firms will be avoided.

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America holds solemn ceremonies in memory of Sept 11 dead

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VOV News English 22 month(s) ago

America holds solemn ceremonies in memory of Sept 11 dead

(VOV) - Children yearned for lost parents and grown men and women sobbed in raw grief on the hard stone bearing the names of nearly 3,000 dead as America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

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Iraq's contested football chief resigns

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SaiGon GP English 25 month(s) ago

BAGHDAD, June 13, 2011 (AFP) - The contested president of the Iraqi Football Federation (IFA), Hussein Said, who lives in exile in Jordan, announced his resignation Monday to end a long-standing dispute that has paralysed the body.

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Britain says rebels must plan for post-Gaddafi Libya

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SaiGon GP English 25 month(s) ago

Libya's rebel leaders must plan in detail how they would run the country if Muammar Gaddafi stood down and should learn from Iraq after the 2003 invasion, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Sunday.

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Johnson & Johnson fined for bribing doctors

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Báo Đầu Tư English 27 month(s) ago

Johnson & Johnson fined for bribing doctors

US authorities fined cosmetics and drugs giant Johnson & Johnson $70 million on Friday for bribing doctors in Europe and paying kickbacks for contracts under a UN relief programme in Iraq.

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At least 53 dead as Iraqi forces end gunmen's siege

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 27 month(s) ago 1 related news

At least 53 people were killed on Tuesday when gunmen took hostages at a provincial council headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown, precipitating a battle with security forces who swept in to end the siege.

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Baghdad wants US to pay $1 billion for damage to city

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 29 month(s) ago

Iraq's capital wants the US to apologize and pay $1 billion for the damage done to the city not by bombs but by blast walls and Humvees since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

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