Baghdad - People heading to work in Baghdad on Wednesday morning knew that this day was different than any other; it was the morning after the first black president, Barack Obama, was elected.
While parents were dropping their kids off at school or rushing to work, a feeling of optimism spread on the street. Iraqis, who blame President George Bush for the chaos in their country since the fall of Saddam Hussein, were anticipating how a black Democrat president will "fix things in Iraq".
Baghdad - A series of seven deadly bomb attacks Tuesday left 13 dead and more than 40 injured across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
The deadliest of these attacks took place in the city's al-Mashatl neighbourhood in south-eastern Baghdad when a roadside bomb went off at a parking lot, killing seven and leaving 20 injured, a police source told Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency.
The source added that several parked vehicles were damaged in the blast.
Baghdad - A continuing wave of violence claimed 11 Iraqi lives and injured another 20 on Sunday and Monday, including an official from Iraq's oil ministry.
Saheb Salman Qotb, an undersecretary at the Iraqi Oil Ministry, was injured in a blast Monday in front of house in northern Baghdad, police sources said. One of his security guards was also injured in the attack, the source told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency.
Baghdad - Iraq's parliament approved a measure Monday that regulates the makeup of provincial councils, spurring complaints from Christian groups, which say the new system leaves them underrepresented.
Lawmaker Mohammed al-Khazaali said that would mean one guaranteed Christian seat on the Basra council, one seat each for Christians and Mandaean Sabians on the Baghdad council and one seat apiece for Christians, Yazidis and Shabaks on the Nineveh council.
Baghdad - An Iraqi oil ministry under-secretary, Saheb Salman Qotb, was injured on Monday in a blast in front of house in northern Baghdad, police sources said.
One of his security guards was also injured in the attack, the source told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency.
Separately, six people were killed and more than 20 were injured including 10 policemen, in two consecutive bomb attacks in the downtown al-Hurriyat Square in Baghdad, VOI reported.
Baghdad - People heading to work in Baghdad on Wednesday morning knew that this day was different than any other; it was the morning after the first black president, Barack Obama, was elected.
Baghdad - A series of seven deadly bomb attacks Tuesday left 13 dead and more than 40 injured across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
Baghdad - A continuing wave of violence claimed 11 Iraqi lives and injured another 20 on Sunday and Monday, including an official from Iraq's oil ministry.
Baghdad - Iraq's parliament approved a measure Monday that regulates the makeup of provincial councils, spurring complaints from Christian groups, which say the new system leaves them underrepresented.
Baghdad - An Iraqi oil ministry under-secretary, Saheb Salman Qotb, was injured on Monday in a blast in front of house in northern Baghdad, police sources said.
