By Dan Murphy, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Mon Apr 24, 4:00 AM ET
BAGHDAD - Four months after Iraq voted, the government's top posts were named by Parliament this weekend. The winners called for an end to sectarian divisions and a commitment to unity that has proved so elusive since Saddam Hussein fell.
By Yigal Schleifer, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Fri Apr 21, 2006
From her small apartment in this ancient city, Rabia Celikmilek has access to the entire world. A satellite dish on the roof of her crumbling brick building streams 452 TV channels, with programs from almost every continent.
By Nelson Hernandez and K.I. Ibrahim
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, April 18, 2006; A16
BAGHDAD, April 17 -- Handwriting experts confirmed that Saddam Hussein signed a document linking him to the killing of 148 people during his rule as Iraqi president, prosecutors said at Hussein's trial on Monday.
Posted on Wed, Apr. 12, 2006
In Interview, Egyptian Leader Also Says Shiites More Loyal to Iran
By SALAH NASRAWI
The Associated Press - Sunday, April 9, 2006; 10:36 PM
CAIRO, Egypt -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak angered Iraqi leaders Sunday by saying Shiites there and across the Middle East are more loyal to Iran than to their own countries as he gave a startlingly frank warning about possible civil war in Iraq.
April 5, 2006
By EDWARD WONG
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 4 -The Iraqi court trying Saddam Hussein announced Tuesday that it had charged him with genocide, saying he sought to annihilate the Kurdish people in 1988, when the military killed at least 50,000 Kurdish civilians and destroyed 2,000 villages.
April 10, 2006
By Yigal Schliefer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Underlying social problems remain in the Kurdish southeast, where protests turned violent last week.
DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY - Relative calm has returned to this city in Turkey's southeast after three days of violent clashes between Kurds and Turkish security forces. But the underlying tensions have not gone anywhere.
Sunday, 9 April 2006 A student who slept with a rifle by her side to take pictures of women fighting Saddam Hussein has won a prestigious photography contest.
April 10, 2006 - By EDWARD WONG
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 9 — Iraqi leaders on Sunday denounced Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, for publicly asserting that Iraq was already engulfed in civil war and that Iraqi Shiites were loyal to Iran.
By MARIAM FAM
The Associated Press - Wednesday, April 5, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein dodged questions from prosecutors cross-examining him for the first time Wednesday over a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. But he acknowledged approving death sentences for 148 Shiites, saying he was convinced they tried to assassinate him.
