Today is Saturday, May 20, the 140th day of 2006 with 225 to follow.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Iraq's oil exports in December were the lowest since the U.S. invasion in March 2003.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi has been put in charge of Iraq's oil ministry for at least a month.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- One-time U.S.-favored Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi is unlikely to win enough votes to join the new Iraqi Assembly, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. With 95 percent of a preliminary tally from the Dec. 15 vote completed, Chalabi remained almost 8,00

CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government says it will buy no more Australian wheat until it is reimbursed for kickbacks paid to Saddam Hussein under the oil-for-food program.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government said it was implementing a series of new security measures to curb terror attacks which claimed the lives of 150 people Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A top aide for Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi was killed Thursday when gunmen stormed his Baghdad house and shot him in front of his family.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Iraqi National Congress accused ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's followers of the failed attempt to kill Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi.

BAGHDAD, July 27 (UPI) -- Iraq's highest Shiite religious authority Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged all Iraqi factions to participate in drafting Iraq's new constitution.