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SHIITE PILGRAMS IN KERBALA

A shiite Muslim Piligrims cries in front of Imam Hussein's shrine in City of Kerbala, Iraq during a religous ceremony on February 29, 2004. Its first time that Shiite Musilms are allowed to have religous festivals because it was forbiden during Saddam Hussein's Government. (UPI Photo/Ali Khaligh)

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Iraq Press Roundup

The U.S. elections are a top feature in many Iraqi newspapers. The American public paid little attention to Barack Obama naming Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate, they say.

Mayor turns over Iraqi cigar box to police

LONDON, June 24 (UPI) -- London Mayor Boris Johnson Tuesday labeled as "ludicrous" an investigation into how he acquired a cigar box from Iraq during Saddam Hussein's regime.

3 drug firms allegedly paid Iraq bribes

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- British fraud investigators have requested data from three big drug companies that allegedly paid bribes for Iraqi contracts during Saddam Hussein's reign.

Iraqi PM seeks handover of ex-Saddam aides

BAGHDAD, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Iraq's prime minister is seeking custody of three men sentenced to death for their involvement in the genocide of the Kurds during Saddam Hussein's regime.

Int'l oil firms ready, wait to enter Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- International oil firms are taking steps to ready for bids on Iraq's vast oil reserves, hopes pinned on Iraq's Parliament approving a law governing the oil.

Iraqi spokesman: No estimate in Iraqi dead

WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- An Iraqi government spokesman Friday admitted in Washington his government has no firm handle on how many of his countrymen have been killed in the war.

Iraqi prime minister to visit Iran Monday

BAGHDAD, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki Sunday prepared for an Iranian trip designed to enhance relationships between the neighbors.

11 suspected of oil-for-food kickbacks

PARIS, July 14 (UPI) -- Eleven French citizens are suspected of profiting from oil-for-food kickbacks in Iraq during Saddam Hussein's presidency, Le Figaro newspaper reported.

Zarqawi suspected in Iraq prison attack

BAGHDAD, April 5 (UPI) -- Uneasy U.S. officials fear Iraqi guerilla leader Abu Musab Zarqawi was behind the well-orchestrated weekend attack on Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison.

Mass Iraqi grave yields infants, unborn

HATRA, Iraq, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Investigators have unearthed a mass grave in northern Iraq containing hundreds of bodies of women and children believed killed in the 1980s.

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