<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Sameer N. Yacoub's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://ap-417.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Sameer N. Yacoub's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:50:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:55:01 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Iraq suspends university for politics</title><description><![CDATA[Iraq's prime minister suspended classes and banned political activities at one of Baghdad's leading universities following student protests on campus, a government spokesman said Wednesday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sameer N. 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Yacoub, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/03/3222103-iraqi-deputy-minister-arrested-in-corruption-sting</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/03/3222103-iraqi-deputy-minister-arrested-in-corruption-sting</guid><category>world-news</category><category>iraq</category><category>corruption</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 19:46:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>TV station fined for misquoting official in Iraq</title><description><![CDATA[An Iraqi court has fined a television channel $87,000 after ruling that it slandered a military official by misquoting him, a spokesman said Wednesday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/12/3146431-tv-station-fined-for-misquoting-official-in-iraq</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/12/3146431-tv-station-fined-for-misquoting-official-in-iraq</guid><category>world-news</category><category>iraq</category><category>ml</category><category>station</category><category>fined</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:53:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iraqi sports journalist killed in northern Iraq</title><description><![CDATA[An Iraqi sports broadcaster was killed by a bomb attached to his car in northern Iraq, while two other journalists were wounded in a similar blast in Baghdad, officials said.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/31/2883324-iraqi-sports-journalist-killed-in-northern-iraq?category=sports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/31/2883324-iraqi-sports-journalist-killed-in-northern-iraq?category=sports</guid><category>world-news</category><category>sports</category><category>ml</category><category>killed</category><category>journalist</category><category>iraq-journalist</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 20:29:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Study: Nearly 25 percent of Iraqis live in poverty</title><description><![CDATA[Nearly one in four Iraqis lives below the poverty line, according to a study released Wednesday by an Iraqi government agency.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/20/2841659-study-nearly-25-percent-of-iraqis-live-in-poverty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/20/2841659-study-nearly-25-percent-of-iraqis-live-in-poverty</guid><category>world-news</category><category>iraq</category><category>poverty</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:44:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN gives Iraq report on troubled Kirkuk</title><description><![CDATA[Iraqi leaders received Wednesday a highly anticipated U.N. report on proposals to ease ethnic rifts in oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk and other disputed areas, a U.N. spokesman said.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/15/2687219-un-gives-iraq-report-on-troubled-kirkuk</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/15/2687219-un-gives-iraq-report-on-troubled-kirkuk</guid><category>world-news</category><category>iraq</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>ml</category><category>green-zone</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:15:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/5b158811-ce03-43e3-881c-0a593cf5d00b.jpg" width="75" height="52" /></item><item><title>Iraqi lawmakers decry move against cartoonist</title><description><![CDATA[A parliamentary committee on Sunday criticized police for raiding an exhibition featuring a cartoon lampooning Iraq's prime minister.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sameer N. 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Yacoub, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/02/2168254-chemical-ali-sentenced-to-death-in-iraq</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/02/2168254-chemical-ali-sentenced-to-death-in-iraq</guid><category>world-news</category><category>iraq</category><category>trial</category><category>ml</category><category>saddam-hussein</category><category>gulf-war</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:15:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/f53e09f5-c0c5-48f1-ace0-ee29aaa615d3.jpg" width="75" height="103" /></item><item><title>Court: Iraq lawmaker can't be prosecuted for trip</title><description><![CDATA[Iraq's highest court has ruled that a secular Sunni Arab lawmaker cannot be prosecuted for traveling to Israel to attend a counterterrorism conference, a senior judicial official said Wednesday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/26/2152200-court-iraq-lawmaker-cant-be-prosecuted-for-trip</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/26/2152200-court-iraq-lawmaker-cant-be-prosecuted-for-trip</guid><category>world-news</category><category>iraq</category><category>ml</category><category>sunni-arab</category><category>lawmaker</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:54:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iraq: Saddam Hussein-era officials face new trial</title><description><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," and another close aide to the dictator who represented him abroad appeared in court Sunday accused of orchestrating the bloody repression of Shiite riots after the 1999 assassination of the father of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sameer N. 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Yacoub, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/22/2140075-iraq-iranian-detained-by-us-has-been-released</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/22/2140075-iraq-iranian-detained-by-us-has-been-released</guid><category>world-news</category><category>iraq</category><category>ml</category><category>released</category><category>iranian</category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:59:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Baghdad opens campaign to kill city's stray dogs</title><description><![CDATA[Baghdad authorities killed more than 200 stray dogs on Sunday, the opening day of a campaign to cull dog packs roaming the capital that was prompted by a spate of fatal attacks on residents.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/20/2132708-baghdad-opens-campaign-to-kill-citys-stray-dogs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/20/2132708-baghdad-opens-campaign-to-kill-citys-stray-dogs</guid><category>world-news</category><category>iraq</category><category>dogs</category><category>ml</category><category>baghdad</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:09:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/3dc8d8e5-e106-4383-815c-315a4c0b93ef.jpg" width="75" height="50" /></item><item><title>Official: Iraq, China finalize oil service deal</title><description><![CDATA[Iraq and China have signed the final agreement on a $3 billion deal to develop the Ahdab oil field south of Baghdad over a 22 year-period, an Oil Ministry official said Tuesday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sameer N. 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