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Iraqis Cast Ballots

Chelsea Howard - | Story: 6754
  • In the nations bordering their homeland, in a furniture warehouse in Australia and in an events center in London, Iraqis on Friday began voting for an interim government that they hope will bring peace and order. “Iraqis are finally expressing themselves. It is a victory for all the dead that Saddam Hussein killed,” said Falastin Saheb, 25, an Iraqi who has been living in Syria for two years and is running a polling center there, in Rukn el-Din, a Kurdish neighborhood.Full story
  • The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has stopped collecting money for Asian tsunami relief efforts, saying enough has been collected to help victims for the next decade. "I think it would be slightly unethical to be asking for more money," said Red Cross spokesman Roy Probert.Full story
  • The commemoration of 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Nazi death camp was attended by leaders from 30 countries. The leaders were greeted in a morning Holocaust forum by Maj. Anatoly Shapiro, commander of the Soviet unit that freed the camp.Israeli President Moshe Katsav pointed out that the site was now located in the EU. "Auschwitz must be placed in the central place of collective memory of the reunited Europe," Katsav said.Full story
  • Two young girls have tested positive for bird flu in southern Vietnam and are critically ill in hospital. A 13-year-old girl from Dong Thap province tested positive. Her 35-year-old mother died from the disease less than a week ago. A 10-year-old girl is also infected.Full story
  • Hundreds of Palestinian police deployed in the central and southern Gaza Strip on Friday, a day after the new Palestinian leadership banned civilians from carrying weapons and Israel's prime minister said conditions were ripe for a "historic" breakthrough toward peace.Full story

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