Bomb kills 61 in Baghdad's Sadr CityA bomb killed 61 people on Wednesday at a market in eastern Baghdad's volatile Sadr City slum, police said, six days before US combat troops are due to withdraw from Iraqi towns and cities. About 116 people were wounded by the blast in the More… |
Iraq eyes $70bn record budgetIraq's Finance Ministry wants to raise its budget for this year by 44 per cent to a record $70 billion, cashing in on record oil prices to rebuild shattered infrastructure, the government's spokesman said. The ministry's submission of a su More… |