· October, 2009

Stories about Iraq from October, 2009

Egypt: No Accolades for Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

  9 October 2009

Egyptian bloggers and Twitter users welcomed US President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize with shock and surprise: How can the president of a country waging wars against far away countries win a peace prize? Tarek Amr has more in this round up of reactions from Egypt.

Syria: Angelina Jolie visits Iraqi Refugees

  8 October 2009

Iraqi refugees in Syria had a surprise visitor. The News from Syria says that Angelina Jolie, along with Brad Pitt, visited the refugees, urging the world not to forget about them.