Monday brought the positive news of a four year old Iraqi girl, being successfully operated, who suffered from innate severe deafness, ever since she was born.

The Doctors at a Delhi hospital found success in restoring her hearing powers and the team informed that the girl was responding to sounds.

Legal representatives, legal advisors, representatives of the Iraqi Bar Association and civil society gave a nod to the proposal of providing free legal defense services to be offered to detainees in Iraq, under a venture that is supported by the European Union and put into practice by the United Nations Office for Project Services.

Officials have informed that the Iraqiya coalition led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has regained a narrow lead in Iraqi parliamentary election vote counting.

Al-Jazeera reported on Saturday that however, the State of Law coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki remains ahead in Baghdad.

A war veteran from Iraq died after receiving cancerous lungs from heavy smoker in a transplant.

A corporal in Queen’s Royal Lancers, Mattew Millington, 31, had the surgery to save him from n incurable respiratory condition.

As Iraq is taking control of its towns and cities from U.S. forces, U.S. President Barack Obama cautioned Iraq could face hard time ahead but he pledged to remain a strong partner to Iraq in assuring its security.

Speaking at a U.S. Independence Day celebration, Obama said Iraq's destiny was now in the hands of its own citizens.

Washington  - The US Congress has approved a 106-billion- dollar spending bill that includes money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Washington  - A former US Army soldier convicted of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing the rest of her family was sentenced Thursday to life in prison by a jury in federal civilian court in Kentucky, CNN reported.

Washington - A US Army soldier was found guilty Thursday by a civilian jury of murder in the slayings of an Iraqi family in 2006.

Baghdad  - US President Barack Obama warned of difficult times ahead for Iraq on Tuesday, during a surprise visit at the end of his eight-day European tour to reassure US troops and meet Iraqi leaders.

Washington  - US President Obama is close to a decision to withdraw all US combat troops from Iraq by August 2010, the Washington Post and New York Times reported Wednesday.