Articles by Ra Zavis Page 2

92 articles since 2007

No mystery to the markings on CNN building in Hollywood

California | Local | By Alex and Ra Zavis | October 3, 2008
A series of mysterious markings that appeared over summer on the CNN building at Sunset and Cahuenga boulevards in Hollywood is causing confusion in cyberspace. Read more
 

Iraq’s air force taking to the skies again

World | By Alex and Ra Zavis | September 7, 2008
When Abu Mohammed walks down the flight line at a base outside this northern Iraqi city, there’s a swagger in his stride. Read more
 

Iraq army still needs U.S. support, commanders say

World | By Alex and Ra Zavis | September 1, 2008
Ances Najim hovered anxiously as Iraqi soldiers peered into the trunk of his car and clambered up a wall to see what was stashed in a neighbor’s courtyard. Read more
 

In Iraq, displaced families return to ruins

World | By Alex and Ra Zavis | August 28, 2008
After the gunfire and explosions, after the panicked flight to an unfamiliar town, the Kadims had one more shock in store: the homecoming. Read more
 

Grooming a female suicide bomber

World | By Alex and Ra Zavis | August 21, 2008
From the jail cell she was sharing with her mother, sister and 1-year-old son, the young widow watched with a sardonic expression as the boy weaved unsteadily toward a visiting American soldier and lifted his arms to be carried. Read more
 

Bomb blast in Iraq kills 21

World | By Alex and Ra Zavis | August 9, 2008
A car bomb ripped through a crowded market Friday in the northern city of Tall Afar, killing at least 21 people and wounding 70, police said. Read more
 

Iraqi leaders support U.S. withdrawal in 2010

World | By Alex, Ra Zavis, and Doug Smith | July 22, 2008
Iraqi leaders have told Barack Obama that they hope U.S. combat troops can be out of Iraq by the end of 2010, a government spokesman said today, outlining a time frame similar to one favored by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Read more
 

Iraqi youths find focus in the ring

World | By Alex and Ra Zavis | July 21, 2008
Dripping with sweat, Bakr Sallih lunges toward his opponent and delivers a cracking punch to the jaw. Read more
 

Sunni bloc returns to Iraq Cabinet

World | By Alex, Ra Zavis, and Raheem Salman | July 20, 2008
Nearly a year after pulling out of Iraq’s “unity government,” the main Sunni Arab political bloc returned to the Shiite Muslim-led Cabinet on Saturday, in a breakthrough for efforts to mend relations between the country’s largest religious communities. Read more
 

Kuwait appoints Iraq ambassador

World | By Alex and Ra Zavis | July 18, 2008
Kuwait today named its first ambassador to Iraq since Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded the oil-rich country in 1990 and set off the Gulf War. Read more
 
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