AFP - The US military said on Monday it had detained six suspected insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the scene of some of the worst violence against Christians in five years.

AFP - The flight of Christians from their homes in Mosul has been stemmed after police reinforcements took up positions in the troubled northern Iraqi city, a local official said on Monday.

AP - A Christian music store owner was shot to death in Mosul, Iraqi police said Monday — the latest in a series of killings that has caused thousands of members of the religious minority to flee the northern city.

AP - Five years ago, retired Air Force intelligence officer Kirk von Ackermann became the first of 39 Americans to be kidnapped in Iraq. He's still missing, his wife fearing she'll never see him again.

AFP - British troops are no longer necessary for the security of Iraq and should go home, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in a newspaper interview published here Monday.

Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted on Monday as saying it was time for British combat forces to leave the south of the country because they were no longer needed to maintain security and control.

AP - As of Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, at least 4,181 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

AP - While the rest of the world is facing a financial meltdown, the Iraq Stock Exchange is booming.

AFP - Turkish warplanes bombed Sunday a Kurdish rebel hideout in neighbouring Iraq where senior militants were believed to be, the army said.

AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pledged on Sunday to protect Christians in Iraq after a spate of killings in the northern city of Mosul sparked the exodus of thousands of members of the community.

AFP - A spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital have killed at least 13 people and wounded 24 others, including women and children, security officials said on Sunday.

AFP - At least nine people were killed and 13 wounded in a car bombing at a market in Baghdad, security officials said on Sunday.

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI condemned on Sunday violence perpetrated against Christians in India and Iraq.

Reuters - Saddam Hussein was hanged for killing 148 Shi'ite men and boys in Dujail in 1982. But today, some people in this town on the Tigris say they miss life under the Iraqi dictator because they felt more secure.

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Christians in Mosul are fleeing their homes after a spate of killings this week that left 12 Christians dead in one of the largest Christian communities in Iraq.