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Much of the coalition forces' work in Iraq focuses on improving the lives of the country's citizens. In some cases, the benefits are not limited to humans. With the help of soldiers from the Army's 1st Armored Division and 5th Corps, and funding from the 22nd Signal Brigade, Iraqi veterinarians recently cut the grand-opening ribbon at the Iraqi Society for Animal Welfare in central Baghdad. The society, made up of military and civilian veterinarians and Iraqi ministry officials, was formed to address the growing need for animal control in Baghdad. "It is the first of its kind in the country"...

<p>CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar — The 5th Corps of the Iraqi army has surrendered at Mosul, the U.S. Central Command said Friday.</p> <p>U.S. forces on the ground were determining whether to treat the capitulators as enemy prisoners of war or to let them return home, said Capt. Frank Thorp, a Central Command spokesman.</p>

The Iraqi 5th Corps charged with defending Mosul, Iraq third biggest city still in the hands of Saddam Hussein, has been reported to be negoiating surrender.Cable News Network said the corps, originally 30,000 strong and the Governor General of the Mosul Region in Northern Iraq were prepared to surrender to United States forces Thursday night but decided it would be safer to wait until daylight.Before the war the Iraqi 5th Corps comprised a mechanized division and two light infantry divisions but it is not known how many of its soldiers survived Allied bombing raids around Mosul.