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British sniper convicted on re-trial for owning Iraqi gun
Jul 10, 2013 (AFP)
A British special forces sniper was on Wednesday convicted of unlawfully possessing a pistol and more than 300 rounds of ammunition, in a case which shone a rar...
French court acquits Total in Iraq 'oil-for-food' corruption case
Jul 08, 2013 (AFP)
A French court on Monday acquitted energy giant Total, its chief executive, a former minister and more than a dozen other defendants of corruption charges in co...
31 dead in two days of Iraq violence
Jul 08, 2013 (AFP)
Two days of violence in Iraq killed 31 people, police and doctors said Monday, the latest in a wave of unrest in which more than 190 people have died in just ei...
Iraqi Kurdistan chief in Baghdad for talks on disputes
Jul 07, 2013 (AFP)
The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massud Barzani, held landmark talks in Baghdad on Sunday with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on an array of di...
Iraq bombings kill five
Jul 06, 2013 (AFP)
Bombings north of Baghdad on Saturday killed five people, including a police officer, police and doctors said, a day after attacks across the country left 23 de...
Bombs on Iraq town squares kill 5
Jul 05, 2013 (AFP)
Attacks killed five people in town squares in Iraq on Friday, including four who died when a suicide bomber set off his vehicle rigged with explosives just befo...
Iraq attack on Shiite religious hall kills 15
Jul 05, 2013 (AFP)
A bombing against a Shiite hall in Baghdad killed 15 people Friday, among several attacks to strike Iraq with unrest at its worst since 2008 amid fears of a rev...
US to discuss Iraq Kurds delay of presidential vote
Jul 03, 2013 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday said it would raise with Iraqi Kurdish leaders a controversial decision to delay regional presidential elections by two years in ...
Iraq attacks on Shiites kill 119 in three days
Jul 03, 2013 (AFP)
Attacks in Iraq killed 10 people Wednesday, the latest in a wave of bloodshed mostly targeting Shiite Muslims that has left 119 dead in the past three days amid...
Iraq attacks against Shiites kill 47
Jul 02, 2013 (AFP)
A wave of attacks in Iraq, mostly targeting Shiite Muslims, including a spate of market bombings, killed 47 people on Tuesday, raising fears of a revival of the...
Violence surges in Iraq as rows persist
Jul 01, 2013 (AFP)
More than 2,500 people were killed in Iraq in the past three months, UN figures showed on Monday, a surge of violence that has fanned fears the politically-dead...
Iraq Kurds delay presidential polls over row
Jun 30, 2013 (AFP)
Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers agreed on Sunday to delay controversial presidential polls for two years as they sparred over whether to allow regional leader Massud Ba...
UN eases Saddam-era sanctions against Iraq
Jun 27, 2013 (AFP)
The UN Security Council on Thursday eased sanctions against Iraq imposed after Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait amid a significant thaw between the neig...
Kurds surprise with Iraq council win
Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)
A Kurdish bloc won the most seats in one of two provinces that held delayed elections last week, surprisingly beating out the governor's Sunni Arab party, resul...
Five dead in Iraq disputed territory
Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)
A series of attacks killed five people in northern Iraq on Wednesday, all of them in a swathe of disputed territory where diplomats fear tensions could spill ov...
Iraq bombs targeting protesters, pilgrims kill 14
Jun 25, 2013 (AFP)
Bombs targeting protesters and pilgrims outside Baghdad killed 14 people on Tuesday, the latest in a surge of violence that has sparked fears of a revival of al...
Iraq attacks kill 31
Jun 24, 2013 (AFP)
Attacks in Iraq, including a wave of car bombings across Baghdad, killed 31 people Monday in a renewed surge of violence as Shiite Muslims in Iraq marked the bi...
Seven dead in renewed Iraq attacks
Jun 23, 2013 (AFP)
Three car bombs, including a suicide attack, a mortar round and a shooting killed at least seven people Sunday, most of them in northern Iraq where analysts fea...
Strategic failure in Iraq: The potential impact
Jun 21, 2013 (UPI)
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant's (ISIS) march through Iraq and seizure of some 20 cities represents the Obama Administration's lack of understanding o...
As Iraq grapples with bombings, Arbil booms
Jun 21, 2013 (AFP)
As central Iraq grapples with a surge in violence and a longer-term struggle to wean its economy off a dependence on oil, Abdullah Abdulkarim stands at a car de...
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