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Darfur refugees beat odds to play football in Iraq
Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)
They faced overwhelming odds -- refugees from Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region living in 10 different camps in Chad who had only two months to come together ...
Iraq attacks kill four
Jun 11, 2012 (AFP)
Gun and bomb attacks killed three policemen and a soldier and wounded six other people in Iraq on Monday, security and medical officials said. Police Lieutenant...
Iraq PM's rivals lack votes to oust him: president
Jun 10, 2012 (AFP)
Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki called for a national dialogue Sunday after President Jalal Talabani said his rivals lacked the votes to oust him, but opponents in...
Iran steps in to prop up Iraq's Maliki
Jun 05, 2012 (UPI)
Amid a surge of bombings in Iraq, Iran appears to be getting concerned about growing efforts to unseat Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whom Tehran helped to pow...
Suicide car bomb at Iraq Shiite endowment kills 8
Jun 04, 2012 (AFP)
A suicide attacker detonated an explosives-packed car at the headquarters of Iraq's Shiite religious endowment in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least ei...
Anti-Shiite bomb attack in Baghdad kills 25
Jun 04, 2012 (AFP)
A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-packed car at a Shiite foundation's headquarters in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 25 people and sparking fears of sectar...
Iraq crisis escalates with calls for PM to go
Jun 02, 2012 (AFP)
A series of intertwined political crises that began with accusations that Iraq's prime minister was consolidating power have escalated into calls to unseat him,...
Baghdad blasts kill 17, shatter relative calm
May 31, 2012 (AFP)
A spate of bombings in Baghdad on Thursday killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens more, shattering a relative calm with deadliest violence in the capital ...
Sadrists would back no confidence vote in Iraq PM
May 30, 2012 (AFP)
Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Wednesday that his parliamentary bloc would back a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Nuri al-Mal...
Baghdad sees red once again -- double-deckers, that is
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
Common across Baghdad in years past, red double-decker buses are again plying the Iraqi capital's traffic-choked streets after many were ransacked in the years ...
Police to take over Baghdad security
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
Iraqi police will take over responsibility for security in Baghdad from the army from July, a statement said on Tuesday, a move that has been delayed several ti...
Iraqi Kurd politician warns of 'ethnic cleansing'
May 28, 2012 (AFP)
A top Kurdish politician warned on Monday of Baghdad's continued desire for "ethnic cleansing," the latest in a series of attacks by Kurdish leaders on premier ...
19 Pakistani pilgrims wounded in Iraq bombing
May 27, 2012 (AFP)
A roadside bomb in Iraq's Anbar province wounded 19 Pakistani Shiite pilgrims on Sunday, police and a doctor said, in the second attack against pilgrims in the ...
Four killed in Iraq attacks
May 26, 2012 (AFP)
Attacks north of Baghdad on Saturday killed four people, including three soldiers who died in a bombing, security and medical officials said. In the deadliest a...
MPs see conscription as possible cure to Iraq woes
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
Iraqi MPs are toying with a Saddam-era policy they hope will combat both high unemployment and fears of sectarian divisions in a country that was on the brink o...
S. Korea firm to sign $7.75 bn deal on Iraqi homes
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
Hanwha Group said Thursday it would soon sign a $7.75 billion contract to build 100,000 homes in a Baghdad suburb, in what it called the largest-ever overseas c...
Baghdad mortar attack kills one, wounds six
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
A mortar attack in Baghdad killed one person and wounded six others Thursday, in the second attack in Iraq's capital during key talks on Iran's nuclear programm...
Qatar Airways starts flights to Iraqi Kurdistan
May 23, 2012 (AFP)
Qatar Airways on Wednesday began services to Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, and is to start flights to Baghdad next month, the airlin...
Iraq attacks kill eight
May 23, 2012 (AFP)
Attacks in Iraq killed eight people and wounded 33 on Wednesday, security officials said, as Baghdad hosted key nuclear talks in its latest effort to emerge fro...
Iraq anti-terror officer, family shot dead
May 19, 2012 (AFP)
An Iraqi anti-terror officer, his wife and three children have been shot dead by gunmen in north Baghdad, security and medical officials said on Saturday. The f...
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