 Iraq's sectarian violence on the rise as 50 die over two days
Attacks across Iraq have killed 50 people in the last two days as growing friction between Sunni and Shia leads to more sectarian violence. Sunni anger has been... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Belfast Telegraph
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 Bombings kill at least 33 in Iraq
Updated: May 15, 2013 6:28PM BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad’s main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Chicago Sun-Times
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 US plays with genocidal fire in Iraq
By Mark Langfan Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. if you are interested in contributing. On January 10, 49 BCE,... (photo: US Army) Asia Times
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 Turkey Warns Syria Over Car Bomb Attacks
Turkey has said it reserves the right to take "every kind of measure" after car bomb attacks killed 43 people near the border with Syria. The explosions in the town of... (photo: AP / IHA) Skynews
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 3 car bomb attacks hit Kurdish security forces in Iraq
KIRKUK, Iraq, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Two suicide car bombers and a car bomb struck Kurdish security forces in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, killing at least two... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Xinhua
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 Syrian rebels 'used sarin': UN rights investigator
GENEVA: Syrian rebels have used the deadly nerve agent sarin in their fight against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, according to testimony from victims, UN human... (photo: AP / Aleppo Media Center AMC) The Times of India
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 April bloodiest month in Iraq since 2008 - U.N.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed in bomb attacks and other violence, the United Nations Iraq mission... (photo: Creative Commons / Voice of America News: Selah Hennessy reporting from London, UK) The Star
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 Maliki government fails again: Violence in Iraq rises sharply in April
Violence in Iraq rose sharply in April, with 460 people killed according to figures, raising fears of a return to the all-out sectarian conflict that plagued the country... (photo: AP / Alaa al-Marjani) Middle East Online
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 Outgoing French envoy to Afghanistan slams corruption
Bernard Bajolet, the outgoing French ambassador to Afghanistan, blamed the country’s rampant corruption and the drug trade on the country's failure to establish... (photo: US Navy / HMC Josh Ives) France24
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 Iraq descending into civil war
The Iraqi government suspended the operating licenses of the Al-Jazeera news network as well as eight Sunni and one Shiite domestic Iraqi television stations on April 28... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) The Examiner
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 Iraq: Prospects of partition as violence takes its toll
Some observers see the current flare-up in Iraq as the worst crisis to afflict the country since its emergence into statehood in 1921. Others deem it the most critical... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) BBC News
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 Syria: we must not rush to judge on chemical arms
War is a terrible thing. Weapons systems are designed to kill and maim in horrible ways with different levels of discrimination. The laws of war, while setting limits for... (photo: AP / Ugarit via AP video) The Observer
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 Suicide organisation criticise public research
The five organisations which legally offer assisted suicide in Switzerland have criticised a government-commissioned research programme led by a Catholic theologian,... (photo: EC / EC) Swissinfo
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 BDP urges Turkey to offer apology to Armenians
Turkey’s main Kurdish political organization, the Peace and Democracy Party, commemorated on Wednesday the 98th anniversary of the mass killing of Armenians in the... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) France24
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 Iraq foreign minister sacked over boycott
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki has appointed Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Shahrastani to replace Hoshyar Zebari as foreign minister. According to sources, Maliki... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) Al Jazeera
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 Iraq counts votes from first polls since US pullout
Baghdad: Iraqi election officials were to begin counting votes on Sunday from the country's first elections since US troops departed, which served as a key test of its... (photo: AP / Nabil Al-Jurani) Zeenews
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 Iraqis go to polls for first time since US pullout
Iraq carried out its first election since the U.S. military withdrawal without major bloodshed Saturday in a major test for Iraqi security forces as they face a reviving... (photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo) Austin American Statesman
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 Iraq’s First Election Since Exit of U.S. Troops Is Largely Peaceful
BAGHDAD — Iraq held its first election since the withdrawal of American troops under security so tight on Saturday that the only way for many voters to reach... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) The New York Times
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 Iraqis vote in first polls since US withdrawl
Iraqis have voted amid tight security in the country's first polls since US troops left the country in 2011. The results of Saturday's local elections will not... (photo: US Navy / Lance Cpl. Sheila M. Brooks) Al Jazeera
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 Sectarian tensions stalk Iraq elections
The provincial elections being held in Iraq come at a time of severe political and sectarian tension and will be a test for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ahead of the... (photo: AP) BBC News
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