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Talabani making recovery
  BAGHDAD — The office of Iraq’s ailing president says he is making progress in a German hospital recovering from a stroke last month. A brief statement Saturday described the health situation of Jalal Talabani as “reassuring” and says his medical team ...
Iraq anti-govt rallies draw thousands
BAGHDAD — Thousands of people demonstrated in Baghdad Friday, in the latest of nearly two weeks of rallies criticizing Iraq’s premier and demanding the release of prisoners they say are wrongfully held. Demonstrators gathered at the Abu Hanifa mosque, but were ...
Iraq looks to put squeeze on pudgy police
BAGHDAD – Ihsan Ghaidan, a policeman in one of Iraq’s most volatile provinces, admits he stands little chance of promotion and notes his performance is increasingly under the microscope, for one simple reason. He is overweight, and Iraq’s security leaders are ...
Iraqi to free 11 woman detainees
    BAGHDAD – An Iraqi official says that 11 female detainees facing criminal charges are to be released soon while women prisoners will be transferred to jails in their home provinces, in an apparent attempt by the government to appease Sunni ...
Maliki set to free prisoners as Shiite cleric lends support to Sunni protests
Iraqi demonstrators gather during a protest in Kirkuk demanding the release of detainees, on Tuesday. Iraqi Premier Nouri Al-Maliki looked to head off protests in Sunni areas of the country with a prisoner release even as he threatened to use ...
23 killed in Iraq blasts
BAGHDAD – Bombings across Iraq killed 23 people and wounded at least another 24 Monday, officials said — the latest apparent attacks by militants aimed at undermining security and confidence in the government. The deadliest blasts were in the town of ...
Iraqi protesters wounded after warning shots fired
Iraqis serge toward the stage where Iraqi Deputy Premier Saleh Al-Mutlaq arrived to give a speech Sunday, forcing him to flee a rally he was addressing on the outskirts of the western city of Ramadi. The demonstrators, who have blocked ...
Iraqis get glimpse of golden era in new exhibit
BAGHDAD – Iraqis wistful for a golden age in politics, often labelled divided and cynical now, have been able to harken back to such a time through an exhibition on their inaugural parliament 87 years ago. During the exhibition at the ...
4 killed in Iraq due to heavy rain
    BAGHDAD — An unusually heavy rainstorm has collapsed shoddy houses in Iraq, killing a woman and three children, police and health officials said Wednesday. A police officer said a house in the town of Mohammed Al-Sakran, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) ...
Iraq seeks Arab action on climate change
    BAGHDAD – Iraq’s most senior energy official called for coordinated Arab action on climate change while Egypt’s environment minister proposed a regional green fund at a conference in Baghdad Monday. Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussein Al-Shahristani warned of the ...
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