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12 killed as Iraqi forces clash with militants
    BAGHDAD – Militants downed an Iraqi army helicopter Thursday and killed nearly a dozen security forces in overnight clashes, a regional official said, in what appeared to be an Al-Qaeda surge to retake one of its former strongholds in Iraq. The ...
Talabani’s testimony rejected in trial of VP
    BAGHDAD — An Iraqi appeals court has rejected a request to have President Jalal Talabani testify in the terror trial against the nation’s Sunni vice president. The decision was announced Tuesday by defense lawyers to Vice President Tariq Al-Hashemi as the ...
Security tightened in Baghdad neighborhoods after attacks kill 113
    BAGHDAD — Security was tightened Tuesday in Baghdad neighborhoods engulfed by a wave of nationwide violence which saw 113 people killed and 250 wounded in Iraq’s deadliest day in two and a half years. Monday’s spate of bombings and shootings, which ...
Iraqi refugees in Syria flee home from the unrest
  BAGHDAD — Iraqis stepping off buses returning from Syria, having fled there to seek refuge from bloodshed in their homeland, told of being forced to leave because of escalating unrest and threats. Hundreds of men, women, and children descended from dozens ...
Syrian fighters take control of posts on Iraq, Turkey borders
    BAGHDAD — Syrian rebels took control of all border crossings between Iraq and Syria Thursday, Baghdad’s deputy interior minister said. The fighters also took over a crossing on the Turkish border, seizing control of the customs and immigration buildings on the ...
Maliki urges US to speed up arms transfers
    BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki called Sunday for the US to speed up the transfer of weapons to Iraq, which lacks the ability to defend its airspace or borders, six months after American troops withdrew. The Iraqi premier also pointedly ...
Iraq VP trial put off over witness row
    BAGHDAD — A lawyer for Iraq’s fugitive vice president says a judge has adjourned his trial on terror charges, adding that the proceedings will resume once a higher court decides whether the defense can question the country’s president and five ...
Iraqi bomber kills 7 of own family
    BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged belt at a gathering of his own family in western Iraq, killing his pro-government cousin and six other relatives, officials said Saturday. The blast targeting a leader in the Sahwa militias in the ...
Emel Mathlouthi: Voice of Tunisian spring calls for justice, equality
  Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi sings during her concert in Baghdad, Tuesday. Mathlouthi whose melodies have rocked the revolution that led to the downfall of former president Ben Ali, has pinned “obscurantism” and “censorship” and committed lyrics oriental tones on the ...
Iraq attacks kill at least 282 in June
    BAGHDAD — Attacks in Iraq killed at least 282 people in June, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical sources, though official figures put the death toll at less than half that number. At least 282 people ...
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