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Iraq car bomb kills 30 as year’s death toll tops 5,800
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Iraq car bomb kills 30 as year’s death toll tops 5,800

A car bomb in a packed food market north of Baghdad killed 30 people on Thursday as a surge in…
Spate of Baghdad blasts kill 24
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Spate of Baghdad blasts kill 24

A wave of attacks, most of them car bombs targeting Shia neighbourhoods, rocked Baghdad early on Wednesday, killing at least…
Iraqi forces clash with protesters; 27 dead, army says
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Iraqi forces clash with protesters; 27 dead, army says

Clashes on Tuesday in north Iraq between security forces and anti-government protesters allegedly infiltrated by militants left 27 people dead…
Iraq PM pardons 33 Egyptian prisoners
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Iraq PM pardons 33 Egyptian prisoners

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pardoned all 33 imprisoned Egyptian nationals in Iraq on Tuesday, following a meeting with Egyptian…
Iraqi Sunnis mourn protesters shot dead by troops
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Iraqi Sunnis mourn protesters shot dead by troops

Thousands of mourners rallied Saturday at funerals for Sunni Muslims shot by troops in demonstrations against Iraq's Shia Prime Minister…
Iraq Sunnis block trade routes in protest against PM Maliki
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Iraq Sunnis block trade routes in protest against PM Maliki

Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraq's main trade route to neighboring Syria and Jordan in a fourth day…
Fugitive Iraq VP sentenced to death on second charge
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Fugitive Iraq VP sentenced to death on second charge

An Iraqi court sentenced fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to death for a second time on Thursday on a charge…
Thousands of Iraqis in Syria return home to flee war
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Thousands of Iraqis in Syria return home to flee war

BAGHDAD  — At least 22,300 Iraqis who fled to Syria several years ago have streamed home in the past three…
Iraq attacks kill 72 during Shia pilgrimage
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Iraq attacks kill 72 during Shia pilgrimage

A wave of apparently coordinated bombings and shootings rocked Iraq during a major Shia religious commemoration on Wednesday, killing at…
Explosions heard as Arab summit opens in Baghdad
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Explosions heard as Arab summit opens in Baghdad

BAGHDAD — The annual Arab summit meeting opened in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday with only 10 of the…
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