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Protests dash Iraqi PM’s chances of new term, hit US hopes of shaping government
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Protests dash Iraqi PM’s chances of new term, hit US hopes of shaping government

  SULAIMANIYA/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Violent protests in the Iraqi city of Basra have all but ended US-backed Prime Minister…
Iraq parliament to hold emergency session after Basra burns
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Iraq parliament to hold emergency session after Basra burns

  Iraq’s parliament on Friday called an emergency session after a curfew was imposed in the southern city of Basra…
Iraqi PM orders probe into bloody Basra protests
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Iraqi PM orders probe into bloody Basra protests

BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into violent protests in the southern city of Basra…
Iraqi rival groups both announce parliamentary blocs to form new government
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Iraqi rival groups both announce parliamentary blocs to form new government

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Rival Iraqi political factions said on Sunday they had each formed alliances capable of forming a government…
Iraqi PM suspends electricity minister over poor service
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Iraqi PM suspends electricity minister over poor service

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister on Sunday suspended the country’s electricity minister over a power crisis amid mushrooming protests…
Iraqi ballot box storage site catches fire in Baghdad
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Iraqi ballot box storage site catches fire in Baghdad

  A storage site housing half of Baghdad’s ballot boxes from Iraq’s parliamentary election in May caught fire on Sunday,…
Twin blasts kill dozens in Baghdad
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Twin blasts kill dozens in Baghdad

Two suicide bombers detonated explosive vests at a busy square in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 26 and wounding…
Iraqi PM Abadi to seek re-election in May vote
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Iraqi PM Abadi to seek re-election in May vote

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday his candidacy for the May 12 parliamentary elections to choose a prime…
Iraqi PM Abadi to seek re-election in May vote
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Iraqi PM Abadi to seek re-election in May vote

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday his candidacy for the May 12 parliamentary elections to choose a prime…
Protests rage in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Protests rage in Iraqi Kurdistan

Protesters took to the streets for the second time in as many days across semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan  on Tuesday to show their…
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