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Standard Chartered would consider Egypt buy, plans Iraq push
Business
March 24, 2013
Standard Chartered would consider Egypt buy, plans Iraq push
DUBAI — Standard Chartered would consider acquiring a bank in Egypt to ride an expected boom in one of the…
Kerry: Iran-Syria Iraq overflights ‘helping to sustain Assad’
World
March 24, 2013
Kerry: Iran-Syria Iraq overflights ‘helping to sustain Assad’
US Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Iraq to stop allowing Iranian flights apparently carrying military equipment through its airspace…
Iraq’s story is a series of still unfolding tragedies
Opinion
March 24, 2013
Iraq’s story is a series of still unfolding tragedies
The story of Iraq on the 10th anniversary of the second US invasion is composed of a series of tragedies.…
Kerry on surprise Iraq trip to urge Syria cooperation
World
March 24, 2013
Kerry on surprise Iraq trip to urge Syria cooperation
US Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise trip to Baghdad on Sunday to press for more help over…
Iraqi writer Hassan Blasim has too many stories to tell
Books
March 24, 2013
Iraqi writer Hassan Blasim has too many stories to tell
In Hassan Blasim’s “The Song of the Goats,” hundreds of Iraqis “were waiting in queues to tell their stories. The…
On the legacy of the Iraq War: Q&A with Rashid Khalidi
Egypt
March 20, 2013
On the legacy of the Iraq War: Q&A with Rashid Khalidi
In commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, Egypt Independent spoke to American historian Rashid Khalidi…
Bombs kill 50 on Iraq invasion anniversary
World
March 19, 2013
Bombs kill 50 on Iraq invasion anniversary
A dozen car bombs and suicide blasts tore into Shia districts in Baghdad and south of the…
A decade after invasion, Saddam nostalgia lives on
World
March 12, 2013
A decade after invasion, Saddam nostalgia lives on
A decade after the US-led invasion of Iraq, years of violence and disdain for the country's current political class fuel…
Qandil leaves for Iraq
Egypt
March 4, 2013
Qandil leaves for Iraq
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil left Cairo on a private plane this morning on his way to Iraq for a two-day…
Al-Azhar warns Iraqi government against political exclusion
Egypt
March 3, 2013
Al-Azhar warns Iraqi government against political exclusion
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb has called on the Iraqi government to set fair rules for all Iraqis, warning it…