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Car bombs in northern Iraq kill 7
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Car bombs in northern Iraq kill 7

Baghdad--Car bombs ripped through the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, killing seven and wounding up to 80 people…
Group warns of continued abuse in Iraqi prisons
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Group warns of continued abuse in Iraqi prisons

A report by human rights watchdog Amnesty International concluded Tuesday that widespread abuse in Iraqi prisons will likely continue under…
Artists to watch: ‘Lyrical ambassadors’ Yassin Alsalman and Shadia Mansour
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Artists to watch: ‘Lyrical ambassadors’ Yassin Alsalman and Shadia Mansour

Best known by the moniker the Narcicyst, artist Yassin Alsalman demonstrates the possibilities of non-violent resistance through hip-hop. The Iraqi-Canadian…
Egypt state press highlights chaos, violence–not regime change–in Tunisia
Egypt

Egypt state press highlights chaos, violence–not regime change–in Tunisia

Four days after the overthrow of Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Egypt's state-run press has been working hard to…
Iraq rejects Egyptian offer to host upcoming Arab summit
Egypt

Iraq rejects Egyptian offer to host upcoming Arab summit

Iraq has declared its total rejection of a proposal to hold the next Arab summit in Cairo.
Sadr urges Iraqis to resist US occupiers
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Sadr urges Iraqis to resist US occupiers

Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday exhorted a boisterous crowd to resist the "US occupation" by all means, in his…
Arab League chief to visit Baghdad Saturday in advance of Arab summit
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Arab League chief to visit Baghdad Saturday in advance of Arab summit

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa on Monday announced plans to visit Iraq on Saturday to make arrangements for an upcoming…
Catholic Pope calls Egypt church attack vile gesture
Egypt

Catholic Pope calls Egypt church attack vile gesture

Vatican City--Pope Benedict on Sunday condemned a bomb blast outside a church in Egypt which killed at least 21 people,…
Iraq civilian death toll lowest since invasion: study
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Iraq civilian death toll lowest since invasion: study

Baghdad--The number of Iraqi civilians killed in violence in Iraq this year fell to its lowest level since the 2003…
Bombers attack Iraqi police station in Mosul
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Bombers attack Iraqi police station in Mosul

Baghdad--Three suicide bombers on Wednesday attacked Iraq's federal police headquarters in the northern city of Mosul, killing the commander, according…
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