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US forces to stay in Iraq as long as needed: spokesman
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US forces to stay in Iraq as long as needed: spokesman

  US forces will stay in Iraq “as long as needed” to help stabilize regions previously controlled by Islamic State,…
Iraqi Supreme Court ratifies May election results
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Iraqi Supreme Court ratifies May election results

  Iraq’s Supreme Court has ratified the results of the May 12 parliamentary election, its spokesman said on Sunday, setting…
Roadside bombing kills 4 people in Baghdad’s Shiite district
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Roadside bombing kills 4 people in Baghdad’s Shiite district

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security and medical officials say four people have been killed when a roadside bomb went off…
UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria
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UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and…
Recount shows Iraq’s Sadr retains election victory, no major changes
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Recount shows Iraq’s Sadr retains election victory, no major changes

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Populist Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr retained his lead in Iraq’s May parliamentary election, results of a nationwide…
Iraq jails French and German citizens for life for joining Islamic State
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Iraq jails French and German citizens for life for joining Islamic State

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison on Monday…
Iraq says election recount complete but cut short in capital over fire
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Iraq says election recount complete but cut short in capital over fire

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s election commission said on Monday it had completed a manual recount of May’s parliamentary election but…
Iraq election commission ignored warnings over voting machines – document
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Iraq election commission ignored warnings over voting machines – document

Baghdad (Reuters) – Iraq’s election commission ignored an anti-corruption body’s warnings about the credibility of electronic vote-counting machines used in…
Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south
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Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south

BAGHDAD (AP) — Qassim Sabaan Ali has spent the past 15 years tending to orchards in southern Iraq, only to…
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…
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