Cop Killed, Another Wounded in Mosul Shooting
One policeman on Wednesday was killed and another was injured when unknown gunmen attacked their patrol vehicle in Mosul city, according to a local police source.
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Iraq | Thursday Jun 4
Duri: You'll Never Take Me Alive
The fugitive deputy of Iraq's late leader Saddam Hussein, Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, on Tuesday defied the United States to capture him alive in a rare newspaper interview.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
What US Soldiers Do in Iraq
War veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan came to Capitol Hill to testify before Congress and give an eyewitness account about the horrors of war. Like the Winter Soldier hearings, when more than 200 service members gathered for four days in Silver...
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Iraq Presents Agricultural Lands to Gulf Investors
An official stated on Monday that Iraq poses the agricultural lands for long-term rent to investors from the Gulf as part of a plan to revive the agricultural sector.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Kurdistan Region Open for Business Says Uk Representative
Niqash sat down with Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the Kurdistan Region??™s High Representative to the UK, to discuss the role of the Kurdish Regional Government??™s office in London, foreign investment in the Region, oil and Kurdish relations with Baghdad...
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Iran and Iraq Extend Cooperation on Small Businesses
Iran's Cooperatives Minister Mohammad Abbasi was in Baghdad this week to discuss ways to expand relations with Iraq, particularly in the field of small scale industries.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Iraqi PM Meets UIA Chief in Tehran
United Iraqi Alliance chief??™s political advisor Mohsen Hakim stated on Tuesday that UIA chief Abdul Aziz Hakim has met UIA members and the Iraqi prime minister.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Iraq Needs Continued International Engagement, Says Refugee Agency
Although the humanitarian situation in Iraq has been out of the spotlight recently, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) today cautioned that the situation for the millions of uprooted Iraqis both inside and outside the country...
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Kuwaiti MPs Urge Recall of Ambassador from Iraq
Kuwaiti lawmakers on Tuesday urged the government to recall the emirate??™s ambassador from Baghdad in protest at ???attacks??? by Iraqi MPs and demands to halt the payment of reparations.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Climate Change Threatens Mideast Stability - Study
Climate change could spark "environmental wars" in the Middle East over already scarce water supplies and dissuade Israel from any pullout from occupied Arab land, an international report said on Tuesday.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Global Recession Making World More Violent - Study
The economic downturn has made the world more violent and unstable in the last year, according to a study on Tuesday that ranked New Zealand as the most peaceful country and Iraq the least.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Recession May Worsen Left/right Revolts-consultant
Insurgencies rooted in the traditional left/right political divide are re-emerging around the world and economic downturn may accelerate the trend, a security consultancy said on Tuesday.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
U.S. Combat Troops to Leave All Iraqi Cities
U.S. combat forces will vacate all Iraqi cities on schedule by the end of this month, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Tuesday, including the still violent insurgent holdout of Mosul.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Iraq Refuses Two Shi'ite Pilgrim Flights from Iran
Iraq refused entry on Tuesday to two flights from Tehran carrying Iranian pilgrims to visit Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim holy sites, an official in Iraq's Civil Aviation authority said.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Iraq Still Too Fragile to Take Back Refugees: U.N.
Iraq remains too fragile to absorb the 1.5 million Iraqis still living outside its borders and any forced repatriation of refugees would place individuals at risk, the UNHCR said Tuesday.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Iraq Agrees to Let Britain Help Protect Oil Platforms
Iraq and Britain have struck a deal that will allow British troops to remain in the country, helping Iraqi naval forces protect oil platforms beyond a previously agreed withdrawal date, officials said on Tuesday.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
PKK Extends Ceasefire Till 15 July
The Kurdistan Workers Party has decided to extend the ceasefire reports the PKK mouthpiece Firat News Agency based in Amsterdam.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
First U.S. Soldier Killed in June
One U.S. soldier was killed Tuesday in a bomb explosion in eastern Baghdad, the first in June, the U.S. army said.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Baladruz Court Judge Escapes Attempt on His Life
A judge from the Baladruz court escaped an assassination attempt when an explosive charge went off in front of his house on Tuesday in the northwest of Baaquba, according to a security source.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Life in Prison to One of Margaret Hassan??™s Assassins
The Central Criminal Court in Iraq (CCCI) on Tuesday issued a life in prison verdict to Lutfee Hassan Jassir (Iraqi) who participated in the abduction and killing of the human rights activist Margaret Hassan (Iraqi-British) in the end of 2004.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
3 Weapons Caches Seized in Thi-Qar
Police forces on Tuesday seized three weapons caches throughout Thi-Qar province, which included ???100 kg of the TNT explosive material, at least 20 adhesive bombs, and more than 40 mortars,??? according to a release issued by Thi-Qar police directorate.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Combined Force Arrests 2 Iraqi Journalists ??“ Society
An Iraqi-U.S. combined force on Tuesday arrested the director of Al-Ahad Satellite TV station of the Sadr movement, and his brother who works for the Iraqiya Sports TV, the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO) in Iraq said in a release.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
15 Wanted Men Busted in Karbala
Security authorities arrested 15 wanted men in the past two days in separate areas of Karbala, the general director of the Karbala police said Tuesday.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
U.S. Army Announces 25 Casualties in May
Two U.S. servicemen have died as a result of non-combat related incidents in Thi-Qar province, raising the number of U.S. fatalities in May 2009 to 25.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Kuwaiti Lawmakers Urge Recall of Ambassador from Iraq
Kuwaiti lawmakers on Tuesday urged the government to recall the ambassador from Baghdad in protest of ???attacks??? by Iraqi MPs and demands to halt the payment of reparations.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
U.S. Seeks to Foster Ties Between Iraq, Kuwait ??“ Amb.
The U.S. Ambassador in Baghdad, Christopher Hill, said on Tuesday that the U.S. government seeks to boost relations between Iraq and Kuwait in economic, political and cultural fields.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Al-Samarraie Calls to Supervise IHEC During Elections
Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Iyad al-Samarraie, on Tuesday called for the presence of a supervising authority to supervise the performance of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) which should belong to the Parliament.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Muthanna Court Refuses to Release Ex-trade Minister on Bail
A Muthanna court has refused to release on bail the former minister of trade, Abdulfalah al-Sudani, and a number of his ministry??™s staff, who have been arrested to answer accusations of administrative and financial corruption.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Killer of Human Rights Activist in Court
The Central Criminal Court in Baghdad??™s al-Karkh on Tuesday began the trial of a man accused of killing human rights activist Margaret Hassan, according to a judicial source.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
Iraqi Government Urges Kuwait to Drop Opposition to Lifting Sanctions
Ali al-Dabbagh, official spokesman for the Iraqi Government, has stressed that his country is seeking to persuade all the neighboring and regional quarters and states that the regime in Iraq now "is not a threat to security and peace in the...
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
U.S. Commander Says Iraqi Forces Will Face Challenges
U.S. Brigadier-General Keith Walker, commander of U.S. teams embedded with Iraqi forces, said that security challenges will face the Iraqi forces after the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from the cities by the end of next June.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 3
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