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Iraq bombings kill sevenFallujah, Iraq (AFP) May 14, 2012 Seven people were killed in attacks in central and northern Iraq on Monday, including five who died in a spate of bombings in the former insurgent bastion of Fallujah, officials said. In Fallujah, just west of Baghdad, three bomb attacks in close succession killed five people and wounded 18 others. An initial car bomb blew up in the centre of the city, killing five people and wounding eight, Anbar provincial police spokesman First Lieutenant Ali al-Amiri and doctor Omar Dalli from Fallujah hospi ... read more |
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New delay for Iraq VP death squad trial The trial of Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was delayed again on Thursday by a row over the venue, this time until May 15, a day after Turkey said it would not extradite the Sunni official. ... more | .. |
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 Twin attacks kill four in central Iraq Insurgents killed four people, including a man and his son, in two attacks in Diyala province in central Iraq on Wednesday, police and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
 Turkey refuses to extradite Iraqi vice-president: deputy PM Turkey will not extradite Iraq's Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who is being tried in absentia in Baghdad accused of running a death squad, a senior official was quoted as saying on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Interpol issues Red Notice for arrest of Iraqi VP Interpol said Tuesday it had issued an international Red Notice for the arrest of Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on suspicion of "guiding and financing terrorist attacks". ... more | .. |
 Kurds boycott Iraq cabinet meet in disputed city Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki insisted Tuesday that Kirkuk had an Iraqi identity during a cabinet meet boycotted by Kurdish ministers whose autonomous region lays claim to the disputed city. ... more |
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 Iraq court orders Hezbollah commander freed: lawyer An Iraqi court on Monday ruled that a Hezbollah commander accused of plotting the killing of five US soldiers in January 2007 should be released from custody over a lack of evidence, his lawyer said. ... more | .. |
 Iraq Kurd leader warns against culture of violence The leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said on Friday he fears a return to a culture of violence, the latest in a series of remarks critical of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in recent weeks. ... more | .. |
Venue appeal delays Iraq VP death squad case The trial in absentia of Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was delayed a week on Thursday after his lawyers called for it to be held in a special court as his allies dismissed the case as politicised. ... more | .. |
Iraq, Kuwait ask UN to repair border markers Kuwait and Iraq have jointly asked the United Nations to start repairing border markers, delayed for years due to Iraqi objections, a senior Kuwaiti official said on Wednesday. ... more |
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US funds may have helped Iraq insurgents: watchdog Some US commanders believe funds available for relief and reconstruction during the country's war in Iraq may have ended up benefiting insurgents, a report released by a US watchdog said. ... more | .. |
 Iraq violence kills seven: officials Violence killed seven people in Iraq on Monday, including a mother and her three children who were stabbed to death in their home and an army major killed by a bomb, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Mother, three children gunned down in Iraq A Sunni mother and her three children were shot dead in an apparent sectarian attack in a village in central Iraq, after twin bombings killed eight people, mostly Shiites, police said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Top Iraq politicians demand greater democracy Top Iraqi politicians, many of whom feel marginalised by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's style of governing, called on Saturday in Arbil for greater democracy in running the country. ... more |
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 Iraq's Sadr to meet Kurdistan president Powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will meet Kurdistan chief Massud Barzani Thursday in a bid to resolve a crisis between the autonomous region and Baghdad, the cleric's spokesman said. ... more | .. |
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 Iraq cuts anti-Qaeda militia pay Most of Iraq's remaining 40,000 anti-Qaeda militiamen have seen their pay cut by 20 percent this year following a decision by parliament, an aide to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told AFP on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Shakespeare tragedy set amid Iraq strife Romeo is Shiite, Juliet Sunni, and they must contend not only with warring families but a country torn by conflict and sectarian strife: this is the story of "Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad". ... more |
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Bombings kill three as Iraq governor targeted Bombs exploded in two minibuses in Baghdad on Saturday, killing three people and wounding at least 12, while a bomb attack on a governor's convoy wounded two guards, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 Iraq PM must not obtain F-16s: Kurdistan chief Massud Barzani, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan, said he opposes the sale of F-16 warplanes to Iraq while Nuri al-Maliki is premier, as he fears they would be used against the region. ... more | .. |
 Iraqi Kurd leader says won't allow PKK to operate from north The leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region vowed Friday he would not allow Kurdish separatists to stage attacks in Turkey from northern Iraq, local media reported. ... more | .. |
 Iraq attacks kill at least 38 A wave of apparently coordinated bombing and shooting attacks in seven different provinces across Iraq killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 170 on Thursday, security officials said. ... more |
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