Iraq executes 14 on terrorism, criminal charges
February 9th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Feb 8 (IANS) A total of 14 people convicted for terrorism and criminal charges have been executed in Iraq, its justice ministry said Wednesday."Fourteen convicted prisoners were executed early ... Read more...
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31 killed in Iraq car bombing (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 27 (IANS) At least 31 people were killed and 60 others injured Friday in a suicide car bombing that targeted a funeral procession in Baghdad, Xinhua reported.An interior ... Read more...
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22 killed in Iraq car bombing
January 27th, 2012 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 27 (IANS) At least 22 people were killed and 35 others injured in a suicide car bombing that rocked Baghdad Friday, Xinhua reported.An interior ministry official said the ... Read more...
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Six killed in Iraq attacks
January 23rd, 2012 - 5:03 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 23 (IANS) At least six people were killed in gunfire and bomb attacks in Iraq, Xinhua reported.Gunmen attacked a check-post jointly manned by policemen and fighters of a ... Read more...
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Iraq bans visits to Saddam Hussein’s grave
January 22nd, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 22 (IANS) The Iraqi authorities Sunday banned individuals from visiting former Iraqi president Saddam Hussien's grave over two years after having already prohibited organised visits to it in ... Read more...
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11 get death for Baghdad attacks
January 19th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 19 (IANS) Eleven people convicted of carrying out deadly attacks in Baghdad have been sentenced to death, Xinhua reported Thursday.The Presidency Council Thursday approved the punishments issued by ... Read more...
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Iraq demands back ‘Saddam bottom’ taken by British soldier
January 17th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 17 (IANS) Iraq has demanded back a metal chunk that formed the bottom of a bronze statue of late president Saddam Hussein that was taken by a British ... Read more...
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12 killed in Iraq car bombings
January 16th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 16 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 35 wounded Monday in two car bombings in Iraq, Xinhua reported.The first car bomb exploded around 8 a.m. at ... Read more...
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50 killed in Iraq suicide bombing (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 14 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed and around 100 others injured Saturday in a suicide bombing targeting Shia pilgrims in Iraq, Xinhua reported.The bombing took place ... Read more...
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Iraq marks first Army Day
January 7th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 6 (IANS) Iraq Friday marked its first Army Day with a military parade in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone.The occasion was celebrated by displaying the country's military prowess. Troops, ... Read more...
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Three killed in Iraq bombing
December 26th, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 26 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 14 injured Monday morning after a suicide bomber targeted a police checkpost near the Iraqi interior ministry's compound.The bomber ... Read more...
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Arrest warrant issued for Iraq’s vice president: official
December 20th, 2011 - 8:59 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 20 (IANS) The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council, which is country's highest judicial body, has issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, said an interior ministry ... Read more...
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Two killed, 15 wounded in Iraq attacks
December 20th, 2011 - 5:17 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 20 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 15 wounded in separate bomb attacks in central Iraq Monday, the police said.In Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, ... Read more...
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All US troops out of Iraq
December 18th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kuwait City, Dec 18 (IANS) The last batch of American combat forces in Iraq crossed into neighbouring Kuwait Sunday morning, said the US military.The exit marked the completion of the ... Read more...
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Four people killed in Iraq attacks
December 18th, 2011 - 4:32 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 18 (IANS) At least four people were killed and two wounded in Iraq Saturday during bomb blast and shooting incidents.The two separate incidents occurred inside and close to ... Read more...
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Training mission in Iraq to end: NATO chief
December 12th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Dec 12 (IANS) NATO will wrap up its training mission in Iraq by year-end, its secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said Monday."Agreement on the extension of this successful programme ... Read more...
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13 killed in Iraq car bombing
November 28th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 28 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed and 28 others wounded Monday when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a prison near the Iraqi capital, ... Read more...
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10 killed in Iraq bombings
November 25th, 2011 - 4:37 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 25 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 45 others injured in three back-to-back bombings in the Iraqi port city of Basra, police said.A roadside bomb exploded ... Read more...
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Nine killed in Iraq insurgent attacks
November 20th, 2011 - 6:40 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 20 (IANS) At least six police personnel and three insurgents were killed Saturday in separate insurgent attacks in Iraq's western Anbar province, Xinhua reported.Five policemen and ... Read more...
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10 killed in Iraq bombing
November 3rd, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 3 (IANS) Ten people were killed and 25 wounded Thursday in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, police said.A suicide bomber blew up his ... Read more...
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Nine dead in Iraq car bomb attacks
October 26th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 26 (IANS) Two car bombs exploded in Iraq in quick succession Wednesday, killing at least nine people and injuring 16, Xinhua reported.The first car bomb was detonated around ... Read more...
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10 dead in Iraq hostage crisis
October 3rd, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 3 (IANS) Ten people, among them five policemen, were killed Monday when Iraqi security forces stormed a government compound where several people, including a mayor, were held hostage, ... Read more...
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Six killed in Iraq’s twin blasts
October 3rd, 2011 - 7:16 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 3 (IANS) At least six people were killed in two back-to-back roadside bomb blasts near the Iraqi capital Baghdad late Sunday, Xinhua reported.Two members of the Sunni paramilitary ... Read more...
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Iraq to buy 18 F-16s from US
September 27th, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 27 (IANS) Iraq has signed a contract with the US to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets, an official told Xinhua Tuesday.Part of the contract money ... Read more...
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Nine die in Iraq blasts
September 25th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 25 (IANS) Nine people were killed and some 90 wounded in a spate of bomb attacks in Iraq's Karbala city Sunday, police said.The nine victims died in four ... Read more...
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Three killed in Iraq blast
September 23rd, 2011 - 2:29 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 23 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 17 injured Thursday in a car bomb blast in central Iraq, Xinhua reported.The blast occurred near a restaurant in ... Read more...
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21 Arab films at Baghdad fest
September 21st, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Sep 21 (IANS/WAM) Twenty-one films from the Gulf countries will be screened at the 3rd Baghdad International Film Festival (BIFF) Oct 3-6, it was announced Wednesday.The UAE, Bahrain, Oman, ... Read more...
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22 Shias killed in Iraq bus attack
September 13th, 2011 - 6:53 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 13 (IANS) Twenty-two Shia Muslims on board a bus were shot dead by gunmen in western Iraq, Xinhua reported.The attackers stopped the bus that was travelling from Syria ... Read more...
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12,000 dead in seven years of Iraqi bombings
September 3rd, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 3 (IANS/AKI) Over 12,000 civilians and some 200 coalition soldiers died in suicide bombings in Iraq between 2003 and 2010, says a new report.Medical journal The Lancet said ... Read more...
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63 killed in Iraq as violence escalates
August 15th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 15 (IANS) At least 63 people were killed and over 260 injured in a series of bomb attacks across Iraq Monday.The attacks occurred in seven provinces of central ... Read more...
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Four killed in Iraq bomb blasts
August 12th, 2011 - 6:15 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 12 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 24 injured after two roadside bombs exploded near a mosque in Iraq, Xinhua reported.The twin blasts occurred in ... Read more...
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Four killed in Iraq attacks
August 4th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 4 (IANS) Four people were killed and four others injured in different incidents of attacks in Iraq's capital city Baghdad, Xinhua reported Thursday.A policeman was killed Thursday afternoon ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Iraq bomb blasts
August 4th, 2011 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 3 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 15 injured as two roadside bomb blasts rattled an Iraqi city Wednesday, Xinhua reported.The blasts occurred in capital ... Read more...
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Iraq declares holiday amid 50 degree scorcher
August 1st, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 1 (IANS) The Iraqi government declared Monday as a holiday in central and southern parts of the country after temperatures crossed 50 degrees Celsius, Xinhua reported."The Iraqi Council ... Read more...
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10 killed, 30 injured in Iraq twin terror attack
July 28th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, July 28 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 30 others were wounded Thursday in a roadside bombing that was followed by a suicide bomber attack which targeted ... Read more...
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