Iraq signs gas deal with Pakistani energy firm
July 16th, 2012 - 6:02 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, July 16 (IANS) Iraq has signed a deal with a Pakistani energy company to explore for natural gas in eastern Iraq, Xinhua reported."The Iraqi oil ministry is signing a ... Read more...
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Iraq to help Libya in chemical weapons’ disposal
April 13th, 2012 - 7:58 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, April 13 (IANS) Iraq has agreed to help Libya in getting rid of its stockpiles of chemical weapons following a request from Tripoli, Xinhua reported."The Iraqi cabinet has accepted ... 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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Iraq attacks leave 31 dead, 47 injured (Lead)
December 2nd, 2008 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 1 (DPA) Thirty-one people were killed and 47 wounded in a spate of bomb attacks in Baghdad and Mosul Monday, Iraqi media reports said.In western Mosul, 15 people died and ... Read more...
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Iraqis protest security treaty with US
November 21st, 2008 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 21 (Xinhua) Thousands of followers of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr staged a protest in the capital Friday against a US-Iraqi security deal and prayed together with the members of the ... Read more...
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Mullen says US troops withdrawal from Iraq to take 2-3 years
November 18th, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): Commenting on the recent troops-withdrawal pact between the Iraqi cabinet and the US, American top military officer Admiral Michael Mullen has said that the timing of that ... Read more...
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Iraq signs security pact with US on stationing troops
November 17th, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 17 (Xinhua) Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and the US envoy to Iraq Ryan Crocker signed Monday the long-awaited security pact which would allow US forces to remain in the ... Read more...
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Iraq approves pact to ensure US troops are withdrawn in 3 years
November 17th, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 17 (ANI): The Iraqi cabinet has reportedly approved a hard-fought security pact with the US, under which all American troops would withdraw from the country in three years, thereby ... Read more...
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Iraqi cabinet approves draft security pact with US
November 16th, 2008 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 16 (DPA) The Iraqi cabinet Sunday approved the final version of a security pact with the United States.The draft was endorsed by 27 of the 28 members who attended the ... Read more...
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Iraqi Cabinet seeks US ‘compromise’ on security agreement
October 30th, 2008 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 30 (DPA) Iraq will sign a long-term security agreement with the US only if the latter agrees to compromise on Iraqi-proposed amendments, the semi-official al-Sabah newspaper said Thursday.The Iraqi government ... Read more...
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Iraq Cabinet meets, discusses US-related security pact
October 21st, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Baghdad, Oct.21 (ANI): The Iraqi Cabinet has begun a meeting here to reportedly review a proposed security pact with the United States that would keep American troops in the country for ... Read more...
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Rice meets al-Maliki during unscheduled Iraq visit (Lead)
August 21st, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 21 (DPA) Visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki Thursday began talks that centred around the presence of US troops in the country and the ... Read more...
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Iraqi premier welcomes truce offer, offensive to go on
March 31st, 2008 - 4:00 am ICT by admin
DPA
Baghdad, March 31 (DPA) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki praised a move by radical Shia cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, to withdraw his fighters from the streets of Basra and other provinces but the ... Read more...
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Chemical Ali will not go to the gallows alone: Iraq
March 19th, 2008 - 7:18 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Baghdad, March 19 (DPA) The Iraqi government wants to execute three aides of former president Saddam Hussein together - including his cousin "Chemical Ali" - who were sentenced to death for genocide, ... Read more...
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US vice president in Iraq on fifth anniversary of war
March 18th, 2008 - 12:29 am ICT by admin
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DPA
Baghdad, March 17 (DPA) US Vice President Dick Cheney, visiting Iraq on the fifth anniversary of the war, pressed its leaders Monday to push through key legislations while praising security gains achieved ... Read more...
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