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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 4:17 am ET
Cairo - A firm from the United Arab Emirates plans to construct a five star hotel with a capacity for 3,000 guests in the Iraqi sacred city of Karbala, a news report said Monday. The name of the firm was not revealed, according to the Voices of Iraq ...
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Sparta Expositor - Mon Nov 30, 1:25 am ET
Federal charges in connection with a 2007 shooting incident in Baghdad have been dismissed against Nicholas Slatten.
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New York Daily News - Sun Nov 29, 11:26 pm ET
Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein .
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CBS News - Sun Nov 29, 5:30 pm ET
Reputed Backer Says Broadcasts Honoring Ex-Dictator Are for Iraqis and Other Arabs Who "Long for His Rule"
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Fox News - Sun Nov 29, 10:08 am ET
The military says Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher died when his fighter jet was shot down over Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War and was never captured or tortured.
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The Wenatchee World - Sat Nov 28, 10:18 pm ET
BAGHDAD — Google is documenting Iraq’s national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday. The museum was ransacked in the chaotic aftermath of Saddam Hussein’s ouster in April 2003, and only reopened to visitors early this year. Schmidt, who toured the museum with U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill on ...
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sat Nov 28, 3:26 pm ET
WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq's leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sat Nov 28, 10:05 am ET
Marines from Task Force Personnel Recovery of the Multi-National Force-West conduct recovery efforts at the crash site of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher in July.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 28, 4:56 am ET
Baghdad - Two politically influential Shiite Muslim preachers on Saturday warned of possible foreign interference in Iraq's coming parliamentary elections. In his sermon for Eid al-Adha prayers, Ammar al-Hakim, the Iranian-educated head of the Islami...
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New York Times - Sat Nov 28, 12:37 am ET
Iraqi leaders worked to avoid delays to January elections, warning that disagreements could still unravel any deal.
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Washington Post - Fri Nov 27, 10:24 pm ET
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi politicians pushed ahead Friday with a compromise on a contested election measure, awaiting approval from Kurdish officials on a deal that would increase the number of seats in parliament as a way to mute criticism and allow a vote crucial to U.S. withdrawal plans.
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NPR - Fri Nov 27, 4:53 pm ET
The Iraqis who fall victim to their country's ongoing violence often register as little more than a number in a newscast for most Americans. But one of those recent statistics represented a real loss for many people in Denver. Haiffa Ali arrived there as a refugee in 2007, nervous and hostile to a country that was occupying her own. In less than two years, she was settled in — helping with a ...
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The Champaign News-Gazette - Fri Nov 27, 11:18 am ET
BAGHDAD (AP) – A top Iraqi official warned Friday "it is too early" to claim a breakthrough in a political crisis over the fragile democracy's election law, all but assuring that a national vote will be pushed past its deadline. The Obama administration was banking on the elections to be held by the end of January, as required under the nation's constitution, to begin the withdrawal of about 115 ...
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KENS 5 San Antonio - Fri Nov 27, 10:35 am ET
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Boston Globe - Fri Nov 27, 9:33 am ET
A top Iraqi official warned Friday "it is too early" to claim a breakthrough in a political crisis over the fragile democracy's election law, all but assuring that a national vote will be pushed past its deadline.