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An explosion outside an elementary school in a Shiite district of Baghdad killed at least eight people Monday, as Iraqi officials considered delaying national elections until at least February.
Refugee activists are developing plans to build a Mandaean cultural center somewhere in Massachusetts so the increasing number of Iraqi Mandaeans settling in the area can try to preserve their rapidly disappearing two-millennia-old religion.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi lawmakers have approved a law that clears the way for parliament elections early next year. The law was approved late Sunday night in an emergency parliament session after days of wrangling by politicians.
BAGHDAD (AP) — He compared al-Qaida in Iraq to wolves, urging that the terrorist group be crushed since he believed its members would never reject violence.
Baghdad - Six people were killed and six injured in attacks targeting mostly police stations and patrols in Iraq on Sunday, police said. Two people were killed and six injured in several attacks in the northern city of Kirkuk. The victims were believ...
An Iraqi security official says a bomb at a roadside market in northern Baghdad killed one and wounded six people.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed four Iraqi policemen at a checkpoint west of Baghdad in an early morning attack Sunday,...
When it comes down to it, Haitham Saleem doesn't really want to be here, doesn't want his life to be like this. He's glad to be safe, happy to no longer be in the war zone of Iraq. But the middle-aged refugee had expected more than simply safety: He had expected the makings of a whole new life. Back home in Iraq, he had a home and a business, money and friends. Now, he needs help to afford a ...
He compared al-Qaida in Iraq to wolves, urging that the terrorist group be crushed since he believed its members would never reject violence. But the wolves got to the Iraqi insurgent fighter first.
Vice President Biden spoke today with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to discuss the President’s decision on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Vice President stressed that U.S. actions to reinforce Afghanistan will not come at the expense of the U.S.-Iraq bilateral relationship. Also, as he did with other Iraqi leaders over the weekend, the Vice President commended Prime ...
GREENSBORO — Having sold her food stamps to pay the water and electric bill, uncertain of how to make December’s rent or feed her disabled husband and three children, Sahar al-Janabi, 38, had one request. read more
The death of an Iraqi counterterror officer in a suicide bombing could embolden al-Qaida loyalists to try to make a return to the area around Saddam Hussein's hometown where he held sway.
BAGHDAD -- A suicide bomber killed a senior Iraqi police official in the northern city of Tikrit on Thursday in an attack that authorities blamed on al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Because the U.S. post war reconstruction plan in Iraq has been grossly mishandled and has proven to be largely ineffectual, Iraqi artists and filmmakers have decided to take cultural reconstruction efforts into their own hands. Recently in Baghdad, Iraqi filmmakers unveiled the city’s first traveling film festival, showcased at sites where explosions have ruined cultural [...]
BAGHDAD - Iraq's vice president said Thursday he remains open to talks to break an impasse on holding parliamentary elections scheduled for next month, but stands by his demand that minority Sunnis have a greater voice in the voting.
(RTTNews) - Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi announced Thursday he had postponed until Sunday a decision on whether to accept or veto an amended version of the country's election law for next year's crucial parliamentary polls, after a court gave him more time.
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