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Sumerian gold jar, other relics returned to Iraq
Jan 30, 2012 10:23 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A 6,500-year-old Sumerian gold jar, the head of a Sumerian battle axe and a stone from an Assyrian palace were among 45 relics returned to Iraq by Germany on Monday.
Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc to end parliament boycott
Jan 29, 2012 10:04 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc will end a boycott of the parliament, a spokeswoman said on Sunday, easing the worst political crisis in Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's power-sharing government in a year.
Scenarios: Can Iraq survive its own politics?
Jan 19, 2012 04:04 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's political crisis shows no sign of easing a month after the Shi'ite-led government sought the arrest of a Sunni vice president, triggering fears that Iraq, without the buffer of U.S. troops, could return to sectarian conflict.
Iraq militia says to keep weapons, citing instability
Jan 17, 2012 13:18 EST
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A Shi'ite militia that fought U.S. troops in Iraq said Tuesday it will not lay down its arms immediately despite the departure of American forces.
Six dead after militants storm building in Iraq's Ramadi
Jan 15, 2012 05:35 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen wearing explosive belts stormed an anti-terrorism police building in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday and at least six people died in the attack, police and provincial officials said.
Ten dead in militant attack in Iraq's Ramadi
Jan 15, 2012 05:35 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ten people were killed when gunmen wearing explosive belts stormed a police building in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday, police and provincial officials said.
Digging up mass graves may heal Iraq war wounds
Dec 12, 2011 06:06 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - In the shadow of an earthen dam and buried under rubble and trash scattered across the al-Sadah waste ground lies one of the most frightening places in Baghdad at the peak of Iraq's sectarian slaughter.
Car bomb kills 10, wounds 25 in Iraq market
Dec 01, 2011 07:47 EST
KHALIS, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a produce market in the mainly Shi'ite Iraqi town of Khalis on Thursday, killing 10 people, wounding 25 others and leaving the street strewn with vegetables, body parts and blood.
Car bomb kills 10, wounds 25 in Iraq market
Dec 01, 2011 06:25 EST
KHALIS, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a produce market in the mainly Shi'ite Iraqi town of Khalis on Thursday, killing 10 people, wounding 25 others and leaving the street strewn with vegetables, body parts and blood.
Bomb blast kills 10, wounds 25 in Iraqi town
Dec 01, 2011 03:04 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a street market in the mainly Shi'ite Iraqi town of Khalis on Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding 25 others, police and hospital officials said.
Bomb blast kills 10, wounds 25 in Iraqi town
Dec 01, 2011 01:14 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a street market in the Iraqi town of Khalis on Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding 25, police and hospital officials said.
Suicide bomber hits Iraq military base, 19 dead
Nov 28, 2011 11:57 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a military base in the Iraqi town of Taji on Monday, killing at least 19 people, in the latest assault by insurgents trying to undermine the government.
Suicide bomber hits Iraq military base, 19 dead
Nov 28, 2011 06:06 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in a minibus struck a military base in the Iraqi town of Taji on Monday, killing at least 19 people in the latest attack by insurgents trying to undermine the government.
Bomber hits Iraq military base, 11 dead: officials
Nov 28, 2011 03:10 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck a military base in the Iraqi town of Taji Monday, killing at least 11 people in the latest attack by insurgents attempting to undermine the government.
Bomber hits Iraq military base, 11 dead: officials
Nov 28, 2011 02:14 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck a military base in the Iraqi town of Taji Monday, killing at least 11 people in the latest attack by insurgents attempting to undermine the government.
Bomber hits Iraq military base, 11 dead: sources
Nov 28, 2011 01:34 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck a military base in the Iraqi town of Taji Monday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 19 others, police and hospital sources said.
Iraq clinches $17 bln flared gas deal with Shell
Nov 27, 2011 11:09 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq signed a final $17 billion deal with Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> and Mitsubishi <8058.T> on Sunday to capture flared gas at southern oilfields, a project that should boost production of badly needed electricity.
U.S. withdrawal from Iraq: Eight years worth of stuff
Nov 24, 2011 15:38 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At the peak of the United States's war in Iraq, the U.S. military had more than 170,000 troops, 500 bases replete with tents and toilets, kitchens and motor pools, and an airline that flew hundreds of times a day across the country.
Bombs in Iraq market kill 10, wound dozens
Nov 24, 2011 12:59 EST
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded in a market in Iraq's southern oil city of Basra Thursday, killing at least ten people and wounding dozens, security sources said.
Iraq Basra bomb blasts kill at least nine: sources
Nov 24, 2011 12:03 EST
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed and 40 wounded when three bombs exploded on Thursday in a market in Iraq's southern oil city of Basra, police and hospital sources said.
