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FALLUJAH, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen disguised as police raided checkpoints and homes in western Iraq on Monday, killing at least 27 members of the security forces, police said, in an attack the authorities said bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda.

2012-03-05T06:02:02ZReuters US Online Report World News Fadhel al-Badranitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/27/Michigan_burial_last_US_soldier_6f5e

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The family of the last U.S. soldier missing in Iraq will hold a funeral for him in Michigan, now that the army has recovered his remains more than five years after he vanished while secretly visiting his Iraqi wife in Baghdad.

2012-02-27T12:17:20ZReuters US Online Report Domestic News Peter Grafftag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/27/Iraq_militia_hands_over_last_aa25

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A Shi'ite militia has handed over the body of the last U.S. soldier missing in Iraq, closing a final chapter of the war two months after U.S. troops left and more than five years after the soldier vanished while secretly visiting his wife in Baghdad.

2012-02-27T12:17:20ZReuters US Online Report Domestic News Peter Graff and Suadad al-Salhytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/23/Baghdad_bombings_kill_least_Iraqi_363f

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Several bomb attacks hit Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens in mainly Shi'ite Muslim neighborhoods, Iraqi police said.

2012-02-23T06:44:14ZReuters US Online Report World NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/23/Baghdad_bombings_kill_least_64c9

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs struck across Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens, in the latest wave of attacks on the Iraqi capital since a political crisis erupted in December, security officials said.

2012-02-23T06:44:14ZReuters US Online Report Top News Kareem Raheemtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/23/Iraq_attacks_kill_raise_sectarian_3302

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Simultaneous early morning attacks on mostly Shi'ite targets across Iraq killed at least 60 people and wounded dozens on Thursday in one of the bloodiest days of violence since U.S. troops pulled out in mid-December.

2012-02-23T06:44:14ZReuters US Online Report World News Kareem Raheemtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/23/bomb_central_Baghdad_kills_police_9e5e

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb struck an area of central Baghdad on Thursday, killing seven people and wounding 24, Iraqi police said.

2012-02-23T05:43:46ZReuters US Online Report World NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/20/Iraqi_facing_terror_trial_sees_5ad1

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Judges ordered one of Iraq's two vice-presidents tried for terrorism Monday in a move the accused, Tareq al-Hashemi, dismissed as part of a "black comedy" devised by sectarian adversaries in government.

2012-02-20T16:40:53ZReuters US Online Report World News Yara Bayoumy and Ahmed Rasheedtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/10/Long_live_king!_AUs_lavish_5a46

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Perched under the shadow of a 100-metre tall marble monolith, a short-sleeved Kwame Nkrumah stands with his right hand raised in triumphant pose, his eyes gazing at the heavens.

2012-02-10T14:40:25ZReuters Life! Online Report Aaron Maashotag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/30/African_Union_fails_elect_chief_bb1b

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union failed to elect a new head on Monday, highlighting the weakness of a group criticized for slow decision-making during political turmoil on the continent last year.

2012-01-30T18:21:51ZReuters US Online Report World News Aaron Maasho and Yara Bayoumytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/29/South_Sudan_demands_border_deal_55e0

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan has totally shut down oil output in a row with Sudan over export transit fees and will only restart after the two reach a deal covering border security and the disputed Abyei region, its oil minister said on Sunday.

2012-01-29T17:52:58ZReuters US Online Report World News Hereward Hollandtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/29/South_Sudan_demands_border_deal_ae2b

JUBA/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - South Sudan has totally shut down oil output in a row with Sudan over export transit fees and will only restart after the two reach a deal covering border security and the disputed Abyei region, its oil minister said on Sunday.

2012-01-29T17:52:58ZReuters US Online Report World News Hereward Holland and Aaron Maashotag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/29/Libyan_calls_security_meeting_over_0479

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib called on Sunday for a regional security conference to tackle a proliferation of weapons by exiled supporters of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.

2012-01-29T12:19:24ZReuters US Online Report World NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/27/Sudan_shutdown_continues_after_talks_870e

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan failed Friday to resolve an oil dispute that has led to the shutdown of the South's crude output and threatened both countries' economies.

2012-01-27T18:58:44ZReuters US Online Report World News Yara Bayoumy and Aaron Maashotag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/24/Rwanda_genocide_suspect_deported_from_5481

KIGALI (Reuters) - A Rwandan man charged with crimes against humanity has been deported from Canada and is due to arrive in the central African country overnight, Rwanda's justice minister said on Tuesday.

2012-01-24T17:05:38ZReuters US Online Report World News Graham Hollidaytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/23/Kenya_presidential_hopefuls_face_crimes_05de

THE HAGUE/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's finance minister and son of its founder president, must stand trial at the International Criminal Court for directing a militia to murder and rape after a disputed 2007 election, ICC judges ruled Monday.

2012-01-23T17:44:22ZReuters US Online Report World News Sara Webb and James Machariatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/23/Kenyas_Kenyatta_says_rejects_crimes_48a7

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan finance minister and presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday he was innocent of charges leveled against him by the International Criminal Court of crimes against humanity in 2007/8 post-election violence.

2012-01-23T16:08:01ZReuters US Online Report World NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/23/Kenyan_presidential_hopefuls_face_crimes_3bb1

THE HAGUE/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyan finance minister and son of the country's founder president, must stand trial at the International Criminal Court for directing a militia to murder and rape after a disputed 2007 election, ICC judges ruled Monday.

2012-01-23T10:49:25ZReuters US Online Report World News Sara Webb and James Machariatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/12/21/Rwanda_politicians_jailed_life_over_7081

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - The U.N. war crimes tribunal for Rwanda on Wednesday found two bosses of the former ruling Hutu-led party guilty of genocide for their leading roles in the 1994 massacre of Tutsis and moderate Hutus, and sentenced them to life in prison.

2011-12-21T13:38:25ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/12/20/strike_hits_rebel-held_Somali_village_4646

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A warplane bombed a Somali village held by Islamist rebels near the border with Kenya Tuesday, killing several civilians, residents and a Somali military official said.

2011-12-20T20:29:24ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERS