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25 Die in Iraq as Nation Votes in Historic Election
Posted: 03/07/10 9:38AM
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Top News, World, Election Showdown, Iraq, Politics
Iraqis voted Sunday in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed 25 people across the Iraq, unleashing a barrage of mortars intent on disrupting the historic day.
Fear of Another 9/11 Justified Iraq Invasion: Blair
Posted: 01/29/10 8:57AM
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Top News, World, Iraq, Politics, Terrorism
LONDON - An unrepentant Tony Blair defended his decision to join the United States in attacking Iraq, arguing Friday before a panel investigating the war that the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks made the threat of weapons of mass destruction impossible to ignore.
'Chemical Ali' Executed in Iraq
Posted: 01/25/10 9:37AM
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Crime Files, Top News, World, Iraq, Terrorism
BAGHDAD - Iraq's government spokesman says Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was executed Monday about a week after being sentenced to death for the poison gas attacks that killed more than 5,000 Kurds in 1988.
Iraqi Man, Dog Reunite After Bomb Blast
Posted: 12/11/09 9:31AM
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World, Animals in the News, Iraq
Faroug Omar rescues his dog, Liza in Baghdad, Iraq. Liza was left perched atop a ledge stranded but remarkably unharmed in a major suicide car bombing. (AP)
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Liza is one lucky dog. And so, it turns out, is her family. The ginger-colored mutt stranded alone atop the bombed-out ruins of her Baghdad home was reunited with her owners Wednesday after a night spent chained to a railing, bringing a few smiles after the Iraqi capital's latest day of sorrow.
Obama Defends U.S. Wars as He Picks Up Peace Prize
Posted: 12/10/09 7:35AM
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Top News, World, Afghanistan, Climate Change, Iraq, Nobel Prize, President Obama
OSLO (AP) - President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
Army Shooter Was to Serve in Iraq
Posted: 11/06/09 8:23AM
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World, Afghanistan, Gun Violence, Iraq, News That Stunned Us, Outbursts of Violence
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" — an Arabic phrase for "God is great!" — before opening fire, the base commander said Friday.
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