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Almost 100 Dead As Ferry Carrying Families Sinks On Holiday Trip In Iraq
Almost 100 people, mostly women and children, died Thursday as a ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former terrorist stronghold of Mosul, in Iraq's worst accident in years.
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Once A Tradition, Iraqis Say No Toy Guns In Bid To Celebrate Peaceful Eid
It has long been a tradition in Iraq's second city Mosul for young boys to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday by running riot with firecrackers or toy guys -- scaring their sisters and grandparents.
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Iraq Holds Military Parade To Celebrate Victory Over ISIS
Iraq's armed forces held a military parade in Baghdad on Sunday to celebrate the victory announced by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi over the ISIS group.
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Islamic State's 'Caliphate' Has Been Toppled In Iraq And Syria. Why Isn't Anyone Celebrating?
Every day for more than three years, the U.S.-led coalition bombed ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria, for a total of nearly 30,000 strikes. But on Nov. 26, not a single airstrike was launched.
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Malala Yousafzai Turns 20. Celebrates With Bumper Cars And Cotton Candy
Activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai turned 20 on Wednesday. Even on her big day, she continued her fight for education of girls around the world. But she did take some time off to have some fun.
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Mosul Celebrates First Eid Without ISIS In Years
People in the Iraqi city of Mosul celebrated their first Muslim Eid holiday without ISIS in years today after the terrorists were ejected from much of the city, and hoped the battle to recapture the remaining area would soon be over.
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Iraqi Christians Hold Easter Celebrations At A Church Damaged By ISIS
Hundreds of Iraqi Christians gathered on Sunday in a church damaged by ISIS north of Mosul, celebrating Easter there for the first time since 2014.
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In Charred Church Near Mosul, Iraqi Christians Pray Once More
Surrounded by charred walls and in front of a ruined altar, dozens of Iraqi Christians celebrated mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh on Sunday for the first time since it was recaptured from ISIS.
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After Attack, France Bolsters Iraq Military Fight Against ISIS
French President Francois Hollande announced new help on Friday for Iraq's military in fighting ISIS, trying to show his government is taking action amid criticism that there weren't enough police protecting Nice's Bastille Day celebration when a truck attack last week killed 84 people.
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Nearly 120 Killed In Overnight Baghdad Bombings Claimed By ISIS
Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said on Sunday.
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Iraq PM Visits Fallujah, Urges Iraqis To Celebrate Victory
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi urged all Iraqis to celebrate the recapture of Fallujah on Sunday by the security forces and vowed the national flag would be raised in Mosul soon.
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What Christmas Looks Like In Baghdad This Year
In a bid to show solidarity with Iraq's embattled Christian minority, local authorities in Baghdad have put on an official Christmas celebration this year.
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Car Bomb Kills at Least 80 Celebrating End of Ramadan in Iraq
A car bomb killed at least 80 people including children in a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks since Islamic State militants overran large parts of the country.
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Iraqis Fete Curfew End With Flags, Horns and Tyre Smoke
Iraqis roared through central Baghdad in dozens of cars flying flags, honking horns and filling the street with smoke from their screeching tyres to celebrate the end of a years-old nightly curfew.
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Pope Francis Celebrates Christmas Eve Mass And Calls Iraqi Refugees
Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve with a late-night Mass on Wednesday in St Peter's Basilica and a phone call to some Iraqi refugees forced to flee their homes by Islamic militants.
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Almost 100 Dead As Ferry Carrying Families Sinks On Holiday Trip In Iraq
Almost 100 people, mostly women and children, died Thursday as a ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former terrorist stronghold of Mosul, in Iraq's worst accident in years.
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Once A Tradition, Iraqis Say No Toy Guns In Bid To Celebrate Peaceful Eid
It has long been a tradition in Iraq's second city Mosul for young boys to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday by running riot with firecrackers or toy guys -- scaring their sisters and grandparents.
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Iraq Holds Military Parade To Celebrate Victory Over ISIS
Iraq's armed forces held a military parade in Baghdad on Sunday to celebrate the victory announced by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi over the ISIS group.
-
Islamic State's 'Caliphate' Has Been Toppled In Iraq And Syria. Why Isn't Anyone Celebrating?
Every day for more than three years, the U.S.-led coalition bombed ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria, for a total of nearly 30,000 strikes. But on Nov. 26, not a single airstrike was launched.
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Malala Yousafzai Turns 20. Celebrates With Bumper Cars And Cotton Candy
Activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai turned 20 on Wednesday. Even on her big day, she continued her fight for education of girls around the world. But she did take some time off to have some fun.
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Mosul Celebrates First Eid Without ISIS In Years
People in the Iraqi city of Mosul celebrated their first Muslim Eid holiday without ISIS in years today after the terrorists were ejected from much of the city, and hoped the battle to recapture the remaining area would soon be over.
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Iraqi Christians Hold Easter Celebrations At A Church Damaged By ISIS
Hundreds of Iraqi Christians gathered on Sunday in a church damaged by ISIS north of Mosul, celebrating Easter there for the first time since 2014.
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In Charred Church Near Mosul, Iraqi Christians Pray Once More
Surrounded by charred walls and in front of a ruined altar, dozens of Iraqi Christians celebrated mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh on Sunday for the first time since it was recaptured from ISIS.
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After Attack, France Bolsters Iraq Military Fight Against ISIS
French President Francois Hollande announced new help on Friday for Iraq's military in fighting ISIS, trying to show his government is taking action amid criticism that there weren't enough police protecting Nice's Bastille Day celebration when a truck attack last week killed 84 people.
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Nearly 120 Killed In Overnight Baghdad Bombings Claimed By ISIS
Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said on Sunday.
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Iraq PM Visits Fallujah, Urges Iraqis To Celebrate Victory
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi urged all Iraqis to celebrate the recapture of Fallujah on Sunday by the security forces and vowed the national flag would be raised in Mosul soon.
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What Christmas Looks Like In Baghdad This Year
In a bid to show solidarity with Iraq's embattled Christian minority, local authorities in Baghdad have put on an official Christmas celebration this year.
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Car Bomb Kills at Least 80 Celebrating End of Ramadan in Iraq
A car bomb killed at least 80 people including children in a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks since Islamic State militants overran large parts of the country.
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Iraqis Fete Curfew End With Flags, Horns and Tyre Smoke
Iraqis roared through central Baghdad in dozens of cars flying flags, honking horns and filling the street with smoke from their screeching tyres to celebrate the end of a years-old nightly curfew.
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Pope Francis Celebrates Christmas Eve Mass And Calls Iraqi Refugees
Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve with a late-night Mass on Wednesday in St Peter's Basilica and a phone call to some Iraqi refugees forced to flee their homes by Islamic militants.
