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"Fled Wars To Die In An Earthquake": Iraqi Woman Mourns Family In Turkey
Six years ago, Rehab Talal and her family fled the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq seeking shelter in Turkey, but seven members of her family died, including a week-old baby, when her parents' house collapsed in the earthquake.
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Iranian Woman Died Of "Blow To The Head" After Hijab Arrest, Says Family
Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran with her family when she encountered the notorious morality police and died after a "violent blow to the head", her cousin living in Iraq said.
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Donald Rumsfeld, Cocksure Architect Of Iraq War, Dead At 88
Donald Rumsfeld, the cocksure and unrepentant defense secretary who led the United States into war in Iraq and Afghanistan, has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 88.
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Ex-French President Jacques Chirac, Who Defied US On Iraq War, Dies At 86
Former French president Jacques Chirac, a centre-right career politician who served as head of state from 1995 to 2007, has died, his family told AFP on Thursday. He was 86.
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"Sushma Swaraj Was A Phone Call Away": Families Of Indians Killed In Iraq
Families of the 39 Indian workers who were kidnapped and killed by ISIS terrorists in Iraq in 2014 recalled how Sushma Swaraj had worked painstakingly for four years to find the whereabouts of all of them.
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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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"Bring Us Home, Please": 15 Indians Trapped In Iraq Send Out An SOS
They spent four months in an alien country with no job, shelter or food. Help was hard to come by, and the memories of their families back home were fading rapidly in a haze of broken dreams and desert sand. Making things worse was the constant fear of being thrown into prison, given that their visas had expired months ago.
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ISIS Terrorists In Iraq Kill 5 Of A Family Who Fought Against The Group
ISIS group jihadists killed five members of the same family at a checkpoint on the edge of their village north of Baghdad early on Saturday, a police official said.
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Congress Lawmakers Protest On Parliament Roof, Demand Compensation For Families Of Iraq Victims
Congress MPs from Punjab wanted to be on top of things -- so they staged a protest today on the rooftop of Parliament's porch.
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"Not Like Biscuits": VK Singh Criticised For Comment On 38 Indians
Union Minister VK Singh, who brought back today the bodies of 38 Indians killed in Iraq, was criticized for his sharp retort to reporters who questioned him about compensation for the grieving families: "This is not like distributing biscuits."
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As 38 Indians Return Home In Coffins, End Of Agonising Wait For Families
A special flight carrying the bodies of 38 Indians killed by the terror group ISIS in Iraq's Mosul landed in Amritsar on Tuesday. Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh had left for Mosul on Sunday in an Indian Air Force transport plane to bring the bodies home.
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Bodies Of Indians Killed By ISIS In Iraq Return, Handed Over To Family: Highlights
Union Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh will today bring back the bodies of the 39 Indians, killed in the war-torn country, officials said. Last month, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had told Parliament that 40 Indians were abducted by ISIS from Mosul in Iraq in June 2014, but one of them escaped posing as a Muslim from Bangl...
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Punjab To Give Assistance Package To Families Of Those Killed In Iraq By ISIS
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that the state government will work out a proper assistance package for families of those from Punjab among the 39 Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq and till then, they will continue to get a monthly pension.
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Bodies Of 39 Indians To Be Brought From Iraq In A Week: Sushma Swaraj
Bodies of 39 Indians killed in war-torn Iraq will be brought to India in a week's time, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the families of the deceased today.
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Families Of Indians Who Were Killed By ISIS Say Fake Agents Cheated Them
For nearly four years she hoped that she would see her brother again and ran from pillar to post seeking help to rescue him, but now Gurpinder Kaur is struggling to come to terms with the fact that she will never meet him. 25-year-old Manjinder Singh was among the 39 who were killed by the ISIS in Iraq's Mosul. Gurpinder recalls how her brother was...
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"Fled Wars To Die In An Earthquake": Iraqi Woman Mourns Family In Turkey
Six years ago, Rehab Talal and her family fled the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq seeking shelter in Turkey, but seven members of her family died, including a week-old baby, when her parents' house collapsed in the earthquake.
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Iranian Woman Died Of "Blow To The Head" After Hijab Arrest, Says Family
Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran with her family when she encountered the notorious morality police and died after a "violent blow to the head", her cousin living in Iraq said.
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Donald Rumsfeld, Cocksure Architect Of Iraq War, Dead At 88
Donald Rumsfeld, the cocksure and unrepentant defense secretary who led the United States into war in Iraq and Afghanistan, has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 88.
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Ex-French President Jacques Chirac, Who Defied US On Iraq War, Dies At 86
Former French president Jacques Chirac, a centre-right career politician who served as head of state from 1995 to 2007, has died, his family told AFP on Thursday. He was 86.
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"Sushma Swaraj Was A Phone Call Away": Families Of Indians Killed In Iraq
Families of the 39 Indian workers who were kidnapped and killed by ISIS terrorists in Iraq in 2014 recalled how Sushma Swaraj had worked painstakingly for four years to find the whereabouts of all of them.
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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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"Bring Us Home, Please": 15 Indians Trapped In Iraq Send Out An SOS
They spent four months in an alien country with no job, shelter or food. Help was hard to come by, and the memories of their families back home were fading rapidly in a haze of broken dreams and desert sand. Making things worse was the constant fear of being thrown into prison, given that their visas had expired months ago.
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ISIS Terrorists In Iraq Kill 5 Of A Family Who Fought Against The Group
ISIS group jihadists killed five members of the same family at a checkpoint on the edge of their village north of Baghdad early on Saturday, a police official said.
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Congress Lawmakers Protest On Parliament Roof, Demand Compensation For Families Of Iraq Victims
Congress MPs from Punjab wanted to be on top of things -- so they staged a protest today on the rooftop of Parliament's porch.
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"Not Like Biscuits": VK Singh Criticised For Comment On 38 Indians
Union Minister VK Singh, who brought back today the bodies of 38 Indians killed in Iraq, was criticized for his sharp retort to reporters who questioned him about compensation for the grieving families: "This is not like distributing biscuits."
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As 38 Indians Return Home In Coffins, End Of Agonising Wait For Families
A special flight carrying the bodies of 38 Indians killed by the terror group ISIS in Iraq's Mosul landed in Amritsar on Tuesday. Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh had left for Mosul on Sunday in an Indian Air Force transport plane to bring the bodies home.
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Bodies Of Indians Killed By ISIS In Iraq Return, Handed Over To Family: Highlights
Union Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh will today bring back the bodies of the 39 Indians, killed in the war-torn country, officials said. Last month, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had told Parliament that 40 Indians were abducted by ISIS from Mosul in Iraq in June 2014, but one of them escaped posing as a Muslim from Bangl...
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Punjab To Give Assistance Package To Families Of Those Killed In Iraq By ISIS
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that the state government will work out a proper assistance package for families of those from Punjab among the 39 Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq and till then, they will continue to get a monthly pension.
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Bodies Of 39 Indians To Be Brought From Iraq In A Week: Sushma Swaraj
Bodies of 39 Indians killed in war-torn Iraq will be brought to India in a week's time, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the families of the deceased today.
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Families Of Indians Who Were Killed By ISIS Say Fake Agents Cheated Them
For nearly four years she hoped that she would see her brother again and ran from pillar to post seeking help to rescue him, but now Gurpinder Kaur is struggling to come to terms with the fact that she will never meet him. 25-year-old Manjinder Singh was among the 39 who were killed by the ISIS in Iraq's Mosul. Gurpinder recalls how her brother was...
