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6 Students Killed, 14 Injured After Truck Runs Them Over In Iraq
At least six students were killed and 14 injured Tuesday when a truck ploughed into them on their way out of school in Iraq's southern province of Basra, authorities said.
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300-Year-Old Iraq Mosque Minaret Demolished For Road Expansion
The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and cultural authorities who condemned it as a further erosion of Iraq's cultural heritage.
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Gulf Cup: One Dead, Dozens Hurt In Stampede Before Final Clash
Thousands of fans, many without tickets, had earlier gathered outside the 65,000-seat stadium in Iraq's main southern city of Basra since dawn in the hope of watching the Iraq-Oman duel
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"It's Hell": Chronic Power Cuts Exacerbate Iraq's Sweltering Summer
Umm Mohammed, 74, waves a fan back and forth to cool down, but in the blistering heat of Iraq's southern city of Basra there is nothing but stiflingly hot air.
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3 Killed, More Than 50 Injured In Gas Pipeline Blast In Iraq
At least three people were killed and more than 50 injured in a gas pipeline explosion in southern Iraq, police sources said on Saturday.
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American Oil Field Workers Evacuating Iraq After US Strike
US citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday, the oil ministry said, after a US air strike killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq.
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Iraq Protests: 93 Dead, Firebrand Cleric Demands Government's Resignation
The death toll from mass protests in Baghdad and cities across southern Iraq rose to 93 on Saturday as the unrest entered its fifth day, parliament's human rights commission said.
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11 Killed As Anti-Government Protests Turn Violent In Iraq
Eleven people were killed during protests overnight in two southern Iraqi cities, including a policeman, police and medical sources said on Thursday, raising the death toll to 18 since anti-government protests turned violent two days ago.
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US War Veteran Raises $12 Million In 5 Days To Build Trump's Wall
So far, US President Donald Trump can't get the US Congress -- or Mexico -- to pay for the "beautiful" wall he has long promised to build on the southern border. Enter: crowdfunding.
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Feline Pampered: Basra Moggies Set Paw In Iraq's First Cat Hotel
Cats in Iraq's southern city of Basra are purring with delight as the country's first feline hotel opens for guests.
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Baghdad Car Blast Kills 51, ISIS Escalates Insurgency
A car packed with explosives blew up on Thursday in southern Baghdad, killing at least 51 people and wounding 55, security and medical sources said, in the deadliest such attack in Iraq this year.
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Iraq Forces Retake Key Town On Mosul Southern Front
Iraqi forces retook a key town from the ISIS group Monday, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul.
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Iraqi Army Pause At Southern Edge Of Falluja As ISIS Fights Back Vigorously
ISIS terrorists fought back vigorously overnight against an onslaught by the Iraqi army on a southern district of the city of Falluja, the group's bastion near Baghdad, officers said on Tuesday.
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ISIS Suicide Attacks Kill 32 In Southern Iraq
Two suicide car bombs claimed by ISIS killed at least 32 people and wounded 75 others in the centre of the southern Iraqi city of Samawa today, police and medics said.
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Iraqi Sunni Mosques Attacked In Apparent Retaliation For Saudi Execution
At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq and two people killed in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shi'ite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police said on Monday.Iraqi Shi'ites protesting the January 2 execution of Saudi Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr separately marched in Baghdad and in southern ...
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6 Students Killed, 14 Injured After Truck Runs Them Over In Iraq
At least six students were killed and 14 injured Tuesday when a truck ploughed into them on their way out of school in Iraq's southern province of Basra, authorities said.
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300-Year-Old Iraq Mosque Minaret Demolished For Road Expansion
The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and cultural authorities who condemned it as a further erosion of Iraq's cultural heritage.
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Gulf Cup: One Dead, Dozens Hurt In Stampede Before Final Clash
Thousands of fans, many without tickets, had earlier gathered outside the 65,000-seat stadium in Iraq's main southern city of Basra since dawn in the hope of watching the Iraq-Oman duel
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"It's Hell": Chronic Power Cuts Exacerbate Iraq's Sweltering Summer
Umm Mohammed, 74, waves a fan back and forth to cool down, but in the blistering heat of Iraq's southern city of Basra there is nothing but stiflingly hot air.
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3 Killed, More Than 50 Injured In Gas Pipeline Blast In Iraq
At least three people were killed and more than 50 injured in a gas pipeline explosion in southern Iraq, police sources said on Saturday.
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American Oil Field Workers Evacuating Iraq After US Strike
US citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday, the oil ministry said, after a US air strike killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq.
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Iraq Protests: 93 Dead, Firebrand Cleric Demands Government's Resignation
The death toll from mass protests in Baghdad and cities across southern Iraq rose to 93 on Saturday as the unrest entered its fifth day, parliament's human rights commission said.
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11 Killed As Anti-Government Protests Turn Violent In Iraq
Eleven people were killed during protests overnight in two southern Iraqi cities, including a policeman, police and medical sources said on Thursday, raising the death toll to 18 since anti-government protests turned violent two days ago.
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US War Veteran Raises $12 Million In 5 Days To Build Trump's Wall
So far, US President Donald Trump can't get the US Congress -- or Mexico -- to pay for the "beautiful" wall he has long promised to build on the southern border. Enter: crowdfunding.
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Feline Pampered: Basra Moggies Set Paw In Iraq's First Cat Hotel
Cats in Iraq's southern city of Basra are purring with delight as the country's first feline hotel opens for guests.
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Baghdad Car Blast Kills 51, ISIS Escalates Insurgency
A car packed with explosives blew up on Thursday in southern Baghdad, killing at least 51 people and wounding 55, security and medical sources said, in the deadliest such attack in Iraq this year.
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Iraq Forces Retake Key Town On Mosul Southern Front
Iraqi forces retook a key town from the ISIS group Monday, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul.
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Iraqi Army Pause At Southern Edge Of Falluja As ISIS Fights Back Vigorously
ISIS terrorists fought back vigorously overnight against an onslaught by the Iraqi army on a southern district of the city of Falluja, the group's bastion near Baghdad, officers said on Tuesday.
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ISIS Suicide Attacks Kill 32 In Southern Iraq
Two suicide car bombs claimed by ISIS killed at least 32 people and wounded 75 others in the centre of the southern Iraqi city of Samawa today, police and medics said.
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Iraqi Sunni Mosques Attacked In Apparent Retaliation For Saudi Execution
At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq and two people killed in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shi'ite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police said on Monday.Iraqi Shi'ites protesting the January 2 execution of Saudi Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr separately marched in Baghdad and in southern ...
