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Baghdad: Car bombs kill 22
Car bombs exploded in three mainly Shi’ite districts, killing 22, police and medics said.
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Iraq asks US for backing to counter rebels
Baghdad said it wanted US air strikes on insurgents led by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq.
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Iraq PM Maliki appeals for unity
Nuri al-Maliki has appealed to bitter Sunni critics for national unity.
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Iraq insurgent advance spreads to Northwest
Sunni militants launched a dawn raid on a town close to the Syrian border.
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Iraqi rebels seize Saddam's hometown
Insurgence overran the city of Tikrit on Wednesday and closed in on the biggest oil refinery in the country.
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Nearly 800 killed in Iraq in May
Nearly 800 people were killed in violence across Iraq in May the UN said on Sunday.
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Al-Qaeda bursts back to life in Iraq
Buoyed by al-Qaeda gains in Syria, fighters have taken control of Anbar’s two main cities.
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Sectarian attacks leave 59 dead in Iraq
The sectarian violence in Iraq has claimed more than 6,000 lives this year alone
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Suicide bombers kill 60 in Iraq
Two suicide bombers targeted Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq on Saturday, killing 60 people.
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A string of car bombs kill 60 in Iraq
The car bomb attacks in busy streets and crowded markets underscore deteriorating security in Iraq.
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Syria rebels kill 60
Sunni Muslim insurgents have killed about 60 Shi'ite Muslims in a rebel-held eastern Syrian town.
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Syrian rebels kill dozens of Shi'ites
Syrian rebels attacked civilians and intercepted Assad’s plan to recruit more fighters for his campaign.
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At least 10 dead in Baghdad blasts
The sectarian conflict in Iraq surges as another car bomb kills 10 people, several others wounded.
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Blasts kill 43 at Iraq mosque
Local television showed images of bodies, pools of blood and the victims' scattered shoes.
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Bombs at five Iraqi Shi'ite mosques kill 19
Iraq is still grappling with political turmoil and Sunni Islamist insurgents linked to al Qaeda.
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Iraqi Shi'ite militants fight for Syria's Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s troops have received a boost from Iraq Shi’ite militants.
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Iraq blasts target Shi'ite mosques
Blasts in Iraq, targeted at Shi’ite mosques, have killed eight people on Friday.
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Bahrain court upholds sentences on uprising leaders
The Bahraini civilian court upholds the jail sentences against last year’s pro-democracy uprising leaders.
