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| Oct.11 |
 Sunni Triangle |
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Ramadi on high alert after car bombings  Map of Ramadi Iraq| Iraqi authorities closed all entrances into Ramadi and imposed a curfew after a series of bombings killed at least 19 people | |
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| Oct.21 |
Baghdad |
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MPs fail to agree on new election law Iraq's parliament failed to reach agreement on a new law, but the parliament speaker said it would not affect the date of the general election
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| Oct.22 |
Iraq |
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 Iraqis top list of refugees seeking asylum| For the 4th year in a row, Iraqis top a growing roster of people seeking asylum in an industrialized nation | |
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| Oct.24 |
Baghdad |
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 U.S. envoy visits bomb site The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations visited Iraq for the first time, discussing how to help the country move on from debt and sanctions
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| Oct.25 |
Baghdad |
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Twin suicide bombings kill more than 130  520 wounded in car bombings in central Baghdad near Iraqi government buildings -- the deadliest attack on civilians in Iraq this year
| One of the bombs exploded outside Baghdad's governorate building. The second was outside the Justice Ministry, about 500 meters away. Al Qaeda in Iraq ally claims bombings
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Washington |
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 Obama's fury at Baghdad bloodbath| US President Barack Obama has led international condemnation of double suicide bomb attack in Baghdad that killed at least 132 people | |
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| Oct.26 |
Baghdad |
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Death toll rises to 160 in bombings Hundreds more wounded in the deadliest attack in the capital in more than two years
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| Oct.29 |
Baghdad |
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Elections facing possible delay The nation's lawmakers failed to convene for an official session and adopt an election law, a move that could spark a delay in the vote
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| Oct.31 |
Baghdad |
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Bombing suspect killed during investigation| A suspect in a massive double bomb attack grabbed a guard's weapon and shot dead an investigator, before being shot himself | |
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