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| Jan.27 |
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Baghdad attacks kill at least 51
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| Feb.4 |
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 Amid unrest, Iraqi PM halves salary Amid growing unrest about poor public services and water shortages, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki agreed to cut his salary in half
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| Feb.6 |
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Report: Iraq PM won't seek third term Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will not run for a third term when his current one expires in 2014, the nation's state tv reported
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Iraq denied secret detention center exists The government denied a human rights organization's allegation that it has a secret detention center in Baghdad, run by al-Maliki's security...
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| Feb.27 |
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PM gives ministers 100 days to shape up Nuri al-Maliki gave government ministers 100 days to deliver results and eliminate corruption or be fired, the government announced
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| Feb.28 |
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UK contractor gets life sentence in Iraq An Iraqi judge sentenced Daniel Fitzsimons, 30, sparing him the death penalty. He was charged with murder of two colleagues
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| Mar.19 |
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Roadside bombs in Iraq injure 21 Four neighborhoods each experienced an explosion, wounding a total of 21 persons, including two police officers and two Iraqi soldiers
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| May.8 |
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Al-Qaeda boss in Iraq jail revolt At least 11 inmates and four police officers die in a mutiny at a Baghdad prison, which began when an al-Qaeda leader grabbed a guard's gun
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| May.22 |
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String of bombings killing 18 Fifteen bombs exploded Sunday within hours of one another in Baghdad, killing at least 18 people and wounding 80
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| Jun.26 |
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Widow of al Qaeda leader sentenced Hasna Ali, The widow of Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, after being convicted of involvement in terrorism
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| Jul.5 |
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At least 35 killed in twin explosions  28 more wounded in a twin bombing near a local government building just north of Baghdad
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| Jul.30 |
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 U.S. official: Iraq 'less safe' than last year| Stuart Bowen, the official in charge of overseeing reconstruction in Iraq says the country is more dangerous than it was a year ago | |
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| Aug.29 |
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35 killed in attacks across Iraq At least 28 people were killed in a suicide bombing attack in a Sunni mosque in the Ghazaliya neighborhood in western Baghdad
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| Oct.12 |
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28 people are killed in string of car bombs Car and roadside bombs in Baghdad have killed at least 28 people, including police officers
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| Nov.26 |
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Bomb blasts in Baghdad kill at least 15 A series of explosions in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday has killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20
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| Dec.1 |
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 Biden honors U.S., Iraqi troops U.S. Vice President Joe Biden paid tribute to the sacrifices of U.S. and Iraqi troops at a ceremony for service members from both nations
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| Dec.3 |
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 Prime minister intended target of bomber A car bomber who penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone this week was targeting the Iraqi prime minister, authorities said
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| Dec.5 |
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Tariq Aziz to be executed Iraq's top diplomat under Saddam Hussein will be executed next year after U.S. forces have pulled out of the country
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| Dec.15 |
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US flag ceremony ends war in Iraq  | The flag of U.S. forces in Iraq has been lowered in Baghdad, bringing nearly nine years of US military operations in Iraq to a formal end. The Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta, told troops the... | |
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| Dec.19 |
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Arrest warrant issued for vice president| An Iraqi investigative committee issued an arrest warrant for Tariq al-Hashimi, who is accused of orchestrating bombing attacks | |
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| Dec.20 |
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Iraq vice-president denies charge Sunni Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashemi, has denied any wrongdoing, a day after a warrant was issued for his arrest on terrorism-related charges
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| Dec.21 |
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Kurds told to hand over Iraq VP | Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has urged the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq to hand over fugitive Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi | |
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Multiple Iraq blasts kill at least 63 people A wave of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, kills at least 63 people and injures around 185
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| Dec.22 |
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Hashemi blames PM Maliki for blasts Iraq's Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi has said Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is to blame for a sudden surge of violence in the country
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