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Remains 'likely' to be those of Iraq hostages
Monday June 22 2009
The remains of two British men kidnapped in Iraq two years ago are "highly likely" to be those of the security guards Jason Creswell and Jason Swindlehurst .
Suicide attack kills 32 on Shi'ite pilgrim trail
Saturday February 14 2009
A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a crowd of Shi'ite pilgrims yesterday, killing 32 people and wounding 84 others south of Baghdad during one of the holiest events of the Shi'ite calendar, police said.
Ukraine offers Soviet-built satellite facility to Europe as tension mounts
Sunday August 17 2008
UKRAINE inflamed mounting East-West tensions by yesterday offering to allow a Soviet-built satellite facility to become part of the European missile defence system.
In the name of religion: Iraq's female genocide
Monday April 28 2008
At first glance Shawbo Ali Rauf appears to be slumbering on the grass, her pale brown curls framing her face, her summer skirt spread about her. But the awkward position of her limbs and the splattered blood reveal the true horror of the scene.
Iraqi leader faces disaster in massive Basra backlash
Friday March 28 2008
Iraq's US-backed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed yesterday that security forces would battle Shia militia in Basra "to the end", despite huge demonstrations to demand his resignation.
Another tragedy in Iraq: now the Shia majority turn on each other
Thursday March 27 2008
A new civil war is threatening to explode in Iraq as American-backed Iraqi government forces fight Shia militiamen for control of Basra and parts of Baghdad.
Cheney declares the war in Iraq a 'success'
Tuesday March 18 2008
US Vice-President Dick Cheney yesterday declared the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq a "successful endeavour" during a visit to Baghdad, on the same day a suicide bomber killed 40 people.
Al-Qa'ida suicide bomb kills 40 Shia pilgrims
Monday February 25 2008
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt in a tent filled with Shia pilgrims walking to one of their holiest shrines south of Baghdad, killing 40 of them and wounding 60.
Shia call on Mehdi Army to take up arms again in Iraq
Thursday February 07 2008
In the alleys of the ancient district of al-Salaikh in Baghdad, a Shia family fought a fierce gun battle with Sunni militiamen who tried to stop them reoccupying their house from which they had been forced to flee months earlier.
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