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Woman kills 54 pilgrims in suicide attack

Tuesday February 02 2010

A female suicide bomber killed at least 54 Shia pilgrims marching through Baghdad on their way to the holy city of Karbala yesterday.

Tight security at Iraq pilgrimage

Monday December 28 2009

The Shi'ite Muslim religious festival of Ashura passed without major violence in Iraq yesterday, after tight security was deployed to safeguard millions from the bloody attacks that marred past pilgrimages.

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.