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At least 73 killed 148 wounded in wave of attacks in Iraq
At least 41 people were killed and 56 others injured in two blasts, which hit almost simultaneously in Baquba, capital of eastern Iraq's Diyala province, after the Friday prayer, the city' s mayor Abdullah Hayali told ...
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Iraq bomb blasts kill dozens
Bombs targeting Sunnis, including two near a mosque and one at a funeral procession, killed 67 people in Iraq on Friday, officials said, after dozens died in two days of attacks on Shiites. The violence raises the spectre of tit-for-tat killings common during the height of sectarian bloodletting in Iraq that killed tens of thousands of people, and comes at a time of simmering tension between ...
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Iraq to increase Iranian diesel imports
(MENAFN) The National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company's (NIORDC) director, Alireza Zeighami, announced that his country will increase its exports of diesel to Iraq to around 5 million liters per day, reported Reuters.Zeighami added that during the current Iranian year, the country's output of diesel is expected to reach 100 million liters per day, noting that after ...
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More than 50 killed in Iraq bomb attacks
Iraq A series of bombings in Iraq has killed at least 50 people and injured dozens more, amid growing sectarian violence.More than 40 people were killed by two bombs outside a Sunni mosque at Baqouba, about 40 kilometres north of Baghdad.One bomb exploded as worshippers were leaving Saria mosque and a second detonated after people gathered at the scene of the first blast."Authorities ...
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Burglar Steals Purple Heart From Father Of Soldier Killed In Iraq
NEW BEDFORD (CBS) – The father of a young marine killed in Iraq says he’s heartbroken after someone stole a purple heart medal and special coin from his home. ';I just can’t understand why they would steal them,'; said Joseph Ford. The government gave Ford the medal seven years ago, after notifying him that his son, 19-year-old Michael Ford had been killed as he ...
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40 killed scores injured in Baquba Iraq mosque explosion
At least 40 people were killed and 56 were injured Friday in a bomb attack during a funeral at the Sariya Mosque in Baquba, Iraq, authorities said. Citing a source it didn't name, IraqiNews.com reported security forces blocked roads leading to the mosque in central Diyala province "to transport the dead bodies" and to take the injured to hospitals for treatment. The source said ...
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Video Blasts at Iraqi Sunni mosque kill 43
Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian ...
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Photos show Iraq president for first time since suffering stroke
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - The first photographs of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani since he suffered a stroke last year were released on Friday, in an apparent attempt to dampen speculation about the Kurdish statesman's health. The undated pictures showed Talabani, who turns 80 this year, seated outdoors at a table with people dressed in white medics' coats. They gave no obvious clues to ...
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Dozens dead as worst bombings in months hits Baghdad
Bombs struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas today, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, officials said today.The spike in violence has raised fears the country could be on the path to a new round of sectarian bloodshed.The attacks in Baghdad and surrounding areas pushed the three-day Iraqi death toll to 130, including Shiites at bus ...
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Dozens killed in blasts targeting Iraqi Sunnis
More than 60 people have been killed and dozens hurt in several bomb attacks apparently targeting Sunnis in Iraq. In the first attack, in Baquba, about 50 km (30 miles) north of Baghdad, at least 41 people were killed when two bombs detonated outside a Sunni ...
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Dozens Killed in Bombings Outside Baghdad
Dozens of people have been killed in twin bombings targeting Sunni worshippers in Iraq -- bringing the death toll from several days of violence to nearly 100 and increasing fears of renewed sectarian ...
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Billionaire Returns To The Iraqi Oil Game With New IPO
Swiss billionaire Jean-Claude Gandur poses next to 'Sarah,' a painting by Jean Fautrier, one of his collection of masterpieces on display in late 2011 at the Fabre museum, Montpellier. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) After five years, Jean Claude Gandur is back in the game. The Swiss billionaire made the bulk of his $2.1 billion fortune (as of ...
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Bombs targeting Iraqi Sunnis kills nearly 50
BAQUBA, Iraq -- Two bombs near a Sunni mosque and another against a Sunni funeral procession killed 49 people in Iraq on Friday, officials said, after two days of attacks against Shiites that killed ...
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Roadside bomb kills 19 in west Baghdad police medics
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nineteen people were killed on Friday when a roadside bomb exploded near a commercial complex in the Amiriya district in the west of Baghdad, police and medics ...
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Many Killed in Baghdad Car Bombs After Attacks on Shiite Districts
Bagdad, 17 May (Prensa Latina) Two car bombs exploded in Shiite neighbourhoods in Baghdad this morning, killing at least 12 and wounding 30. Police said the first blast struck a bus and taxi rank during rush hour in the Sadr City neighbourhood. A 7-year-old child was among the nine people killed. Another 16 were wounded. The second bomb hit a small market at a taxi stop in the eastern suburb of ...
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Syrias Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al-Qaida
BEIRUT - The most feared and effective rebel group battling President Bashar Assad, the Islamist Nusra Front, is being eclipsed by a more radical jihadi force whose aims go far beyond overthrowing the Syrian leader.Al-Qaida's Iraq-based wing, which nurtured Nusra in the early stages of the rebellion against Assad, has moved in and sidelined the organization, Nusra sources and other rebels ...
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Treasury Dept. Lifts Sanctions on Iraqi Bank
The US Treasury Department Friday lifted sanctions against an Iraqi bank which had been barred from doing business with US companies because it had close contacts to Iranian financial institutions. The privately owned Elaf Islamic Bank in Iraq was sanctioned in July 2012 as part of sweeping US efforts to make it difficult for foreign countries to purchase Iranian oil. The aim was to ...
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Scores die in Iraq bomb attacks
The attack raises Fridy's overall death toll to at least 58.That makes it the deadliest day in about two months as a spike in violence has raised fears the country could be on the path to a new round of sectarian bloodshed.Tensions have been intensifying since Sunnis began protesting what they say is mistreatment at the hands of the Shiite-led government, including random detentions and ...
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Revenge attack on Sunni mosque in Iraq kills 40
Iraq on Friday in two separate incidents. The first attack claimed 40 lives as worshippers left prayers at a Sunni mosque in Baquba, 50km north-east of Baghdad. It followed two days of attacks, many in Shia districts, which left more than 50 dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques have increased recently, raising fears that the country is slipping into a new round of sectarian violence.Later in the ...
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Bomb strikes Sunni area in Baghdad killing 7
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi officials say a bomb has exploded in a commericial area in a mainly Sunni neighborhood in western Baghdad, killing at least seven people and wounding ...
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