Region | Iraq
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Saturday May 26
Oil development threatening heritage site in Babylon
Conservationists sue Iraq oil ministry over extended pipeline
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Friday May 25
Oil pipeline poses threat to ancient city of Babylon
Failed lobby to redirect pipeline triggers suit against Iraq’s oil ministry
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Tuesday May 15
Secret prison still open in Baghdad, group claims
Iraqis are still being held illegally at a Baghdad prison that the government was supposed to have shut down in 2011 after allegations of torture
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Saturday May 12
Iraqi censors want last laugh on TV comedy
A public hungry for homegrown entertainment provides redeeming factor for show with its daring take on taboo topics
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Thursday May 10
Iraq's oldest person has died at age 125
Iraq’s oldest person has died at the age of 125, local media reported
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Wednesday May 9
Fugitive Vice President Al Hashemi on Interpol's 'most wanted' list
Iraq requests fugitive vice-president be put on most-wanted list
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Monday May 7
Bomb planted on minibus kills 2 in Baghdad
Iraqi officials say a bomb left inside a minibus has killed two commuters and wounded nine others in Baghdad.
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Monday May 7
Threat of no-trust vote confronts Iraq coalition
Four of the most senior political leaders in Iraq's fragile coalition have threatened to bring a vote of no-confidence in the government
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Saturday May 5
A different reality of Baghdad
A scholarly look at the Iraqi capital's architecture has the effect of rewriting recent history to reflect a heritage that successfully assimilated the best of east and west
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Friday May 4
Iraqi aims to write world's longest copy of Quran
Al Kharsan says the scroll is to be between 5,500 and 6,000 metres long, or 3.4 and 3.7 miles
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Friday May 4
Al Hashemi's trial delayed over venue change plea
Proceedings sought to be held in special court
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Saturday Apr 28
Iraqi paid $2,140 in dowry to each of his brides
Man who married two women in same evening reportedly paid more than $2,000 in dowry to each of his brides
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Saturday Apr 28
Al Sadr urges political unity in first visit to Arbil
Influential cleric meets Kurdish president
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Friday Apr 27
Iraqi farmer marries two women in one night
Abdul Rahman Nayef Al Obaidi, a 22-year-old Iraqi farmer, fell in love with two women, but instead of choosing between them, he married both in one night in a small village in central Iraq
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Friday Apr 27
Iraqi farmer marries two women in one night
Abdul Rahman Nayef Al Obaidi, a 22-year-old Iraqi farmer, fell in love with two women, but instead of choosing between them, he married both in one night in a small village in central Iraq
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Monday Apr 23
Al Maliki in Iran for talks with leaders
Visit comes before May meeting with world powers on Tehran's disputed nuclear programme
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Sunday Apr 22
Al Maliki calls Turkey a ‘hostile state'
Relations reach a new low as Iraqi pm says Erdogan has a sectarian agenda
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Friday Apr 20
Iraq's deadliest day since March
Multiple attacks in six provinces
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Friday Apr 20
Bombings and shootings rock Iraq
37 killed, 160 wounded in wave of attacks across seven provinces
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Thursday Apr 19
Chain of bombings rock Iraq
A wave of bombing and shooting attacks across Iraq kill at least 35 people
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Sunday Apr 15
Sectarianism leaves nation facing an era of instability
People yearn for peace as politicians fight for power
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Sunday Apr 15
Kurds want poll panel chief freed
Officials charged with giving bonus to employees
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Wednesday Apr 11
Little has changed for Iraqis post-Saddam
Nine years on, overwhelming majority still don't have access to basic services
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Monday Apr 9
Fugitive Iraqi Vice-President Al Hashemi arrives in Istanbul
Details of his schedule in Turkey are not clear but he may have talks with Turkish officials
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Sunday Apr 8
Top Saddam deputy slams Iraq government in video
Wanted member of Saddam Hussain's ousted regime lashes out at government in latest video
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