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Waving at his liberators wasn't enough for Fawzi Al Odah. The 14-year-old slipped his hand out of his father's and ran down to the highway where U.S. tanks rumbled into a Kuwait that was experiencing its first moments of freedom after months of Iraqi occupation.

It was a bit of a poor show, the emergency drill.

Scribe recounts days in Baghdad prison

Meet Nedeem, Artien, Shant, Hasan and Diyar. They are handsome, melodious, charming and they are 'Unknown to No One', Iraq's first English-singing boy band. They have the almost-matching, tailor-made outfits. The boys are so tight they finish one another's sentences.

Sufism fits into Iraq's religious mosaic

Baghdad - city of the Arabian nights

Vigilante attacks put Nepal on the brink of a collapse, say diplomats.

Six months into his direct rule, observers agree the king’s autocratic — some say dictatorial — style is increasing the likelihood of the civil war developing into a crisis.