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Early results show record low turnout in Iraq election
Middle East

Early results show record low turnout in Iraq election

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq saw a record low election turnout since the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, the…
Iraqis cast ballots hoping for change few expect to happen
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Iraqis cast ballots hoping for change few expect to happen

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis cast ballots on Sunday for a new parliament in a vote boycotted by many of the…
Iraqis vote for new parliament hoping for change
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Iraqis vote for new parliament hoping for change

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq closed its airspace Sunday as voters headed to the polls to elect a parliament that, despite…
EXPLAINER: Why do Iraq’s elections matter to the world?
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EXPLAINER: Why do Iraq’s elections matter to the world?

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s elections on Sunday come with enormous challenges: Iraq’s economy has been battered by years of conflict,…
Iraq’s militias seek to consolidate political power in vote
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Iraq’s militias seek to consolidate political power in vote

BAGHDAD (AP) — Among the candidates running in Iraq’s general elections this week is a leader in one of the…
Hundreds of Iraqi protesters march in Baghdad ahead of vote
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Hundreds of Iraqi protesters march in Baghdad ahead of vote

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqis marched in the center of Baghdad on Friday to mark two years since mass…
Shadow contracts, smoke, mirrors keep the lights out in Iraq
Middle East

Shadow contracts, smoke, mirrors keep the lights out in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — In the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, glossy election campaign posters are plastered alongside jungles of sagging…
Egyptian gov’t mulls plan to return workers to Libya and Iraq
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Egyptian gov’t mulls plan to return workers to Libya and Iraq

On Friday, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly discussed with Minister of Manpower Mohamed Saafan the return of Egyptian workers to…
Death and suffering in Iraq a painful legacy of 9/11 attacks
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Death and suffering in Iraq a painful legacy of 9/11 attacks

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. But the terrorist attacks in the United States changed forever…
As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation
Middle East

As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation

HALABJA, Iraq, Sept 6 (Reuters) – “Where we are standing right now, there should be a river,” says Nabil Musa,…
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