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UAE summons Iraq envoy to protest Saudi terror accusations
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UAE summons Iraq envoy to protest Saudi terror accusations

The United Arab Emirates summoned Iraq's ambassador on Wednesday to protest accusations by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that Saudi Arabia…
Militants seize Iraq city council headquarters, take hostages: officials
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Militants seize Iraq city council headquarters, take hostages: officials

Militants seized the city council headquarters in the Iraqi city of Samarra and took employees hostage on Tuesday, officials said,…
Militant-held Iraqi area ‘back in government hands’
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Militant-held Iraqi area ‘back in government hands’

 Iraqi security forces have retaken a northern area from militants after more than a week of heavy fighting during which…
Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Sadr quits politics
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Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Sadr quits politics

Powerful Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of a major political movement and a key figure in post-Saddam Iraq, has announced…
Seven car bombs across Baghdad kill at least 13
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Seven car bombs across Baghdad kill at least 13

Seven car bombs exploded across Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 13 people in apparently coordinated attacks that targeted mainly…
Militants storm Iraq transport ministry building
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Militants storm Iraq transport ministry building

Militants stormed an Iraqi government building on Thursday and police sources said several suicide bombers remained inside. Security forces surrounded the…
Bomb blasts kill 26 people in Baghdad: Iraqi police
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Bomb blasts kill 26 people in Baghdad: Iraqi police

Seven bomb explosions killed 26 people and wounded 67 in the Iraqi capital on Monday, police and medics said, as…
Gunmen kill six pro-government Sunni militiamen in Iraq
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Gunmen kill six pro-government Sunni militiamen in Iraq

 Gunmen wearing army uniforms killed at least six government-backed Sunni Muslim militiamen at a checkpoint near the Iraqi city of…
Police: Iraq troops arrest Sunni MP, kill five people
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Police: Iraq troops arrest Sunni MP, kill five people

Iraqi security forces arrested a Sunni Muslim member of parliament in the western city of Ramadi and clashed with his…
Bombs, suicide attacks in Iraq kill at least 21: police, medics
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Bombs, suicide attacks in Iraq kill at least 21: police, medics

uicide attacks and bombings across Iraq killed at least 21 people on Monday, medical and police sources said, the latest…
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