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Baghdad, 03 February 2012 -- A bomb targeted Iraqi MP Qais al-Shadhr's convoy in Baghdad on Wednesday morning, wounding five civilians who were nearby, an interior ministry official said.
Baghdad, 03 February 2012 -- Iraq's prime minister has ordered the creation of a new unit to monitor violations by official convoys, in the latest bid to curb practices that have angered Iraqis, the ...
Baghdad, 03 February 2012 -- Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences on Thursday for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, the bloodiest attack on Iraqi ...
Erbil, 03 February 2012 -- A protest against the murder of a young man has closed down a major trade road in the Choman district today.
Nineveh, 03 February 2012 -- Two civilians and a policeman have been killed after gunmen opened fire on a police patrol in Bab Saray market in central Mosul.
Baghdad, 03 February 2012 -- A source who spoke to AKnews on condition of anonymity said that a bomb exploded today when the convoy of Iraqiya Representative Qays Shadhir was passing through the highway ...
Diyala, 03 February 2012 -- The number of people who went missing from Diyala soared after the fall of the Baath regime.
Diyala, 03 February 2012 -- Officials in Diyala province have denied finding mass graves in the Hamrin Basin region within the province.
Baghdad, 03 February 2012 -- A 20-year-old young man has committed suicide in Baashiqa township of north Iraq's Ninewa Province on Wednesday, according to a government source in the township, adding ...
Kirkuk, 03 February 2012 -- An employee of North Iraq's Oil Company has been killed in an explosive charge blast under his car, whilst a policeman has been injured in a motorbyle blast south of the ...
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