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Baghdad, 29 October 2008 -- The United Nations on Monday proposed that 12 seats be reserved on Iraqi provincial councils for minority communities in elections to be held by the end of January, an Iraqi ...
UNITED NATIONS, 24 October 2008 -- The U.N. investigator on torture said on Friday he was waiting to see whether a new U.S. administration would change Washington's policy of not allowing him into ...
24 October 2008 -- Beyond the number count, there are many indicators to the state of affairs in Iraq. The number of Iraqis willing to leave their country for a safer haven is reflective of a state ...
Dubai, 23 October 2008 -- If Nina Al Ghazali was asked before the 2003 war on Iraq whether she would ever think of living outside her country, her reply would have been "never".
23 October 2008 -- The UN refugee agency has begun helping hundreds of Iraqi Christians who fled to Syria to escape violence and threats in the northern Iraq city of Mosul.
22 October 2008 -- UNESCO and the Education Minister of Iraq yesterday launched the Iraqi Educational TV Channel, IRAQI EDU. The channel is a response to the difficult security conditions in the country ...
Riyadh, 22 October 2008 -- Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Interior Minister, said the fifth meeting for the interior ministers of Iraq’s neighboring countries will discuss issues pertaining to the ...
Erbil, 16 October 2008 -- The United Nations and the government of Kurdistan Region signed an agreement on October 13 in which the UN will provide technical and financial support to the Region for ...
New York, 15 October 2008 -- The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has now allocated more than one billion dollars for humanitarian aid around the world since it was launched in March 2006. An ...
Mosul, 15 October 2008 -- More Christian families have quit their homes in Mosul, a local official said on Monday, as the United Nations voiced concern at the community's plight in the northern Iraqi ...
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