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Baghdad, 31 July 2008 -- The International Olympic Committee agreed Tuesday to allow Iraq to participate in the Beijing games, reversing itself after Baghdad pledged to ensure the independence of its ...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, 30 July 2008 -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted the ban on Iraq competing at the Beijing Olympics, the IOC announced here late on Tuesday.
Lausanne, Switzerland, 29 July 2008 -- Senior Iraqi officials are meeting the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday to salvage the country’s participation in the Olympics.
Baghdad, 27 July 2008 -- Sayyed Abdelaziz al-Hakim, the chief of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), discussed with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the outcome of the premier's recent European ...
Baghdad, 26 July 2008 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Saturday returned to the Iraqi capital, ending a European tour that he started on Monday, a cabinet source said.
24 July 2008 -- The hopes and aspirations of seven Iraqi athletes were dealt a body blow by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with Iraq being banned from participating in the Beijing Olympics ...
24 July 2008 -- Iraq has been banned from participating in next month's Beijing Olympics because of the Iraqi government's decision to disband the country's national Olympic committee, a senior official ...
Baghdad, 22 July 2008 -- Health ministry contracted with international medical body and Red Cross organization, to train the staff in the unit of the medical, nurseries, first-aid men in emergency ...
Geneva, 20 July 2008 -- Millions of internally displaced Iraqis still lack access to basic needs such as shelter, food, water and healthcare, the International Organisation for Migration said on Friday.
Arbil, 19 July 2008 -- In coordination with UNESCO and the UNDP, activities of the three-day workshop organized by the independent news agency Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq- (VOI) on media's portrayal ...
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