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News: Iraq

We have started to collect the most important news related to Iraq in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Iraq – overview

Iraq: news

AWB loses hold after Iraq probe

Tuesday, December 5th 2006, 9:53
related countries: Australia Australia

Australia's wheat exporter AWB is to temporarily lose its monopoly over wheat exports after a report into bribes.
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Aziz back in prison after check

Saturday, July 21st 2007, 19:17
related places: Baghdad, Saddam

Saddam-era minister Tariq Aziz returns to jail near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, after suffering a fall.
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Aziz testifies for Saddam defence

Wednesday, May 24th 2006, 13:11
related places: Saddam

Iraqi former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz appears as a defence witness in Saddam Hussein's trial.
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Aziz trial set to start in Iraq

Thursday, April 24th 2008, 13:06

Iraq's ex-deputy PM Tariq Aziz is set to be tried over the deaths of a group of merchants, officials say.
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Back in step

Wednesday, June 11th 2008, 2:18
related countries: United States United States

After strains over Iraq, the EU and US are united again
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Back on side

Saturday, July 11th 2009, 16:49

Iraqi football's triumphant return from six years' exile
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Baghdad 'calmer' after new curfew

Friday, July 21st 2006, 21:40
related places: Baghdad

Iraqi authorities extend a daytime traffic curfew in Baghdad, in a bid to stem increasing violence.
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Baghdad airport ambush kills nine

Monday, January 8th 2007, 9:32
related places: Baghdad

At least nine people are killed in an ambush on a bus carrying workers from Baghdad to the airport.
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Baghdad alert for Shia pilgrimage

Saturday, August 19th 2006, 10:37
related places: Baghdad

Security is tightened in Baghdad ahead of a Shia pilgrimage that last year saw 1,000 killed in a stampede.
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Baghdad ambition

Thursday, December 25th 2008, 0:19

The boy band from Iraq taking on the Backstreet Boys
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Baghdad armed volunteers seized

Tuesday, January 8th 2008, 12:24
related places: Baghdad

Gunmen seize up to 10 members of a local volunteer security force in north-east Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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Baghdad authorities lift curfew

Sunday, October 1st 2006, 15:02
related places: Baghdad

Authorities in the Iraqi capital Baghdad lift a curfew imposed after intelligence revealed a planned series of attacks.
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Baghdad bakers and barbers at risk

Saturday, October 21st 2006, 11:21
related places: Baghdad

Andrew North meets the civilians at risk in an increasingly vengeful sectarian conflict in Baghdad.
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Baghdad bank robbers kill eight

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 13:37
related places: Baghdad

Suspected insurgents rob a central Baghdad bank of about $7m in cash, killing eight guards, police say.
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Baghdad blast kills at least 20

Thursday, June 28th 2007, 10:11
related places: Baghdad

A car bomb kills at least 20 people at a bus station during morning rush hour in Baghdad, police say.
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Baghdad blast kills Sunni leaders

Monday, June 25th 2007, 17:13
related places: Baghdad

A number of senior Sunni tribal leaders are among those killed in a suicide attack on a hotel in Baghdad.
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Baghdad blast walls to come down

Wednesday, August 5th 2009, 18:22
related places: Baghdad

The Iraqi government announces that all blast walls will be removed from Baghdad within the next 40 days.
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Baghdad blasts 'were inside job'

Saturday, August 22nd 2009, 15:35
related places: Baghdad

Iraq's foreign minister says the security forces may have colluded in this week's huge truck bombings in central Baghdad.
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Baghdad blasts claim more lives

Sunday, August 27th 2006, 15:18
related places: Baghdad

At least 12 people die in blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, as a security clampdown continues.
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Baghdad blasts kill at least 19

Tuesday, August 8th 2006, 21:46
related places: Baghdad

At least 19 people die and scores are hurt in a series of blasts in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say.
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Baghdad bomb attack kills eight

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 14:52

At least eight people are killed and 28 wounded in a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, security officials say.
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Baghdad bomb fatalities pass 150

Monday, October 26th 2009, 10:10
related places: Baghdad

Iraqi officials raise the death toll from Sunday's bombing in Baghdad to 155 and with another 500 people wounded.
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Baghdad bomb hits shopping area

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 12:36
related places: Baghdad

A bombing in the centre of Baghdad kills nine people and injures more than 20, police say.
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Baghdad bomb kills Shia pilgrims

Sunday, January 4th 2009, 23:56
related places: Baghdad

A female suicide bomber kills at least 35 Shia pilgrims including Iranians near a shrine in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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Baghdad bombing hits Shia family

Friday, November 7th 2008, 17:25
related places: Baghdad

A bomb hits a Baghdad house belonging to a Shia family who had recently returned to their home in a mostly Sunni area, police say.
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Baghdad bombing targets minister

Thursday, October 23rd 2008, 8:02
related places: Baghdad

Nine people are killed in Baghdad in an apparent suicide bomb attack on a convoy carrying the Iraqi minister of labour.
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Baghdad boosted as US losses grow

Sunday, January 21st 2007, 20:18
related places: Baghdad

The first wave of extra US troops arrive in Baghdad to boost security, a day after 25 US troops are killed in Iraq.
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Baghdad bus stop bomb 'kills 51'

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 21:24
related places: Baghdad

A car bomb at a busy bus stop in northern Baghdad kills 51 people and leaves another 75 wounded, say police.
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Baghdad cafe blast leaves 17 dead

Tuesday, November 7th 2006, 22:19
related places: Baghdad

At least 14 people die in a blast in Baghdad - the first such attack since Saddam Hussein was sentenced.
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Baghdad car bomb blast kills 33

Sunday, May 6th 2007, 21:00
related places: Baghdad

A car bomb kills at least 33 people and injures dozens in a mainly Shia area of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Baghdad car bombing 'kills eight'

Wednesday, December 27th 2006, 12:45
related places: Baghdad

A car bombing kills eight people and injures another ten in eastern Baghdad, police says.
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Baghdad car bombings 'kill 160'

Thursday, November 23rd 2006, 21:55

Iraq's capital suffers its worst casualties since the US-led invasion as 160 die in the Shia Sadr City area, police say.
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Baghdad car bombs leave 60 dead

Sunday, February 18th 2007, 19:34
related countries: Iran Iran, Syria Syria

More than 60 people die in three bombs in Baghdad, in the deadliest attacks since a new security operation began.
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Baghdad church bombing kills four

Sunday, July 12th 2009, 20:08
related places: Baghdad

A car bomb outside a church in eastern Baghdad kills four people and injures another 21, Iraqi police say.
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Baghdad clashes 'kill 15 gunmen'

Wednesday, April 23rd 2008, 12:43

American troops kill 15 militants in overnight clashes in Shia areas of Baghdad, the US military says.
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Baghdad clashes 'kill 17 gunmen'

Thursday, May 8th 2008, 16:06
related countries: United States United States

Seventeen militants are killed in clashes over the last 24 hours with US and Iraqi forces, the US military says.
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Baghdad clashes 'leave 400 dead'

Wednesday, April 30th 2008, 20:34
related countries: United States United States
related places: Baghdad

More than 400 people have been killed in fighting in Baghdad in April, say officials at hospitals in Iraq's capital.
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Baghdad clashes break ceasefire

Tuesday, May 13th 2008, 9:48
related places: Baghdad

At least 11 people are killed in fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City, just hours after a ceasefire deal was signed.
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Baghdad college bomber was female

Monday, February 26th 2007, 9:28
related places: Baghdad

A suicide bomber who killed 42 people in an attack in Baghdad on Sunday was a woman, security officials say.
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Baghdad condemns 'US Syria raid'

Tuesday, October 28th 2008, 16:08
related countries: United States United States

Iraq criticises an apparent US helicopter strike into Syria, saying it does not want to be used as a launch-point for attacks.
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Baghdad curfew after bombing wave

Friday, November 24th 2006, 8:44

The Iraqi capital is under indefinite curfew as the death toll from Thursday's Baghdad bombings rises to 202.
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Baghdad curfew after Zarqawi raid

Friday, June 9th 2006, 11:48
related places: Baghdad

Vehicles are banned from the streets of Baghdad amid fears of reprisals for the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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Baghdad district calm after truce

Sunday, May 11th 2008, 16:43
related places: Baghdad

A ceasefire between the Iraqi government and Shia militias seems to be holding in Baghdad's Sadr City.
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Baghdad fighting 'kills dozens'

Tuesday, January 9th 2007, 22:24
related countries: United States United States
related places: Baghdad

US and Iraqi troops backed by aircraft clash with Sunni fighters in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Baghdad gold market hit in attack

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 15:34
related places: Baghdad

Eight people are killed as explosions shake a gold market in north-west Baghdad, and gunmen raid shops and spray gunfire.
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Baghdad hit by co-ordinated bombs

Wednesday, September 6th 2006, 13:52
related places: Baghdad

Two bombs explode within minutes of each other in Baghdad, leaving eight dead and 46 injured.
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Baghdad hospital blasts kill four

Tuesday, November 28th 2006, 11:34
related places: Kirkuk

Two car bombs outside one of the Iraqi capital Baghdad's main hospitals kill four people, officials say.
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Baghdad humour

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 8:40

Heard the one about the bomber on the bus?
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Baghdad killings 'rise sharply'

Thursday, July 5th 2007, 10:29
related places: Baghdad

The number of bodies found in Baghdad increases in June despite a security drive in the capital, Iraqi police say.
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Baghdad killings mar pilgrimage

Sunday, August 20th 2006, 13:52
related places: Baghdad

Gunmen kill at least 20 people and injure 300 as Shias attend a pilgrimage in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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Baghdad market blast kills scores

Saturday, July 1st 2006, 12:17
related places: Baghdad

At least 66 people are killed and about 100 injured in a car bomb attack on a Baghdad market, officials say.
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Baghdad market blast kills seven

Saturday, March 4th 2006, 6:34
related places: Baghdad

A blast thought to have been caused by a car bomb hits a market in southern Baghdad, killing seven people.
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Baghdad market bomb 'kills 130'

Saturday, February 3rd 2007, 18:54
related places: Kirkuk

At least 130 people are killed and 305 hurt in a lorry bombing at a market in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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