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We have started to collect the most important news related to Iraq in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
United StatesIraq can look forward to a brighter future, says John Simpson
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama marks the end of the Iraq war by praising the "extraordinary achievement" of US troops in a conflict he once called dumb.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama marks the end of the Iraq war with a speech at a North Carolina military base, telling troops, "welcome home!"
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United StatesAs the last US troops prepare to leave Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki tells US investors in Washington that Iraq is open for business.
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United StatesHow BBC journalist was haunted by past life as US Marine in Iraq
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama vows that the US and Iraq will enjoy a "normal relationship", with no US troops or bases in Iraq beyond the end of 2011.
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Haji Khanem, a 75-year-old woman from the Iraqi Kurdistan, has become an artistic sensation.
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United StatesPresident Barack Obama pays tribute to the ''impressive progress'' made by Iraq and to the leadership of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, ahead of the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by the end of the year.
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United StatesThe US security firm at the centre of allegations that its guards killed civilians in Iraq is changing its name once more, to Academi.
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United StatesWith just a few weeks until all US service personnel will have withdrawn from Iraq, what does their exit mean to ordinary Iraqis?
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United StatesWhat future for Iraq as the Americans leave?
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At least 30 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in central Iraq targeting Shia pilgrims marking the festival of Ashura, officials say.
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Iraq's prime minister says a bombing in the Green Zone earlier this week was an assassination attempt against him.
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United StatesThe US military hands over control of its former Iraq HQ Camp Victory to the authorities there, as troops prepare to leave by the end of the year.
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A car bomb hits a market in the Iraqi town of Khalis, north of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people, security officials say.
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United StatesUS Vice-President Joe Biden arrives in Baghdad to meet Iraqi officials as American troops prepare to leave Iraq by the end of the year.
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A suicide car bomber kills 19 people and injures at least 15 at a prison gate near Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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NetherlandsIraq signs a $17bn deal over 25 years with Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi to capture flared gas at southern oilfields.
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A series of explosions in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20, officials say.
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A young Iraqi businesswoman has started a women-only taxi service in the city of Arbil.
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Three bombs in the Iraqi city of Basra kill at least 19 people and injure more than 65 others, police and medical sources say.
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United StatesAn Iraq War veteran who was badly disfigured in a landmine explosion has become the surprise winner of the TV programme, "Dancing With the Stars".
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Iraqi civilians win a Court of Appeal battle in their bid for a new public inquiry into allegations of torture.
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United StatesWhat state is Iraq in as the last US troops prepare to depart?
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The publication of Iraq Inquiry report will be delayed by at least six months to the summer of 2012 due in part to a dispute over the release of secret documents.
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Three women tell how their lives have changed in the new Iraq
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United StatesThere are still some 30,000 US troops in Iraq, by the end of the year they are expected to leave.
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Iran, United StatesIran influenced Baghdad's decision to refuse to allow the US to keep troops in Iraq beyond the end of this year, a senior adviser to Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki tells the BBC.
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AfghanistanThe Ministry of Defence dismisses a leaked memo suggesting soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan could be made redundant, saying no more Army cuts are planned.
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AfghanistanSoldiers wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq could be made redundant as part of armed forces job cuts, a leaked army memo suggests.
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IranEvery day, hundreds of young Kurds living in northern Iraq cross the border into Iran.
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At least eight people are killed and several others injured as series of explosions hits a busy market in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, say reports.
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At least 36 people are now known to have died in twin bomb blasts in Baghdad on Thursday, which came amid a resurgence of attacks in the Iraqi capital.
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United KingdomWhat happened to the Iraqi translator who worked for British PMs?
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United StatesA US government watchdog harshly criticises a programme to train Iraqi police, saying it could become a "bottomless pit" for American money.
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TurkeyTurkish forces kill at least 49 Kurdish militants in an offensive launched after 24 soldiers died in attacks near the Iraqi border.
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United StatesAll US troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year, President Obama announces, bringing to an end a nine-year military campaign there.
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TurkeySome 10,000 Turkish soldiers are taking part in a military offensive in northern Iraq and south-east Turkey, following a deadly attack by Kurdish rebels.
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TurkeyTurkish troops are reported to have pursued Kurdish rebels into northern Iraq, following overnight attacks which killed at least 24 Turkish soldiers and injured many others.
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TurkeyTurkish troops are pursuing Kurdish rebels into northern Iraq after overnight rebel attacks in which at least 24 Turkish soldiers died.
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Saudi Arabia, United StatesIran's President Ahmadinejad says US allegations of a plot to assassinate a Saudi envoy are as false as its claims were about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
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An Iraq war veteran who claimed The Hurt Locker was based on his own experiences has his court case dismissed by a judge.
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Two bombs in Baghdad's predominantly Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City have killed at least 16 people, Iraqi security officials say.
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At least 28 people are killed in a string of car bomb attacks around the Iraqi capital Baghdad, say security officials.
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Three explosions in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, leave at least nine people dead and about 20 wounded, security officials say.
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United StatesUS defence secretary Leon Panetta insists that any US troops remaining in Iraq after 2011 must remain immune from prosecution.
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Afghanistan, United StatesA third of post-9/11 veterans in the US say the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, according to an opinion poll.
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An attack by insurgents on a local government compound in western Iraq leaves at least nine people dead, including three hostages.
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At least 17 people die and many are wounded in a car-bomb attack at a funeral ceremony near the central Iraqi city of Hilla, officials say.
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United StatesIraq makes the first payment in a deal to buy 18 US F-16 fighter jets which officials say is aimed at securing air sovereignty after US troops leave.
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Hushyar Ali has devoted his life to defusing thousands of explosives in his home region of Halabja in Iraq.
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Iran, United StatesTwo Americans return home after spending more than two years in an Iranian jail on spying charges for allegedly crossing the border from Iraq.
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At least 10 people have died and nearly 100 wounded after multiple bomb blasts at a government office in the Iraqi city of Karbala.
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Separate bomb attacks and a shooting at a police checkpoint leave at least 17 people dead and dozens wounded in Iraq, officials say.
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SyriaA group of 22 Shia pilgrims travelling on a bus to Syria have been found shot dead in Iraq's western Anbar province, say Iraqi officials.
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Afghanistan, Iran, SyriaEx-PM Tony Blair blames Iran for prolonging conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and urges the international community to put pressure on Syria.
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United KingdomEvents leading to the death of Iraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa in British army custody should never be allowed to happen again, David Cameron said, after the publication of a report into the incident.
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United KingdomIraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa died after suffering "gratuitous violence" in a "very serious breach of discipline" by UK soldiers, an inquiry finds.
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United StatesAugust was the first month since the US-led invasion in 2003 that no US soldiers were killed in Iraq, the latest casualty figures show.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US government wasted $30bn (£18bn) in contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last decade, a bi-partisan spending commission finds.
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