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Iraq protest death toll mounts as cleric warns against meddling
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Iraq protest death toll mounts as cleric warns against meddling

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s top Shia Muslim cleric said a new prime minister must be chosen without foreign interference in…
Iraq parliament approves PM resignation, protesters mourn dead
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Iraq parliament approves PM resignation, protesters mourn dead

Iraq’s parliament approved the resignation of the embattled cabinet on Sunday, after two months of violent unrest that have left…
Iraq protesters burn shrine entrance in holy city, PM quitting ‘not enough’
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Iraq protesters burn shrine entrance in holy city, PM quitting ‘not enough’

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi protesters set fire to the entrance of a shrine in the southern holy city of Najaf…
Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit
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Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit

Iraqis kept up anti-government protests in Baghdad and the south on Saturday, unsatisfied with the premier’s vowed resignation and insisting…
Iraq PM says will resign after bloody protests
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Iraq PM says will resign after bloody protests

Iraq’s embattled premier announced Friday he would resign in keeping with the wishes of the country’s top cleric, as renewed…
Iraq’s PM announces he’ll resign amid worsening crisis
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Iraq’s PM announces he’ll resign amid worsening crisis

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said Friday he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after…
Death toll jumps to 27 protesters shot dead in 24 hours in Iraq
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Death toll jumps to 27 protesters shot dead in 24 hours in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — Security forces in Iraq shot dead 27 anti-government protesters in a 24-hour period, amid spiraling violence in…
Iraq protesters block roads to raise pressure for sweeping reform
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Iraq protesters block roads to raise pressure for sweeping reform

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Protesters blocked roads with burning tires in southern Iraq and clashed with police in Baghdad on Wednesday,…
Century ago and today, Baghdad street a front line in revolt
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Century ago and today, Baghdad street a front line in revolt

BAGHDAD (AP) — When discontented Iraqis sought independence from British occupation in 1920, Baghdad’s most prestigious new boulevard, Rasheed Street,…
Baghdad bombings kill 5 as Iraqis protest government
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Baghdad bombings kill 5 as Iraqis protest government

BAGHDAD (AP) — Three simultaneous explosions rocked Baghdad late on Tuesday, killing five people and wounding more than a dozen,…
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