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Car bombs, shootings kill 27 across Iraq
World
June 16, 2013
Car bombs, shootings kill 27 across Iraq
At least 27 people died in attacks targeting mainly Shia Muslims across Iraq on Sunday, police and medics said, intensifying fears of…
Gunmen kill 12 at Baghdad brothel, say officials
World
May 22, 2013
Gunmen kill 12 at Baghdad brothel, say officials
Unknown gunmen shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in Baghdad on Wednesday, security and…
Artists and writers search for a common street in Iraq
Books
March 19, 2013
Artists and writers search for a common street in Iraq
Baghdad’s Al-Mutanabbi Street is perhaps the longest-lived book-selling neighborhood in the world. According to scholar Muhsin al-Musawi, the current bookshops…
Blasts, clashes kill at least 25 in central Baghdad
World
March 14, 2013
Blasts, clashes kill at least 25 in central Baghdad
Coordinated blasts killed at least 25 people in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday near the heavily fortified Green Zone,…
Double Baghdad blasts kill 13 over Eid holiday
World
October 27, 2012
Double Baghdad blasts kill 13 over Eid holiday
Two blasts hit a Baghdad Shia neighborhood and a bus full of Iranian pilgrims on Saturday, killing at least 13…
String of Iraq car bomb blasts kill at least 17
World
September 30, 2012
String of Iraq car bomb blasts kill at least 17
BAGHDAD — A string of car bomb blasts targeting mainly police checkpoints killed at least 17 people across Iraq on…
Wave of attacks that killed 60 overshadow Eid in Iraq
World
August 17, 2012
Wave of attacks that killed 60 overshadow Eid in Iraq
A spate of attacks that killed 60 people in Iraq overshadowed preparations to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Friday,…
Blasts kill 13, wound 100 in Iraqi market
World
June 22, 2012
Blasts kill 13, wound 100 in Iraqi market
BAGHDAD — At least 13 people were killed and more than 100 wounded on Friday when two roadside bombs exploded…
Iraq attacks kill 72 during Shia pilgrimage
World
June 13, 2012
Iraq attacks kill 72 during Shia pilgrimage
A wave of apparently coordinated bombings and shootings rocked Iraq during a major Shia religious commemoration on Wednesday, killing at…
Signs of hope in a former Baghdad killing field
World
June 7, 2012
Signs of hope in a former Baghdad killing field
BAGHDAD — For residents of Azamiya, once one of Baghdad's most violent neighborhoods, the opening of a department store selling…