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Xinhua

Iraqi radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday returned home in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, an official from Sadr's office said. "Sayyed Moqtada al-Sadr, head of al-Sadr movement, has arrived home in Najaf in the afternoon, coming fro

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Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, I doubt many people in Britain knew the difference between a Sunni and a Shia. But since the civil war began in 2003, there has been considerable curiosity about the complexity of religious and political divisions in

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NY Times

The last Christian man in town goes to church each morning to clean the building and to remember the past. Romel Hawal, 48, was born in this town in Anbar Province back when most of the population was Christian. Now, he said, his 11-year-old son know

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January 15, 2011 marks the 20th year since the United States began to bomb Iraq. Since then millions of Iraqi people have been militarily occupied, injured, starved, killed, tortured, and imprisoned. Millions more have become internally displaced or

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AP

Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said his followers in Iraq were still resisting the US "enemy" with all means, including military. But he tempered his fiery words saying the new Iraqi government should be given a chance to get American forces ou

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CNN (video)

After nearly a year fraught with political infighting, Iraq finally has a new government. The Iraqi parliament Tuesday voted in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, even though some vacancies remain.

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AP

The US is open to the idea of keeping troops in Iraq past a deadline to leave next year if Iraq asks for it, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. "We'll stand by," Gates said. "We're ready to have that discussion if and when they want to raise i

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AP

Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes killed 76 people and wounded more than 200 across Baghdad’s myriad neighborhoods Tuesday, demonstrating the insurgents’ ability to carry out coordinated strikes from one side of the capital to the other.

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AP

Iraq's dwindling Christian community was grieving and afraid on Monday after militants seized a Baghdad church during evening Mass, held the congregation hostage and triggered a raid by Iraqi security forces. The bloodbath left at least 52 people kil

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AP

Saddam Hussein's longtime foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, was sentenced to death by hanging for persecuting members of Shiite religious parties under the former regime. Tribunal spokesman Abdul-Sahib did not say when Aziz would be put to death.

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