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Baghdad   Fighting   Iraq   Photos   Terrorism		  Austin American Statesman 
Fighting in Baghdad neighborhood has trapped many civilians, relief officials warn.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Entire sections of Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district have been left nearly abandoned by civilians fleeing a U.S.-led showdown with Shiite militias and seeking aid after... (photo: U.S. Army / Capt. Rodney Manzo )
A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1-12 Calvary, armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, provides street security during a presence patrol as local Iraqi children play in the streets of Sadr City, Iraq. This is near the Forward Oper
Baghdad   Iraq   Photos   Sadr   Troops		  USA Today 
Iraqi troops warn Sadr City residents to leave homes
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi soldiers for the first time warned residents in the embattled Sadr City district to leave their houses Thursday,... (photo: USAF file/SSgt. Ricky Bloom)
Iraq -- A series of attacks - including two suicide car bombings - in the northern city of Kirkuk Sunday killed 24 people and wounded dozens, police said. In political developments, Iraq´s second-largest Sunni Arab party rejected a proposed bill t  International Herald Tribune 
Report: al-Qaida linked Kuwaiti militant tells daily that Iran supports Sunni fighters in Iraq
: A Sunni fundamentalist from Kuwait who has been linked by the United Nations and the United States to al-Qaida, said in an interview published Wednesday that Iran is supporting Sunni Arab insurgents... (photo: WN/Bero Amer)
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The Capitol, foreground, Washington Monument, center, Lincoln Memorial, rear, and others buildings are seen from this view from a helicopter as President Bush, not pictured, returns to the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, following a visit to the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md.  Infowars 
Global Elite Gather in D.C.
Trilateral Commission members want suffering U.S. taxpayers to shell out even more money The Trilateral Commission-one of the three most powerful globalist groups in the world-held closed-door... (photo: AP Photo / Charles Dharapak)
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Iraq urges Iran, U.S. to talk
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's foreign minister urged Iran and the United States on Wednesday to stop trading accusations and sit down for a fourth round of talks to seek... (photo: AP Photo / Vahid Salemi)

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HYDERABAD: Wasa directed to get water tested
Bureau Report HYDERABAD, May 6: Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa) has been directed to conduct laboratory tests of water before releasing it into pipelines. District... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)

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Iranian students hold photos of Iran´s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upside down to show their disapproval of Ahmadinejad´s policies during a demonstration at Tehran university, Tehran, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006, to mark Iran´s student da The Star
Iran clerics query president's religious remarks
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president has alarmed some conservative clerics with remarks suggesting he believed a mystical Shi'ite religious leader backed his government,... (photo: AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
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REPORT A company commander from the 13th Georgian Army Battalion radios in a situation report while conducting a joint clearing operation with Iraqi soldiers in Ali Shaheen, Iraq, March 7, 2008. Turkish Press
US withdraws 3,500 troops amid surge in Iraq violence
US soldiers patrol a checkpoint at the entrance to Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City in April 2008. A pullout of 3,500 American troops from Iraq is underway, the US... (photo: U.S. Army / Sgt. Timothy Kingston )

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Newly appointed Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari (right), confers with Ambassador John D. Negroponte, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, shortly before the Security Council meeting on Iraq. ula1 Examiner
US-Iran security talks postponed, Iraqi FM says
BAGHDAD (Map, News) - Iraq's foreign minister on Wednesday said security talks between Iran and the United states have been indefinitely postponed due to an "exchange of... (photo: UN)
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Relatives of Iraqi Christian Fadi Ameer who was killed in the deadly Thursday evening's bombings in central district of Karrada in Baghdad, Iraq, cry during his funeral Friday, March 7, 2008. The Wichita Eagle
Civilians flee fierce fighting in Baghdad
BY SELCAN HACAOGLU Associated Press BAGHDAD - A rocket slammed into Baghdad's city hall and another hit a downtown park Tuesday as more frightened civilians fled a Shiite... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
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Russian photographer Dmitry Chebotayev, left, is seen at an undisclosed location with U.S. troops outside Baghdad, Iraq, in this March 7, 2007, photo. Chebotayev was killed Sunday May 6, in Diyala province of Iraq, by a massive roadside bomb blast that a Seattle Times
U.S. to trim forces in Iraq
BAGHDAD - About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, as part of the Pentagon's overall reduction in troop... (photo: AP )
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Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Baghdad, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Zebari said Tuesday he believes his country has averted a civil war after five years of "tears and blood" but warned an abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops would be "disastrous." The Star
Iraq urges Iran, U.S. to hold talks
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari urged Iran and the United States on Wednesday to stop trading accusations and sit down for a fourth round of... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
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Sunil Gavaskar looks on during a meeting in Bangalore, India. Gavaskar's chairmanship of ICC's Cricket Committee, jsa1 Gavaskar resigns as ICC chairman Sydney Morning Herald
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Yemen
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Yemeni women in Islamic covered dress pass a young soldier with his AK-47 submachine gun in Sana, Sunday May 21, 2000. Amid tight security involving more than 25,000 troops, senior officials and dignitaries from 47 countries began arriving in Yemen Sunda YEMEN: Rebel leader calls for international aid IRINnews
CHILDREN - PLAYGROUND - PHILIPPINES 10M children worldwide die from lack of health care AOL
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Iran
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah gestures while delivering a speech, in Beirut, Lebanon, in this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006 file photo. Military intelligence has arrested a ring of Lebanese and Palestinian terrorists who planned to assassinate Nasral Lebanon is between the devil and the deep sea Gulf News
Cars try to pass burning tyres set by opposition supporters - Lebanon Tensions up as Beirut airport blocked The Australian
John Bolton - Press Briefing by Permanent Representative of United States (cg1) Bolton on whether Bush might bomb Iran before he leaves office: 'I think so, definitely.' Infowars
Turkey
Mall Young Turks choose shopping mall over bazaar Mail Guardian South Africa
Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil, Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland Teammate's driving at Turkish hat trick Canada Dot Com
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