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Report: Female Circumcision in Iraqi Kurdistan Still High (Time.com)

June 30th, 2010

Time.com - Last week, Human Rights Watch released a study about female genital mutilation, commonly referred to as FGM, in Iraqi Kurdistan that stresses the prevalence of the practice and…

Iraqi official: No magic wand to end power outages (AP)

June 25th, 2010

An Iraqi electrician checks the fuse box belonging to a block of flats in Baghdad on June 22. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani has revoked electricity privileges enjoyed by government officials as he took temporary control of the power portfolio amid public fury over rationing.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - Iraq’s acting electricity minister urged the country Friday to cut down on air conditioning and said there is no “magic wand” to end the country’s power outages, which…

Attacks targeting Iraqi forces kill at least 10 (AP)

June 24th, 2010

A man injured by a bombing is treated at a hospital in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 24, 2010. A spate of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces and their allies killed at least several on Thursday, half in suicide bombings in the northern city of Mosul, officials said. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)AP - A spate of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces and their allies killed at least 10 people on Thursday, half in suicide bombings in the northern city of Mosul,…

Bombs targeting Iraqi government, allies kill 3 (AP)

June 22nd, 2010

Iraqi policemen stand at the site of a roadside bombing in the Dora area of southern Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb apparently aimed at a senior transportation official has missed its target and killed bystanders instead. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Bombs targeting Iraqi officials and a Sunni militia leader killed at least three people and wounded more than 12 in separate attacks in Baghdad and north of the…

UN probing Britain over Iraqi mistreatment claims (AP)

June 18th, 2010

AP - The U.N. refugee agency said Friday it is investigating claims by Iraqi asylum seekers that they were mistreated by British officials before being deported back to Iraq.

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New Iraqi parliament holds brief symbolic session (AP)

June 14th, 2010

Suicide bombers and gunmen wearing military uniforms killed 15 people and took hostages on Sunday in a daring raid on the Iraq Central Bank in Baghdad, triggering an ongoing siege with security forces. Duration: 00:36(AFPTV)AP - Iraq’s new parliament convened for just under 20 minutes Monday in what was little more than a symbolic inaugural session because of unresolved differences over key government positions…

New Iraqi parliament meets as rivals deadlocked (AP)

June 14th, 2010

Suicide bombers and gunmen wearing military uniforms killed 15 people and took hostages on Sunday in a daring raid on the Iraq Central Bank in Baghdad, triggering an ongoing siege with security forces. Duration: 00:36(AFPTV)AP - Iraq’s new parliament convened for just under 20 minutes Monday in what was little more than a symbolic inaugural session because of unresolved differences over key government positions…

Bombs kill 6 in Iraqi capital, including policemen (AP)

June 6th, 2010

An Iraqi police officer stands near a smoldering vehicle at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 6, 2010. The car bomb exploded outside a Baghdad police station Sunday in the deadliest of a pair of attacks that killed several people in the Iraqi capital, security and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A car bomb exploded outside a Baghdad police station Sunday in the deadliest of a pair of attacks that killed six people in the Iraqi capital, security and…

Iraqi official says Iranian troops cross border (AP)

June 5th, 2010

Israeli soldiers, top, fire tear gas canisters to disperse Palestinian youths during an anti-Israeli demonstration in the West Bank village of Iraq Burin, near the city of Nablus, Saturday, June 5, 2010. Israeli forces seized Saturday the Gaza-bound 1,200-ton Rachel Corrie aid ship without meeting resistance, preventing it from breaking the Israeli maritime blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory days after a similar effort turned bloody. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)AP - A senior Kurdish official in northern Iraq says Iranian troops have crossed the Iraqi border in pursuit of Iranian Kurdish rebels.


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Iraqi court seals secular bloc’s election margin (AP)

June 1st, 2010

Workers from Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) recount parliamentary election ballots in Baghdad May 14, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP - A Sunni-backed secular alliance that challenged Iraq’s top Shiite leadership in parliamentary elections won a Supreme Court ruling Tuesday sealing its narrow edge over its closest rival, but…