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  • Gunmen kill four Iraqi soldiers

    Iraq might slide back into bloody sectarian strife.Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, Sunni, Shiite and ethnic Kurdish factions have yet to find a stable power-sharing deal and security is deteriorating.More than 300 people have been killed in violence over the past week. More than 700 died in April, according to the United Nations, the highest monthly toll in ...

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  • The Chief of Staff Meets Iraqi Defence Minister

    Doha, May 23 (BNA) -- The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Maj.Gen. Hamad Bin Ali Al Attiyah conferred here on Thursday with Iraqi Defence Minister Dr. Saadoun Al-Dulaimi who is now visiting Qatar. They discussed a lot of issues with a special emphasis on the military affairs. A number of senior army officers attend the meeting. The Iraqi Defence Minister arrived in Doha earlier Wednesday ...

  • Iraqs state-owned Trade Bank eyes Lebanon Turkey - president

    By Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI, May 23 (Reuters) - State-owned Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) plans to expand its domestic presence as well as open branches in Lebanon and Turkey to tap growing trade between the countries, the bank's top executive said on Thursday. The bank, set up in 2003, operates as a commercial bank with a virtual monopoly on letters of credit, which are used in ...

  • India and Iraq to Cooperate in Water Management Area

    A high expert level meeting was held today between the Iraq Delegation led by Mr. Mohanad Salman Al-Sady, Minister of Water Resources of Govt of Republic of Iraq and Senior Officers in The Ministry of Water Resources to workout for finalizing the nitty-gritty's of a future Memorandum of Understanding In The Area Of Water Management to be signed between the Two ...

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50/50

50/50

50/50, a dramedy about a young man in his late 20s who is diagnosed with cancer, is a good movie with a moderate sense of daring that ultimately spends too much time telling the wrong story. Screenwriter Will Reiser based on the script on his own twentysomething experiences of battling cance ... ...

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  • Bin Shabib and Associates host reception in Erbil with French Business Council Dubai and Northern Emirates

    This month Bin Shabib & Associates (BSA) LLP supported the French Business Council Dubai and Northern Emirates, in hosting reception at the Divan hotel in ...

  • Are the dark days returning to Iraq

    Monthly death toll has doubled in Iraq; now highest figure since end of war Increasing toll is related to authoritarian streak of PM Nuri al-Maliki, says Shashank Joshi Joshi: Sectarian is closely linked to protests, concentrated in Sunni-majority areas Too early to talk about Iraq's break-up, he says, but there's no obvious way out of ...

  • Iraq urged to cut public spending

    The International Monetary Fund has urged Iraq to build up its weak fiscal buffers, as the oil producer's economy remains highly vulnerable to the oil market, AFP has reported. Iraq has maintained macroeconomic stability "in a difficult security and political environment," the IMF executive board said. "Risks to the macroeconomic outlook remain high," the board said, ...

  • Brothel shootout in Baghdad leaves 12 dead

    Unknown gunmen stormed a brothel in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 12 people, security and medical officials told AFP.At least seven women and five men were shot in the suburb of Zayouna, which is renowned for its redlight district.There is no further information on the identity of the ...

  • Iraqi PM orders army shuffle to combat violence

    By-standers look at the wreck of a bomb used in a sectarian suicide attack in Baghdad. AFP Photo Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki has called for serious change in the senior ranks of Iraq's armed ...

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