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  • At least 16 dead after Iraq bombings

    Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shia neighbourhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75. Police officials say the blasts struck bus stations and outdoor markets. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty tolls. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media. Earlier in the day, two car bombings in the southern ...

  • Syria crisis battle for Qusair – live updates

    Syrians inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings after government air strikes against the western town of Qusair, in Homs province, Syria. The town has been besieged for weeks by regime troops and pro-government gunmen backed by the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. Photograph: ...

  • Gunmen shoot dead 10 policemen northwest of Baghdad

    Iraqi armed tribesmen pose for a picture on the back of a truck in a road north of Ramadi, on May 18, 2013 (Azhar Shallal/ AFP) At least 10 policemen have been killed after an attack by unidentified gunmen in Rawah, northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.The attack was carried out on Sunday evening at a police station in the city.Reports also stated that the attackers set fire to an army ...

  • Car bombs in Iraq kill 16

    Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75. Police officials say the blasts struck bus stations and outdoor markets on Monday morning. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty tolls. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media. Earlier in the day, two car bombings in the southern city of Basra killed at least 10 ...

  • Series of car bomb blasts kill 26 in Iraq say officials

    Baghdad: Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75.Police officials say the blasts struck bus stations and outdoor markets on Monday morning. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty tolls. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to talk to the media.Earlier in the day, two car ...

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One False Move

The first ten minutes of "One False Move" feel like any other violent crime film, even bordering on entering the straight-to-video realm, which is ironic because the rest of the film is so sharp and original. In the opening segment, three criminals, Roy (Billy Bob Thornton), Pluto (Michael Beach), and Roy's girlfriend Fantasia (Cynda Williams) disrupt a birthday party by stabbing, shooting or suff ... ...

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  • Bombs kill at least 20 in mainly Shiite areas of Iraq capital police medics

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Eight car bomb blasts in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 20 people on Monday, police and medics said. Earlier, at least 10 people were killed in two car bomb explosions in the predominantly Shi'ite southern city of Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of ...

  • Iraqi officials Twin car bombings in southern city of Basra kill at least 10 people.

    BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75. Police officials say the blasts struck bus stations and outdoor markets on Monday morning. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty tolls. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media. Earlier in the day, two ...

  • Iraqi fraud held in Thailand with Kuwaiti passports

    (MENAFN - Arab Times) An Iraqi national was arrested recently in Thailand in possession of five Kuwaiti passports, using which he committed several felonies, reports Al-Rai daily. Earlier, a report was published about the arrest of a Kuwaiti tourist in Thailand who was accused of fraud. However, coordination between the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior with the security authorities in ...

  • Iraq bombings kill 25 people

    Bombings in Iraq, including a series of blasts mainly targeting Shi'ite areas of Baghdad, have killed at least 25 people and wounded 68, security and medical officials say.Car bombs hit Kadhimiyah and Sadr City in north Baghdad, Saidiyah in the south and Mashtal and Baghdad Jadida in the east, killing at least 10 people and wounding at least 45, while a roadside bomb in the Zafraniyah area ...

  • Iraqi politicians have no option but to engage in a national dialogue Akhbar Al Saa

    WAM Abu Dhabi, 20th May 2013 (WAM) -- A UAE daily publication has called on Iraq's political leaders to set aside their differences, come together and engage in a national dialogue to resolve political and security crises in order to set the Iraqi house in order and place the country on the course of development. ''The UAE and other Arab governments as well as the world have ...

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