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  • 32 die in Iraq suicide bombing

    At least 32 people were killed and over 50 injured in twin suicide bomb attacks at a mosque in the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry official said. The attacks occurred around midday at the al-Husseiniyah mosque in al-Qahira district, when two suicide bombers blew themselves up during prayers, Xinhua reported. The official said the two attackers first shot dead the guards of the mosque with ...

  • 15 killed in suicide bombing at Baghdad Shiite mosque

    Baghdad, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Up to 15 people were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a Shiite mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said. The attack occurred around midday when a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden vest among worshippers at a mosque in al- Qahira district in northern Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of ...

  • U.N. recommends bringing Iraq closer to ending 1990s sanctions

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday recommended bringing Iraq one step closer to ending all U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad more than two decades ago after former leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait In 1990. Despite the toppling of Saddam in 2003 after a U.S.-led invasion, the United Nations has not fully lifted the sanctions. U.S.-led troops drove Iraq ...

  • Australia v Iraq what we learned from the World Cup qualifier

    For 48 hours before the game, a major Sydney road was rechristened as the Tim Cahill Expressway. This was a man who had scored his country's first ever World Cup goal and at times had dragged the team through qualification. For years, he has been the source of goals when all others had run dry. Yet with 13 minutes remaining ...

  • Iraqi Suicide Bombers Kill Shiite Worshippers

    Two suicide bombers killed 29 worshippers in a Shiite mosque in Baghdad Tuesday. At least 55 others were wounded. Officials say the first bomber blew himself up at a nearby checkpoint to serve as a distraction for authorities, while the other slipped past the concrete blast walls and entered the mosque during prayers. University student, Ali Faleh, said he was nearby at a local shop when he ...

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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers [DVD]

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers [DVD]

The problem with Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers is that it's a bridge movie, linking Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), which jump-started the series back into existence after a long hiatus with the introduction of Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris), Michael's niece, and Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), which answers the mystery left at ... ...

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  • Iraqi Kurdistan gives Turkish company six oil exploration blocks

    ISTANBUL, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:48pm EDT ISTANBUL, June 18 (Reuters) - Local authorities have given an unnamed Turkish company licenses to explore for oil in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to a report, a move that could anger the central government in Baghdad already worried about the region's growing independence. The report, co-published by The Oil & Gas Year and the autonomous ...

  • Learning a Lesson from Libya Iraq Reconciliation Not Revenge

    Even as Syria’s nightmare continues, policy makers should consider the country’s future once hostilities end. Those planning for Syria’s "day after" should learn a lesson from the past and avoid an approach just adopted in Libya, and before that in Iraq, that will widen divisions rather than heal the wounds. Libya’s parliament recently voted to bar many ...

  • Ed Miliband is standing firm on Syria but is he caught in a trap

    On a November night in 1987, I walked through the blown-up heart of Enniskillen a few hours after IRA bombers murdered 11 people who had gathered on Remembrance Day to mourn the dead of another war. I was a young journalist on my first major assignment, and I had never seen such carnage. Today, as the G8 circus leaves Fermanagh, Enniskillen has once again become a shrine to violence. Even ...

  • Iraqi suicide bombers hit Baghdad mosque kill 34

    Umm Satta grieves for her slain college student son, Sattar Jabbar, near Habib al-Asadi Shiite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and near the Shiite mosque, Iraqi officials said. Most of the casualties were among students from a nearby Imam al-Sadiq University for Islamic Studies. Police officials said the university's Shiite ...

  • Ron Paul ‘Obama’s Syria policy looks a lot like Bush’s Iraq policy’

    War Did the White House's remarks about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons sound familiar? Former congressman Ron Paul says the build up to a likely strike on Syria reminds him of the days before the invasion of Iraq. Paul, the longtime Republican lawmaker from Texas who retired last year following an unsuccessful attempt to gain the GOP nomination for the ...

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