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  • Iraq car bomb kills 6 Iranian pilgrims 1 Iraqi

    BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two Iraqi police officers say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad, killing six Iranians and one ...

  • Iraq bombs kill scores as violence spreads

    At least 70 people have been killed in a wave of car bombs in Iraq, raising concerns the country may slip back into civil war. NBC's Annabel Roberts and Richard O'Kelly ...

  • Iraq buys 150000 tonnes of Thai rice - source

    (Adds rice suppliers, background) BAGHDAD, May 25 (Reuters) - Iraq has purchased 150,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand in a nominal tender for at least 30,000 tonnes, a trade ministry source said on Saturday. The tender had closed on May 19, and offers had to remain valid until May 23. Iraq had sought rice from the United States, Uruguay, Thailand and Argentina. Volumes in Iraq's ...

  • Iraq forces strike Sunni militants near Syria

    Sunnis heading to fight in neighboring Syria.Some 20,000 troops attacked suspected hideouts of fighters linked to Sunni militant groups, including Al-Qaeda, and looked to secure a key road leading to Syria, top officers said.Troops were also moved to the 600-kilometre (375-mile) border with Syria."The operation is large and backed by the air force," Staff General Ali Ghaidan Majeed, ...

  • Sole Survivor Iraq Rescue Mission Ended In Tragedy

    In our latest installment of the StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Lance Cpl. Travis Williams. In 2005, while serving in Iraq, Williams and his 12-man squad came under attack. He was the only ...

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The Expendables 2

The Expendables 2 delivers precisely what you might expect from a sequel to Sylvester Stallones red-meat roundup of over-the-hill action stars from two years ago. There is plenty of the samefiery explosions, massive weapons, heavy artillery, deep voicesand what the film now ... ...

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  • EMP to partner with Horizon Scope in Iraq

    Emerging Markets Payments (EMP) has signed an agreement with Horizon Scope to promote EMP's third party card processing services to banks in Iraq. The agreement was signed by Paul Edwards, EMP Group Chairman, and Yazan Al Sabbagh, Horizon Scope Executive ...

  • Kurds flee for Iraq as Syria war slogs on

    As Syria's brutal civil war slogs on, some of the country's ethnic Kurds have been fleeing the chaos and destruction and taking refuge across the border in Iraq. About 50,000 people live in the Domiz camp, located near the city of Duhok about 60 kilometres from the Syria-Iraq border. The camp's residents are mainly Kurdish Syrians who do not want to participate in the war ...

  • Iraq violence a new test for US

    WASHINGTON - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: ...

  • Western Unions new Iraq agent

    Western Union has signed up the Investment Bank of Iraq to offer the complete range of Western Union services across all its 19 branches. The bank has branches in Baghdad, Basra, Karablaa and ...

  • Iran Syria Iraq to sign major gas deal on Monday

    Iran, Syria and Iraq will sign a major gas deal here on Monday to transfer Iran's South Pars natural gas to Europe, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Iran's caretaker oil minister Mohammad Aliabadi as well as oil ministers of Iraq and Syria will join the ceremony and choose a name for the pipeline to transfer Iran's gas to Europe, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister ...

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