Aseel Kami

                   

Iraq says 300 officials charged with corruption

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17 hrs ago
        

Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Iraq has charged more than 300 officials with corruption this year and courts handed down 86 convictions, its corruption watchdog said on Tuesday, as a nation awash in oil ...

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Iraq's cabinet meets to debate U.S. troops

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16-Nov-2008 933 related
        

By Aseel Kami and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet is due to meet on Sunday, when it could at long last approve a much-delayed pact allowing U.S. forces to remain in the country for the next three years. The...

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Iraq struggles to sweep Saddam's landmine legacy

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16-Nov-2008 7 related
        

By Aseel Kami HALABJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Inside an Iraqi clinic close to where Saddam Hussein's henchmen killed thousands of Kurds with poison gas, Azima Qadar waits for a check up of her artificial limb. Her right leg was blown...

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One million Iraqis lack food - United Nations

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12-Nov-2008 14 related
        

Source: Reuters By Aseel Kami BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Nearly a million Iraqis still lack adequate food, although their number is down from 4 million in 2005, the United Nations World Food Programme said on ...

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Alarm over growing use of "sticky bombs" in Iraq

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07-Nov-2008 10 related
        

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi and U.S. officials are concerned about an apparent surge in "sticky bombs," explosives fixed to vehicles with magnets or glue, as a tactic for assassinating Iraqi officials. The use of such small...

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Troops hope Obama brings them home responsibly

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05-Nov-2008 4 related
        

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Watching election results that showed Barack Obama would be their new commander-in-chief, U.S. soldiers in Iraq said they hoped he would fulfil his promise to bring them home quickly and responsibly.

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Iraqis divided over which US candidate can rebuild

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02-Nov-2008 1,021 related
        

Iraqis hope the outcome of this week's U.S. presidential election will help them repair the wounds of war but, like Americans, they differ on whether Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama can truly do so.

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