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Ancient minaret damaged
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| Apr.2 |
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56 injuried at Abu Ghraib attack
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| Apr.3 |
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Parliament elects speaker
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| Apr.5 |
Iraq |
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Presidency to be approved
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| Apr.6 |
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 Kurd leader Talabani named president| New transitional assembly took a historic step, electing Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the nation's president | |
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Saddam sees new president's election
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| Apr.7 |
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Shia leader Jaafari named prime minister Outgoing Prime Minister Allawi has resigned. Ibrahim Jaafari has up to a month to name his team
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| Apr.8 |
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10 Iraqi civilians found shot to death
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CBS stringer arrested
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| Apr.9 |
Iraq |
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Huge anti-US protest
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| Apr.10 |
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Zarqawi 'rejects amnesty offer'
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Pakistan appeals for envoy's release An Iraqi group has claimed to have kidnapped a diplomat Malik Mohammad Javaid
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| Apr.11 |
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Talabani predicts U.S. exit in 2 years
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  Rumsfeld warning to Iraq leaders US Defence Secretary, on a surprise visit, has warned against purges, incompetence and corruption in Iraq
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| Apr.13 |
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Video shows U.S. hostage
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Blast kills 12 Iraqi security guards  A blast near the city of Kirkuk killed 12 security personnel trying to defuse a roadside bomb
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| Apr.14 |
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 14 dead in new attacks 2 suicide car bombs in Baghdad and an attack by gunmen in Kirkuk
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Pakistani hostage appears on video A Pakistani embassy official has appeared in a hostage video on Al Jazeera
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| Apr.16 |
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Iraq raid to free Shia hostages
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| Apr.17 |
Iraq |
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Humanitarian group founder killed
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| Apr.20 |
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Officials: 70 killed by insurgents Iraqi officials are finding more than 50 bodies in the Tigris River and 20 soldiers shot to death west of Baghdad
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| Apr.21 |
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 6 Americans among 11 dead in copter crash| The Russian-made MI-8 carried a crew of 3 Bulgarians and 6 Blackwater Security employees | |
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| Apr.22 |
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Second group claims copter downing Al-Jazeera aired a video appearing to show a helicopter with 11 people aboard being shot down a day earlier
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9 die in Baghdad mosque bombing A suicide car bomber killed at least 9 people and wounded 24 others near a Shiite Muslim mosque
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 U.S. Army clears top brass in Abu Ghraib 4 top officers, including the general who commanded U.S. forces in Iraq cleared of allegations of wrongdoing
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| Apr.23 |
Baghdad |
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11 killed in uptick in violence Insurgents kept up attacks on security forces in Baghdad-area bombings and a shooting in Basra
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U.S. arrests 6 suspects in helicopter crash Iraqi civilian helped Task Force Baghdad soldiers to arrested suspects of shooting down a commercial helicopter
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Twin car bombs kill Tikrit police The bombs exploded just 15 minutes apart, killing 6 people and wounding 26 at the Police Academy
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| Apr.24 |
Baghdad |
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Blasts kill 15 near mosque 2 explosions rocked western Baghdad's al-Shu'lah neighborhood near a Shiite Muslim mosque
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| Apr.26 |
Washington |
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Iraqi insurgency 'undiminished'| General Myers says the insurgents have lost none of their capacity to stage attacks | |
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| Apr.27 |
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Assembly member assassinated
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PM finalises government plan
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Early Iraq legal opinion leaked The attorney general cast doubt on the legality of the war without a second UN resolution
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| Apr.28 |
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Lawmakers approve Cabinet list| National Assembly approved a list for a transitional government. 3 ministries were filled with temporary appointments | |
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Iraq war legal advice published The attorney general told Blair on 7 March 2003 a second UN resolution was the safest course
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Car bombs leave 24 dead| The apparently co-ordinated 4 suicide bombs targeting Iraqi security forces in the Sunni district of Adhamiya | |
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| Apr.29 |
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Abu Ghraib woman makes plea deal
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Tape likely from al-Zarqawi
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| Apr.30 |
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4 U.S. soldiers killed 4 killed and 2 wounded by a roadside bomb near the Syrian border, and 4 U.S. soldiers were injured west of Baghdad
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 Experts combing through mass grave Forensic experts are investigating a grave thought to contain the remains of 1,500 Kurds killed in the 1980s
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5 Iraq police killed by gunmen
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