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 Baghdad |
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Pressure mounts on PM to go| Figures within Shia alliance have for the first time urged Jaafari to stand down to help a unity government form | |
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  Rice and Straw arrive| US Secretary of State and British Foreign Secretary made the unannounced trip in Baghdad | |
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Baghdad |
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U.S. helicopter crashes near Baghdad
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| Apr.2 |
Baghdad |
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Rice, Straw to Iraqis: 'The time has come' Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary visit to jump-start the process of forming a national unity government
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| Apr.4 |
Baghdad |
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 Hussein charged with genocide| Former Iraqi dictator has been charged for the first time with genocide, chief judge Ra'id Juhi announced | |
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Baghdad |
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PM Jaafari rejects calls to resign Prime Minister has rejected growing pressure, saying Iraqis must be allowed to choose their leader democratically
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| Apr.5 |
Baghdad |
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Hussein grins during cross-examination| Saddam is saying he approved death sentences against Shiites because they were trying to assassinate him | |
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| Apr.6 |
Baghdad |
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Hussein aide quizzed on killings Awad Bandar, who sentenced 148 Shiites to death insisted the suspects confessed and received a fair trial
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 Bombing near Najaf shrine kills 10 A car bomb detonated near the Imam Ali shrine, killing 10 people and wounding 39 others,
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US 'in talks with militants'
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| Apr.7 |
Baghdad |
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 80 killed in mosque attack 3 suicide bombers struck a mosque affiliated with a major Shiite political party. Another 136 were wounded
| Friday's blasts went off 3 hours after noon prayers at Buratha mosque affiliated with the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, part of the Shiite-led United Iraqi Alliance.
The mosque's imam is member of parliament Sheikh Jalaluddin al-Saghir
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| Apr.8 |
Iraq |
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Fresh bomb targets Shias A car bomb has killed at least 6 people, most pilgrims, in a mainly Shia town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad
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Baghdad |
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Death toll from mosque attack rises to 81
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| Apr.9 |
Baghdad |
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 Iraq angered by civil war warning Iraqi leaders have strongly criticised Egypt's president Mubarak after he said Iraq was on the verge of a civil war
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Baghdad |
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Bombs kill 4 on Iraq's 'Freedom Day'
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Iraq |
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New video shows German hostages
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| Apr.11 |
Baghdad |
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Iraqis debate leadership amid bombings
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Baghdad |
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Minister denies terror link
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| Apr.12 |
Iraq |
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Attacks kill 11, including 2 U.S. soldiers
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Howard denies Iraq bribe warnings
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| Apr.13 |
Iraq |
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Fighting displaces tens of thousands
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| Apr.14 |
Iraq |
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Baquba mosque bombings kill 4
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| Apr.16 |
Iraq |
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Bombs kill at least 34 amid deadlock A car bomb in Mahmoudiya killed at least 8 people. A session of parliament is delayed amid political paralysis
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New Iraqi envoy: Political progress near Samir Sumaidaie: A compromise would replace the interim prime minister with a member of his own party
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Baghdad |
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PM impasse sparks new delay
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| Apr.17 |
Baghdad |
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Hussein's signature on crackdown Experts confirmed the authenticity of the signature on documents connected to a crackdown on Shiites in the 1980s
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Marines fire on mosque to repel attacks
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| Apr.18 |
Baghdad |
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Sectarian clashes rack Baghdad district
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| Apr.19 |
Baghdad |
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Saddam 'did sign death warrants' Handwriting experts have concluded that Saddam signed documents ordering the killing of 148 Shia villagers
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| Apr.20 |
Baghdad |
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Iraqis signal PM breakthrough Lawmakers decided to postpone a parliament session amid a possible breakthrough
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| Apr.21 |
Baghdad |
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 Shia bloc names PM choice UIA, Iraq's largest parliamentary bloc, has nominated Jawad al-Maliki as its choice for the post of prime minister
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| Apr.22 |
Baghdad |
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Parliament elects new leaders Jawad al-Maliki, a Shiite, asked by Jalal Talabani to be prime minister-designate and form a new government
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Turkey |
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Hostage Bigley 'burial site' claim
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Baghdad |
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Six dead in bomb attacks
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| Apr.23 |
Baghdad |
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3 U.S. troops killed by roadside bomb 8 soldiers have been killed over the weekend
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| Apr.24 |
Baghdad |
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Tape 'links' Hussein to attacks An audiotape said to be a phone call between Hussein and one of his co-defendants discussing the destruction of farmlands
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Baghdad |
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al-Maliki: U.S. to start pullout in 18 months
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| Apr.25 |
Iraq |
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 Defiant al-Zarqawi shows face on video Al Qaeda in Iraq leader is defending the insurgent fight, exhorting followers to keep the faith and mocking the U.S.
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Baghdad |
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Rumsfeld in Baghdad on surprise visit
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| Apr.26 |
Baghdad |
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 Rice joins Rumsfeld on Iraq trip US Secretary of State has arrived from Turkey on an unheralded visit
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Baghdad |
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Vice-president sister killed
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| Apr.28 |
Washington |
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 Abu Ghraib interrogation chief charged The Army charged Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan with cruelty, maltreatment, dereliction of duty and other offenses
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| Apr.29 |
Iraq |
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Six killed; 12 bodies found tortured
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