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| Feb.4 |
 Baghdad |
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 Amid unrest, Iraqi PM halves salary Amid growing unrest about poor public services and water shortages, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki agreed to cut his salary in half
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| Feb.5 |
Sunni Triangle |
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 Car bomb, roadside bomb wound 16  Map of Samarra Iraq Two explosions wounded at least 16 people Saturday in Salaheddin province
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| Feb.6 |
Baghdad |
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Report: Iraq PM won't seek third term Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will not run for a third term when his current one expires in 2014, the nation's state tv reported
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Baghdad |
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Iraq denied secret detention center exists The government denied a human rights organization's allegation that it has a secret detention center in Baghdad, run by al-Maliki's security forces
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| Feb.12 |
Northern Iraq |
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 Mass grave with 153 bodies found Map of Buhriz Iraq| Security forces found a mass grave containing scores of people killed during the height of sectarian violence last decade | |
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| Feb.14 |
 Algeria |
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 Unrest spread across M East and N Africa| Authorities in Algeria would lift a state of emergency. Clashes broke out between pro- and anti-government protesters in Yemen | |
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| Feb.24 |
Iraq |
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Suicide bombing kills 12 Map of Ramadi Iraq| The assailant with a explosives-laden vest, blew himself up at a cultural center where people had gathered for a celebration of the Prophet | |
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| Feb.27 |
Baghdad |
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PM gives ministers 100 days to shape up| Nuri al-Maliki gave government ministers 100 days to deliver results and eliminate corruption or be fired, the government announced | |
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| Feb.28 |
Baghdad |
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UK contractor gets life sentence in Iraq| An Iraqi judge sentenced Daniel Fitzsimons, 30, sparing him the death penalty. He was charged with murder of two colleagues | |
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