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Baghdad |
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Car bombs wound 13
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| Jan.2 |
 Iraq |
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 Seven die suicide bomb blast 2 assassination attempts against officials in Baghdad failed
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| Jan.3 |
Iraq |
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US air strike hits Iraqi family
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| Jan.4 |
Iraq |
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36 killed, 40 wounded in funeral blast A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest detonated at a funeral procession in Muqdadiya
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| Jan.5 |
Sunni Triangle |
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At least 134 killed in attacks across Iraq| In Ramadi, 80 people were killed when a bomber detonated near an police recruitment and screening drive | |
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| Jan.6 |
Iraq |
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 11 U.S. troops killed in attacks A soldier and a Marine were killed in a major suicide bombing targeting an Iraqi police recruitment center
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Pakistan |
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Al Qaeda No. 2: Bush must admit defeat
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| Jan.7 |
Baghdad |
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13 wounded in car bomb attack
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| Jan.8 |
Iraq |
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 U.S. helicopter crash kills 12 UH-60 Black Hawk was flying along with another aircraft between bases in the north of the country
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| Jan.9 |
Baghdad |
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Suicide bombers kill 23 Iraqi police 2 bombers disguised as senior police officers killed at least 23 Iraqi police outside the entrance of the Interior Ministry
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| Jan.10 |
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Police holds 20 'Iraq recruiters' Police have arrested 20 militant Islamists thought to have recruited and trained sympathisers to join the insurgency
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Washington |
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Bush: Year of testing ahead in Iraq
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| Jan.14 |
Baghdad |
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 Saddam judge 'resigns from trial' Rizgar Mohammed Amin, the chief judge in the trial of former Iraqi leader, has tendered his resignation
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| Jan.17 |
Baghdad |
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Journalist's kidnappers make demands| The kidnappers who abducted Jill Carroll, 28, demanded that the U.S. release all female Iraqi prisoners in 72 hours | |
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| Jan.18 |
Iraq |
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U.N. reports children used as combatants
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| Jan.20 |
Baghdad |
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Shiite-led alliance wins election| Most powerful Muslim alliance won the most seats but not a clear majority in the first constitutional parliament | |
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| Jan.21 |
Sunni Triangle |
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2 Iraqi army officers killed in Tikrit Gunmen opened fire on their car and killed Maj. Maamoun Younis Abdullah and Army staff Sgt. Salim Athab
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Baghdad |
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U.S. Muslim group to plead for hostage
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| Jan.22 |
Iraq |
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Many abducted Iraqis found dead Iraqi security officials have discovered the bodies of 23 police volunteers on open land north of the capital Baghdad
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| Jan.23 |
Baghdad |
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 Car bomb kills at least 3 A suicide bomber blew up at an Iraqi police checkpoint near the heavily fortified Green Zone
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Baghdad |
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New judge to take on Saddam trial| The trial of ousted Iraqi leader is to resume under a new presiding judge, Raouf Abdul Rahman | |
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| Jan.24 |
Baghdad |
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4 U.S. service members killed 2 soldiers were killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. 2 Marines died in an accident
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Baghdad |
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Saddam trial delayed Court session was canceled because a number of witnesses were not able to attend
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| Jan.28 |
Iraq |
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Captors: Last chance for demand| Kidnappers have renewed their threat to kill four Western hostages unless U.S.-led forces release Iraqi prisoners | |
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Iraq |
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Shop attack leaves 10 dead  The bomb had been planted outside a shop in Iskandariya, a Shia town about (25 miles from the capital
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| Jan.29 |
Baghdad |
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Hussein angrily walks out on new judge Judge Abdel-Rahman had Saddam's half brother forcibly removed from the proceedings by four guards
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| Jan.30 |
Iraq |
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 Bird flu adds fresh woe A 15-year-old Kurdish girl who died had the deadly H5N1 strain
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| Jan.31 |
Southern Iraq |
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 100th British soldier dies in Iraq 2 British soldiers have died this week
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Baghdad |
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  U.S. shoots at Canadian envoy car U.S. forces accidentally shot at the car of the ambassador to Iraq, John Holmes, but no one was injured
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Iraq |
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 Threats in new German hostage tape Iraqi insurgents have released a second videotape showing 2 kidnapped engineers. Al-Jazeera aired the tape
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