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Asylum seeker mocked in Iraq for speech impediment can stay here so he's not persecuted for politics
The unnamed Kurd told an immigration tribunal he had been 'mistreated, humiliated and abused' as a result of his disability.
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COMMENT: Iraq's fiscal crisis exposes the perils of petro-state profligacy
By bnm Gulf bureau The foreign-calculated sums are stark. Iraq's budget deficit will more than double from 4.2% of GDP this ...
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Iraq’s Kurdistan now has all-day state electricity
More than 30 percent of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with ...
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Methane gas inside northern Iraq cave kills 12 Turkish soldiers
Twelve Turkish soldiers have died after inhaling methane gas during a mission in northern Iraq, the Turkish Ministry of ...
Methane gas kills 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq operation
Twelve Turkish soldiers have died after being exposed to methane gas while searching a cave in northern Iraq, the Turkish ...
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Iraq Launches Najaf Refinery Expansion Project
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has laid the foundation stone for the expansion of the Najaf [Al-Ashraf] ...
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UNAMI, IHEC review preparations for Iraq’s parliamentary elections
UNAMI hosted on Monday the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to review arrangements for Iraq’s upcoming ...
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Murder-accused 'only wanted to hurt Iraq war vet'
A man accused of murdering an Iraq War veteran who died after he punched him three times said he did not intend to cause him serious harm. Gregory Twigg, 32, told a jury he "just wanted to give him a ...