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Iraqi PM orders probe into bloody Basra protests
Middle East

Iraqi PM orders probe into bloody Basra protests

BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into violent protests in the southern city of Basra…
Protester killed in Basra during clashes with security forces
Middle East

Protester killed in Basra during clashes with security forces

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Hundreds of people gathered near a provincial government building in Iraq’s southern oil hub Basra on…
Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south
Middle East

Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south

BAGHDAD (AP) — Qassim Sabaan Ali has spent the past 15 years tending to orchards in southern Iraq, only to…
Iraq police fire in air as protesters try to storm Basra govt. building
Middle East

Iraq police fire in air as protesters try to storm Basra govt. building

  Iraqi police fired in the air as hundreds of protesters tried to storm the main provincial government building in…
Drug use, sales soar in Iraq’s Basra amid nationwide spike
Middle East

Drug use, sales soar in Iraq’s Basra amid nationwide spike

The rows of self-harm scars that course upward on the teenager’s forearms from her wrists nearly to her elbows are…
Egypt to receive one million barrels of Basra light oil within days: ambassador
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Egypt to receive one million barrels of Basra light oil within days: ambassador

Iraqi Ambassador to Cairo Habib al-Sadr said an agreement has been signed to export one million barrels of Basra’s light…
Iraqi force enters southern oil city to disarm tribal fighters
Middle East

Iraqi force enters southern oil city to disarm tribal fighters

Iraq has sent an armored army division and a police strike force into the southern oil city of Basra to…
Explosions kill 58 in Iraq, French consulate hit
World

Explosions kill 58 in Iraq, French consulate hit

BAGHDAD — At least 58 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Sunday, including a car bomb outside a…
Iraq: Bomb kills 20 Shia pilgrims in south
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Iraq: Bomb kills 20 Shia pilgrims in south

A bomb killed at least 20 Shia pilgrims near the southern port city of Basra on Saturday, Iraqi officials said.…
Eid movies: Basra – A confused war movie
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Eid movies: Basra – A confused war movie

The trailer for Basra, an independent movie screened at the 2008 Cairo International Film Festival and showing at cinemas this Eid,…
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