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Iraq parliament approves PM resignation, protesters mourn dead
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Iraq parliament approves PM resignation, protesters mourn dead

Iraq’s parliament approved the resignation of the embattled cabinet on Sunday, after two months of violent unrest that have left…
Iraq protesters burn shrine entrance in holy city, PM quitting ‘not enough’
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Iraq protesters burn shrine entrance in holy city, PM quitting ‘not enough’

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi protesters set fire to the entrance of a shrine in the southern holy city of Najaf…
Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit
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Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit

Iraqis kept up anti-government protests in Baghdad and the south on Saturday, unsatisfied with the premier’s vowed resignation and insisting…
Iraq’s PM announces he’ll resign amid worsening crisis
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Iraq’s PM announces he’ll resign amid worsening crisis

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said Friday he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after…
Death toll in Iraq rises to 45 protestors killed after Iranian consulate torched
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Death toll in Iraq rises to 45 protestors killed after Iranian consulate torched

BAGHDAD/NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) — Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 45 protesters on Thursday after demonstrators stormed and torched…
Death toll jumps to 27 protesters shot dead in 24 hours in Iraq
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Death toll jumps to 27 protesters shot dead in 24 hours in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — Security forces in Iraq shot dead 27 anti-government protesters in a 24-hour period, amid spiraling violence in…
Iraqi forces kill 16 protesters after Iranian consulate torched
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Iraqi forces kill 16 protesters after Iranian consulate torched

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraqi security forces shot dead 16 protesters in the southern city of Nassiriya on Thursday, medical sources…
Iraqi protesters torch Iran consulate amid deadly protests
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Iraqi protesters torch Iran consulate amid deadly protests

Iraqi protesters torched the Iranian consulate in the holy city of Najaf on Wednesday in a dramatic escalation of anti-government…
Iraq protesters block roads to raise pressure for sweeping reform
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Iraq protesters block roads to raise pressure for sweeping reform

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Protesters blocked roads with burning tires in southern Iraq and clashed with police in Baghdad on Wednesday,…
Century ago and today, Baghdad street a front line in revolt
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Century ago and today, Baghdad street a front line in revolt

BAGHDAD (AP) — When discontented Iraqis sought independence from British occupation in 1920, Baghdad’s most prestigious new boulevard, Rasheed Street,…
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