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Shia Muslim rituals climax in Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | 12 months ago
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Millions of Shia pilgrims commemorated the birth of a central figure in Shia Islam on Friday morning under heavy security measures after a series of recent attacks targeting worshippers. They gathered in the central shrine city of Karbala to
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VIDEO: Pilgrims gather in Karbala
Baghdad :: Iraq | 12 months ago
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Pilgrims gather in Karbala 5 July 2012 Last updated at 00:10 ET Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have converged on the city of Karbala in southern Iraq to celebrate one of the most important figures in Shia Islam. The rituals to mark the birth of Al-
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Serial car bomb blasts kill 40 people in central and southern Iraq
40 people were killed and 75 injured on Tuesday in several bomb attacks across Iraq, a provincial council official said. The first blast occurred in early Tuesday as a suicide car bomb in a crowded market in the city of Diwaniya (
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50 Killed in Iraq by Truck Bombs, Explosives and Gunfire
Baghdad :: Iraq | 12 months ago
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A Kia truck with explosives hidden in its cargo of watermelons exploded on Tuesday in Diwaniyah, a largely Shiite city in southern Iraq , leaving at least 40 people dead, including a 6-year-old boy, local officials said. It was the deadliest in a
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Iraq: At least 36 killed, over 100 injured in bombing throughout country
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Tue, Jul 03) – At least 36 people were killed and several dozen injured in the bombings in different cities of Iraq. In the bloodiest attack of the Tuesday at least 25 people killed in the
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Four killed by anti-Shia car bombs near Karbala
Baghdad :: Iraq | 12 months ago
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Near-simultaneous car bombs targeting Shia pilgrims on the outskirts of the shrine city of Karbala killed four people Tuesday morning, the latest victims of a spike in nationwide violence. The 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) attack struck the village of Freyha, 10
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Amir Taheri: Iraq Is a Beacon of Democracy in Arab World
Qom :: Iran | 12 months ago
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Amir Taheri writes for various magazines and newspapers about the Middle East, Islamist terrorism and the Iranian regime. At noon, on a building site in Najaf, workers down tools to perform one of the five mandatory prayers of the day...For as their
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Iraq's “green belt” front line in anti-desertification fight
Baghdad :: Iraq | 1 year ago
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Trees as far as the eye can see are the weapons one Iraqi province is using in the fight against desertification in a country where decades of conflict have exacted a terrible environmental toll. Karbala, 110 kilometers (70 miles) south of Baghdad,
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Iraq blast victims? kin to reach Mumbai today
Nāgpur :: India | 1 year ago
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Iraq blast victims kin to reach Mumbai today '+google_ads[i].line2 +' '+google_ads[i].line3 + ' The family of the Iraq blast victims will return to India early on Tuesday. Punes Abbas Manasawala and his familys pilgrimage to Karbala in Iraq took a
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Nagpur girl, Pune man killed in Iraq explosion
Damascus :: Syria | 1 year ago
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The victims were among a group of Indian pilgrims travelling to the holy city of Karbala in central Iraq. Neither of the two families had received an official word from the government until Monday night. Infiya was going to Karbala on pilgrimage with
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