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Legislators have been arguing for weeks over a series of stumbling blocks in the run-up to the January 16 polls. "We informed the parliament that if the election law is not legislated within 48 hours, it would be difficult and impossible to carry out...
Tags: Iraqi Parliament, Voices of Iraq, elections law, Kirkuk, electoral law, Faraj al-Haidari
A five-year-old girl was killed and two of her siblings were wounded on Saturday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in close proximity to their home in western Mosul, a police official told the Voices of Iraq news agency. The lethal incident...
Tags: Iraqi Army, Voices of Iraq, Mosul, stolen artefacts, qaeda members, northern iraq, Al Qaeda, Iraq, Baghdad
The pilgrims were attacked as they drove through the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Dora en route to the holy Shiite city of Karbala 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Baghdad, the official told AFP, requesting anonymity. Roads heading towards Karbala...
Tags: Kirkuk Iraqi, Northern Iraq, Voices of Iraq, Iraq Violence, Shiite Muslims, Baghdad, shiites pilgrim, Karbala, roadside bombs, target shiites
At least four people have been killed after a car laden with explosives blew up in a market in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Nearly 40 people were also killed in the bombing on Saturday in an eastern area of the northern city, predominantly inhabited...
Tags: Iraqi, Mosul, Voices of Iraq, cars bombs, Nineveh, Baghdad, iraqis police, nineveh province
Iraqi officials stand firm by the June 30 deadline for U.S. combat forces to leave major Iraqi cities despite an uptick in violence across the country, officials said. American troops are obligated under a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement with the...
Tags: Iraqi, Voices of Iraq, Kurdistan, U.S
A civilian was killed and three others were wounded on Thursday in a car bombing in the volatile northern city of Mosul, a security source said, quoted by the Voices of Iraq news agency. Two other roadside bombs wounded four Iraqi soldiers and four civilians...
Tags: Mosul, Iraqi, Voices of Iraq, car bombs
Turkey, Iraq to halt Kurdish separatist attacks Turkish President Abdullah Gul, in the first visit by a Turkish head of state to Iraq in 33 years, on March 23 urged the Iraqi government to do more to root out Kurdish separatists hiding in the mountains...
Tags: Turkey Iraq, Iraqs, Iraqi, Voices of Iraq, kurdish separatist
Turkey 's president began the first visit to Iraq by a Turkish head of state in more than 30 years on Monday, seeking to press Iraqi leaders to stop Kurdish rebels from launching cross-border attacks on Turkey. Abdullah Gul became the latest in a series...
Tags: Iraqi, Voices of Iraq, Baghdad, suicide bomber, Erdo, Turkey
A car bomb exploded as people were buying and selling cattle in the busy market in Hamza, near the city of Hilla in Babil province, police said. This is one of the biggest attacks in Iraq in recent months, in a part of the country that was relatively...
Tags: Iraqi Parliament, Iraqi Shia, Voices of Iraq, prime minister, Saddam Hussein, Nouri al-Maliki, minister nouri, Nouri al-Maliki, Nouri Maliki, iraqis prime
Candidates with the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party in Ninawa complained Friday that the official election results in the northern province did not match their count. Yehya Abd Mahjoub with the IIP said the official vote tally as announced Thursday by the Independent...