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  Iraq: 15 killed in bombings in and around Baghdad

  World | November 12, 2014 18:51 IST

  Baghdad:  Police and hospital officials say three attacks in and around Baghdad have killed 15 people, including 10 soldiers and policemen, and injured nearly 40.The largest of today's attacks was in the Youssifiyah district south

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  ISIS displaces 30,000 people in eastern Syria

  World | July 06, 2014 23:55 IST

  Damascus: The militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has rousted as many as 30,000 people from an eastern Syrian town after capturing it, a human rights body said Sunday.The people were forced

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  MEA issues advisory; asks Indians to avoid unnecessary travel to Iraq

  India | June 15, 2014 18:18 IST

  New Delhi: Amid the unstable security situation prevailing in Iraq, the Ministry of External Affairs issued an advisory asking the Indian nationals in Iraq to leave the country by commercial means if it is safe

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  Iraqi speaker escapes attack, 25 killed in violence

  World | February 11, 2014 9:28 IST

  Baghdad : Iraqi parliament's speaker escaped a bomb attack Monday while 25 gunmen were killed in an explosion and eight wounded in separate attacks across the country, police said.In the northern province of Nineveh, a