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Senior Iraqi police officer shot down in fierce clashes in Salah al-Din
Date: 2014-06-11 19:46:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:136 - ID:773321
BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) – Assistant security chief of Salah al-Din province of Iraq was killed Tuesday in a fire exchange with armed members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Alam area, a security source said. The colonel ....
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2 killed, 6 injured in twin blasts in Baghdad
Date: 2014-06-11 19:02:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:135 - ID:773320
BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) – An Iraqi policeman and a citizen were killed and six others injured in two separate blasts in Baghdad on Wednesday, a security source said. The first blast occurred near a marketplace in eastern Baghdad, killing a ....
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Checkpoint blast kills, injures 35 in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-11 18:42:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:773328
BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) - A car bomb that blew up at a checkpoint in Baghdad killed and injured 35 persons on Wednesday. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged car at a police checkpoint, killing 10 persons and injuring 25 others, said a ....
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Doubts raised over Saladin governor destiny
Date: 2014-06-11 17:48:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:773206
BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) - Terrorists have set fire to the headquarters of Saladin province in Tikrit, 170 km north of Baghdad, amid security absence. Doubts have been raised over the destiny of Governor Abdullah al-Jubouri with reports saying ....
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Iraq car bomb kills, injures 14
Date: 2014-06-11 17:44:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:773221
BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) - Some 14 persons were killed and injured when a car bomb went off in Seba' Abkar district in northern Baghdad. A barked car exploded, killing five persons and injuring nine others, a security source said. The Iraqi ....
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Car bomb kills, injures 22 in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-11 17:43:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:773198
BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) - Some 22 persons were killed and injured when a car bomb went off in Sadr City, eastern Baghdad. The car exploded near a condolence gathering, killing five persons and injuring 17 others, a security source said. Earlier ....
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Arab women's delegations happy over return of HQ of Arab women union to Cairo
Date: 2014-06-11 09:51:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:772142
CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Arab women's delegations voiced happiness over the return of the premises of the Arab women's union to Cairo. During their participation in the proceedings of the general conference for Arab women's union hosted by Egypt, ....
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500,000 Iraqi civilians flee Mosul fighting, migration group says
Date: 2014-06-11 09:49:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:772058
BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) - More than 500,000 citizens fled in fear as extremist militants overran Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday. The group, whose teams have been monitoring the ....
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Ansar al-Sharia denies agreement for calm
Date: 2014-06-11 09:25:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:771936
TRIPOLI, June 11 (MENA) - Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Sharia) organization Wednesday denied statements by spokesman for the crisis in Libya committee Mabrook Shoneib on an agreement for calm and dialogue among the fighting parties in ....
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Libyan policeman killed by gunmen in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-11 07:58:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:771867
TRIPOLI, June 11 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead a member of criminal investigations police in Benghazi on Wednesday, a medical source said. Osama el-Bar Assi, 37, was shot in the chest and abdomen, Fadia Barghathi, media official at ....