A quieter Anbar Province rebuilds
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As security concerns recede, Iraqi tribal chiefs turn to US for more mundane community needs.
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When blasts shake Mogadishu, watchman Ali Muse recalls the six months of peace last year when militant Islamists imposed calm on a city known for chaos.
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And he highlighted his hope that progress at the local level &#151; most notably here in Anbar province where the insurgency once held sway &#151; can provide the spark for political reconciliation at the national level.
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AL QAIM, Iraq  - On a street surrounded by ruins of bombed-out homes, stonemasons were working into the hottest part of the day to finish the second-floor gallery of the grand house they are rebuilding for Sheikh Mausuf Murdi.
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For nearly two years after US troops entered Tikrit, this city that Saddam Hussein once called home became progressively calmer, until it was one of the most peaceful and orderly cities in Iraq.
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Successful democratic elections are an encouraging indicator of lasting peace in the formerly restive Indonesian province. But a strong showing by former rebels means Jakarta may still have some bridges to mend
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The attack, after a few weeks of relative quiet, raised fears that insurgents were resuming their campaign of suicide bombings.
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BARA KALA, Afghanistan -- The rickety diesel drill digging a new well at the edge of a parched field represents the sum total of reconstruction so far in this village in eastern Afghanistan.
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Plans for what would be one of Germanyâs largest mosques are rattling an ancient city to its foundations.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 14 -- Hardly a soul stirred on Thursday afternoon inside the warren of narrow dark alleys and side streets in Sanak, one of the capital's busiest commercial districts. Shop after shop remained closed, their steel doors sealed with thick padlocks. Empty stalls, flanked by apartments filled with cowering residents, served as a silent coda to what had unfolded two hours earlier....
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Southern Sudan is reawakening and rebuilding after a Jan. 9 peace deal ended 22 years of civil war.
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In Iraq, 5,000 US and Iraqi troops subdued the insurgent stronghold of Samarra this weekend, part of a new military push. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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TARMIYA, Iraq  - Six months ago, the Iraqi town of Tarmiya near Baghdad was a lawless al Qaeda lair, a springboard for launching attacks on the capital.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- One month after the earthquake and tsunami struck with deadly force, the province today marks a major point in its rebuilding: the reopening of several thousand schools.
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Experts say the terrorist network has rebuilt in Pakistan with inexperienced leaders and murky goals.
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An assessment by the senior Marine intelligence officer in Iraq says Anbar Province will continue to deteriorate without reinforcements.
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The New Carrollton Ramada Inn is a fortress this week, complete with concrete barriers, bomb-sniffing dogs and an army of police and government officials determined make the hotel secure for Iraqis who want to cast absentee ballots in their homeland's election Sunday.