Rape claim splits Iraq government
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Allegations that police in Baghdad raped a Sunni woman threaten to eclipse the Iraqi government's new security drive.
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Iraq&#39;s Defence Minister is contradicting reports that Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Saddam Hussein&#39;s former second-in-command and most-wanted member of the ousted regime, has been captured.
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The most wicked acts are spoken of openly and without reserve in Iraq. Rape is different.
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A woman who claims she was raped by a fellow employee while working for a U.S. contractor in Iraq told House lawmakers Wednesday that her case is far from unique.
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With the war in Iraq dividing his government and eroding trust in his leadership, Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday conceded at
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ARIEL SHARONâS shaky government was in turmoil last night after the Israeli Prime Minister sacked the junior partner from his ruling coalition.
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BAGHDAD June 11--- Iraq's parliament voted today to oust its speaker, Mahmoud Mashhadani, a day after one of his bodyguards allegedly roughed up another lawmaker, legislators said.
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On a day heralded as a new beginning for Iraq, many Iraqis were divided on whether the newly inaugurated national unity government will be able to curtail sectarian violence in the country.
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MAHMUDIYA, Iraq  - The Iraqi woman at the center   of a rape-murder inquiry by the U.S. military was no more than   16 years old when she was killed along with her parents and   young sister four months ago, the local mayor said on Monday.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 22 -- Legislators were outraged, insults were hurled. Opponents dragged out old ethnic divisions and warned of a dark collusion.
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The move marked a major agreement among the countryâs ethnic and sectarian political blocs on one of Iraqâs most divisive issues.
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Iraq's politicians are trying to stitch together a new majority alliance in parliament that would leave Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power and freeze out backers of a powerful Shiite cleric who is leading a political standoff, officials said Thursday.
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By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent and George Jones, Political Editor. Ministers were accused last night of misleading Parliament over the redeployment of British troops in Iraq to an American-controlled area.
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GOMA, Congo  - Intense fighting between government and militia forces in eastern Congo has led to a surge in rape by fighters from all sides, women and doctors say.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faced a widening revolt within his divided government as two senior Sunni politicians joined prominent Shiite lawmakers and Cabinet members in criticizing his policies.
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WASHINGTON -- Leaders of Iraq's religious parties have emerged as the country's most popular politicians and would win the largest share of votes if an election were held today, while the US-backed government of interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is losing serious ground, according to a US-financed poll by the International Republican Institute.
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Anger over the gang rape of a 10-year-old aboriginal girl has prompted Australia's new Labor government to make indigenous welfare the focus of a summit of national and state leaders this week.