Basra end-story 'not written yet'
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UK minister Bob Ainsworth says  security in Basra is "far from ideal" but says the "final story isn't written yet".
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BASRA, Iraq  - Britain handed responsibility for security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of the southern part of Iraq.
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Ayad Allawi&#39;s ultimatum yesterday to the rebel Shia cleric Moqtada al Sadr - who is holed up with his fighters in the holy city of Najaf - was notable for one thing: the lack of a deadline.
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Several British newspapers and the British Broadcasting Corp. have reported that London is considering sending 600 soldiers from the Black Watch regiment in relatively peaceful Basra to bolster U.S. operations ...
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BAGHDAD, Nov 13  - A six-day battle to regain control of Fallujah has ended and there are just &quot;malignant&quot; pockets of resistance remaining, Iraq&#39;s national security advisor said on Saturday, while the US military said the operation was not yet over.
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CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq After the deadliest day for US forces in Iraq in more than a month -- commanders are making it clear that the work in Fallujah (fuh-LOO&#39;-juh) isn&#39;t yet coming to an end.
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British troops began withdrawing Sunday from their base inside the southern Iraqi city of Basra &#151; their final position in the country's second-largest city, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported.
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An unfinished book by the late J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings, has been completed by his son Christopher and will be published early next year, he said.
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Britain was prepared to withdraw its forces from the southern Iraqi city of Basra in April, but held off for five months after the United States asked it to stay, Britain&#39;s military commander in Iraq said in an interview published on Monday.
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&quot;Notizie non confermate&quot;. Questo il commento del primo ministro giapponese Junichiro Koizumi dopo la diffusione della notizia del ritrovamento del cadavere di un asiatico nei pressi di Tikrit. &quot;Non abbiamo
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TALL AFAR, Sept 11: Hundreds of Iraqis left the trouble spot of Tall Afar, as regional heavyweights initiated contacts with the government on Saturday in a bid to end a US-led operation that has killed at least 50 people.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Britain will transfer responsibility for security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of the southern part of Iraq.
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The commander of British troops in southern Iraq has revealed Saturday details of how they would pull out of the city of Basra and leave the way clear for Iraqi units to take control.
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Tikrit, Iraq -- Iraqi officials say a body found near Tikrit is not that of a Japanese hostage. Initial reports that a bullet riddled Asian body had been found had upset Japan.
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BASRA, Iraq - British troops withdrew on Saturday from radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's main office in the southern city of Basra a day after occupying the building and seizing an arms cache in fighting that killed three and wounded five, the British military and police said.    Explosions and gunfire again echoed across the city Saturday before the soldiers withdrew from the offices in the city center and handed over the keys to local authorities, said British military spokesman Capt...
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Forces deny responsibility for musteline black op British forces in the lively Iraqi city of Basra are denying claims they are responsible for a "plague" of "vicious badger-like creatures which have attacked livestock - and even humans", the Telegraph reports.â¦
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The fate of a British hostage remains unclear amid conflicting reports around the release of an Iraqi prisoner.