Calm urged amid Iraq bombs
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Political and religious leaders in Iraq call for calm after bombers strike one of Shia Islam's holiest sites.
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A barrage of mortar fire Thursday ended a brief period of relative calm in Baghdad, killing at least one civilian and wounding more than a dozen, while insurgents continued
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The US military didn&#39;t immediately tighten security across Iraq on Thursday in the aftermath of an apparent suicide bombing, but security
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 30 -- The streets of Baghdad were mostly quiet Saturday, with the capital under total lockdown a day after U.S. troops arrested a bodyguard of a Sunni Arab political leader on suspicion of planning suicide bombings inside the fortified Green Zone.
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Bombings and mortar attacks killed dozens across Baghdad on Monday as Iraqi troops set up new checkpoints and an Iraqi general took command &#151; indications that the much-awaited operation to restore peace to the capital is gearing up nearly a month after it was announced.
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Car bombs killed at least a dozen people in Baghdad and another major city Tuesday as pressure mounted on interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to avert a full-scale US attack on the insurgent stronghold Fallujah.
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Baghdad - Iraq urged the international community on Wednesday to play an active role in rebuilding the war-shattered nation at a donors conference in Tokyo as a Baghdad bombing killed three US soldiers in the latest wave of violence.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi sought to calm anger on Friday over his description of states that opposed the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein as "spectators."
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 26 -- Gunfights broke out and mortar shells came crashing down on parts of the capital Sunday despite a three-day-old curfew and appeals for calm from Iraq's top Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish political leaders.
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A wave of bomb attacks and shootings swept Iraq Sunday, killing dozens of people despite a massive security operation in the capital and appeals from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for an end to sectarian fighting.
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Car bombings in Baghdad and Iraq&#39;s northern city of Mosul killed at least 24 people Monday, as Iraqi and US troops pressed ahead with efforts to restore security in the country.
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Iraq's government worked to come up with new security measures on Sunday as it prepared to lift a curfew imposed after car bombs killed more than 200 people on Thursday, sparking fears of outright civil war.
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Iraq's PM vows to end attacks like Saturday's deadly truck bomb in Baghdad which killed more than 130 people.
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Muslim leaders have appealed for calm at weekly prayers, in a bid to defuse tensions over the arrests of nine suspects behind an alleged &quot;Iraq-style&quot; kidnap and beheading plot.
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A bomb near a Shi&#39;ite shrine has killed eight people and a fierce attack on Iran by a minister fuelled fears of sectarian strife as campaigning began for Iraq&#39;s first election since Saddam Hussein&#39;s fall.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 25 -- Two bombs ripped through a pair of cities north of Baghdad on Tuesday, causing some of the worst carnage in the country in recent weeks and revealing that, despite the relative calm that has taken hold, insurgent groups remain capable of carrying out devastating attacks.
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Car bombings in Iraq&#39;s capital Baghdad on Thursday have killed at least 45 people and injured more than 200 others. Attacks on US troops have risen around 80 a day.