Medical aid group closes Iraq operations
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The international medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said Thursday it is pulling out of Iraq because of the escalating violence and targeting of aid workers.
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The Iraqi Red Crescent closed all of its Baghdad branches until further notice Monday, a day after gunmen staged a brazen mass kidnapping at the agency's downtown office.
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Dozens of international aid agencies  considered quitting Iraq Wednesday following the abduction of  two Italian women, and as the U.S. military death toll rose  above 1,000.
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The last remaining Australian aid agency in Iraq, World Vision, is pulling out of the country after the murders of its own head of operations and CARE Australia aid worker Margaret Hassan.
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A helicopter operated by a private security firm came down in Iraq last week, U.S. officials said on Thursday, an incident that marks the sixth downing of a helicopter in three weeks.
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The handover is part of a deal to disband Moktada al-Sadr's insurgent force and end weeks of fighting with American forces.
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Care International suspended operations in Iraq today after gunmen seized the British woman who ran the humanitarian organisationâs work in the country.
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The soldiers killed today were conducting an operation aimed at reducing sectarian violence, the military said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi government has pulled the plug on the pan-Arab TV channel al-Jazeera. Al-Jazeera&#39;s Baghdad operations have been ordered closed indefinitely.
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Turkish construction company Vinsan said last night that it was halting operations in Iraq in a bid to save the lives of 10 employees kidnapped by militants.
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A Turkish construction company announced Tuesday that it was halting operations in neighboring Iraq in a bid to save the lives of 10 employees kidnapped by militants.
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Before the withdrawal of its 480 combat troops from Iraq next month, Denmark has pulled out scores of Iraqi aides and their families.
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Dozens of international aid agencies  considered quitting Iraq on Wednesday following the abduction  of two Italian women, and as the U.S. military death toll rose  above 1,000.
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It&#039;s a coalition of the dwindling. The U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq is losing two of its most important allies &amp;#151; Italy and South Korea &amp;#151; and up to half a dozen other members could draw down their forces or pull out entirely by the end of the year.
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PHILADELPHIA -- A military doctor whose website chronicled the bloody aftermath of the suicide bombing of a mess tent in Iraq has shut down the site after being told his postings violated Army regulations.
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BAGHDAD : Iraq suffered a fresh blow as the foreign aid group CARE halted its operations in the violence-wracked country after the kidnapping of a top relief worker, while a car bomb blew up in Baghdad.
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The international relief group Medecins Sans Frontieres is stopping its activities in Iraq because of &quot;escalating violence&quot; in the country that is endangering its staff and other aid workers.