Curfew lifted but tension high in Baghdad
78329
Baghdad authorities on Monday lifted a three-day curfew imposed on the city after the worst bombing since the U.S. invasion, but nerves were on edge amid fears of further violence.
489831
A curfew of 9 pm to 5 am was imposed on the Iraqi city of Mosul following yesterday&#39;s attack on a mess tent at the US military base there that killed at least 22 people, including 14
135101
BAGHDAD, Nov. 24 -- In a wave of reprisal killings, Shiite militiamen attacked Sunni mosques in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq on Friday, defying a government curfew and propelling the country further toward full-blown civil war.
530555
Myanmar's military junta lifted a curfew in the country's main city Yangon on Saturday in another sign the generals are feeling strong enough to relax their grip after crushing a monk-led revolt last month.
73512
Myanmar's military junta on Saturday lifted a curfew imposed in the country's main city Yangon last month after a crackdown on mass protests.
769504
Life returned to normal in Dhaka on Saturday after authorities relaxed a curfew imposed on Bangladesh's capital following university student clashes with the military this week.
739978
Military-run Myanmar on Saturday lifted a curfew in the main city Yangon that was imposed on the eve of the junta's deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests, a local official told AFP.
293267
A curfew restores some calm in the Afghan city of Herat, after violent   protests at the sacking of its governor.
688088
Shops and businesses have reopened in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, after the authorities lifted a curfew imposed last Wednesday.
416580
KATMANDU: A shoot-on-sight curfew imposed in Kathmandu to prevent riots and violent protests over the killing of 12 Nepalese workers in Iraq entered its third day on Friday, as officials said they were trying to recover hostagesâ bodies.
510225
Just ahead of the first free balloting in Iraq in half a century, the nation battened down for the vote, imposing a 7 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew on Friday and closing Baghdad International Airport. Five U.S. soldiers were killed in the capital and insurgents blasted polling stations across the country.
15389
Six car bombs killed 160 people in a Shi'ite stronghold on Thursday in the bloodiest attack in Baghdad since the U.S. invasion and the authorities imposed an indefinite curfew on a city fearful of a sectarian civil war.
485743
Civilian deaths and car bombs have fallen sharply in Baghdad since a U.S.-backed crackdown began a month ago, but attacks outside the capital were rising as militants change tactics, Iraqi officials said on Wednesday.
328933
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.
531925
Authorities cracking down on violence in southern Nigeria&#39;s oil capital Port Harcourt have extended for the second time a curfew in the city.
268389
BAGHDAD -- Death squads move with impunity after curfew. Abductions are rampant, but kidnappers are rarely caught. Corruption has poisoned government, yet few have faced criminal charges.
731428
Iraq was on the brink of a renewed outbreak of nationwide violence last night after United States forces and militiamen fought bloody engagements across Baghdad&#39;s slum district of Sadr City.