U.N. says Iraq deadlier, Italians pull out
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Italian forces ended their mission in   Iraq on Thursday, handing over the southern province they   patrol to Iraqis, while the United Nations said the country has   become deadlier than ever.
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Britain said Monday it expects to withdraw thousands of its 7,000 military personnel from Iraq by the end of next year, while Poland and Italy announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.Comment
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Two organizations representing more than 60,000 United Nations staff members urged Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to pull all U.N. staff out of Iraq because of the "unprecedented" risk to their safety and security.
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A country in chaos, a terrorized population under siege in neighborhoods polarized on sectarian lines or on the move in their hundreds of thousands to escape worsening violence. That was the picture of Iraq depicted in a new U.N. human rights report on Wednesday.
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Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says it is pulling out of Iraq because of escalating violence in the country and danger to its staff.
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The killing in Iraq is now worse than civil war, outgoing UN chief Kofi Annan says in a BBC interview.
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Unrelenting violence and insecurity in Iraq could cause as many as 1 million Iraqis to flee their homes this year, the world's migration body said Friday.
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The Italian government has removed military intelligence chief Nicolo Pollari and three top civilian intelligence officials.Comment
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Claims that most foreign aid organisations based in Iraq are preparing to leave after the kidnapping of two Italian aid workers, has been denied by several NGOs.
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The U.S.-led war in Iraq hasn't made the world any safer, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a British TV interview aired Sunday.
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U.S. intelligence experts painted a gloomy picture of Iraq, saying in a report seen on Friday sectarian bloodshed had surpassed the threat from al Qaeda and warning of the consequences of a rapid U.S. withdrawal.
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Security has deteriorated in Sudan's  Darfur region in the past month and violence drove a further  220,000 people from their homes, the U.N. Humanitarian  Coordinator for Sudan said on Tuesday.
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LONDON -- Thousands of British soldiers will leave Iraq over the next year, significantly downgrading the country's commitment in the region, the defense secretary said yesterday. Poland and Italy also announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.
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Torture in Iraq may be worse now than it was under Saddam Hussein, with militias, terrorist groups and government forces disregarding rules on the humane treatment of prisoners, the U.N. anti-torture chief said Thursday.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's interim government complained yesterday that the United Nations isn't doing enough to help prepare for January elections, saying the organization has sent fewer electoral workers than it did when tiny East Timor voted to secede from Indonesia.
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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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The U.S.-led war in Iraq has not made the world any safer, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a British television interview aired on Sunday.