Soccer: Iraq lose game overshadowed by killing
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ATHENS - Iraqi dreams of winning only their second Olympic medal were shattered on Friday when Italy beat them in a men&#39;s soccer bronze match overshadowed by the killing of an Italian hostage in Iraq.
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IRAQ&#39;S dreams of winning only its second Olympic medal were shattered this morning when Italy beat them in the men&#39;s football bronze medal play-off, overshadowed by the killing of an Italian hostage yesterday.
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Iraq's national football team  take on Qatar in the final of the Asian games, uniting a country divided by violence.
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A bomb attack near a soccer field in the volatile Iraqi city of Ramadi on Tuesday killed or wounded 19 people, most of them children, police said.
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At least 23 people in Iraq have been killed in fighting between US forces and insurgents. Iraqi officials say at least 13 of the fatalities occurred in Baghdad in heavy fighting.
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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.
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An Iraqi reporter and interpreter for The Times was killed in Iraqâs murderous turmoil, which is at a point where many families never know the killers of their loved ones, or their motives.
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Two dozen people died in a surge of violence in northern Iraq, including 10 at a soccer game hit by a suicide car bombing, police said Friday, while the country's spiraling sectarian and political bloodshed killed at least 17 others elsewhere.
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Iraq&#39;s Munir Qusai evades a tackle from Australia&#39;s Anthony Danze in Iraq&#39;s 1-0 victory. Photos: AP.s. From the ashes of war-torn Iraq an unlikely Phoenix is rising.
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Iraq is soccer crazy, and despite bombings and shootings that are sometimes aimed at amateur teams, it remains the national game.
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A few hours ago, Army Staff Sgt. Martin Iturralde was in southern Iraq, where fear was his constant companion, the best defense against bullets and mortars. Now he&#039;s in a park where a rock band is playing, children run and laugh &amp;#151; and his greatest worry is that the United States will lose to Italy in the World Cup.
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IRAKLION, Greece - The Iraqi soccer team is one victory away from an improbable trip to the podium. Emad Mohammed's 12-yard bicycle kick in the 64th minute gave Iraq a 1-0 victory over Australia in the quarterfinals Saturday, putting the invaded, war-torn country in position to compete for only its second Olympic medal in the nation's history...
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Italian soccer players wore black armbands on their uniforms during the Olympic bronze-medal game against Iraq on Friday in honor of an Italian journalist killed by Iraqi militants.
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Alberto Gilardino headed the only goal as Italy won the bronze medal and ended Iraq&#39;s spectacular run of success in the men&#39;s football tournament.
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Iraq&#39;s war-weary footballers extended their fairytale Olympic run with a 1-0 victory over Australia on Saturday, giving them a chance to make history.
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The shooting death of a pregnant Iraqi, apparently by U.S. troops, as she was rushing to a hospital threw an intense spotlight Wednesday on the troubling issue of Iraqi civilian deaths.
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At least 110 people were killed across Iraq on Sunday in gun battles, car bombs and bombardments. The Iraqi Health Ministry said the worst casualties were in Baghdad, where 37 were killed, and in Tal Afar near the Syrian border where 51 people died.