Iraqis Celebrate Olympic Victory with Bullets
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Iraqis, weary of violence and deprivation, erupted in wild celebration Saturday after their national soccer team beat Australia 1-0 in the Athens Games.
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Rome - Hundreds of people cheered and applauded on Tuesday outside the home of one of the two Italian aid workers freed in Baghdad, celebrating the release of the women after an anguished three-week wait.
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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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THESSALONIKI, Greece -- For the 18 Iraq soccer players and to the thousands of Iraqi exiles who swarmed to this northern Greek city last night to watch them play in the Olympic semifinals, last night's match was about one thing: Iraqi pride. &quot;We want to make the people back home happy, and please them, because the Americans have destroyed them,&quot; ...
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a key US ally and supporter of the Iraq war, celebrated on Sunday his election win over opposition Labor after voters enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.
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Serial numbers on pistols and other weapons in Turkey match those originally given to Iraqi security forces by the American military.
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AP Correspondent Kim Gamel covers Iraq events from Baghdad for The Associated Press and attended the Fourth of July celebration held by the U.S. Embassy.
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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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For US military athletes the Games are a chance to pay tribute to those still in harm's way.
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Iraqi forces were on high alert around Baghdad and in the Sunni heartland north of the capital as the country marked the anniversary of Saddam Husseinâs execution.
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US President George W. Bush hailed the participation of Afghan and Iraqi athletes in the Athens Olympics, saying they were now representing nations free from "tyranny and repression."
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China&#39;s Olympic athletes, who won a record 32 gold medals in Athens, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to a hero&#39;s welcome from dozens of dancers, drummers, a brass band and throngs of wellwishers.
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Israel's first Olympic gold medallist  dedicated his victory on Wednesday to his 11 countrymen killed  in the Munich massacre of 1972, vowing he would visit their  memorial to show them his medal.
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A former Edinburgh lawyer who coached the Iraqi Olympic team to success in Athens is honoured.
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Italians competing at the Olympic Games will honour a journalist killed in Iraq by wearing black arm bands during Friday&#39;s events, a spokesman for the Italian Olympic team said.
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PIRAEUS, Greece -- Instead of playing for their lives under a torturous regime, Iraq's soccer vagabonds played as though they had the time of their lives last night.
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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.