State of emergency takes effect in Basra
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Police set up roadblocks Thursday around the oil-rich southern city of Basra as a monthlong state of emergency declared by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went into effect.
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The Iraqi interim government declares a state of emergency for 60 days because of escalating violence.
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British forces have launched one of their biggest operations in Basra in three years as Prime Minister Tony Blair met US officials to seek a new strategy to end the &quot;hugely challenging&quot; crisis in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, June 15 -- Extremists demolished a Sunni mosque in Basra early Friday, prompting the government to impose an indefinite curfew in the southern port city. The strike was an apparent retaliation for Wednesday's attack on a Shiite shrine in Samarra.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Britain will transfer responsibility for security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of the southern part of Iraq.
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Major political parties called on Tuesday  for the lifting of a state of emergency in Bangladesh after the  army-backed interim government said it was committed to holding  a parliamentary election at the end of the year.
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The Iranian and British consulates in the southern Iraqi city of Basra have come under attack from rockets and mortar fire, Iraqi police and British officials said.
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British soldiers began withdrawing Sunday from their last base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, paving the way for fresh troop cuts and fueling worries about the security of the country's second-largest city and the surrounding region.
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A state of emergency is decleared in Bangkok, as tanks surround the prime minister's office and the king is declared head of state
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The Iraqi government declares an immediate curfew in the capital, affecting both vehicles and pedestrians.
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British troops have begun pulling out of the southern Iraqi city of Basra in a move north to central Iraq. The 1st Battalion The Black Watch is to take over operations previously carried out by US troops in
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IRAQ declared a state of emergency in much of the country yesterday, based on the national safety law which was passed in July soon after the US-led coalition formally handed over power.
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British soldiers are feared injured after a "hostile incident" in the Iraqi city of Basra.
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According to a British Army spokesman, two armoured Land Rovers were attacked this morning near the southern city of Basra. The first vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and when soldiers from the
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The Iraqi government declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout most of the country yesterday. Violence by insurgents in retaliation to the impending US assault on Fallujah continued with widespread bombings and assassinations.
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BASRA, Iraq  - British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra overnight in a move that will end the British presence in the oil hub for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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Japanese troops in Iraq don&#39;t face increased danger after Iraq&#39;s interim government yesterday declared a state of emergency to counter attacks by insurgents, said Hiroyuki Hosoda, the Japanese government&#39;s chief spokesman.