Iraq's Falluja Refugees Start Going Home Thursday
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Some 2,000 Iraqis who fled a U.S.-led  offensive on Falluja more than a month ago will return to the  Sunni Muslim city on Thursday although sporadic fighting  persists in some areas, Iraqi ministers said on Wednesday.
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The first batch of Japanese troops have returned home from Iraq after the nation ended its first deployment since World War II to a country where fighting is underway.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 4 -- Nearly 50,000 Iraqi refugees returned home from Syria in the final 3 1/2 months of 2007, the latest sign of diminishing violence in this war-pocked country, according to new data from relief workers.
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Iraqis who fled last month&#39;s US-led offensive on Falluja began trickling back on Thursday to check if homes they left behind were still standing, but most said they would not stay amid continued fighting.
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The first 500 displaced residents of Falluja were allowed in today, even as G.I.'s battled with insurgents elsewhere in the city.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq arrived home yesterday to a tearful welcome from their families, ending a four-month drama that had gripped this country, which had opposed the U.S.-led war ...
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces hunted  rebels in the devastated Iraqi city of Falluja on Sunday as  fighting subsided after a ferocious six-day-old assault.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines consolidated their  hold on Falluja on Thursday, but insurgents struck back with  attacks in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Residents of the devastated city of Fallujah will begin returning to their homes later this week in several stages, and each family will be compensated for damages caused by recent fighting between US troops and insurgents, Iraqi&#39;s
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More than 200,000 people who fled  Falluja ahead of the U.S. offensive have yet to return and many  are in desperate need of aid, with temperatures in Iraq heading  toward freezing, a new U.N. emergency report says.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - An Iraqi Red Crescent convoy  entered Falluja on Saturday with the first supplies of aid to  reach the city since U.S.-led forces began to blast their way  in five days ago.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi troops battled  through much of Falluja on Wednesday and said they had  scattered rebel forces.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces punched to  the heart of Falluja on Tuesday, consolidating positions in  Iraq's most rebellious city after a day of fierce combat.
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Two French journalists were heading home to France on Wednesday after the end of a 4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq which left many unanswered questions about the government's handling of the crisis.
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Aid begins flowing into the Iraqi city of Falluja following the US-led assault earlier this month.
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TUCSON After escaping death threats in a town north of Baghdad, Nadhum Ali al-Hasnawi and his family landed in the United States six weeks ago as refugees, hoping to build a new life for themselves. But since its arrival, the family has rarely left their apartment. "It is like Iraq all over again...
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces consolidated their  grip on Falluja on Thursday, though they were still meeting  some resistance, U.S. Marines and witnesses said.