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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has given the go-ahead for a US-led attack on the rebel stronghold of Falluja. Allawi announced a curfew in Falluja and Ramadi from 1800 local time
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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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Two American soldiers were killed Saturday in Baghdad, seven Shiite construction workers were gunned down and five Sunni civilians were blown up, deepening the capital's security crisis. Shiite politicians called on the prime minister to cancel his visit to Washington to protest Israel's attacks in Lebanon.
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Iraq declared a curfew in Baghdad on Saturday, ordering cars off the streets and telling people to remain in their homes.
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The Iraqi interim government has decided to extend the curfew in Baghdad and its outskirts and revise the curfew&#39;s time, local newspaper Al Sabah reported on Wednesday.
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Iraq declared a curfew on Saturday in the capital Baghdad, ordering all cars off the streets and telling people to remain in their homes.
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BAGHDAD -- The government clamped a 24-hour curfew on the capital yesterday shortly after US forces arrested the bodyguard of a prominent Sunni leader on suspicion of plotting a suicide attack inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
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Iraqi borders and airport close and normal life grinds to a halt, but attacks continue ahead of Sunday's poll.
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Authorities in the Iraqi capital Baghdad lift a curfew imposed after intelligence revealed a planned series of attacks.
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Baghdad endured a third day under curfew on Sunday as the government sought to keep on a lid on seething anger that has killed hundreds in the past three days.
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Dubai airport, a major international hub, was closed for at least eight hours on Monday after a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft was involved in an accident while trying to take off, officials said.
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Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki imposes a curfew in Karbala after fierce fighting on Tuesday kills more than 50 people.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 31 -- Iraq indefinitely halted all flights to and from Syria and closed a border crossing with Iran as the government prepares for a security crackdown, a parliament member and an airport official said Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.
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A curfew is in effect in Baghdad banning virtually all movement in the city, police said.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Monday that a curfew will be imposed on Fallujah from 6p.m. (1500 GMT), indicating an imminent major offensive against the restive city.
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Iraq ordered a limited curfew in Baghdad on Saturday ahead of a Shi'ite pilgrimage, but the measure fell short of a ban on cars and trucks imposed at other religious ceremonies to reduce the risk of bombs.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced plans Monday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City to cities nationwide in an attempt to disarm the country.    The announcement came as fresh violence erupted in Baghdad and Mosul...