Violence greets opening of Iraqi parliament, seven truck drivers ...
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BAGHDAD : Mortar fire greeted the opening of Iraq&#39;s interim parliament -- dismissed by detractors as a weak rubber stamp for an unelected government but hailed by admirers as a step nearer democracy.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- The Iraqi parliament on Wednesday passed three key measures that for months had been the subject of bickering that threatened to undermine the country's political process.
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Kenya's parliament opened Tuesday for the first time since a disputed presidential election, a fight that has provoked widespread violence and was expected to carry over to the selection of a house speaker.
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Explosions reverberated across Iraq's capital and several other large cities Sunday, leaving an estimated 17 dead by early afternoon. But Iraq's first democratic election in nearly half a century was nevertheless well underway,  albeit unevenly, with visible jubilation in some areas and shuttered polling places in others.
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Gunmen attacked a convoy of civilian trucks Friday, killing one guard, and a cache of arms was seized in a Baghdad mosque, officials said. Security forces detained 77 people across Iraq in a crackdown on sectarian and political extremists.
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On a day heralded as a new beginning for Iraq, many Iraqis were divided on whether the newly inaugurated national unity government will be able to curtail sectarian violence in the country.
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Iraq's fractious ethnic and religious parliamentary groups agreed Sunday to open debate on a contentious Shiite-proposed draft legislation that will allow the creation of federal regions in Iraq, politicians said.
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Across most of Amman you could hear the guns blasting out their ceremonial salute, as King Abdullah arrived for the state opening of the Jordanian parliament just a few days ago.
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Iraq&#039;s new prime minister promised Sunday to use &quot;maximum force&quot; if necessary to end the brutal insurgent and sectarian violence wracking the country, while a suicide bomber killed more than a dozen people at a restaurant in downtown Baghdad.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Basra on Wednesday in a bid to stem escalating violence in the southern city.
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An Iraqi firefighter arrives to the scene of a burning vehicle after it came under attack by unknown gunmen in the center of the capital Baghdad, Nov. 7, 2004.
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In a step towards landmark elections in Iraq, registering of voters and potential candidates has begun despite the latest violence, which claimed the life of Baghdad&#39;s deputy governor.
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Iraq's parliament reopened Tuesday after a summer recess and voted to extend a state of emergency for a month because of unrelenting sectarian violence, while the president predicted bloodshed will be quelled by the end of next year.
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Iraq's first open election in decades is hailed by Iraqi officials and other leaders, despite a spate of attacks.
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U.S. leaders condemn killing of lawmaker BAGHDAD, Iraq  -- A suicide bomber rammed a police checkpoint in northern Iraq with an explosives-laden vehicle Saturday, killing 14 people, including some who died when their homes collapsed in the blast.
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Iraq chose January 30 for its first democratic election in decades today, but violence in Sunni Muslim areas underlined the challenge of holding polls on time.
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BAGHDAD -- Bombers and gunmen killed at least 41 people and wounded dozens across Iraq yesterday, while parliament leaders again put off debate on legislation that some Iraqis fear could threaten the country's unity and bring more violence.