Iraqis have first chance in long while to reclaim their destiny ...
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22 December 2004 - As his top envoy continued meetings with Iraqi officials in Baghdad ahead of elections scheduled for 30 January, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that the Iraqi people &quot;have a chance for the first time in a long
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Hussan Al Taee woke before the crack of dawn and drove seven hours from Arizona, but he was all smiles Monday after registering to vote in an Iraqi election for the first time.
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Iraqi officials say Jan. 30 has been set as the new date for the war-torn country&#39;s first national elections since a US-led military coalition toppled Saddam Hussein&#39;s regime.
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A few dozen Iraqis being trained in forensics carry on their shoulders the hopes of millions of their countrymen hoping to discover the fate of relatives who disappeared under the regime of Saddam Hussein.
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President George W. Bush and his advisers like to say that sovereignty has been returned to the Iraqis. But the heart of the Iraqi capital, where the symbols of power are most concentrated, belongs to America.
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BAGHDAD, 17 December 2004 - For the first time since his capture a year ago, ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yesterday met his family-appointed lawyers.
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Polls show Iraqis optimistic for longer term, worried now.
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A Shi'ite Islamist bloc won Iraq's  first election since Saddam Hussein's overthrow, sealing the  political resurgence of the long-oppressed majority but leaving  the restive Sunni Arab minority in the cold.
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For nearly two years it has been the nerve center of U.S.-led operations in Iraq. Sunday, Baghdad's Green Zone became the heart of the country's first experiment with democracy for half a century.
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After the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq attracted all manner of Americans -- restless professionals, Arabic-speaking academics, development specialists and war-zone adventurers. But before they...
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A new law allowing former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life in Iraq is enacted.
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In Iraq, after four years and three months of war, the echoes have begun to echo themselves.
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Iraq&#39;s flagship air carrier, Iraqi Airlines, took off Saturday on its first flight in 14 years with its one plane flying between Amman and Baghdad.
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In his first public appearance since an Iraqi judge ordered his arrest three weeks ago, the Iraqi exile Ahmad Chalabi announced his return to Iraq&#39;s political scene
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Iraq for six weeks, offering a ray of hope to a dozen other foreign nationals still in captivity. scrap a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools apparently passed without incident.
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Iraqi actors hoped the fall of Saddam  Hussein would herald a new era of artistic freedom. But they  have seen their dreams destroyed by violence.
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Iraqi Airways has resumed international service, flying from Amman to Baghdad in the national carrier&#39;s first international flight in 14 years since being grounded by war and sanctions.