Violence in Iraq holding back foreign aid
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When Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Al-Muthanna Province in southern Iraq, visited Tokyo last week, he thanked Japan for the aid it has given to his province, where Ground Self-Defense Force troops have been deployed.
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U.S. and Iraqi security forces cannot solve the problem of violence in Iraq without political action and reconciliation with some militant groups, the U.S. commander in Iraq said on Thursday.
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Threats of violence never materialize, but problems remain
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IraqÂs leader unveiled a plan to defuse sectarian crises, but it was unclear whether it could stem the increasingly brazen violence.
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Iraq stood on the verge of its first free election in a half-century Saturday, its borders and bridges locked down, its hopes on the line. The government urged Iraqis to vote despite their fears of violence, even as insurgents rocketed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, killing two Americans.
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Iraq urged international donors on  Wednesday to live up to their promises on funding for  reconstruction work, which has been stalled by violence, saying  it was the most effective way to fight extremism.
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An international conference on Iraq  reconstruction began on Wednesday with a call from host Japan  for donors to honor their pledges to help rebuild the country,  a process that is being stalled by violence and insurgency.
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Iraqis were promised billions of  dollars in mainly American aid to rebuild their country after  last year's U.S.-led invasion, but mounting violence has choked  reconstruction spending to almost nothing.
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A country in chaos, a terrorized population under siege in neighborhoods polarized on sectarian lines or on the move in their hundreds of thousands to escape worsening violence. That was the picture of Iraq depicted in a new U.N. human rights report on Wednesday.
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TOKYO: International donors to Iraq agreed yesterday that they need to speed up the allocation of promised funds to rebuild the country, but failed to erase concerns that violence is a huge obstacle as they wrapped up a two-day meeting.
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The U.N. chief said Monday the deadly security situation in Iraq was making it difficult to expand the world body's role in the chaotic nation.
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A top Iraqi official accused the country's neighbors Tuesday of doing too little to stop foreigners from joining the brutal insurgency, while the U.S. combat death toll neared 1,000 with the killing of an American soldier in Baghdad.
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TOKYO : Iraq pleaded with the international community to play a bigger part in rebuilding the war-shattered nation at a donors conference to assess how to spend billions of dollars in aid.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  Iraq&#39;s National Conference refused Wednesday to send a second delegation to the holy city of Najaf to negotiate an end to fighting between US troops and loyalists of radical cleric ...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The apparent slaying of CARE head Margaret Hassan by her kidnappers deepened the chill among aid agencies already fearful of operating in Iraq.
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A look at the difficulties some Iraqis can face in trying to escpape their violent homeland.
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Violence throughout the country defied increased efforts to stanch the spread of sectarian bloodshed.