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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on the international community on Thursday to cancel the country’s debt and end sanctions imposed during Saddam Hussein’s rule.
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Gunman kills six people in Bosnia village: police
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A man shot and killed six people in a village near the northern Bosnian town of Tuzla on Thursday, gunning down three in their homes and three aboard a bus, police and witnesses at the scene said.
Read More »Russia scraps arrest warrant for media campaigner
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigators on Monday scrapped an arrest warrant for the head of a media charity, effectively ending a prosecution that rights campaigners said was a Kremlin attack on civil society.
Read More »More Sunni engagement in Iraq needed-Sweden’s Bildt
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sunni-led Arab states need to offer more support to the Shi’ite-led Iraqi government to give reconstruction efforts a chance to succeed, Sweden’s foreign minister said on Wednesday ahead of a conference on Iraq.
Read More »Two suicide blasts in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Two suicide attacks took place in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one civilian, officials said, amid a period of renewed violence in the country.
Read More »Israeli air strike kills two Gaza militants
GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike on Wednesday killed two Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical workers said.
Read More »Iraq’s main Sunni bloc suspends government talks
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s main Sunni Arab political bloc said on Wednesday it had suspended talks to rejoin the Shi’ite-led government after a disagreement with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over a cabinet post.
Read More »Motorcycle bomber kills six near Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least six members of a U.S.-backed neighborhood patrol and wounded 18 others on Monday, police said.
Read More »FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq
(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Monday: *denotes new or updated item * BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb wounded five people on the airport highway, in western Baghdad, police said. * BAGHDAD – A bomb blast wounded two people in Shaab district, northern …
Read More »Mideast governments increasingly ignore U.S. views
CAIRO (Reuters) – The governments of the Middle East, from Iran to Israel and beyond, are increasingly ignoring the wishes of a U.S. administration which has only eight months left in office, going their own way in regional diplomacy.
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