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Iraq's Maliki Rejects U.S. Offer on National Reconciliation
Baghdad -- Vice President Joe Biden's mission to promote national reconciliation in Iraq was rebuffed Friday by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, who told him that the issue was a domestic Iraqi affair and that U.
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Christian Copts Appeal to Mubarak for Protection Amid Renewed Sectarian Violence
(AINA) -- Violence against Christian Copts erupted again at dawn on Friday, 7/3/09, in the village of Guirgis Bey, Akfahssi, El-Fashn. Coptic priests accused the Egyptian State Security apparatus of masterminding the incident.
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Over 20 Political Groups Seek Parliament Roles in North Iraq
Campaigning is underway in the Kurdish Region ahead of elections for the Kurdish Regional Assembly on July 25. Twenty-four political groups, including five alliances, have declared their participation in the election, competing for 111 seats (11 are reserved for ethnic and religious minorities).
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Dhimmitude
This weekend, as America celebrates its 233rd birthday, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), an unindicted co-conspirator in the U.S. vs. Holy Land Foundation prosecution, is celebrating "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
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Dearborn Silences Arab Christians
In Berger v. City of Seattle, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently reaffirmed the "bedrock principle" that the protections afforded by the First Amendment are "nowhere stronger than in streets and parks.
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Iraq Referendum on U.S. Troop Deal May Be Delayed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- The next major milestone in the gradual U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, a referendum on a bilateral security pact passed last year, is likely to be delayed, politicians said on Thursday.
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Iraq Launches Milestone Oil Licensing Round
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq opened up some of its massive oil and gas fields to foreign firms on Tuesday, kicking off a landmark licensing round it hopes will help fuel its postwar reconstruction efforts.
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U.S. Declares Iraq-based Group Foreign Terrorist Organization
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. government on Thursday said it has declared Kata'ib Hizballah a foreign terrorist organization, saying the group is linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah and has posed a threat to stability in Iraq.
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Iraqi Politicians Concerned By New Kurdish Constitution
BAGHDAD (RFE/RL) -- Sunni and Shi'ite Arab parliamentarians say the constitution of Iraqi's autonomous Kurdish region runs counter to Iraq's national constitution and should be debated by the country's parliament in Baghdad, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.
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Iraqi Top Shiite Clerics Are Silent on Iran
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- There is no place outside Iran that has closer links to Tehran's ruling establishment than Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf, where the silence during Iran's post-election crisis says much about the deep complexities of their cross-border bonds.
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