A group of six world powers begin fresh talks with Iran in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, about Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme.

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A series of deadly blasts strikes a number of Iraqi cities, killing at least 35 people and injuring 100 more, police say.

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Iraqi cities hit by deadly blasts

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government is debating proposed laws that would impose strict controls on freedom of speech and association, prompting fears that the authorities are playing a growing and increasingly oppressive role in citizens’ lives. Read full article > >

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In Iraq, concern over shrinking rights

For Iraqi diplomats and officials, a three-day meeting of the Arab League is a banner moment for a country emerging from decades of war, occupation and diplomatic isolation.

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An Iraqi woman who was left brutally beaten in her Southern California home with an apparently xenophobic note beside her has died.

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BAGHDAD — Green Zone. International Zone. The Bubble. To the foreigners still living there, the Iraqi capital’s fortified center has a new name: Ghost Town. The Iraqi government has taken full control of the former heart of the American occupation. It decides who gets past the 17-foot-tall concrete blast walls encircling the zone. Read full article > >

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Green Zone empties out under Iraqi control

BAGHDAD — Three bombs exploded around the home of two policemen south of Baghdad Thursday morning, killing nine people inside, including two babies less than six months old, an Iraqi security official said. Read full article > >

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi special forces units raided the homes of two Sunni politicians north of Baghdad on Friday, according to security officials, heightening fears among Sunni leaders that Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is targeting them along sectarian lines. Read full article > >

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Iraqi forces raid homes of Sunni politicians

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is pushing to form a Shiite-controlled government that risks tearing the country apart unless he changes course or is removed from office, a Sunni-backed politician said at a news conference Wednesday. Read full article > >

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Sunni-backed Allawi says Maliki risks splitting Iraq

The Maliki government in Iraq is flexing a bit more. Seems U.S. government employees traveling to Iraq are being advised that they’re going to need “valid Iraqi visas” to enter the country. “With the termination of the security agreement between” the Iraqi government and the U.S. military, the department announced Monday, “passports and valid Iraqi visas are required for all government personnel and contractors,” including TCNs, or third-country nationals. Read full article > >

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Vacationing in Iraq? Better get a visa.

Gunmen wearing explosive belts stormed an anti-terrorism police building in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday and at least six people died in the attack, police and provincial officials said.

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Militants Storm Building in Iraq’s Ramadi, 6 Dead

At least 50 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on Shia pilgrims in the Iraqi city of Basra, Iraqi police and security sources say.

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Iraq suicide attack kills dozens

Four explosions rock Shia areas of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 13 people, officials say.

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A wave of attacks hit the Iraqi capital Baghdad

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In pictures: Baghdad explosions

An Iraqi delegation led by National Security adviser Falah al-Fayadh says it has held “positive” talks in Syria aimed at ending the violence there.

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Iraq ‘positive’ after Syria talks