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Dozens killed in Iraq bomb blasts Thursday
Multiple bomb explosions across the country also injured over 100 people.
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Backchannels
Weapons flowing from Iraqi Sunnis to Syria's rebels?
So says a fairly credible CNN report.
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Terrorism & Security
Spate of bombings in Iraq undermines stability ahead of Arab summit
A series of bombings across Iraq today belie Iraq's efforts to portray itself as a stable, resurgent power as it prepares to host the annual Arab League summit for the first time since 1990.
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Global News Blog
At work in Iraq with Anthony Shadid
Naseer Mehdawi, Anthony Shadid's closest Iraqi friend and journalism colleague, recalls their friendship and how together they told the story of Iraq.
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Chapter & Verse
Walter Dean Myers chosen as new YA literature ambassador
The prolific author says he hopes to convey to students that reading is a necessity, not an option.
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Global News Blog
2011 Reflections: Iraqi resilience amid war
Seven Monitor correspondents reflect on the world's hot spots. In this installment, Scott Peterson explains why despite the risks, he kept going back to tell the stories of Iraqis.
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Editor's Blog
After Iraq: What will history say?
As the last US forces leave, we see the eight-year intervention in Iraq only as a sketchy outline. WIth time, a clearer picture will emerge -- and a softer memory may descend.
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How 9/11 has shaped a generation of Americans
The terrorist attacks have become this generation's Pearl Harbor – an epic event that has changed young peoples' view of the world and America's place in it.
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In Pictures: Memorial Day: remembering the fallen
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Difference Maker
War veterans get help from Rick Iannucci's 'therapeutic riding' program
At his New Mexico ranch, Rick Iannucci invites war veterans suffering from PTSD and other problems to work with horses and heal their wounds.
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Africa Monitor
High-level defections, UN sanctions signal possible end for Ivory Coast stalemate
A top Ivorian general has sought refuge with South African embassy, and forces loyal to President-elect Alassane Ouattara have reached outskirts of Abidjan. Will renegade President Gbagbo fight to the bitter end?
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Pop Smoke? A Marine and his fight for Iraq's $30,000 donkey.
A retired Marine colonel wants to bring Smoke the donkey from Iraq to Nebraska to work with the children of soldiers who have been killed or wounded.
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Baghdad grinds to halt as bomb attacks blanket a reeling city
Sixteen bombs struck Baghdad Tuesday, prompting a snap curfew and shocking a city still coming to grips with a deadly attack Sunday on a Catholic church.
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Medal of Honor ban over 'Taliban' furor
Medal of Honor ban could slam sales of this new military video game, or give this franchise reboot the media push it needs to compete with Call of Duty. But is the Medal of Honor ban still necessary after its name change?
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Global News Blog
Afghan reporter arrested for talking to the Taliban
An Afghan reporter was arrested, apparently because of his contacts with Taliban representatives. For local reporters, covering the war is a minefield.
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Insurgents exploit Iraq's power vacuum, US withdrawal
In the deadliest violence since the US formally ended its combat role in Iraq, 37 people were killed on Sunday in Baghdad and Fallujah.
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US troops still forced to bolster Iraqi forces in battle
Far from merely 'advising and assisting' Iraqi forces, as the Obama administration has described their new role, US troops are still needed to battle insurgents, as evidenced in three recent incidents in different parts of Iraq.
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In Baghdad, police chief explains why it's tough to enforce the rule of law
Abu Abbas oversees one of Baghdad's overstretched police stations whose employees have increasingly been targeted by insurgents. He says Iraqi rule of law has been neglected.
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Wounds of Iraq war: US struggles with surge of returning veterans
With combat operations set to end in Iraq, many veterans come home diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome and other maladies related to modern war. What's being done to help.
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US in Iraq: What's been left behind
After seven years of war, Iraqis are freer but feel embittered by the loss of life and halting progress in turning on the lights.
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Al Qaeda in Iraq targets Baghdad’s developing police force
The Iraqi Army is gradually handing responsibility for Baghdad security to Iraq's developing police force – a transition Al Qaeda in Iraq is exploiting with increased attacks.
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Iraq car bomb, checkpoint attack leaves 25 dead
An Iraq car bomb in the city of Kut and a checkpoint attack in Baghdad left 25 people dead on Tuesday, as a wave of attacks continued amid the US combat troop withdrawal from Iraq.
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As Iraq war winds down, US military cleans up hazardous waste
Recent reports have accused the US military of irresponsible disposal of millions of pounds of hazardous waste, mostly from the Iraq war. But after investigating, the military says EPA standards are being upheld.
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Sunni Awakening resolute in face of Iraq bombing
A suicide bomber on Sunday killed at least 43 in an attack on members of the Sunni Awakening, which helped turned the tide against Al Qaeda in Iraq. Iraqis are concerned Al Qaeda could regain ground as the US pulls out its combat troops next month.
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