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Iraq's Horrific Child Marriage Law - Daily Beast Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:16:05 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Iraq's Horrific Child Marriage Law Daily Beast In a bid to please the nation's Shi'a Muslim majority ahead of parliamentary elections, Iraq's Council of Ministers has drafted a law that would legalize marital rape, as well as grant men the authority to marry girls as young as age nine. The Jaafari ... Iraq ready to legalise childhood marriageTelegraph.co.uk Will the violence in Iraq ever ebb?Aljazeera.com Iraq wants to lower marriage age to 9, legalize marital rape, ban women from ...AMERICAblog (blog) Irish Independent all 11 news articles »

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The Magnificent Bastards look back on a key Iraq battle - USA TODAY Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:32:17 GMT

The Magnificent Bastards look back on a key Iraq battle USA TODAY The men of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines arrived in Ramadi in 2004 prepared to support the economy and government of a critical Sunni city in western Iraq. On April 6 those plans were cast aside when insurgents launched deadly attacks on the Marines ... and more »

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Car Bombs in Baghdad, Iraqi Town Kill 24 People - ABC News Wed, 09 Apr 2014 12:48:48 GMT

Press TV

Car Bombs in Baghdad, Iraqi Town Kill 24 People ABC News Violence has surged in Iraq since last year, with the country weathering its deadliest bout of violence since it pulled back from the brink of civil war in 2008. U.N. figures showed that last year, Iraq saw the highest death toll in attacks, with 8,868 ... Car bombs kill 24 in IraqAl Jazeera America Day of carnage leaves 34 dead in Iraq: OfficialsPress TV 23 Dead in wave of attacks in Iraq on anniversary of Saddam's fallFox News Latino Times of India -WWMT-TV -Wall Street Journal all 220 news articles »

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Yum Brands' Pizza Hut Pushes Into Iraq - Fox Business Wed, 09 Apr 2014 15:57:13 GMT

Business Wire (press release)

Yum Brands' Pizza Hut Pushes Into Iraq Fox Business “We`re pleased to be able to bring Pizza Hut to Iraq as part of the explosive growth for our brand around the world," Pizza Hut CEO Scott Bergren said in a statement. Iraq's first Pizza Hut is located in the Majidi Mall in Erbil, which is the country's ... Iraq finally gets its first Pizza Hut restaurantThe Week Magazine Yum! Brands Opens First Pizza Hut in IraqBusiness Wire (press release) Pizza Hut opens first unit in IraqNation's Restaurant News Pizza Marketplace.com all 12 news articles »

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WATCH: Rand Paul Says Dick Cheney Pushed for the Iraq War So Halliburton ... - Mother Jones Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:55:29 GMT

Mother Jones

WATCH: Rand Paul Says Dick Cheney Pushed for the Iraq War So Halliburton ... Mother Jones As the ex-veep blasts Paul for being an isolationist, old video shows the Kentucky senator charging that Cheney used 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq and benefit his former company. —By David Corn. | Mon Apr. 7, 2014 3:00 AM PDT. Tweet. Rand Paul Thinks We Invaded Iraq Because Of Dick Cheney's Connection To ...Business Insider Is Rand Paul Right That Dick Cheney Invaded Iraq for Halliburton Profits?Truthdig Rand Paul's unwelcome 2009 accusations about Dick CheneyWashington Post (blog) all 129 news articles »

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Polio Spreads From Syria to Iraq, Causing Worries - New York Times Tue, 08 Apr 2014 01:10:18 GMT

Polio Spreads From Syria to Iraq, Causing Worries New York Times Syria's polio outbreak has now officially spread to Iraq, the first neighbor of the war-ravaged country to be hit by the crippling virus despite an ambitious Middle East inoculation effort, and global health officials warned Monday that dozens of ...

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OPEC Plans to Make Room for Extra Oil From Iran, Iraq, Libya - Bloomberg Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:11:13 GMT

The Daily Star

OPEC Plans to Make Room for Extra Oil From Iran, Iraq, Libya Bloomberg OPEC, which supplies 40 percent of the world's oil, will accommodate additional output from members Iraq, Iran and Libya, Secretary-General Abdalla El-Badri said, without explaining how it will do so under the group's ceiling. The Organization of ... OPEC defies oil production cap with move to absorb recoveries in Iraq, Iran, LibyaThe Daily Star all 10 news articles »

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Lack of funding threatens aid response in Iraq's Anbar Province - IRINnews.org Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:38:16 GMT

Lack of funding threatens aid response in Iraq's Anbar Province IRINnews.org DUBAI, 9 April 2014 (IRIN) - Funding shortages are threatening relief operations in Iraq's troubled Anbar Province, where violent clashes have led to the displacement of more than 400,000 people in three months, aid agencies warn. "UN agencies are now ... Iraq attacks kill 15 as soldiers ambush militantsGlobalPost 43 killed in violent attacks across IraqEastDay.com Iraq Foils Militant Bid to Seize Ramadi Govt CompoundAINA Iraq Oil Report all 12 news articles »

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Rand Paul in '09: Cheney pushed Iraq war to benefit Halliburton - Washington Post (blog) Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:23:53 GMT

Rand Paul in '09: Cheney pushed Iraq war to benefit Halliburton Washington Post (blog) David Corn over at Mother Jones unearths a 2009 video of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), in which Paul suggests that former vice president Dick Cheney wanted to invade Iraq in order to benefit his former employer, Halliburton. In the video, shot at Western ...

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Blair legacy so much more than Iraq - The Guardian Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:01:21 GMT

The Guardian

Blair legacy so much more than Iraq The Guardian Letters. Blair legacy so much more than Iraq. Share · Tweet this. Email. The Guardian, Wednesday 9 April 2014 16.00 EDT. File photo of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London. Former PM Tony Blair. 'Perhaps the difficulty lies in Blair's ...