May 16th, 2006 at 10:49am Under Iraqi Dinar News
AP – Presidential adviser Karl Rove blamed the war in Iraq on Monday for dragging down President Bush's job approval ratings in public opinion polls. "People like this president," Rove said. "They're just sour right now on the war."
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May 16th, 2006 at 10:46am Under Iraqi Dinar News
AP – Relatives of defendants in the trial of Saddam Hussein and members of his former regime testified Tuesday as the defense tried to knock down charges of crimes against humanity that carry a possible death penalty.
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May 16th, 2006 at 10:37am Under Iraqi Dinar News
Reuters – Leaflets threaten women who do not wear
veils. Militias bomb and burn beer shops and music stores at
dawn. Rumors swirl of men shot… for wearing shorts.
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May 16th, 2006 at 10:24am Under Iraqi Dinar News
AP – Militants raided a parking lot in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 18 people with gunfire and a car bomb, police said.
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May 16th, 2006 at 10:18am Under Iraqi Dinar News
AFP – Iraq's dominant Shiites have presented a list outlining the make-up of a proposed government, bringing the formation of the long-awaited coalition a step further on another day of deadly insurgent attacks.
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May 16th, 2006 at 10:17am Under Iraqi Dinar News
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May 16th, 2006 at 10:04am Under Iraqi Dinar News
AFP – At least 14 people were killed and 33 others injured when a car bomb ripped through a packed market in Baghdad's Al-Shaab district.
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May 16th, 2006 at 09:46am Under Iraqi Dinar News
AP – President Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard underscored their alliance in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on Tuesday and pledged determination to defeat the forces of terrorism.
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May 16th, 2006 at 09:29am Under Iraqi Dinar News
In a row of grimy market stalls, a shopper’s hand passes over a display of steel handcuffs, police batons and jumbled wool balaclava masks with oval slots gouged out for the eyes.
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May 16th, 2006 at 09:07am Under Iraqi Dinar News
Reuters – Nineteen people were killed in a
shooting and bombing attack at a bus garage in eastern Baghdad
on Tuesday, police said.
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