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Lifestyle
Stray animals find solace at animal shelter in Iraq
Bella the dog can barely stand after being abused, but she is now receiving care from a Baghdad refuge that…
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Movies & Music
Arabic oud icon seeks to ‘change soul’ of Iraq with music
Long uprooted from his native Iraq, Naseer Shamma, an icon of the Arabic oud, has returned home to help rekindle…
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Lifestyle
12th century prayer room found under mosque in Iraq’s Mosul
The foundations of a prayer hall from the 12th century have been discovered under the Al-Nuri mosque – where the…
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Europe
Archaeologists from Europe back in Iraq
NASIRIYAH, Iraq: After war and insurgency kept them away from Iraq for decades, European archaeologists are making an enthusiastic return…
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World
Iraqi wars’ deadly legacy
HASSAN-JALAD: In the northern Iraqi hamlet of Hassan-Jalad, almost every family has a story to tell about a time when…
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World
Ancient tablet back in Iraq after 30 years
BAGHDAD: A 3,500-year-old tablet featuring the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh has been returned to Iraq three decades after it was…
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Incomplete mosque bares Iraq divisions
BAGHDAD: It was meant to compete with the Taj Mahal in grandeur, but former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s monumental Al-Rahman…
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Sports
In Iraq, ‘little people’ team dreams big
BAGHDAD: Twice a week, a small football pitch in Iraq offers the 25-member national squad of little people a chance…
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Iraq ‘Wasta’ favors few
BAGHDAD: Abu Zeinab says only one of his five adult children has a job, and he only got it through…
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World
Iraqi faithful rebuild churches
MOSUL: Cymbals, prayers and Chaldean Catholic liturgy resounded in Mosul’s Saint George monastery, where Iraqi faithful marked the restoration of…
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World
Will tensions spike in Iraq after drone ‘message’ to PM?
BAGHDAD: An assassination attempt targeting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi marks the latest escalation in tensions following last month’s legislative…
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World
Poverty fuels despair in south Iraq
BASRA: In Iraq’s southern province of Basra, the oil flows freely but little of the wealth trickles down to the…
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