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Iraq’s artists disappointed by declining cultural life

Iraq’s filmmakers, musicians, artists and performers say they are being stifled by religious conservatism and declining state funds.

Bomb attacks on Shi’ites and Iraqi police kill at least 48

Bomb attacks on Shi’ites and Iraqi police kill at least 48

At least 48 people were killed in Iraq on Thursday in bombings targeting Shi’ite pilgrims and police as United States troops prepare to withdraw.

Bombs kill scores in attacks on Iraq’s police

Bombs kill scores in attacks on Iraq’s police

Suicide bombers and other attackers killed at least 62 people in apparently coordinated attacks on Iraqi security forces in Iraq on Wednesday.

Iraq rocked by wave of attacks

Iraq rocked by wave of attacks

Suicide bombers, car bombs and gunmen using silencers killed at least 55 people in Iraq on Monday.

Baghdad blasts kill 95, Iraqi security criticised

A series of blasts in Baghdad on Wednesday killed 95 people and wounded 536 in Iraq’s bloodiest day this year.

Baghdad rocked by series of deadly bomb blasts

A series of explosions killed at least 75 people and wounded more than 300 in central Baghdad on Wednesday.

Few displaced Iraqis return home as violence persists

Resettling displaced Iraqis is key to getting a sluggish economy going and attracting foreign investment that has proven so elusive for the country.

Cool welcome for Iraq’s returning academics

Iraqi academics who fled abroad from violence and oppression are trickling back home — but they are finding jobs few and the welcome far from warm.

Iraq’s orphans battle to outgrow abuse

No one knows how many children had parents torn from them by the war, or the conflicts waged by Saddam against Kuwait and Iran.

Iraq holds peaceful election, Obama, UN applaud

Iraqis held their most peaceful election since the fall of Saddam Hussein on Saturday, voting for provincial councils without a single major attack.

Weapons become works of art

In a project started late last year Iraqi artists are taking objects that have brought devastation to Iraq and using them to create instead.

Baghdad museum treasures still locked from view

In Iraq’s national museum a frieze shows Assyrian King Sargon II, storming a rampart as soldiers pile decapitated heads before him.

After a bombing, retail therapy in Baghdad

I knew it would be fine when Isam, my perfume man, wanted for a bottle of J’Adore. I had thought I would find him dead. The wooden sign with the name of his shop was in splinters…

At least 13 killed in US Baghdad strikes

United States air strikes killed at least 13 people and wounded 52 early on Sunday in the north-eastern Baghdad district of Sadr city, a stronghold for Shi’ite militants, police…

Car bombs kill 22 in northern Iraq

Two suicide car bombs killed at least 22 people in northern Iraq on Tuesday in attacks targeting a police chief and a Sunni Arab tribal leader working with United States forces…

Two suicide car bombs kill 25 near Iraq’s Ramadi

Two suicide car bombers killed 25 people and wounded dozens more near Iraq’s city of Ramadi on Monday in separate attacks that police blamed on al-Qaeda. The violence in Anbar…

Car bomb kills 35 and wounds 80 in Baghdad

A car bomb killed at least 35 people and wounded 80 on Sunday next to a crowded market in a Shi’ite district of Baghdad which has been a repeated target of attacks blamed on…

Car bomb kills 26 in Baghdad book district

A car bomb ripped through Baghdad’s booksellers’ district on Monday, killing 26 people and setting shops and cars ablaze on the street and sending out choking black smoke that…

Day of death as bombs rock Baghdad

Two car bombs ripped through a busy market in Baghdad on Monday, killing 88 people in fresh violence of the kind that United States and Iraqi forces plan to target in a new…

Car bombs kill 75 in crowded Baghdad market

Two simultaneous car bombs blasted a busy market in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 75 people in fresh violence that came as Iraqis awaited the start of a planned…