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Angelina Jolie calls for aid to refugees on Iraq visit
United Nations goodwill ambassador and Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie visited Iraq on a humanitarian mission on Thursday and met top officials to demand help for people…
Iraqis mock US soldiers (and themselves) on YouTube
United States soldiers are lampooned, police officers are shown as buffoons and Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is irreverently cheered by penguins … Iraqis are turning more and…
UN report slams humanitarian crisis in Iraq
Iraq’s humanitarian crisis is worsening and the plight of millions of displaced Iraqis is critical, says a grim United Nations report on human rights in the war-torn country that…
Iraq vows to punish Blackwater guards
Iraq has vowed to punish United States security firm Blackwater after a probe found that its guards were not provoked when they opened ”deliberate” fire in Baghdad three weeks…
‘Chemical Ali’ executed villagers in batches, court told
Saddam Hussein’s notorious hatchet man ”Chemical Ali” was accused on Monday of ordering villagers executed in batches of 25 at a time as he brutally crushed a Shi’ite rebellion…
Baghdad by night — gunfire and television
Television, DVDs and computer games — that’s entertainment in war-torn Baghdad. That’s, if you’re lucky. Even the simple pleasure of sharing dinner with friends and relatives has…
Iraq urges neighbours to halt terror as bombs kill scores
Iraq urged its neighbours, including Iran and Syria, to halt their alleged support for violent extremists on Saturday as insurgent attacks slaughtered at least 35 more Iraqis.…
US to join foes at Baghdad peace huddle
Envoys from the United States and its arch foes Iran and Syria were to sit together to discuss the crisis in Iraq for the first time on Saturday at talks called by the Iraqi…
Market Theatre – 25 years on
Twenty-five years after it was born, in response to some of the worst oppression of the former apartheid regime, Johannesburg’s Market Theatre remains an alternative artistic…
Aid flows into quake-hit Pakistan
Relief teams raced food and supplies into earthquake-hit areas of northern Pakistan on Wednesday as desperate survivors readied for a fifth straight night of cold and hunger. A…
Rainstorms add to misery in Pakistan
Huddling under bits of plastic, survivors in quake-hit Muzaffarabad faced fresh heartbreak on Tuesday as torrential rain halted aid efforts hours after they got into gear.…
Thousands go for joyride on Delhi’s new underground
The escalators proved as much a novelty as the hi-tech underground trains on Sunday as tens of thousands of joy-riders crammed Delhi’s new metro line connecting key transport…