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latest news & developmentsIran dismisses Egypt’s Hezbollah claims as ‘old trick’
Iran dismissed on Wednesday Egyptian accusations against Lebanon’s Shi’ite militia Hezbollah as an "old trick".
Iraq’s Shi’ites in voting vs religion controversy
A pilgrimage could prevent thousands of Iraq’s Shi’ite Muslims from voting in an upcoming election.
‘Chemical Ali’ gets second death sentence
Saddam Hussein’s notorious hatchet-man, Hassan al-Majid, was on Tuesday sentenced to death for war crimes committed during the 1991 Shi’ite uprising.
‘Women’ bombers kill 25 Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad
Three suicide bombers, believed to be women, killed 25 Shi’ite pilgrims on Monday as they headed to a holy shrine in Baghdad.
Iraq forces hunt Shi’ite fighters in new crackdown
Iraqi police and soldiers swept house to house through the southern city of Amara on Thursday in a new crackdown on Shi’ite fighters.