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Over 600 Pilgrims Hospitalised Due To Chlorine Gas Leak In Iraq
More than 600 pilgrims in Iraq were briefly hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station.
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Wadi Al-Salam: World's Largest Cemetery Where 6 Million Bodies Are Buried
In a submission to UNESCO, Iraq estimated its area at 917 hectares - the equivalent of more than 1,700 football fields.
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Adnan Zurfi Named New Iraq Prime Minister Amid Virus Lockdown, Attacks On US Troops
Iraq's president on Tuesday named pro-Western lawmaker and former Najaf city governor Adnan Zurfi as the next prime minister, tasked with ruling a country hit by military unrest, street protests and the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rajnath Singh Flags Off Inaugural Flight From Lucknow To Najaf
Union Home minister Rajnath Singh Thursday flagged off the inaugural flight from Uttar Pradesh's capital city to Najaf in Iraq.
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Nizam's Kin Disappointed Over Not Being Invited For Falaknuma Dinner
The kin of the Nizam, the ruler of erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad, are disappointed over authorities not inviting them to a reception being hosted at one of his palaces in the city for GES delegates
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Islamic State Claims Suicide Attack on Iraq Police That Killed 47
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed a suicide attack on an Iraqi police base north of Baghdad that officials said today had killed at least 47 people.
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Iraq PM Rules Out Foreign Boots on the Ground
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Monday ruled out any foreign ground intervention to assist government forces in retaking territory lost to jihadists and urged Sunnis to give up such hopes.
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Iraqi Sacred City Gains Prominence as Baghdad Founders
The holy Shiite city of Najaf has gained prominence as a centre of political and military power since the start of a crisis that has raised the spectre of Iraq breaking up along sectarian and ethnic lines.
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Iraqi Slaughter Swells Crowded Shiite Cemetery
Responding to an appeal from Shi'ite clerics, Salah al-Wa'ili signed up earlier this month with a militia near Baghdad fighting the Islamist insurgents who have swept through northern Iraq and threatened the capital.
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Another 200 Indian Nationals Return From Iraq
A day after 46 Indian nurses returned to Kochi in Kerala from war-torn Iraq, a special chartered flight carrying 200 more Indians from Najaf landed at the Delhi International Airport this morning.
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Over 600 Pilgrims Hospitalised Due To Chlorine Gas Leak In Iraq
More than 600 pilgrims in Iraq were briefly hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station.
-
Wadi Al-Salam: World's Largest Cemetery Where 6 Million Bodies Are Buried
In a submission to UNESCO, Iraq estimated its area at 917 hectares - the equivalent of more than 1,700 football fields.
-
Adnan Zurfi Named New Iraq Prime Minister Amid Virus Lockdown, Attacks On US Troops
Iraq's president on Tuesday named pro-Western lawmaker and former Najaf city governor Adnan Zurfi as the next prime minister, tasked with ruling a country hit by military unrest, street protests and the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rajnath Singh Flags Off Inaugural Flight From Lucknow To Najaf
Union Home minister Rajnath Singh Thursday flagged off the inaugural flight from Uttar Pradesh's capital city to Najaf in Iraq.
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Nizam's Kin Disappointed Over Not Being Invited For Falaknuma Dinner
The kin of the Nizam, the ruler of erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad, are disappointed over authorities not inviting them to a reception being hosted at one of his palaces in the city for GES delegates
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Islamic State Claims Suicide Attack on Iraq Police That Killed 47
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed a suicide attack on an Iraqi police base north of Baghdad that officials said today had killed at least 47 people.
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Iraq PM Rules Out Foreign Boots on the Ground
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Monday ruled out any foreign ground intervention to assist government forces in retaking territory lost to jihadists and urged Sunnis to give up such hopes.
-
Iraqi Sacred City Gains Prominence as Baghdad Founders
The holy Shiite city of Najaf has gained prominence as a centre of political and military power since the start of a crisis that has raised the spectre of Iraq breaking up along sectarian and ethnic lines.
-
Iraqi Slaughter Swells Crowded Shiite Cemetery
Responding to an appeal from Shi'ite clerics, Salah al-Wa'ili signed up earlier this month with a militia near Baghdad fighting the Islamist insurgents who have swept through northern Iraq and threatened the capital.
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Another 200 Indian Nationals Return From Iraq
A day after 46 Indian nurses returned to Kochi in Kerala from war-torn Iraq, a special chartered flight carrying 200 more Indians from Najaf landed at the Delhi International Airport this morning.
