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Unusual Storm System Puts War-Torn Middle East On High Alert
The weather system is so large that some areas could see between 100 mm and 500 mm of precipitation in the next three days, raising serious concerns about catastrophic flash flooding.
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Iran Shutters Airspace After Israel Strikes, Trackers Show Planes Rerouting
Civilian flight traffic over Iran was re-routed in a hurry Saturday morning visuals from lightradar24 showed a majority of commercial jets skirting its southern borders, i.e., flying over Iraq and Kuwait before flying over the Persian Gulf.
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Iraqis Cover Soil With Clay To Curb Sandstorms
Deep in Iraq's southern desert, bulldozers and earthmovers spread layers of moist clay over sand dunes as part of a broader effort to fight increasingly frequent sandstorms.
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What Is The First City In The World? It Is Not In India. But You Can Visit It
The world's first city was built long before the Harappans, and its ruins still stand in a quiet desert far from the usual tourist map. Here is what makes it historic and how Indian travellers can visit it today.
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6 Students Killed, 14 Injured After Truck Runs Them Over In Iraq
At least six students were killed and 14 injured Tuesday when a truck ploughed into them on their way out of school in Iraq's southern province of Basra, authorities said.
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300-Year-Old Iraq Mosque Minaret Demolished For Road Expansion
The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and cultural authorities who condemned it as a further erosion of Iraq's cultural heritage.
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Gulf Cup: One Dead, Dozens Hurt In Stampede Before Final Clash
Thousands of fans, many without tickets, had earlier gathered outside the 65,000-seat stadium in Iraq's main southern city of Basra since dawn in the hope of watching the Iraq-Oman duel
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"It's Hell": Chronic Power Cuts Exacerbate Iraq's Sweltering Summer
Umm Mohammed, 74, waves a fan back and forth to cool down, but in the blistering heat of Iraq's southern city of Basra there is nothing but stiflingly hot air.
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3 Killed, More Than 50 Injured In Gas Pipeline Blast In Iraq
At least three people were killed and more than 50 injured in a gas pipeline explosion in southern Iraq, police sources said on Saturday.
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American Oil Field Workers Evacuating Iraq After US Strike
US citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday, the oil ministry said, after a US air strike killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq.
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Unusual Storm System Puts War-Torn Middle East On High Alert
The weather system is so large that some areas could see between 100 mm and 500 mm of precipitation in the next three days, raising serious concerns about catastrophic flash flooding.
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Iran Shutters Airspace After Israel Strikes, Trackers Show Planes Rerouting
Civilian flight traffic over Iran was re-routed in a hurry Saturday morning visuals from lightradar24 showed a majority of commercial jets skirting its southern borders, i.e., flying over Iraq and Kuwait before flying over the Persian Gulf.
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Iraqis Cover Soil With Clay To Curb Sandstorms
Deep in Iraq's southern desert, bulldozers and earthmovers spread layers of moist clay over sand dunes as part of a broader effort to fight increasingly frequent sandstorms.
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What Is The First City In The World? It Is Not In India. But You Can Visit It
The world's first city was built long before the Harappans, and its ruins still stand in a quiet desert far from the usual tourist map. Here is what makes it historic and how Indian travellers can visit it today.
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6 Students Killed, 14 Injured After Truck Runs Them Over In Iraq
At least six students were killed and 14 injured Tuesday when a truck ploughed into them on their way out of school in Iraq's southern province of Basra, authorities said.
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300-Year-Old Iraq Mosque Minaret Demolished For Road Expansion
The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and cultural authorities who condemned it as a further erosion of Iraq's cultural heritage.
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Gulf Cup: One Dead, Dozens Hurt In Stampede Before Final Clash
Thousands of fans, many without tickets, had earlier gathered outside the 65,000-seat stadium in Iraq's main southern city of Basra since dawn in the hope of watching the Iraq-Oman duel
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"It's Hell": Chronic Power Cuts Exacerbate Iraq's Sweltering Summer
Umm Mohammed, 74, waves a fan back and forth to cool down, but in the blistering heat of Iraq's southern city of Basra there is nothing but stiflingly hot air.
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3 Killed, More Than 50 Injured In Gas Pipeline Blast In Iraq
At least three people were killed and more than 50 injured in a gas pipeline explosion in southern Iraq, police sources said on Saturday.
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American Oil Field Workers Evacuating Iraq After US Strike
US citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday, the oil ministry said, after a US air strike killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq.
