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20 killed in car bombing at crowded marketplace in central Iraq

Upto20peoplewerekilledandmorethan60woundedonTuesdayinacarbombexplosionatacrowdedmarketplaceinnorthernIraq,alocalmedicalsourcesaid."Wehave20peoplekilledandmoreth

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Iraqi former President and Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani dies

IraqiformerPresidentandtheleaderofPatrioticUnionofKurdistan(PUK)JalalTalabanidiedTuesday,theIraqiofficialtelevisionreported.Talabani,whosufferedastroke,wasadmit

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Iran bans crude transports from Iraqi Kurdistan region

Iran'sRoadTraffickingOrganizationbannedthetransportationofcrudeoilproductstoandfromtheIraqiKurdistan,officialIRNAnewsagencyreportedonSaturday.Withreferencetorec

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Iraq's Kurdistan region holds independence vote

VotersareheadingtothepollsinacontroversialindependencereferendumintheKurdistanRegionofIraq.Iraq'sprimeministerhaswarnedhewilltake"necessarymeasurestopreservethe

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Iraqi Kurdish referendum must be suspended - Iraqi PM

IraqiPrimeMinisterHaideral-Abadihasformallydemandedthesuspensionofnextweek'sreferendumonKurdishindependence.TheSupremeCourtalsoorderedthatthepollmustbepostponed

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Iraq Kurd MPs reconvenes to vote on independence

TheparliamentofIraq’sautonomousKurdistanregionvotedonFridaytomoveforwardwithaplantoholdareferendumonindependenceonSeptember25.Theimpendingvoteignoresoppositionf