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Baghdad (, ', ) is the capital of Republic of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Province. The population of Baghdad as of 2011 is approximately 7,216,040, making it the largest city in Iraq, the second largest city in the Arab World (after Cairo, Egypt), and the second largest city in Western Asia (after Tehran, Iran).
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Iraqi police say a drive-by shooting and a roadside bomb have killed a motorist and a government official in Baghdad.
Police say the off-duty Interior Ministry official was killed Friday midday when gunmen sprayed his car with bullets as he was driving. They say that an hour later, a roadside bomb hit a pickup truck on another main street, killing the driver and wounding two passengers.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.Violence has diminished in Iraq since a wave of sectarian bloodshed in 2006 and 2007, but insurgents carry out frequent attacks on security forces and civilians, trying to undermine the Shiite-led government. It has been deadlocked by sectarian quarrels since the U.S. pulled its troops out last December....Iraqi officials say gunmen have killed three policemen in an attack on a security checkpoint north of Baghdad.Police officials say the attack early Monday took place...
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Iran traded proposals with six world powers, including the United States, Wednesday in a new round of talks aimed at persuading Tehran to curb its nuclear program an...
Bombs ripped through 10 Iraqi cities Thursday, killing at least 30 people and shattering a month of relative calm. Minority lawmakers decried the violence as a tragi...
Iraqis are still being held illegally at a Baghdad prison that the government was supposed to have shut down in 2011 after allegations that detainees were tortured a...
A pair of bombings killed four people Sunday in attacks targeting Iraq's security forces, officials said, while the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad maintained it will contin...
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Iran made the first move Tuesday in attempts to gain an edge in nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers: It agreed in principle to allow U.N. inspectors t...
A pair of attacks killed five people in Iraq on Wednesday, including three Lebanese Shiite pilgrims, officials said.A bus carrying Lebanese pilgrims struck a roadsid...
A senior Iranian official says nuclear talks between world powers and Tehran over Iran's atomic program have begun in the Iraqi capital.Negotiators from the U.S. and...
Twin explosions ripped through a crowded cafe northeast of Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding 21, Iraqi officials said Friday.The attack late Thursday in the ...
A Russian-based internet security firm says a powerful computer virus with unprecedented data-snatching capabilities has attacked machines in Iran and elsewhere in t...
Lawyers for Iraq's fugitive vice president on Thursday asked judges in his terror trial to summon the nation's president as a defense witness.The three-judge panel i...
Iraqis welcomed the return of red double-decker buses to Baghdad's streets this week, a colorful sign that the country is moving toward normalcy after a decade of wa...
Bombs exploded at a crowded Baghdad restaurant and a near police patrol Thursday, among attacks that killed at least 18 people and wounded 53 in Iraq's bloodiest day...
The bodyguard for Iraq's fugitive vice president testified Tuesday that he was paid $3,000 to assassinate a government security official in one of hundreds of death ...
Iraq's fourth postwar energy auction drew a cool response from foreign energy companies Wednesday, dealing a setback to the country's hopes to dig out from years of ...
A pair of bombings killed four people Sunday in attacks targeting Iraq's security forces, officials said, while the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad maintained it will contin...
Three bombs struck near simultaneously at a busy bird market in eastern Baghdad on Friday morning, killing five people and wounding dozens, police and health officia...
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