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| | Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | History: List of Kings of Iraq, List of Presidents of Iraq, List of Prime Ministers of Iraq, British Mandate of Iraq, History of the Jews in Iraq | | | Draft Iraq's new constitution, which will be presented to the Iraqi people for their approval in a national referendum in October 2005. | | | Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the economy to a great extent shut down; attempts are underway to revive it from the damages of war and rampant crime. |
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| | AsiaMedia :: BANGLADESH: Bangladesh 5th on CPJ list of worst places for journalists |
| | Bangladesh was placed next to Iraq, Cuba, Zimbabwe and Turkmenistan, while China, Eritrea, Haiti, the West Bank and Gaza, and Russia followed Bangladesh on Monday's list of worst places. | | | The New York-based media watchdog that released a list of 10 worst places for journalists marking World Press Freedom Day on Monday says the list represents the full range of current threats to press freedom. | | | "In all of these places, reporting the news is an act of courage and conviction," Cooper said. |
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http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=10908
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| | washingtonpost.com: Iraq's Barbed Realities |
| | From that moment on, Fallujah became a no-go area for us, the first in what has turned into a lengthy list of places in Iraq where it is too dangerous to operate as a foreign journalist. | | | He reasoned that a new government, with the help of the United States, could restore the prosperity that Iraq had enjoyed decades ago, when it was the envy of its neighbors. | | | In a city where residents often began conversations with diatribes against the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq, Hassnawi was a refreshing exception. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A37171-2004Oct15?language=printer
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| | National Museum of Iraq: Information From Answers.com |
| | The National Museum of Iraq is located in Baghdad, Iraq. | | | A few days later, agents of the FBI were sent to Iraq to search for stolen Museum property. | | | Among those arrested for attempting to bring looted antiquities into the United States were a reporter and a camera man for Fox News. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/national-museum-of-iraq
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| | AlterNet: Home |
| | War on Iraq: The continued occupation of Iraq has been a godsend for the otherwise troubled terrorist network. | | | War on Iraq: Don't believe what you hear from the White House and the Pentagon. | | | Using Asia's Poor to Build U.S. Bases in Iraq |
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| | The Media: Iraq tops CPJ's list of Worst Places to Be a Journalist |
| | During the last year, independent journalists in Vietnam who dared to criticize the ruling Communist Party in print or on the Internet were harassed, placed under heavy surveillance, or thrown in jail. | | | The Committee to Protect Journalists is marking World Press Freedom Day, Saturday, May 3, by naming the World’s Worst Places to Be a Journalist. | | | Iraq tops CPJ's list of Worst Places to Be a Journalist |
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http://electroniciraq.net/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/14/742
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| | Iraq on 43 Places |
| | This is my second time in Iraq and I still don’t want to be here. | | | I would like to go to Iraq and help the people any way I could. | | | The New York Times reports on the latest developments in the Iraq War |
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http://www.43places.com/places/view/102958
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| | Arbil |
| | The region's economy is largely agricultural with some oil production and was badly affected by the conflict between Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi Kurds, although smuggling in defiance of the United Nations sanctions regime enabled many locals to keep afloat and even to prosper in some cases. | | | This article is about the province of Iraq. | | | Arbīl (أربيل, also transliterated as Irbil or Erbil) is one of the governorates of Iraq. |
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http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/A/Arbil.htm
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| | Nasiriyah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Nāşirīyah (also transliterated as Nassiriya or Nasiriya; in Arabic ناصرية, al-Nasiriyah or an-Nasiriyah) is a city in Iraq. | | | In March 2003 Nasiriyah was a battle ground in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. | | | In March 1991, following the American withdrawal at the war's end, the Shia population of Nasiriyah took part in the revolt against the rule of Saddam Hussein. |
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http://www.marylandheights.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/Nasiriya
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| | Tigris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Damming has also been important for averting floods in Iraq, to which the Tigris has historically been notoriously prone following snowmelt in the Turkish mountains around April. | | | Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, is on the western bank of the Tigris, while the port-city of Basra straddles both the Tigris and Euphrates. | | | The Tigris is approximately 1,800 km (1,150 miles) long, rising in the Taurus Mountains of eastern Turkey and flowing in a generally southeasterly direction until it joins the Euphrates near Al Qurna in southern Iraq. |
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http://www.peekskill.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/Tigris_River
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| | Instapundit.com - |
| | Laughing Wolf and Babalu Blog are offering gifts to people who donate. | | | That way readers of any blog will have ready access to recommendations on all the blogs. | | | The listing of or omission of an institution or organization on this Web site does not refer to programmatic capability nor does it confer any official status, approval, or endorsement of the institution or organization itself. |
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http://instapundit.com/archives/025235.php
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| | List of places |
| | 3 Lists of places in a state or city | | | Lists of places in a state or city | | | Since there are way too many places on Earth to list on one page, go to a more specific list below. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/list_of_places
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| | Kut - Unipedia |
| | The Baghdad Nuclear Research Facility, looted following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, is located near Kut. | | | Kūt (كوت; also known as Kut-Al-Imara and Kut El Amara) is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about 100 miles south east of Baghdad, at 32.50°N, 45.82°E. As of 2003 the estimated population is about 400,000 people. | | | Kut was the scene of fierce battle during World War I. |
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http://www.unipedia.info/Kut.html
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| | ISKANDARIYA FACTS AND INFORMATION |
| | Iskandariya (&;, also given as Iskandariyah, Iskanderiyah, Iskanderiya, Iskanderiyeh or Sikandariyeh) is an ancient town in central Iraq, one of a number of towns in the Near_East named after Alexander_the_Great (''Iskander'' in Arabic). | | | In ancient times Iskandariya stood half way between Babylon (the place of Alexander's death) and Seleucia (the capital of the Seleucid_Empire, very near to modern Baghdad). | | | It is largely populated by Shia Muslims, and is located about 25 miles (40 km) from Baghdad. |
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http://www.witwik.com/Iskandariya
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| | Geography of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Iraq is bordered by Kuwait, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. | | | The mountains in the northeast are an extension of the alpine system that runs eastward from the Balkans into southern Turkey, northern Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan, terminating in the Himalayas. | | | The mountainous region of northern Iraq receives appreciably more precipitation than the central or southern desert region. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Iraq
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| | CALIFORNIA YANKEE: Help Hurricane Katrina Victims |
| | This post was originally published on 08-30-2005 at 08:21 AM. | | | I have been trying to write about the massive devastation up North due to Hurricane Katrina but the words just arent coming. | | | AP: With water rising in the streets of New Orleans and conditions rapidly deteriorating, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday that the tens of thousands of people now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers would have to be evacuated.... |
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http://cayankee.blogs.com/cayankee/2005/08/help.html
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