Pressure grows for Gaza ceasefire
International pressure builds for Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas to accept a UN-backed truce.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7814772.stm
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:32:00 GMT
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Women banned from Baghdad shrine
Iraqi authorities close a major Shia shrine in Baghdad to women amid security concerns as the rite of Ashura reaches its climax.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7814751.stm
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:15:05 GMT
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Blackwater guards plead innocence
Five employees of US security firm Blackwater plead not guilty in a US court to the manslaughter of 17 Iraqis in 2007.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7814747.stm
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:34:31 GMT
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New US embassy opens in Baghdad
The new US embassy in Baghdad - one of the largest and most expensive ever built - is officially opened in Iraq's capital.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7811088.stm
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:50:15 GMT
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Baghdad bomb kills Shia pilgrims
A female suicide bomber kills at least 35 Shia pilgrims including Iranians near a shrine in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7810340.stm
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:56:59 GMT
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