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Friday, March 9, 2012
Retired Gen. David Phillips. (Photo Courtesy of Department of Defense)

Thousands of Iranians bent on overthrowing the current Iranian regime are being held in Camp Ashraf near Baghdad. A retired Army General says the U.S. had promised to protect them. But since Iraqis assumed control of the camp, dozens have been killed and hundreds wounded.

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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Female relatives of Mohamad Jassim, grieve by the unmarked gravesite where Mohamad was buried in a section of the vast Wadi al-Saalam cemetery in Najaf.  Mohamad disappeared from his neighborhood in Baghdad in 2005, but it was years later that the Jassim family received news of the fate of Mohamad after recongnizing his photograph among thousands of other photographs of unclaimed dead bodies on display in a computerized photographic bank at the morgue in Baghdad's Ministry of Health. (Photo by Moises Saman for The New York Times)

After a nine-month deadlock, Iraq has a new government, but what’s the reality on the ground?

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The new Iraqi government is sworn in in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

After months of deadlock, Iraq finally has a new government. Among those included, are a significant number of the followers of a fiercely anti-American cleric.

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Monday, December 6, 2010

Iraq’s cabinet decided to postpone the country’s first population census since 1987 yesterday, largely because of a longstanding conflict over the northern city of Kirkuk.

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Thursday, November 11, 2010

How Facebook and email affect the military’s process of telling family members their loved ones have been killed.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
A string of bombings targeted Christian houses in Baghdad killing and wounding several people, police said. (AP Photo)

Christians Face Stepped-up Attacks In Iraq, Film Says Professors Share Blame For Wall Street Crash, Map Points Can Create Safer Passwords, Medical Workers Say Haiti Needs Money Now To Recover, This Picture Book Is ‘The Cat’s Pajamas’

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Friday, October 22, 2010
Boys leap into a public swimming pool in Baghdad in June. (AP)

Following The Fall Out From Juan Williams’ Firing, Back To Baghdad: A Former Soldier And A Journalist Return To Iraq, French Pension Protests Continue, Scientists Say The Ocean Is The True Source Of Oil, Candidates Bait Each Other To ‘Man Up’ In Era Of ‘Truthiness’

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Friday, October 8, 2010
A performance of House in Bali. (courtesy photo)

On The Campaign Trail, Candidates Focus On Economy, Where Will The Next Gen. Petraeus Come From?, Stolen Iraqi Art Returns Home, Finally, Curtain May Fall On Europe’s Last Gypsy Circus, Demands Growing For Nationwide Halt on Foreclosures, East Meets West In New Opera

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010.(AP)

American Troops Begin New Role As Advisers In Iraq, Middle East Peace Talks Resume Amidst Hope For Compromise, Louisiana Shrimp Festival Also Honors The Oil Industry, Bracelet Links Reporter To Missing Soldier, Gail Caldwell Memorializes Caroline Knapp

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Monday, August 23, 2010
A giant man? It depends on your perspective. (tackytouristphotos.com)

Oil Spill Fund Recipients Must Give Up Right To Sue, American Aid Worker Goes ‘Barefoot In Baghdad’, Florida Primaries Tomorrow: It’s About Character, The Televangelist And The Warlord, Sharing Our Tacky Tourist Photos

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Dr. John S. Wilson, Jr. is president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. (Morehouse College)

President Obama delivers the commencement address this weekend at Morehouse College, the all-male historically black college. The school’s president discusses recent controversies and challenges.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Mark with Houston at Houston's high school graduation in 2009. (Courtesy of Mac McClelland)

Failures in mental health care mean that often the only way to get help for a loved one is to call the police. We speak with a journalist about the tragic consequences for her family.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
"I Drive Your Truck" screenshot.

In 2011, a Nashville songwriter heard Alex Ashlock’s interview with Paul Monti, who lost his son in Afghanistan. It inspired her to write “I Drive Your Truck.”

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