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Apr. 14, 2014

Series of bombings around Iraq kills up to 25 people.MORE

Iraqi capital Baghdad is struck by wave of violent attacks when eight car bombs and two mortar shells kill as many as 25 people in episodes around the city; most of the attacks appear to target Shiite areas of the capital.MORE

Syria's polio outbreak has officially spread to Iraq, first neighbor of war-ravaged country to be hit by the crippling virus despite an ambitious Middle East inoculation effort; global health officials warn that dozens of vulnerable Iraqi children could potentially be infected.MORE

GlaxoSmithKline says it is investigating claims of improper conduct related to its business in Iraq, including hiring government-paid physicians to promote its products.MORE

Explosion in house near Falluja kills 17 Iraqi soldiers who had sought cover during a clash with militants; soldiers had come under attack by gunmen from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militant group.MORE

Lukman Faily, Iraqi ambassador to the United States, asserts American fatigue with war has left his country's security more vulnerable and is contributing to Mideast instability; says the US should be more generous in providing assistance to Iraq but emphasizes he is not advocating a resumed military presence there.MORE

United Nations envoy to Iraq says that about 400,000 people have been displaced by violence in Anbar Province in 2013.MORE

Series of bombings in Baghdad kill at least 33 people and wound dozens more.MORE

Amnesty International says in its annual report on death-penalty trends that despite long-term decline in number of countries practicing capital punishment, publicly disclosed executions jumped nearly 15 percent in 2013 compared with a year earlier, largely because of 'virtual killing sprees' carried out by the authorities in Iran and Iraq; data excludes capital punishment in China, which regards information about number of executions as a state secret.MORE

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