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11 Apr 2010 09:40

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World: Iraqi Prime Minister’s party says a whole lot of fraud goin’ on

  • 750,000 fraudulent votes reported by the political coalition
  • five number of provinces they want recounts in source
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05 Apr 2010 22:49

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U.S., World: Iraq coverup: Wikileaks scores a major free-information win

  • Wikileaks went through a lot of hell to get this video up. The clip, which shows a Reuters photographer and another staffer (along with ten others) getting killed by the U.S. government during the Iraq war because they mistook his camera for a weapon. He was shot at from a distance, and he survived, only to be killed during a rescue attempt. The government has been covering up this clip for years, including from Reuters. Now, from this video, it’s clear what happened: An unprovoked attack. This video is a harrowing watch. source
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04 Apr 2010 11:33

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World: Baghdad’s post-election attacks start to pick up, big time

  • 30+ people have been killed in the three in-tandem car bombings
  • 200+ were wounded; the attacks were near embassies source
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03 Apr 2010 09:42

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World: Iraqi military targeted in latest post-election attack

  • 25 were killed by insurgents
    dressed as soldiers source
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30 Mar 2010 10:55

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World: Amnesty International says China executed a lot of people last year

  • 1000’snumber of people executed in China last year, according to Amnesty International – note the lack of firm number here
  • 714 number of people executed in 17 other nations last year, including Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the United States source
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26 Mar 2010 14:14

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World: The early Iraqi election results were just announced. Twitter reacts



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14 Mar 2010 11:57

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Music: Acrassicauda: Yes, there is a heavy metal band in Iraq

See these dudes here? They’re the only band in Iraq that plays heavy metal. You know you have to be hard and heavy if you can avoid IEDs. source
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07 Mar 2010 11:23

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World: Iraq’s election over, despite the terror attacks that peppered it

  • 19M number of people who were eligible to vote in Iraq’s second parliamentary election since 2003
  • 10 number of hours the polls were open in Iraq today; 6,200 candidates ran for 325 parliamentary seats up for grabs
  • 38+ number of people
    who died terrorist in attacks today designed to scare people away from voting source
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06 Mar 2010 20:22

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World: Terror in Iraq heats up the day before the elections

  • 3+ people killed in a bombing in Najaf on the eve of the elections
  • 54+ people – including 37 Iranians – injured in the attack source
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03 Mar 2010 11:08

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World: Suicide bombers in Baquba, Iraq kick victims when they’re down

  • bad Baquba, Iraq suffered two suicide bombing attacks that killed dozens days before a major election.
  • worse A third attack took place in a hospital emergency ward full of victims of the other attacks. source
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