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    Obama: Time to 'Turn a New Page' in U.S.-Iraqi Relationship

    Dec 12, 2011 07:42 PM EDT

    Iraqi national police and army hold a joint parade in Baghdad in November. Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images. It's been nearly nine years since U.S. soldiers and Marines invaded Iraq. Now, with the last U.S. troops due to leave by year's end, Iraqi ...

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    Obama: Iraq War Over, Troops to Leave by Year's End

    Oct 21, 2011 04:55 PM EDT

    ... the end of 2011. He said he spoke with al-Maliki earlier in the day about the decision. Troops in Iraq. Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye /AFP/Getty Images. About 45,000 troops are currently in Iraq. A Status of Forces Agreement, issued in 2008, mandates U.S. troops leave ...

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    Panetta Backs Plan to Extend Troop Stay in Iraq, 23 Dead in Pakistan Attack

    Sep 07, 2011 01:08 PM EDT

    U.S. troops in Iraq. File photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye /AFP/Getty Images. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta voiced support for a plan that would retain as many as 4,000 U.S. troops in Iraq past the year-end deadline for withdrawal. The plan outlines a training role ...

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    Russia Recognizes Libyan Rebels as Leaders Meet, U.S. Marks One Month With No Military Deaths in Iraq

    Sep 01, 2011 12:24 PM EDT

    ... Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images. U.S. Marks Month with No Military Deaths in Iraq U.S. troops in Iraq. File photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images. For the first time since the invasion in 2003, the United States has gone a month without a military death in ...

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    Audit Finds Widespread Use Of Anti-Psychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes‎

    May 23, 2011 04:53 PM EDT

    ... marketed their products towards such populations, putting profits before safety." Reaction to the report in the nursing home industry was not all negative. Dr. Kenneth Brubaker, a member of the board of the American Medical Directors Association acknowledged there is a problem with atypical anti-psychotic drugs in nursing homes ...

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    Wednesday's Art Notes

    May 18, 2011 04:59 PM EDT

    ... 15 days to make and costs between $300 to $1500, with most of his clients being famous Iraqi and Arab artists. Photo by Ahmad al-Rubaye/ AFP/ Getty Images * Philip Roth has been awarded the Man Booker International Prize for Literature, but afterwards one of the judges quit in protest ...

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    Bombs Explode Across Baghdad Two Days After Church Attack

    Nov 02, 2010 06:20 PM EDT

    Iraqi mourner from Sunday's church siege. Photo by Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images At least 10 explosions across the Iraqi capital Baghdad killed more than 60 people and injured 180 on Tuesday, according to Iraqi hospital sources and police. The bombings struck 10 neighborhoods starting at about 6 ...

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    Iraq's Political Stalemate Breaks Record

    Oct 01, 2010 06:55 PM EDT

    Shiite parliamentary bloc members announce Nouri al-Maliki as their candidate for premier. Photo by Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images As of Friday, Iraq has the unfortunate distinction of taking the longest of any country to form a government, analysts say, as talks and political jockeying continued for the ...

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    Monday's Art Notes

    May 24, 2010 02:30 PM EDT

    ... in the war-battered country where artists did not have clear laws defending their rights in regards to their artistic work. Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/ AFP/ Getty Images * The enigma wrapped in a mystery set on an island (and airing on ABC) called ‘Lost’ wrapped up its final episode ...

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    Coordinated Bombings Kill Dozens at Shiite Sites in Iraq

    Apr 23, 2010 07:21 PM EDT

    Bombing aftermath in Sadr City in Baghdad. Photo by Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images A series of apparently coordinated explosions near Shiite mosques and the offices of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 150 in Iraq on Friday. The ...