| World Briefing | Middle East: Iraq: Bombs Kill at Least 17 in Baghdad |
Six explosions hit neighborhoods across Baghdad on Thursday, breaking a period of relative calm in the city.
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| Is Syria becoming the new Iraq? |
For four decades, consecutive generations of the Assad family -- Bashar al-Assad succeeded his father as Syrian president in 2000 -- have interfered in Lebanon to the west, and Iraq to the east. Syrian agents assassinated rivals and pumped in fighters.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=HTiNMgivwQE:kF3S4NWX5ac:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=HTiNMgivwQE:kF3S4NWX5ac:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=HTiNMgivwQE:kF3S4NWX5ac:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?i=HTiNMgivwQE:kF3S4NWX5ac:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=HTiNMgivwQE:kF3S4NWX5ac:qj6ID
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| Honduran Drug Raid Deaths Won’t Alter U.S. Policy |
With Washington’s attention swinging from Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States is expanding its antidrug efforts in Central America, where the violence has skyrocketed.
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| Attacks rock Baghdad, leave dozens dead or injured |
A series of explosions in a three-hour period shook several areas in Baghdad on Thursday morning, leaving at least 14 people dead and dozens injured, Iraqi police said.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=JTRyjRTJ9O0:1rQ3HcW6oAM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=JTRyjRTJ9O0:1rQ3HcW6oAM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=JTRyjRTJ9O0:1rQ3HcW6oAM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=JTRyjRTJ9O0:1rQ3HcW6oAM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=JTRyjRTJ9O0:1rQ3HcW6oAM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border
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| Iraq grants only one oil block at auction |
(MENAFN) Iraq granted one out of six possible new oil and gas blocks to foreigners on Wednesday, as the country offered an auction to help build up its energy sector after years of war and ...
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| Iraq Opens Bids for Oil and Natural Gas Exploration |
(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Iraq has opened its fourth post-war bidding round for oil and natural gas exploration to over three dozen foreign firms in hopes of developing its energy sector. ...
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| At War Blog: A ‘Kill List,’ a Marine Ritual and a Therapist for 3,500 Patients |
President Obama’s personal say in when to strike suspected terrorists; a group of Marines honors their lost comrades from Iraq; and one physical therapist travels thousands of miles to help soldiers in the field.
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| Obama defense official re-sounds the alarm about spending cuts |
Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday that the Obama administration is determined to avoid the automatic cuts which take effect in January, and is pushing ahead with a strategic pivot from Iraq and Afghanistan to the Pacific Rim, as well as spending billions to prepare for new threats such as bioengineered pathogens.
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| Iraq opens 4th energy bidding round since 2003 war |
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq opened on Wednesday its fourth post-war bidding round for oil and natural gas exploration, with 39 foreign energy companies registered to compete for exploration rights in a dozen areas of the country....
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| Japan, Iraq agree to expand business partnership |
(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Japan and Iraq on Tuesday convened their first economic meeting, hailing a new investment accord as a key step in strengthening bilateral business ties, Kyodo ...
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