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BAGHDAD  - Iraq's Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc returned to parliament on Tuesday, ending their boycott over a political crisis within Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, but several of its ministers held out by snubbing his cabinet. Iraqiya's return to parliament came as Iraq's blocs wrangle to end the turmoil that stoked fears over revival of broad sectarian violence days after .....

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc said yesterday it would end a boycott of parliament, easing the worst political crisis in Shia prime minister Nuri al-Maliki’s power-sharing government in a year.The decision by Iraqiya clears the way for talks among fractious Shia, Kurdish and Sunni blocs, but deep disputes over power-sharing remain unresolved, keeping alive the risk that Ir...

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad today, killing at least 32 people half of them policemen.

A BOMBER has detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad, killing at least 32 people.

Dozens of people were killed and wounded when a suicide car bomber attacked a funeral procession in Baghdad.

A bomb kills at least 26 people and injures scores in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, with a funeral procession outside a hospital the apparent target.

The body of a British hostage abducted in Iraq in 2007 and killed by Shiite militants has been handed to embassy staff in Baghdad.

The British Embassy in Baghdad has confirmed that a body handed over to them is that of Alan McMenemy, who was kidnapped in Iraq in 2007.

Iraqi authorities arrested four armed Americans in civilian clothes in Baghdad who claimed they were there to protect Shiites heading toward Karbala. The two men and two women were reportedly carrying automatic weapons and driving a silver BMW with unregistered diplomatic plates. The Iraqis said that they found this all suspicious, since there had been no prior coordination and the law forbid...

Bombings in Baghdad spark fears that violence could be revived after U.S. troop withdrawal last month Last Marine in Iraq War Case to Stand TrialFull Coverage: Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden spoke by telephone on Sunday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki about violence in Baghdad and a political crisis that has erupted in the week since the last American troops left Iraq.

The coordinated attack designed to wreak havoc across the Iraqi capital comes just days after U.S. forces officially withdrew from the country.

The United Nations envoy for Iraq has strongly condemned today’s bomb attacks that caused a large number of deaths and injuries in the capital, Baghdad, and urged all of the country’s leaders to unite and bring the violence to an end.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Vice President Biden spoke on the phone today with Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani and Iraqi Council of Representatives Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi to mark the historic end of the U.S. war in Iraq and to discuss the recent visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to Was...

United States forces declared a formal end to their operations in Iraq during a ceremony in Baghdad on Thursday even as violence continued to plague the country and the Muslim world remained leery of American power.

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Effort to protect lucrative investments in southern Iraq after Baghdad officials threaten to cancel existing contract with ExxonMobil

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday chastised Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for his government's failure to prevent the massive bombings that rocked the capital this week, even as Maliki accused parliament of impeding his ability to improve security.