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Six new cases of cholera have been detected in Baghdad, sources at the Kadhimiya Teaching Hospital said.
The sources, refusing to be named, said the government was trying hard not to let news about the contagious disease spread in Baghdad where fears are rising of a massive outbreak unless the disease is contained.
Medical personnel have discovered […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Cholera, Health, Iraq. Tags: Baghdad, Health, Water Borne Disease, Water Crisis (Iraq), الكوليرا. Comments: 1

Nov 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1230 GMT on Thursday.
* denotes new or updated items.
* BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed one gunman and detained 47 other suspects in different areas of Iraq in the past 24 hours, the Defence Ministry said.
* TIKRIT - Gunmen killed the mayor […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Reuters. Comments: None

Baghdad, Nov 29, (VOI) – Wherever you go in Baghdad’s vegetable markets, you find yourself surrounded by scores of children trying to sell you plastic bags and other things to earn a living. Exploring the world of peddlers can be an adventure, especially when it comes to child peddlers.

Editors Note: This is Aswat al-Iraq’s somewhat […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Children, Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Aswat Al Iraq Features, Baghdad, Baghdad Markets, Child Poverty, Children, Education Crisis (Iraq), Poverty, Women and Children. Comments: None

عائلة الصحفي ضياء الكواز تتبرأ منه بعد أن أماتها وهي على قيد الحياة .. مراسل الحّرة (عمر محمد) يكشف تفاصيل الاكذوبة

عائلة الصحفي ضياء الكواز تتبرأ منه بعد أن أماتها وهي على قيد الحياة .. مراسل الحّرة (عمر محمد) يكشف تفاصيل الاكذوبة
29-11-2007
يبدي مرصد الحريات الصحفية استيائه الشديد من  التصريحات الكاذبة التى ادلى بها الاعلامي ضياء […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Iraq. Comments: None

AMMAN, 29 November 2007 (IRIN) - Thousands of Iraqi asylum-seekers who were denied education as a result of the turmoil in their own country will now have a chance to finish their studies: Jordan’s government has decided to launch new education projects for asylum seekers, according to officials and activists.
"The Ministry of Education has […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Children, Iraq, Middle East. Tags: Children, Jordan, Refugees. Comments: None

DAMASCUS, 28 November 2007 (IRIN) - For the first time since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, figures from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Damascus suggest that more Iraqi refugees are leaving Syria to return home than are entering the country.

"The majority of people are going back either because they’re running out […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East, Society And Economy. Tags: Baghdad, Poverty, Refugees, Syria. Comments: None

واخيرا .. انكشفت اكبر كذبة لصحفي بعثي مغمور، مقيم في الاردن ، بعدما ادعى ان 11 شخصا من عائلته قتلوا بيد ميليشيات شيعية في بغداد ، وافتضح المطلك والعليان والنجيفي والداني وبقية البعثيين ومعهم الشيخ ضاري الذين شاركوا في تسويق هذه المجزرة الوهمية والكذبة الاعلامية المدوية . وحاول مندوب موقع نهرين نت ، ان يحصل […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Iraq. Comments: None

Nov 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0900 GMT on Thursday.
* denotes new or updated items.
* BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed by small arms fire on Wednesday in western Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
* MOSUL - A car bomb wounded two policemen in eastern Mosul, 390 […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Reuters. Comments: None

بضعة خطوط خضراء، او صورة لعقرب او ثعبان، وربما صورة لفتاة غائبة الملامح، قد تكون سببا في فقدان فرصة عمل يبحث عنها شاب في مقتبل العمر، أو وسيلة يتعرف بها أب على جثة ابنه المفقود في شوارع بغداد، وربما ايضا، مبررا لأن يحصل شخص ما على لقب يظل يلاحقه حتى اخر العمر (مشبوه). […]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 under Features, Iraq. Tags: id-tattoos. Comments: None