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Iranians to attend 22nd anniversary of Halabja massacre |
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Monday, March 15th 2010 4:19 PM |
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Sulaimaniyah, March15 (AKnews) – Every year the Kurdish people mark the anniversary of Halabja's massacre that carried out in 1988. For this year an Iranian delegation is to visit the town to attend the commemoration. "On the 22nd anniversary of Halabja poisonous gas attack that was carried out by the former Iraqi regime lead by...
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IHEC lauds journalists on covering poll in Kirkuk |
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Monday, March 15th 2010 4:19 PM |
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Kirkuk, March 15 (AKnews) – The Independent High electoral Commission (IHEC) – Kirkuk Office commended that role played by the journalists during the Iraqi poll process place in bringing success to the process in the city. Alongside the presence of the representatives of the political entities in the vote stations, 300 local and...
Taste fat makes people slim |
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Monday, March 15th 2010 3:55 PM |
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London, March 15 (AKnews) - Inability to taste fat in food is one of the reasons contributing to excess weight and obesity in some individuals, a new study finds.The tongue has long been believed to have the ability to detect the main five tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami.According to the study published in the British Journal of...
New movie still tops all: Alice |
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Monday, March 15th 2010 3:55 PM |
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London, March 15 (AKnews) - Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland kept its place at the top of the US box office chart for a second week, taking $62m (£41m) in the last three days.It was well ahead of Matt Damon's Iraq war movie, Green Zone, which took second spot with $14.5m (£9.6m).Romantic movies She's Out of My League and Remember Me were hot...
Basra Cultural House : Tribute to the theatre artist Fadel Khalil |
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Monday, March 15th 2010 1:56 PM |
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Basra, March 15 (AKnews)- Basra Cultural House, in collaboration with the Faculty of Fine Arts, celebrated The Iraqi theatre artist Dr. Khalil Fadel in the presence of writers and artists from Basra. “Dr. Fadel Khalil is one of the Iraqi and Arabic theatre pioneers, and an homage to this creative figure is a celebration for the Iraqi...
Mosul unrest unrests Christians |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 7:27 PM |
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Nineveh, March .14 (AKnews) - The Iraqi police said on Sunday that one of its members was killed and two were wounded, one of them is a Christian, in different incidents of violence occurred in the city of Mosul, north of Baghdad. "unidentified armed men attacked on Sunday a policeman in the normal vacation and showered him with...
Iraq attends World Medicine Fair in Cairo |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:26 PM |
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Cairo, March 14 (AKnews) The Iraqi students attended in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Cairo the third International Festival organized by the College for students abroad with the participation of delegates from 16 Arab and foreign countries."The Iraqi students have set up a tent where they showed the most prominent Iraqi...
70's wedding in Qadisiyah |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:06 PM |
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Qadisiyah, March 14 (AKnews) The director of the nursing home in Diwaniyah province said on Sunday that the a strange wedding was done where the bride and groom are in their seventies."A woman names Jourjiyah Safah Hassoun (70 years) who is living in the nursing home in Diwaniyah married Mahdi Hassan Jaafar (71 years). Hiyam Raad told the...
US returned sarcophagus to Egypt |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 3:54 PM |
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Cairo, March 14 (AKnews) - A 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus stolen from Egypt more than 125 years ago has been returned from the US.It was confiscated at Miami airport by customs officials after it arrived in a shipment from Spain in 2008 and the importer was unable to prove ownership.The sarcophagus dates back to the 21st Dynasty...
More over stroke |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 3:54 PM |
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London, March 14 (AKnews) - Individuals occasionally diagnosed with high blood pressure levels are reported to be at a greater risk of experiencing a stroke in the long run.According to a study published in The Lancet Neurology, individuals with fluctuating blood pressure levels at different readings are more vulnerable to a future stroke...