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IRAQ: Aid workers remain under threat, say NGO officials
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BAGHDAD, 23 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - There has been an increase in the number of threats against local and international humanitarian workers by unknown sources, say locally-based NGO officials.Full report
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IRAQ: Aid agencies unable to enter Samarra
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BAGHDAD, 22 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Aid agencies say thay have been prevented from entering the city of Samarra, in central Iraq, where a major US and Iraqi military operation is underway.Full report
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IRAQ: Fallujah situation improving slowly
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FALLUJAH, 21 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - It has been 14 months since US forces fought insurgents in the city of Fallujah, but there is still slow progress on humanitarian issues, according to local officials.Full report
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IRAQ: Insecurity, corruption hamper reconstruction effort
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BAGHDAD, 20 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Muhammad Khalid, a 42 year-old shopkeeper in the capital, Baghdad, is still waiting for compensation for the destruction of his house during the March 2003 US-led invasion of the country. Full report
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MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 65 for 10-16 March 2006
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IRAQ: Hundreds of families displaced due to major offensive
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BAGHDAD, 19 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Hundreds of families have fled the city of Samarra, some 120 km northwest of the capital, Baghdad, after US coalition and Iraqi forces launched the biggest air offensive in the country since 2003.Full report
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IRAQ: Sectarian violence leads to displacement in capital
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BAGHDAD, 16 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Dozens of families in the capital, Baghdad, have been displaced from their neighbourhoods due to the sectarian violence that has come in the wake of the Samarra shrine bombing in February and subsequent attacks.Full report
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IRAQ: Hundreds demonstrate against sectarian violence in Baghdad, Mosul
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MOSUL, 14 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - More than 2,500 demonstrators of different religious and ethnic backgrounds took to the streets of Mosul and the capital, Baghdad, to protest the sectarian violence that has caused hundreds of deaths in the past three weeks.Full report
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IRAQ: Arab League office to promote peace, reconciliation
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BAGHDAD, 9 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - The Arab League will open its office in Iraq in coming weeks, with a focus on reconciliation of political divisions, as violence continues heightening the threat of civil war, experts say.Full report
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MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 64 for 3-9 March 2006
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