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Shiite pilgrims make annual pilgrimage in Iraq amid regional upheaval
BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiite pilgrims dressed in black marched on Saturday, heading on foot toward the golden twin-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the northwestern Baghdad district of al-Kadhimiyah. The site in the Iraqi capital holds great religious significance...
Israel rallies global support to win release of a woman believed kidnapped in Iraq
JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Israeli official says the government is working with allies in a renewed push to win the freedom of an Israeli-Russian researcher who is believed to have been kidnapped in Iraq nearly two years ago. The official said Thursday that the matter was raised in...
