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Iraq News.

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  Baghdad Zoo Rises From the Ashes

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:23 AM ET

  In 2005, around 200,000 people visited the park over the three- or four-day Muslim festival of Eid. But this year, a staggering three million Iraqis from all over the country poured into its 400 acres during the holiday at the start of October, an increase of approximately a bazillio Read More

  More like this in: Reuters, Quality Of Life, World, Life & Style, Mideast, Animals & Pets, Destinations
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  The Past 10 Years — Abridged

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:35 AM ET

  crashed into the World Trade Center towers, sparking terrorism on a scale never before seen in this country and leading to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that we are still fighting today.In pop culture, we are reminded of those hugely annoying yet oft-mimicked Budweiser commercials featuring folk Read More

  More like this in: Martha Stewart, Al Gore, Florida, Afghanistan, American Idol, 9/11, Budweiser, Newsweek Inc.
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  Dentists Take Kids Halloween Candy — But It's All Cool

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:55 PM ET

  the best parts about the plan? All the candy is then shipped to troops overseas. "It's good to get anything from home," Bryan Adams, spokesman for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told the Newark Star-Ledger. "It let's you know people back home are still thinking about you, they stil Read More

  More like this in: Halloween, Afghanistan, Veterans, Candy, Wisconsin, Army, Troops
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  Local Contact with Children of War

  By Kendall Hunter | Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:29 PM ET

  that started in Dallas on July 4 and ended in Northfield  Minn. (where WKR is headquartered) to raise money for  vocational centres in Mosul, Iraq and Khost Afganistan.There's little doubt he had some time to buy a few kids an ice cream along the way. Photo courtesy soldiersmediacenter vi Read More

  More like this in: Children, Non-Profit, United States, Nonprofit, Afghanistan, Peace, Ice Cream, Military, Christian Science Monitor
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  Shoe Thrower Surfaces

  By Kendall Hunter | Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:19 PM ET

  of Iraq has resurfaced in Geneva after serving nine months of a three-year sentence in an Iraqi prison.The lawyer for Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist whose shoe President George W. Bush barely ducked during a press conference, told Swissinfo he wants to set up a foundation to hel Read More

  More like this in: Children, Business, Marriage, Torture, Gaza, Orphanages, Gaza Strip
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  Pressing Memories Of War

  By Kendall Hunter | Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:17 PM ET

  project -- he applied the photos documenting his own uniform's destruction. To these he's added a poem that is a sort of letter to the Iraqi people. He's given it the title, "You are Not My Enemy." Photos courtesy the Combat Pape Read More

  More like this in: Salvation Army, Veterans, Christian Science Monitor, National Guard, Uniforms, US, Social Responsibility, Politics & Policy, Mideast, Activism
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  Lather Up on Global Handwashing Day

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:19 PM ET

  and banners in different languages -- Amahric, Tigrigna, and Afan Oromo -- will be displayed to help raise awareness among the population.* In Iraq, more than 50,000 students will participate in Global Handwashing Day events. In some areas, kits, posters, and leaflets with messages on prope Read More

  More like this in: Ethiopia, Hygiene, Papua New Guinea, US, World, Education, Healthcare, Development, Health & Fitness
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  Veterans, Online, in Their Own Words

  By John Casey | Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:08 PM ET

  the Dream" talks about his post-traumatic stress symptoms and the variety of recurring nightmares he experiences. In one, he is alone in an Iraqi city at night. He's lost his gun -- which is a big no-no for Marines -- and has repeatedly had to engage in hand-to-hand combat in darkene Read More

  More like this in: Michelle Obama, The New York Times, Afghanistan, Veterans, Social Responsibility, Activism
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  Gay Community Scores House Win

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Oct 9, 2009 11:26 AM ET

  pass the bill, which newly-minted Nobel Peace Prize winner President Barack Obama supports.Openly gay Colorado Rep. Jared Polis opposes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but voted for the entire bill anyway because he felt so strongly that the LGBT community needed federal hate crime protection Read More

  More like this in: Barack Obama, Associated Press, Afghanistan, Death, Nobel Peace Prize, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT), Nancy Pelosi
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  'Veterans Court' Trend Grows

  By John Casey | Thu Oct 8, 2009 8:38 PM ET

  Chicago, Nevada and Texas. And Senator John Kerry is pushing a bill that would fund such courts nationwide. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army, vi Read More

  More like this in: New York, Chicago, Texas, Afghanistan, Homeless, Veterans, Today Show, Army, Nevada, John Kerry, Drug Courts