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  • January 2008

    • Iraq Re-Arms Female Cops

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 31, 08 4:28 PM CST

      Iraq Re-Arms Female Cops

      (Newser) - Iraq's female police officers can carry weapons again. The government has overturned an order requiring them to hand in their guns after much criticism from women's activists and the US, the Los Angeles Times reports. An Interior Ministry spokesman said few had complied with the 2-month-old order anyway, but those that did have gotten their guns back. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq security  • Interior Ministry  • sex discrimination

    • Pakistan Govt. Abandons Sunroof Claim

      CNN  |  Jan 1, 08 1:38 PM CST

      Pakistan Govt. Abandons Sunroof Claim

      (Newser) - Pakistan’s Interior Ministry today backed off its much-derided claim that Benazir Bhutto died after hitting her head on the latch of her car's sunroof while ducking to avoid gunfire. The retraction will likely intensify the controversy around the opposition leader’s death, CNN reports. Meanwhile, elections scheduled for Tuesday were postponed until February, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Pakistan  • Benazir Bhutto  • Interior Ministry

  • December 2007

    • Suicide Attacks in Iraq Kill 34

      Washington Post  |  Dec 25, 07 2:08 PM CST

      Suicide Attacks in Iraq Kill 34

      (Newser) - Two suicide attacks in big cities north of Baghdad today killed at least 34 and injured up to 100, underscoring the dangers still posed by insurgents, the Washington Post reports. A bomber killed 12 at a funeral in Baqubah, following an earlier car bomb explosion in Baiji that killed at least 22. The bombings are the worst attacks in several months of relative calm. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Middle East  • suicide bombing  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • suicide bomber  • Interior Ministry  • Baiji

    • Iraq Disarms Female Cops

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 11, 07 12:15 PM CST

      Iraq Disarms Female Cops

      (Newser) - The female officers the US worked so hard to bring into the Iraqi police force are being undercut by the Interior Ministry, the Los Angeles Times reports. Policewomen have been ordered to turn in their guns or go without pay, a move a US liaison says will undermine pat-down searches and rape investigations. More »

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      Iraq  • Shiite  • gun  • Saddam Hussein  • female suicide bomber  • Iraq police  • Interior Ministry  • policewomen  • sex discrimination

  • September 2007

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