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Iraq Pulls 10 Broadcasters' Licenses Over Sectarian Violence
April 28, 2013 Iraqi officials have suspended the right of several TV broadcasters to operate in the country, as media regulators say the stations' coverage of sectarian conflicts incites more violence.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
The Two-Way
Iraq's Sunnis Form Tribal Army, As Sectarian Violence Builds
April 27, 2013 Sectarian tensions are fueling violence and protests in Iraq, where more than 170 people have been killed since Tuesday, when government forces clashed with Sunni Muslim protesters. "Sectarianism is evil," Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says on Iraqi TV, after 10 Iraqi military and militia members were killed in separate attacks Saturday.
Monday, April 01, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
The Two-Way
Secretary Of State Kerry In Baghdad, With Concern Over Syria
March 24, 2013 John Kerry is urging Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to crack down on flights from Iran to Syria, which pass through Iraqi airspace. U.S. officials say Iran is shipping weapons to Bashar Assad's regime.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Revisiting Iraq: A Sister On The Edge
March 22, 2013 In 2007, NPR told the story of two sisters who had lost their parents. The older sister wore conservative clothes and recited poetry. The younger sister, just 13 at the time, appeared on the verge of becoming a prostitute. Now, 10 years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, we hear what happened to them.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Middle East
Face To Face With Death In Iraq
March 21, 2013 Um Abbas has spent decades performing the Muslim ritual of washing the bodies of the dead to prepare them for burial. The war years in Iraq were terrible, she says, but in some ways, confronting death every day helped her cope with the country's trauma.
Poetry
Revisiting Iraq Through The Eyes Of An Exiled Poet
March 21, 2013 Dunya Mikhail fled her homeland in the wake of the first Gulf War, after her writing was labeled subversive by Saddam Hussein's government. She has never physically returned to Iraq, but she remembers it in her poetry.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
