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Dubai's secret Night life

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US surge 'failure' says Iraq poll

Most Iraqis think the US troop surge of the past six months has been a failure, a nationwide opinion poll suggests. Most said the surge in and around Baghdad had made conditions much worse. More than 2,000 Iraqis were questioned in more than 450 neighborhoods across all 18 provinces last month, in a survey for the BBC, ABC News and NHK.

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Security in Iraq still elusive

BAGHDAD — When President Bush announced in January what the White House called a “New Way Forward” in Iraq, he said that Iraqi and American troops would improve security while the Iraqi government improved services. Responsibility for security in most of Iraq would be turned over to Iraqi security forces by November.

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A Nail in Maliki Government's Coffin?

Maliki Government on verge of collapse.

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Abuse of workers building U.S. embassy in Iraq is alleged

WASHINGTON — Two former employees of First Kuwaiti Trading and Contracting, the company that's building the new $592 million U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, testified to a House of Representatives panel Thursday that they'd observed abuses of construction workers.

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Exploring Islam's 'Death Cult': Role played by Arab Dictators & tyrants

The irony is that this virulent strain began with the removal of Islam from public life during the “modernization” of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century, when Western legal structures and armies were created.

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Dictator Musharraf (pawn and puppet of Bush) at the Exit

After eight years of military (mis) rule it appears that the Pakistani people have had enough. The dictator has become a liability for Bush.

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