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Page last updated at 02:47 GMT, Thursday, 18 December 2008

A Baghdad car destroyed during the Blackwater incident, Sept 2007
Blackwater 'could lose Iraq role'
Blackwater could lose its license to operate in Iraq, so the US must find other ways to protect its diplomats, a US report says.
Guards 'used grenades'
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Gordon Brown arrives in Baghdad UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July'
British troops are to be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of July, Gordon Brown says on a visit to Baghdad.

The king of Bahrain Bahrain 'foils terrorist attack'
Several people allegedly planning bomb attacks during Bahrain's national celebrations have been arrested, officials say.

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Cultural significance of shoe assault on George Bush
STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ
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Double bomb attack hits Baghdad
Yazidis targeted in Iraq attack
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