BAGHDAD (AP) — For more than 5,000 years, numerous civilizations have left their mark on upper Mesopotamia — from Assyrians and Akkadians to Babylonians and Romans. Their ancient, buried cities, palaces and temples packed with monumental art are scattered across ...

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Iraq’s new president on Monday snubbed the powerful incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and nominated the deputy parliament speaker to form the new government, raising fears of more infighting in the government as country faces the threat of Sunni militants ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighters dropped bombs on Islamic militants in Iraq Friday, the Pentagon said, carrying out President Barack Obama’s promise of military force to counter the advancing militants and confront the threat they pose to Iraqi civilians and ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring that “America is coming to help,” President Barack Obama is authorizing U.S. airstrikes if necessary and airdrops of humanitarian aid in northern Iraq to counter advancing Islamic militants and the threat they pose to Americans as ...

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By PAUL THARP, Staff Writer [email protected] Foreign plaintiffs suing the N.C.-based company formerly known as Blackwater Security Consulting are prepared to return to Wake County Superior Court after a federal judge remanded the case from the U.S. District Court for ...

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RALEIGH (AP) – The security company formerly known as Blackwater and several of its contractors are seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit filed over a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis. A federal judge in Raleigh was holding ...

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Estate of Manook v. Research Triangle Institute, International. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-02-0848, 10 pp.) (James C. Dever III, J.) E.D.N.C. Holding: Plaintiff’s decedent and his daughter were shot by employees of a private security firm, which was working for a ...

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