Iraq opens borders after blockade
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Iraq begins re-opening border crossings with Iran and Syria after a three-day security crackdown on insurgents.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government has declared a 60-day state of emergency across the country, except for the Kurdish north. The move was announced by a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
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The Iraqi government displayed 19  detainees on television on Sunday who it said had infiltrated  Iraq's borders to fight against U.S.-led forces.
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Turkey has sent large contingents of reinforcement soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Iraq
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DASHT TAKH, Iraq  - Farouq Youhana fled car bombs and snipers in Baghdad to start a new life in a village in northern Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan.
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The Bush administration agreed Wednesday to greatly expand the number of Iraqi refugees allowed into the country and to pay more to help Iraq's Arab neighbors cope with the human tide fleeing increasing violence and economic hardship in their country.
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US officials say Syria has agreed to tighten its border with Iraq to prevent insurgents from entering the country. The State Department says Syria agreed to coordinate with Iraqi and multinational forces.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- Iraqi officials on Tuesday announced the temporary closure of checkpoints at the Syrian and Iranian borders, as well as an expanded nighttime curfew in the capital, as part of the new Baghdad security plan.
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Iraq will close all its borders for  five days starting next week, the government said on Thursday,  in a move designed to boost security.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces set up new checkpoints and stepped up joint patrols in Baghdad on Wednesday, for the first time showing war-weary residents that a long-promised offensive against militants was under way.
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Nine of 18 provinces are now under Iraqi security forces. But central and southern Iraq face a vicious power struggle between Shiite parties and militias.
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IRBIL, Iraq -- Iraqi border police believe neighboring Turkey has amassed 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers along its southern border with Iraq. Turkish helicopters have flown into Iraqi airspace to conduct missions against Kurdish rebels in the mountainous region, and Turkish mortar shells regularly crash...
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Turkey has sent large contingents of reinforcement soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Iraq as debate heated up over whether to stage a cross-border offensive to hit Kurdish rebel bases.
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Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence to block terrorists from crossing its 560-mile border with Iraq &#151; another sign of growing alarm that Sunni-Shiite strife could spill over and drag Iraq's neighbors into its civil conflict.
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The Iraqi government declared a 60-day state of emergency Sunday in response to the escalation of violence by militants. The emergency declaration covers the entire nation, with the exception of Kurdish-run areas in the northern part of Iraq.
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Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that efforts to improve security in his country include plans to disband all militias and stop the flow of militants across the border.
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British forces surround Basra and close its border with Iran in support of Iraq's new security plan.