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Pointing to a New Era, U.S. Pulls Back as Iraqis Vote

BAGHDAD — Iraqis across the country voted Saturday in provincial elections that will help shape their future, but regardless of the outcome it is clear that the Americans are already drifting offstage — and that most Iraqis are ready... 
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Bomb Near Baghdad Police Station Kills 18 People

A woman looked at the wreckage of a vehicle destroyed in bomb attacks in the Baghdad neighborhood of Nahdha on Wednesday. BAGHDAD — A bomb planted in a minibus exploded near a parking lot of the Iraqi traffic police in a market neighborhood... 
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Iraqi Throws Shoes At Bush During Press Conference in Baghdad (Video)

President Bush, left, ducks a thrown shoe as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki tries to protect him Sunday. BAGHDAD — Arriving here on Sunday for a surprise farewell visit, President Bush staunchly defended a war that has taken... 
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Report Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders

BAGHDAD — An unpublished 513-page federal history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort crippled before the invasion by Pentagon planners who were hostile to the idea of rebuilding a foreign country, and then molded... 
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