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Introducing Iraq
Travel Alert: Widespread violence and kidnappings continue to occur, and the threat to foreigners remains high. Travellers should contact their consular representative for the latest information, check out Safe Travel for updated government warnings, or search the Thorn Tree travel forum.
Long ago in the fertile valleys between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the great civilisations of the age were born. Modern Iraq was ancient Mesopotamia, from the Greek meaning 'between two rivers', and it was here that human beings first began to cultivate their land, where writing was invented and where the Assyrians, Sumerians and Babylonians all made Iraq the centre of the ancient world.
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Latest headlines for Iraq
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Iraqi footballers win on return
10 July 2009 7:29PM
The Iraqi football team celebrates a win in the first international football match held in Iraq since the invasion of 2003.
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Third soldier dies in Afghanistan
10 July 2009 6:19PM
A third British soldier is killed in Afghanistan in 24 hours, bringing the death toll there to 179 - the same level suffered in Iraq.
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Mother wins Snatch vehicle review
10 July 2009 3:33PM
The mother of a soldier killed in Iraq wins the right to a review of the refusal to hold an inquiry into the use of Snatch Land Rovers.
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