1. The Precipice, the Brink, the Abyss -- Iraq
(Opinions/Politic)

...ivil war are planted; bodies, cuffed and shot in the head, begin to appear more frequently in ditches or fields; families flee mixed neighborhoods more regularly. In the meantime, outside Iraq, in Jor...

2. IRAQ: YEAR IN BRIEF 2005
(Opinions/Features)

...ffensive in the city of al-Qaim, western Iraq leaves more than 3,000 families displaced. October 5: Nearly 1,000 families flee their homes in Haditha, 220 km west of Baghdad, following the launch of a...

3. Families flee Samara
(Opinions/Iraq)

IRAQ: Families flee Samara ahead of planned offensive SALAH AL DIN/BAGHDAD, 27 September (IRIN) - Hundreds of families have started to flee the Iraqi city of Samara, some 120km north of the capital, B

4. Floods claim more lives in Turkey
(Archived/News/Global)

The death toll from flash floods sweeping through southeast Turkey has risen to 33 with reports of 11 people, including seven children, dying in the town of Batman.

5. Relief agencies struggle to cope
(Archived/News/Arab)

Aid workers in Lebanon fear the deaths of four UN observers in an Israeli bombing may damage efforts to get relief supplies to civilians caught in the conflict.

6. US Iraq offensive meets resistance
(Archived/News/Arab)

US Iraq offensive meets resistance