Positive news from Iraq
Women Entrepreneurs in Baghdad Making Their Own LightWafa'a makes candles. A widow with four sons living in Baghdad, Iraq, her husband was killed when a mortar dropped into her store years ago. But despite being a woman living in one of the most dangerous places in the world, she started a business. Someday soon, she hopes to have a factory.
"We felt if we could prove our model in Baghdad, with the bombs coming down, then we could expand this model to any other part of the world,"
- Prosperity Candle Co-founder Amber Chand |
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Women Entrepreneurs in Baghdad Making Their Own LightWafa'a makes candles. A widow with four sons living in Baghdad, Iraq, her husband was killed when a mortar dropped into her store years ago. But despite being a woman living in one of the most dangerous places in the world, she started a business. Someday soon, she hopes to have a factory. |
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Iran, regional nations sign accord to tackle sand stormsIran, Iraq, Syria, Qatar and Turkey have inked an accord in Tehran aimed at tackling the problem of sand storms within the next five years, local media reported on Thursday. |
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Last US combat brigade exits Iraq
Source: BBC, Thu August 19, 2010 |
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Obama confirms plan for US troop withdrawal from Iraq
Source: BBC, Mon August 02, 2010 |
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Iraq Welcomes Its First All-Women Bank BranchAn Iraqi bank has inaugurated the country's first branch entirely dedicated to and operated by women. |
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Iraqi Teen Solves 300-Year-Old Math Puzzle in Four MonthsAn Iraqi-born 16-year-old reportedly has cracked a math puzzle that has gone unsolved for over 300 years. |
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Iran frees U.S. journalist Roxana SaberiA copy of a classified Iranian government report about the U.S. war in Iraq in the possession of journalist Roxana Saberi was a key piece of evidence that led to her conviction on espionage charges, one of the Iranian American journalist's lawyers disclosed Monday. |
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Iraq commits $30 million for childrenIraq’s Ministry of State for Marshlands has committed $30 million for projects to assist children in rural areas of the Marshlands region in 2009. |
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Iraq’s treasure trove national museum reopensBaghdad, Iraq - The Iraq Museum reopened almost six years after its ancient treasures were looted in the chaotic aftermath of the US-led invasion. |
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Iraq: UN official welcomes creation of human rights commission
The top United Nations official in Iraq today welcomed the country's establishment of an independent commission to promote and protect human rights in the troubled Middle East country.
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