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1. News - World

   Suicide attack kills Iraq MP amid political crisis

   Posted Jan 16th 2013, 11:38am by Agence France-Presse in Fallujah

   ... News World Ayfan Saadun al-Essawi Iraq Suicide Attack Agence France-Presse in Fallujah A funeral is to be held on Wednesday for an Iraqi Sunni MP killed by a suicide bomber who wrapped his arms around the lawmaker before blowing himself up, as a political crisis engulfed Iraq. The killing of Ayfan Saadun al-Essawi on Tuesday came just two days after Finance Minister Rafa ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1129295/suicide-attack-kills-iraq-mp-amid-political-crisis
2. News - World

   Briefs, January 16, 2013

   Posted Jan 16th 2013, 12:00am by WIRE

   ... himself up, officials said. Ayfan Saadun al-Essawi, a member of the secular Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc that is part of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's national unity government, was targeted ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1128923/briefs-january-16-2013
3. News - World - IRAQ

   Blasts kill 15 in Shiite areas of Baghdad

   Posted Feb 17th 2013, 06:44pm by AFP

   ... of several guards of Finance Minister Rafa al-Essawi, a leading Sunni. The longest-running protests have blocked off a key trade route linking Baghdad to both Jordan and Syria. As the demonstrations ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1152476/blasts-kill-15-shiite-areas-baghdad
4. News - World - IRAQ

   Thousands demand fall of Iraq government

   Posted Feb 15th 2013, 09:23pm by AFP

   ... and we are still demanding ... that officials be held responsible.” The demonstrations were initially sparked in December by the arrest of several guards of Finance Minister Rafa al-Essawi ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1151150/thousands-demand-fall-iraq-government
5. News - World - IRAQ

   Army kills six as Iraq protestors call for PM to quit

   Posted Jan 25th 2013, 10:54pm by AFP

   ... from gunshot wounds, said Khaled Khalaf al-Rawi, a doctor at Fallujah hospital. Rawi said 35 others were wounded, majority of them as a result of gunfire. Saadun Shaalan, a provincial ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1136278/army-kills-six-iraq-protestors-call-pm-quit