Middle East

Iraq's Rock-Steady Currency

Central bank builds confidence in the dinar by intervening to maintain the exchange rate.

18 Nov 05

Oil company says tribes it contracted to guard pipelines are destroying them up to drum up more business.

18 Nov 05

Survivors of chemical attacks on two Kurdish villages less famous than Halabja say they too must be remembered.

18 Nov 05

Muqtada al-Sadr, once the bad boy of Shia militancy, rebrands himself as peacemaker with the Sunnis.

18 Nov 05

Moat-like trench around the northern city is intended to keep out the insurgents.

18 Nov 05

Saddam-era censorship may be a thing of the past, but journalists are facing new dangers.

18 Nov 05

With no one to collect it, residents say they’ve no option but to burn household waste themselves.

18 Nov 05

Incorporation of large numbers of peshmerga into national security forces fails to allay concerns of some Iraqis over the militia force.

18 Nov 05

Many Iraqis have more trust in their tribal elders than the country’s judges.

18 Nov 05

Muslims who convert to Christianity say they are ostracised by society and family.

18 Nov 05

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