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Basra Cultural House : Tribute to the theatre artist Fadel Khalil |
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Monday, March 15th 2010 1:56 PM |
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Basra, March 15 (AKnews)- Basra Cultural House, in collaboration with the Faculty of Fine Arts, celebrated The Iraqi theatre artist Dr. Khalil Fadel in the presence of writers and artists from Basra. “Dr. Fadel Khalil is one of the Iraqi and Arabic theatre pioneers, and an homage to this creative figure is a celebration for the Iraqi...
Mosul unrest unrests Christians |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 7:27 PM |
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Nineveh, March .14 (AKnews) - The Iraqi police said on Sunday that one of its members was killed and two were wounded, one of them is a Christian, in different incidents of violence occurred in the city of Mosul, north of Baghdad. "unidentified armed men attacked on Sunday a policeman in the normal vacation and showered him with...
Iraq attends World Medicine Fair in Cairo |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:26 PM |
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Cairo, March 14 (AKnews) The Iraqi students attended in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Cairo the third International Festival organized by the College for students abroad with the participation of delegates from 16 Arab and foreign countries."The Iraqi students have set up a tent where they showed the most prominent Iraqi...
70's wedding in Qadisiyah |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:06 PM |
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Qadisiyah, March 14 (AKnews) The director of the nursing home in Diwaniyah province said on Sunday that the a strange wedding was done where the bride and groom are in their seventies."A woman names Jourjiyah Safah Hassoun (70 years) who is living in the nursing home in Diwaniyah married Mahdi Hassan Jaafar (71 years). Hiyam Raad told the...
US returned sarcophagus to Egypt |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 3:54 PM |
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Cairo, March 14 (AKnews) - A 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus stolen from Egypt more than 125 years ago has been returned from the US.It was confiscated at Miami airport by customs officials after it arrived in a shipment from Spain in 2008 and the importer was unable to prove ownership.The sarcophagus dates back to the 21st Dynasty...
More over stroke |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 3:54 PM |
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London, March 14 (AKnews) - Individuals occasionally diagnosed with high blood pressure levels are reported to be at a greater risk of experiencing a stroke in the long run.According to a study published in The Lancet Neurology, individuals with fluctuating blood pressure levels at different readings are more vulnerable to a future stroke...
Skin transplant surgery effective to treat vitiligo |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 3:54 PM |
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London, March 14 (AKnews) - US researchers say skin transplant surgery is an effective way in treating vitiligo, a skin condition with no definite treatment.Vitiligo, a chronic disorder characterized by depigmented skin patches, occurs when the melanocytes responsible for skin pigmentation die or become non-functional. The disease is most...
Art Faculty in Basra presents "creative theater" |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 10:28 AM |
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Basra, March 14 (AKnews) - Basra University represented by Faculty of Fine Arts presented an important play on Saturday with notable artists from the province participating, a source said.The work was entitled The Death of Creativity, directed by Lamia Hashim where Basra actors formed the cast, an Iraqi artist and director Fayez...
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Film to commemorate Halabja gas attack |
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Sunday, March 14th 2010 10:28 AM |
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Sulaimaniyah, Mar. 14 (AKnews) – The Halabja commemoration commission announced Sunday that they were planning to show the movie titled “A Day When Santa Clause Cries” during the commemoration of the Halabja chemical attack on March 16, 1988. “We have planned to screen the film on the 22nd anniversary commemoration of the chemical...
Doubts over IVF: study |
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Saturday, March 13th 2010 3:08 PM |
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London, March 13 (AKnews) - While acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine had long been thought to be effective in increasing the chances of conception through IVF, a new study voices doubt about the belief. Previous studies had reported that acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine improve blood flow and subsequently increase the chance of an...