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By Jane Arraf in Middle East on December 19th, 2011
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By Gregg Carlstrom in Middle East on December 16th, 2011
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This photo is from Thursday's "flag-casing" ceremony in Baghdad, which marked the formal end of the US military command here. 

Leon Panetta, the US defence secretary, spoke at the ceremony: He praised the progress of the Iraqi security forces and said "we created an Iraq that could finally govern and secure itself."

You'll notice that the labels on the chairs include not just your name, but the number of the concrete bunker you should hide in if the ceremony is rocketed.

A standard precaution for the military, sure, but it's a small detail that highlights how Iraq really still is a war zone, despite the US withdrawal.

By John Terrett in Americas on December 14th, 2011
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with US business leaders on Tuesday, the second day of his visit to Washington DC. 

He told them that instead of military generals leading the way in Baghdad's future, it would be business owners and captains of industry like them.

Maliki wants US companies to set up shop in Iraq.

I went along to hear him speak at the US Chamber of Commerce headquarters just steps from the White House. (That's a measure of how important business and commerce is in the US that the first building you come to when crossing Lafayette Park after leaving the White House is the Chamber's HQ.)

His message, just weeks before most US troops pick-up and go home, was clear, "our door is open, please come!"  He said: "Iraq represents a great investment environment, a nascent one and very promising!"   

By Imran Khan in Asia on September 8th, 2011
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Tahira is typical of many people in Pakistan's urban middle class. She is a successful businesswoman with a loving family. She remembers the day those planes struck at the heart of America, but not like many in the West.

"It wasn't a life changing moment; I can't remember exactly where I was or what I was doing. My husband called me and I switched on the television. I remember thinking it was sad, but not much else. What I didn't know was how our lives would change."

Tahira spoke to me in her garden in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, exactly a year ago. I had made a comment on the barriers that had appeared on her street, and she just sighed. "When 9/11 happened I thought that it had nothing to do with us, they were blaming an Arab living in Afghanistan, not a Pakistani living here, but look at our lives now... We live like prisoners in our own home, nervous of anyone we don't know."

By Al Jazeera Staff in Africa on February 22nd, 2011
Alleged mercenaries deployed by Gaddafi in Tripoli, the Libyan capital.

As the uprising in Libya enters its ninth day, we keep you updated on the developing situation from our headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

By Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on February 16th, 2011
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From our headquarters in Doha, we keep you updated with reports from our staff across the country and further afield. 

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By Josh Rushing in Middle East on February 10th, 2011
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By Rhodri Davies in Middle East on January 6th, 2011
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The Bishop of the Chaldean Archdiocese of Irbil in northern Iraq denied my request to talk to him about Christians in the country.

"You can see the life of the community here," he said, before finishing post-service greetings and embraces with his flock at St Joseph's church in Ainkawa, a Christian suburb of Iraqi Kurdistan's capital.

He was right.

By Jamal Elshayyal in Europe on December 11th, 2010
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For those of you who've followed the recent student protests in Britain over the rise of university tuition fees, their somewhat violent nature may have come as a surprise. 

The Britain of today is not renowned for being radical, the most disobedient Brits get is usually a one-day strike by tube (metro) workers. In fact, probably the only high point in recent years in terms of civil disobedience was in the run up to the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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