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Collection of shiite news, found 216 news.

Iraqiya to end parliament boycott: spokeswoman

A secular bloc which won the most seats in Iraq`s March 2010 vote will end a boycott of parliament that it began in ...

Suicide car bomb outside Baghdad hospital kills 31

A suicide bomber set off an explosives-packed car outside a Baghdad hospital on Friday, killing 31 people in the ...

Russia: strike on Iran would be `catastrophe`

Russia warned Wednesday that a military strike on Iran would be a "catastrophe" with the severest consequences which ...

Police act to prevent renewed anti-Shiite conflict in Sampang

Police and Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel on Wednesday conducted a house-to-house search for sharp weapons in ...

Iraq suicide bom kills 20 at pilgrimage climax

A suicide bomber killed 20 people in an apparent sectarian attack in south Iraq Saturday casting a pall over the ...

Amnesty Int`l urges RI to protect Shiite minority

Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian government to provide protection for hundreds of Shiites who have been ...

Attacks kill six in Iraq, wound 15 Afghan pilgrims

Attacks across Iraq on Monday killed six people and wounded dozens of others, including 15 Afghan pilgrims visiting ...

Iraq car bomb wounds 15 Afghan pilgrims

A car bomb wounded 15 Afghan pilgrims on their way to the Shiite shrine cities of central Iraq early on Monday, ...

Iraq marks first army day since US pullout

Iraq's armed forces were to mark their 91st anniversary with a huge parade on Friday, weeks after US troops completed ...

Conflict in Sampang not between Sunnis and Shiites

The chief of the Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic organization, Said Aqil Siradj, said the conflict in Sampang on the island of ...

three named suspects over shiite buildings torching

Sampang police have named three people as the main suspects over last Thursday`s (Dec 29) torching of a number of ...

Sampang Shiite leader demands immediate arrest of arsonists

The leader of Sampang`s Shiite community, Ustat Tajul Muluk, came to the district`s police station on Friday to ...

NU deplores burning of Shiite school in Sampang

The executive board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has deplored the burning of a Shiite boarding school in Sampang on the ...

Mobs besiege Shiite leader`s residence in Sampang

Mobs wielding sharp weapons besieged the house of a local Shiite leader in Sampang on Madura island, East Java, ...

Blast rocks south Lebanon restaurant

An explosion tore through a restaurant in the southern Lebanese town of Tyre at dawn Wednesday, just a few metres from ...