Special report: Tension e scalates in
Iraq
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Protesters carry placards during an
anti-war protest, before the fourth anniversary of the start of the war in
Iraq on Tuesday, in Madrid March 17, 2007. The placards read "For Peace".
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U.S. anti-war protestors call for "end
to Iraq war", "No military attacks on Iran"
NEW YORK, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of
protestors marched to the UN headquarters in Manhattan, New York, on Sunday to
call for an end to the Iraq war and no military attacks on Iran on the eve of
the fourth anniversary of the U.S. preemptive strike on Baghdad.
Anti-war protests staged across U.S.,
Europe to mark Iraq war anniversary
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Anti-war demonstrations
were staged across the United States, a number of European countries as well in
Iraq on Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war.
Tens of thousands of Iraqis as well as some 3,200
U.S. soldiers have been killed since the war began on March 20, 2003.
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