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Baghdad plans 75,000 apartments to modernize slum

Reuters US Online Report World News | 2010-01-21 13:01:50

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The city of Baghdad asked foreign companies on Thursday to sign up for a project to design and build 75,000 apartments, the first phase of a $10 billion plan to rebuild the Iraqi capital's sprawling Sadr City slum. The entire 56 sq km (22 sq mile) project, to be built over 10 years, includes 150,000 ...

YE Iraq Prayers

AP News | 2009-12-15 20:33:59

FILE - A young boy attends noon prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, in this March 27, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

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Iraq Friday Prayers

AP News | 2009-11-01 10:20:49

Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attend Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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