WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has warned Iraq not to "blow this opportunity" to become a prosperous, unified nation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, saying it must start to act like a democracy and embrace compromise. Iraq has suffered its worst political crisis in a year with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's move to arrest Vice President Tareq al …

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KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 26 (UPI) — The number of improvised bombs used in Afghanistan last year increased 9 percent with civilians increasingly likely targets, the military says.

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