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VIDEO: Tensions rise between Austria and Hungary September 25, 2015
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VIDEO: Reporter at Hajj: 'My aunt is missing' September 25, 2015
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VIDEO: Why did an Israeli model want a no-fly zone? September 25, 2015
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VIDEO: Seattle: Students in fatal bus crash September 25, 2015
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VIDEO: 'I lost my son when dinghy was hit' September 24, 2015
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VIDEO: The rooftop cattle farmer celebrating Eid September 24, 2015
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BIGGEST REFINERY IN IRAQ CLOSED
BIGGEST REFINERY IN IRAQ CLOSED
On Saturday 02/26/2011 dawn, gun and bomb attack has shut down Iraq’s biggest oil refinery, Baiji, with at least two employees killed.
The attackers stormed the site in Salaheddin province north of Baghdad at 04:30 planting bombs in one of its units. A fire broke out and the installation was badly damaged, officials said.
At one time Baiji was controlled by Al Qaeda, who used it to fund militants. Baiji is one of three major refineries in Iraq, the others being in the capital Baghdad and at Basra in the south. It processes about 150,000 barrels of oil per day. “The refinery has completely stopped,” the governor of Salaheddin province, Ahmed al-Jubouri, told Reuters news agency.
“It’s a big loss for the whole country. All Iraqi cities depend on its production.” It took 50 fire engines five hours to bring the fire under control, police said. “Fixing the damage will take long time,” an unnamed official at the refinery said. “We are not talking about days, the damage is too severe.” But he added that it was hoped a partial restart could be made “in the next few days”.
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02/2011 -EGYPT’S VICTORY DAY
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02/2011 -BAHRAIN 2011 UNREST
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01/2011 -FAMILIAR HISTORY
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