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BAGHDAD, April 29 -- A four-hour battle Tuesday between U.S. soldiers and Shiite militiamen left at least 28 Iraqis dead in the capital's Sadr City neighborhood, making it one of the bloodiest days in a month of sustained Street fighting.

White House says it has paid a price for iraq 'Mission Accomplished' banner 5 years ago

Image of innocent victim brings home the unintended cost of the war.

More than 400 people have been killed in fighting in Baghdad in April, say officials at hospitals in iraq's capital.

Security is paramount at Camp Victory, a U.S. base in iraq, because of its proximity to Baghdad international Airport. Humvee-mounted soldiers patrol the nearby farms and towns around the clock.

An arbitrator is ordering the union that represents dockworkers at West Coast ports to tell its members they must report to work on Thursday and not take the day off to protest U.S. military conflicts in iraq and Afghanistan. Coast Arbitrator John Kagel...

The killings of three U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad pushed the american death toll for April up to 47, making it the deadliest month since September.

Venezuela's associations with other terror states, Iran's meddling in iraq and the resurgence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan top the concerns in a new State department report on terrorism threats in countries around the world.

Hundreds flee the Baghdad neighborhood as U.S. and Iraqi forces confront the Mahdi Army in an urban stronghold

Never leave a Marine behind. The tradition began in 1775, and continues today via officers like Marine Colonel Steve Beck, whose job it is to notify families of the loss of a loved one in iraq. Beck — and the families he contacted — is the subject of journalist Jim Sheeler's new book, Final Salute.