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Eat, play, love: How a Japanese woman is getting kids to school

Edit The Times of India 18 Aug 2015
Yuri Nishimura, 58, a teacher from Kyoto, is keeping Wadala slum kids off the streets through music and dance. Following norms of the Right to Education Act, teachers at municipality schools have been visiting homes of outof-school children and convincing parents to send them back to schools ... Fifteen-year-old Shahrukh Sheikh, a class X student at Hashimiya School in Masjid, has been learning dance for the past eight years ... ....

158 Killed in Iraq as Focus Turns to Militia Violence

Edit Antiwar 08 Apr 2015
In Tikrit, several more bodies were pulled from what is believed to be a mass grave containing Camp Speicher victims. What is more concerning, however, is the accusation that Sunni militiamen are retaliating against Sunni civilians they believe supported the Islamic State militants ... At least 158 were killed and 10 were wounded ... A body was found in a Hashimiya orchard....

HRW Documents 255 Prisoner Executions in June; 96 Killed in Iraq Today

Edit Antiwar 12 Jul 2014
Human Rights Watch has documented the illegal executions of 255 Sunni prisoners in northern Iraq. Another 96 people were killed today, and 68 more were wounded. Politics. ... However, there is evidence that Iraq has been killing prisoners in other regions, such as in Hashimiya and in Baquba during the same time period ... Kurdish forces assumed responsibility for oil production facilities at the Kirkuk and Bai Hassan oil fields ... Fighting.....

Over 4,000 Killed Across Iraq So Far in June

Edit Antiwar 25 Jun 2014
At least 4,695 people were killed across Iraq so far in June, and the tally is only going to get higher as ISIS/DAASH militants continue their trek towards Baghdad. The United Nations also released its preliminary figures for the month, but they are much lower in comparsion. Below is our methodology for using the higher figures ... Casualty Analysis. ... The U.N ... U.S ... Security forces killed three militants including their leader, in Hashimiya....

Security Forces Accused Again of Killing Prisoners; Over 300 killed Across Iraq

Edit Antiwar 24 Jun 2014
At least 305 people were killed and 55 more were wounded today. The United States received the Iraqi government’s promise that U.S. personnel will have immunity. When the U.S. was trying to negotiate continued U.S. troops in Iraq, the Iraqi government refused that request. The Iraqi Army reported the deaths of as many as 73 prisoners during an attack in Hashimiya. One policeman and six gunmen were also killed....
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