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Iraqi PM inaugurates new airport in Najaf

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Jul 20, 2008
        
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Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister on Sunday inaugurated a new airport in the southern city of Najaf. The new airport is expected to boost the number of tourists to Iraq's Shiite shrines in Najaf and Karbala. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims travel to Iraq every year to visit the shrines. Al Maliki has described the airport as an important step in Iraq's economic development. A military airfield was renovated for the new airport, and several flights were expected to land on... [read full story]                    

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BAGHDAD---- Iraq opened a new airport in the southern city of Najaf on Sunday in what the prime minister said was a key step in the reconstruction of a country devastated by war. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, mostly...

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Iraq's prime minister is inaugurating a new airport in the southern city of Najaf. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, mostly Iranians, travel to Iraq every year to visit Shiite shrines in Najaf and another holy city, Karbala....

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Iraq's prime minister is inaugurating a new airport in the southern city of Najaf.Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, mostly Iranians, travel to Iraq every year to visit Shiite shrines in Najaf and another holy city, Karbala....

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BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's prime minister is inaugurating a new airport in the southern city of Najaf. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, mostly Iranians, travel to Iraq every year to visit Shiite shrines in Najaf and another holy...

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