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WORLDOct 15China’s Iraq War ‘safe haven’ restaurant film of real people to represent country at OscarsA mainland-produced film about a Chinese restaurant in Baghdad that became a wartime refuge has been selected as China’s entry for next year’s Oscars, bringing global attention to untold stories from the Iraq War. Directed by Wen Muye and starring Shen Teng and Jiang Qiming, Once Upon a Time in the Middle East became a box-office hit after its domestic release in China in August, earning more than 2.3 billion yuan (US$344 million). The film follows Xu Fu, a chef who travels to the Middle East to...South China Morning Post
WORLDOct 12Florence Aubenas: from hostage in Iraq to investigating an unsolved crime that shocked FranceEn El desconocido de correos, la periodista reconstruye el homicidio de Catherine Burgod ocurrido en 2008 en una pequeña oficina postal de un pueblo francés.Clarín
WORLDOct 12‘Our children lost years with their dad’: Engineer Robert Pether home after detention in Iraq for five yearsIrish resident had been under travel ban in Baghdad after being let out of prison a year agoIrish Times World
WORLDOct 12Robert Pether: Australian held in Iraq for five years over contract dispute is finally releasedPether’s wife says she is ‘hugely relieved’ after months of ‘absolute nightmare’The Independent World
WORLDOct 12Robert Pether returning to Ireland after being held in Iraq for five yearsThe wife of Mr Pether, Desree who is on her way to Dublin Airport, said her husband is “very emotional”irishexaminer · ireland
WORLDOct 3Makers of "Atonement" discuss their new film about a Marine and the first Iraq WarA new film, "Atonement," is based on the true story of a U.S. Marine who served in the first Iraq War. In the early days of the war he mistakenly fired on a family driving through a chaotic Baghdad intersection. Shots were being fired in many directions, but the Marine gunfire killed three civilians. The movie chronicles the Marine's long-simmering guilt and trauma and an elongated effort to reach out to the surviving family members in an attempt to find some manner of reconciliation. Reed Van Dyk, the film's producer and director, Dexter Filkins, who wrote the New Yorker story the fCBS News
WORLDOct 2Iraq says 40 daily Iranian flights cleared to fly to and from Najaf - ReutersIraq says 40 daily Iranian flights cleared to fly to and from Najaf ReutersReuters World