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Koizumi to announce plan to pull Japan's troops from Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A unit of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops is on patrol outside a television station in Samawa, southern Iraq, on June 18. In Tokyo, a Japanese government source said that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will announce a plan on June 20 to withdraw Japanese troops from Samawah.

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Koizumi to announce plan to pull Japan's troops from Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member salutes Iraqi people during his patrol of a television station in Samawa, southern Iraq, on June 18. In Tokyo, a Japanese government source said that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will announce a plan on June 20 to withdraw Japanese troops from Samawah.

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Explosions occur at women's job training center in Samawah

SAMAWA, Iraq - A job training center for women in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah was damaged by two explosions July 29. No one was injured, police said. The Japanese government has provided sewing machines and computers to the facility through the United Nations Development Program.

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(5)Scenes in southern Iraqi city of Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - An Iraqi girl poses for a photograph as her mother washes dishes in a canal on the suburbs of Samawa in southern Iraq.

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(1)Samawah people call Koizumi their hero

SAMAWAH, Iraq - What looks like a portrait of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is put up in central Samawah, southern Iraq, on Feb. 5. The English caption reads: ''The leader and hero of reconstruction of Samawa city Jenoshiro Koyozoma.''

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(2)Samawah people call Koizumi their hero

SAMAWAH, Iraq - What looks like a portrait of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is put up in central Samawah, southern Iraq, on Feb. 5. The English caption reads: ''The leader and hero of reconstruction of Samawa city Jenoshiro Koyozoma.''

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(4)Japanese troops in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Armored vehicles carrying Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops run through the southern Iraqi city of Samawa led by Dutch troops on Jan. 20.

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Explosions occur at women's job training center in Samawah

SAMAWA, Iraq - A job training center for women in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah was damaged by two explosions July 29. No one was injured, police said. The Japanese government has provided sewing machines and computers to the facility through the United Nations Development Program. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi to announce plan to pull Japan's troops from Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member salutes Iraqi people during his patrol of a television station in Samawa, southern Iraq, on June 18. In Tokyo, a Japanese government source said that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will announce a plan on June 20 to withdraw Japanese troops from Samawah. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi to announce plan to pull Japan's troops from Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A unit of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops is on patrol outside a television station in Samawa, southern Iraq, on June 18. In Tokyo, a Japanese government source said that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will announce a plan on June 20 to withdraw Japanese troops from Samawah. (Kyodo)

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Woman in news: Iraqi girl overcomes leukemia, dreams of becoming doctor

Hawraa Jamel, a 19-year-old girl from Iraq's Samawa, shows a copy of a picture book published in Japan, "Hawraa's red flowers," in an interview during her visit to Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2015. The book is based on her experience in fighting leukemia, during which she drew scores of flowers in bed. She dreams of becoming a doctor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Samawah people call Koizumi their hero

SAMAWAH, Iraq - What looks like a portrait of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is put up in central Samawah, southern Iraq, on Feb. 5. The English caption reads: ''The leader and hero of reconstruction of Samawa city Jenoshiro Koyozoma.'' (Kyodo)

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(2)Samawah people call Koizumi their hero

SAMAWAH, Iraq - What looks like a portrait of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is put up in central Samawah, southern Iraq, on Feb. 5. The English caption reads: ''The leader and hero of reconstruction of Samawa city Jenoshiro Koyozoma.'' (Kyodo)

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(5)Scenes in southern Iraqi city of Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - An Iraqi girl poses for a photograph as her mother washes dishes in a canal on the suburbs of Samawa in southern Iraq. (Kyodo)