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Reuters Iraqi Youths Work in Tigris River in Baghdad

Date: 12-Sep-02
Country: IRAQ
Author: DS/FMS

Iraqi Youths Work in Tigris River in Baghdad Photo: DAMIR SAGOLJ
Photo: DAMIR SAGOLJ

Twelve years after United Nations imposed sanctions on Iraq, punishing the oil-rich country for invading Kuwait, the country's system and infrastructure are in ruins, causing living standards to fall drastically from the pre-embargo years.

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