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BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi officials in Basra on Saturday night lifted a curfew that had been in effect for 16 hours. (13:00 GMT), said the army.
The streets of Basra were calm Saturday after days of violent protests shook the oil center in southern Iraq.
Organizers of the demonstrations said that they would take a break on Saturday, but there was still a strong presence of security forces in the city of more than 2 million people.
(Report by Aref Mohammed, written by Raya Jalabi, edited by Kevin Liffey)
