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Saving the Baghdad Zoo, it seems, is one of them. The new book "Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo," written by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence, has been published ...
BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO is a new American play by Rajiv Joseph Starring Robin Williams in his Broadway acting debut and directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Moisés Kaufman. The ...
In the bedlam of Baghdad, the zoo seems more like an oasis. But like its lions, the zoo is lucky to still be around, CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports.
Damaged after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the Baghdad Zoo is making a startling comeback, and thousands of Iraqis are flocking there to escape the city's grungy streets.
An original production of “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” explored themes of war and religion at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts the weekends of April 22 and 28.
BAGHDAD — Keena the lion cub got her first visitors in months Saturday as Baghdad’s zoo reopened to the public after bombs and looters took their toll during the U.S.-led war on Iraq.
The Baghdad Zoo was once home to more than 600 animals, but after the 2003 invasion and subsequent looting, only 32 animals remained.
BAGHDAD — Capt. Amy Cronin never had a pet. Before deploying to Iraq, she didn’t even really know much about animals. But in 15 months, Cronin and her unit, the 15th Brigade Support Battalion ...
BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO is a new American play by Rajiv Joseph Starring Robin Williams in his Broadway acting debut and directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Moisés Kaufman. The ...
The Baghdad zoo, among the largest in the Middle East, was a battleground during the war. As shelling erupted between the 3rd Infantry Division and the Iraqi Republican Guard, ...
BAGHDAD - Since the relationship between Zawra Park officials and 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Soldiers began earlier this year, the Baghdad Zoo ...