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Feature: Vintage car market reminding of good old days revives in Iraq-
© Provided by Xinhua The vintage car market in Iraq capital Baghdad has been booming in recent years, as some elder Iraqis buy such cars as they evoke
May 5, 2021 Share Iraq’s vaccine roll-out had been faltering for weeks. Apathy, fear and rumors kept many from getting vaccinated despite a serious surge in coronavirus infections and calls by the government for people to register for shots. It took a populist Shiite cleric’s public endorsement of vaccinations — and images of him getting the shot last week — to turn things around. Hundreds of followers of Muqtada al-Sadr are now heading to clinics to follow his example, underscoring the power of sectarian loyalties in Iraq and deep mistrust of the state. “I was against the i...