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- proper noun   A town in Iraq 
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Examples
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								GREG BODENSTEIN, TIKRIT POLICE TRANSITION TEAM: We're going to go north right into the downtown heart of the city of Tikrit, and across the Tikrit Bridge, which crosses the Tigris River. 
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								GREG BODENSTEIN, TIKRIT POLICE TRANSITION TEAM: We're going to go north right into the downtown heart of the city of Tikrit, and across the Tikrit Bridge, which crosses the Tigris River. 
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								GREG BODENSTEIN, TIKRIT POLICE TRANSITION TEAM: We're going to go north right into the downtown heart of the city of Tikrit and across the Tikrit Bridge which crosses the Tigress River. 
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								NEAR TIKRIT - Gunmen killed three people near Tikrit, 175 km 110 miles north of Baghdad, police said. A Problem Denied is a Problem Solved Garry 2006 
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								NEAR TIKRIT - Iraqi police found the head of a young woman near Tikrit, 175 km 110 miles north of Baghdad, police said. A Problem Denied is a Problem Solved Garry 2006 
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								TIKRIT - Governor of Salahudin province narrowly escaped death and five of his bodyguards were wounded when a roadside bomb struck his convoy just north of Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday evening, police said. unknown title 2009 
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								Columbus, Ohio, died May 31 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. Gulf War II 2010 
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								Fort Benning, Ga., died April 18 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained as the result of a helicopter crash. Gulf War II 2010 
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								They died Nov. 8 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained when their OH-58D helicopter crashed. Gulf War II 2010 
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								Kan., died May 4 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Gulf War II 2010 
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