Iraq oil law stalled, no end to impasse in sight
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A law that could shape Iraq's future by clearing the way for investment in its oil fields is deadlocked by a battle for control of the reserves and no end to the impasse is in sight, lawmakers and officials say.
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Having won a two-month reprieve from Congress to demonstrate progress in Iraq, the White House does not intend to give up on trying to forge a grand political bargain among Iraq's sectarian leaders, even though such a deal has proved elusive since the 2003 invasion, administration officials said.
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Distracted by the election, hampered by fears and feuds, Iraqi officials say their former leader&#39;s day in court won&#39;t come until 2006.
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The deterioratng Iraq situation is pushing both to look beyond their cabinets for solutions.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Oil exports from southern Iraq have been brought to a complete halt, a senior oil official said Monday, following a spate of pipeline attacks launched by insurgents trying to undermine the volatile nation's interim government.    In Baghdad, military officials and representatives of rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr held talks Sunday aimed at reducing violence in the restive Baghdad slum of Sadr City...
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Iraq's parliament delayed debate on   Sunday on a divisive draft law on federalism that minority   Sunni Arabs fear could lead to the partition of Iraq and stoke   sectarian conflict that has already killed thousands.
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The vote left in doubt the fate of a bipartisan resolution opposing President Bushâs troop buildup in Iraq.
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One of the most serious questions raised by the debacle in Iraq is whether it has crippled the ability of the world&#39;s leading powers to contain dangerous states.
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Among the political benchmarks the Bush administration has embraced to chart progress in Iraq, approval by the Iraqi parliament of a hydrocarbon law looms large. Oil provides 95 percent of Iraq's national income, making the recovery of the country's oil sector critical to reducing the United States'...
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Iraq has one of the world's largest oil reserves, but the Iraqi army can't get enough fuel for its tanks. It also can't get spare parts for its trucks or supply ammunition on its own.
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Iraq's crucial oil and electricity sectors still need roughly $50 billion to meet demand, analysts and officials say, even after the United States has poured more than $6 billion into them over more than four years.
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Iraq has become the central issue in America&#39;s presidential campaign, but neither candidate has a solution for a conflict that has cost more than 1,100 American lives.
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Washington, Sept. 25 (NNN): In yet another row here over the Iraq issue, political opponents of the US government have questioned its ability to ensure that full elections are held in the troubled Gulf nation in January 2005.
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NEW YORK - Oil's record rally stalled yesterday after an OPEC minister said the group could not rule out another output hike and may call an early formal meeting next month in Saudi Arabia.
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BAGHDAD - A carefully constructed compromise on a draft law governing Iraq's rich oil fields, agreed to in February after months of arduous talks among Iraqi political groups, appears to have collapsed. The apparent breakdown occurs just as Congress and the White House are struggling to find evidence that there is progress toward reconciliation and a functioning government here.
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Republican unity on Iraq, strained but so far holding, is coming under still more pressure in the Senate as lawmakers from both parties float proposals to get troops out soon.
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Iraqi legislation intended to resolve the politically charged question of distributing the country's oil wealth is nearing completion, the chairman of a panel drafting the law said Saturday.