Iraq cabinet endorses landmark draft oil law
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BAGHDAD/BEIRUT  - Iraq's cabinet on Monday endorsed a draft oil law crucial to regulating how wealth from the country's vast oil reserves will be shared by its ethnic and sectarian groups, a move hailed as a major political milestone.
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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.
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The secretary of state said she told Iraqâs leaders to quickly finalize an oil law and stressed the importance of rehiring Sunni civil servants.
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Iraq's government submits a key bill on how to share the country's oil wealth to parliament, officials say.
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The Oil Ministry cast doubt Sunday on statements indicating the Kurds had agreed to support a draft oil law that would divide revenues among all Iraqi factions and meet a key U.S. benchmark in Iraq.
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Iraq's prime minister asked Parliament Thursday to approve six new Cabinet members to replace a group which resigned last month on the orders of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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Iraq's oil minister said Tuesday that crude oil began to flow from his country's northern oil-rich Kirkuk to a Turkish export terminal last week &#151; for the first time since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003.
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After five months of often bitter wrangling over Cabinet posts, Iraq&#039;s unity government took office Saturday and vowed to fight the insurgency, restore stability and set the stage for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign troops.
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Iraq's parliament may take a week to start debating a landmark draft oil law, officials said on Wednesday, as complaints from Kurdish authorities and Sunni Arab politicians signaled its passage could be rocky.
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The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq   issued an unusual statement declaring support for Prime   Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday, after news media quoted   senior U.S. military officials criticizing the government.
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The Iraqi cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft law that will offer a general pardon to thousands of prisoners in U.S. military and Iraqi custody, an Iraqi government spokesman said.
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Lawmakers acknowledged that there were still many differences on a proposed law to manage the countryâs oil.
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TOKYO Dec 9, 2004 - Japan&#39;s Cabinet on Thursday approved a plan to keep Japanese troops in Iraq for another year, the trade minister said.
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Iraq's government approves a draft law revoking private security contractors' immunity from prosecution.
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The government on Thursday approved a new generation of nuclear power stations, describing evidence in support of the move as "compelling", the energy minister said.
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The Senate approved a proposal on Thursday that would for the first time in 30 years force sharp increases in auto fuel standards and impose other measures to make vehicles more efficient and cut dependence on imported oil.
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During a surprise visit to Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Iraqi leaders for approving a controversial new de-Baathification law.