No quick debate in Iraq parliament on oil law
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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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Tony Blair has told the House of Commons that he does not accept there is the need for an independent review and estimate of the number of civilians killed in Iraq.
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The Senate on Thursday rebuffed a   call to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq this year as both   chambers of Congress engaged in high-stakes election-year   debates over the unpopular war.
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Iraq's leaders have just months to mend   their differences or see their country collapse, the speaker of   parliament told wrangling deputies on Wednesday after a car   bomb caused dozens of casualties in the morning rush hour.
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Violence in Iraq threatens to overshadow the start of Tony Blair&#39;s party conference as the prime minister struggles to turn attention to the domestic agenda ahead of the next election, expected next year.
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Iraq's main political parties are deadlocked over a key oil law and the legislation has been sent back to party leaders to see if they can salvage it, an official involved in the talks said Thursday.
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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's parliament might 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 cabinet has yet to deal with how the oil revenue would be shared among various groups in the country.
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The oil deal signed between Hunt Oil and the government in Iraq's Kurdish region earlier this month has raised eyebrows, in no small part because it appears to undercut President Bush's hope that Iraq could draft national legislation to share revenue from the country's vast oil reserves. Making the...
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For Shatha al-Musawi, a Shiite member of Parliament, the urge to reconcile is being blacked out by distrust, disappointment and visceral anger.
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Iraq's leaders stepped back from the   brink of a political crisis on Sunday in the hope of preventing   a dispute over local control of oilfields erupting into all-out   sectarian civil war.
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The measure does not set a timetable to withdraw U.S. troops but requires the Iraqi government to meet a series of benchmarks.
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BAGHDAD -- Political infighting blocked lawmakers from opening debate yesterday on legislation to oversee the oil industry, as Iraqi and US leaders called for reconciliation among Iraq's feuding factions.
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Iraq's parliament took tentative steps   on Tuesday to resolve a deadlock over autonomous regions, an   issue that has split its politicians on sectarian lines, as   fresh clashes erupted in southern Baghdad.
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Defence minister triggers political storm when he suggests protecting Iraq's huge oil reserves was a reason for continuing deployment of troops.
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An oil law crucial to resolving political divisions in Iraq edged closer to approval after Kurds said some key issues were resolved, officials said on Sunday.