Iraq's Cabinet Backs Contentious Oil Measure
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 26 -- Iraq's cabinet approved draft legislation Monday that would enable the government to manage the country's vast oil resources and distribute revenue throughout the country, a step toward meeting a U.S. demand that the country's parliament pass such a law.
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Iraq's interior ministry says it has drafted legislation for security contractors amid the Blackwater controversy.
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The Iraqi Cabinet approved a long-awaited draft oil law on Monday, sending it to parliament for consideration, the prime minister said, calling the agreement "another founding stone in state-building."
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An Iraqi Cabinet minister suggested Wednesday that Sunni Muslims and other groups who boycott this weekend's election should receive jobs in Iraqi ministries to give them a stake in the future of a democratic nation.
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An agreement to divvy up the country's oil revenues is drawing opposition from politicians and unions, who argue that it could further divide the country
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The State Department acknowledged that the first American oil contract in Iraq is at cross purposes with the stated U.S. foreign policy of strengthening the countryâs central government.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fears the Americans will torpedo his government if parliament does not pass a law to fairly divvy up the country's oil wealth among Iraqis by the end of June, close associates of the leader told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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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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In Iraq, students and Shiite political parties are backing the country&#39;s forthcoming national elections. And a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says the government
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The United States on Wednesday reiterated American support for the Iraqi interim government headed by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. The US supports Allawi and his government&#39;s
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc said on Friday it was suspending its participation in cabinet because of legal steps being taken against one of its ministers, deepening the sectarian gulf between the country's politicians.
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Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo have approved a controversial draft resolution that calls on Arab states to restore full diplomatic relations with Iraq&#39;s under its current interim government.
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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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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.
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Iraqi officials said Friday that a U.S.-backed draft oil law will soon be returned to the Cabinet for approval after Kurds agreed to a compromise revenue-sharing measure. But they said many key sticking points remain unresolved &#151; and not even addressed &#151; in the watered-down legislation.
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OPEC oil ministers will meet on January  30 as scheduled despite a request from Iraq to move the date of  the meeting to avoid a clash with the Iraqi elections, an OPEC  spokesman said on Wednesday.
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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.