Leaders of Iraq's Kurdish Region Reportedly Approve Draft Oil Law
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 24 -- Leaders of Iraq's oil-rich Kurdish region have apparently approved a draft oil law that will be presented to Iraqi lawmakers in coming weeks, an eagerly awaited breakthrough that is expected to professionalize and expand drilling in the country.
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Â· Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parties achieve consensusÂ· Deal may not be enough to end boycott of cabinet
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A Kurdish-backed list of candidates won a majority of seats on the regional council that governs this diverse northern city, a major political step in reversing the bloody course set by former president Saddam Hussein to make Kirkuk an Arab-dominated city.
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Turkey's parliament resoundingly approved a motion on Wednesday allowing troops to cross into northern Iraq to hunt down Kurdish rebels there, but its Western allies and Baghdad urged Ankara to refrain from military action.
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Leaders meeting on Iraq&#39;s future plan to give strong backing to the interim government&#39;s war against insurgents, but won&#39;t set
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Kurdish guerrillas could strike oil pipelines if Turkish troops attack them, a pro-rebel news agency quoted one of their leaders on Friday as saying.
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European Union leaders gave Iraq assurances of "strong support" in a draft statement Friday and said they would offer Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi the prospect of aid and a special trade deal.
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Developments in Iraq on Thursday:
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The Nigerian government has confirmed reports that rebel groups in the country&#39;s main oil producing region have agreed to a ceasefire.
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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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ARBIL, Iraq  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani on Friday to discuss control of oil resources in the autonomous region of Kurdistan.
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Shia, Sunni and Kurdish leaders sign a deal aimed at curbing sectarian violence, Iraq's prime minister says.
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The Iraqi cabinet approves a draft law allowing Iraq's oil revenues to be split between ethnic groups.
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The Iraqi cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday which could see thousands of prisoners freed, one of the main demands of Sunni Arab politicians boycotting the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad.
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Vatican, Nov. 04  - Pope John Paul II (bio - news) backed the establishment of democracy in Iraq, as he met on November 4 with that country&#39;s interim leader, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
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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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Turkey and Iraq reach a deal to allow Turkish forces to pursue Kurdish rebels into Iraq, media say.