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However, the new version of the law, which was sent to the three-man presidency council for approval on Monday, fails to address the concerns of Tariq al-Hashemi. Hashemi said the first version of law, which was passed on November 8 after months of wrangling,...
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A recent meeting between Iraq�s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdish President Massoud Barzani appears to be a crucial step in lowering tensions in the country, but it has also prompted questions as to whether the two leaders can put an end to their...
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In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan , the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity...
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It's unclear if certain longstanding disagreements are over or not, but they have been suspended under US and Iran pressure. Otherwise the Iraqi Parliament wouldn't have passed a new election law following long debate...My colleagues in Baghdad told striking...
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Disputes over so-called compensatory seats in the Iraqi Parliament threaten to derail an election law now before the three-member presidency council. The international community praised the passage in the Iraqi Parliament of an amendment to the 2005 election...
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Legislators have been arguing for weeks over a series of stumbling blocks in the run-up to the January 16 polls. "We informed the parliament that if the election law is not legislated within 48 hours, it would be difficult and impossible to carry out...
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ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell , the two biggest western oil companies, on Thursday won the right to develop Iraq’s giant West Qurna oilfield, raising the prospect of a big jump in Iraqi oil supplies. The agreement is the third such deal this year and...
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The Kirkuk conundrum Iraqi democracy is stuck in a constitutional hiatus over the Kurdish-dominated region that threatens to derail elections Iraq has once again met what very low expectations remain of it. Despite a 15 October deadline, the Iraqi parliament...
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Samarrai regretted the delay in reaching an agreement as a loss for everyone and warned that 'no one benefits from the status quo'. He added deputies would vote on the draft law on Monday if the council, comprising of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, President...
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British forces once stationed in Iraq moved to neighboring Kuwait due to the failure of the Iraqi Parliament to provide legal cover for their deployment. British forces had operated out of a base in the southern port city of Basra in support of Operation...
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