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Obama Calls Passage of Election Law in Iraq a Milestone
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pursuit of a better future," he said. Iraqi legislators struggled with the election law, as factions representing minority Kurds and the majority Arabs battled over how to apportion votes in the disputed city of Kirkuk. The law awaits approval by the presidential
Story|11/08/2009
Iraqi Parliament Approves Election Law, Paves Way for January Vote
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key hurdle to the law's passage had been how to apportion votes in the oil-rich city — a city claimed by both Arabs and Kurds — in the world's 11th largest oil producing nation. The issue has been especially worrying because if the election law
Story|11/08/2009
Iraqi Lawmakers Have 1 Day to Agree on Bill Key for Elections
AP| World
oil-rich city in the north that is claimed by both Kurds and Arabs. Kurds consider Kirkuk a Kurdish city and want it part of ..... former dictator Saddam Hussein, tens of thousands of Kurds were displaced under a forced plan to make Kirkuk predominantly
Story|11/04/2009
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that many hope will hasten the end of political gridlock over control of oil-rich Kirkuk — an old dispute between Arabs and Kurds that has threatened Iraq's fragile stability as U.S. troops prepare to leave the country. Maj. Muthana Khalid said a
Story|11/01/2009
Turkish Troops Kill 5 Kurdish Rebels
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Turkish Troops Kill 5 Kurdish Rebels Tuesday, October 27 ..... Turkish troops killed five Kurdish rebels in a clash in the country ..... conflict by expanding Kurds ' democratic and human ..... arrival by thousands of Kurds angered the government
Story|10/27/2009
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The Stars and Stripes, reporting on the massacre at Srebrenica in Bosnia, as well as Saddam Hussein's forces fighting the Kurds in northern Iraq. Earlier, as a reporter for the The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Sammon uncovered widespread corruption at
Story|10/24/2009
U.S. Faces Critical Challenges in Troop Withdrawal from Iraq, Lawmakers Say
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elections in January and ongoing tensions between the Arabs and Kurds as it withdraws from Iraq. FOXNews.com Wednesday, October ..... elections in January and ongoing tensions between Arabs and Kurds are three major challenges the U.S. faces as it withdraws
Story|10/21/2009
Report: Kurdish Rebels Attack Turkish Army Base
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Report: Kurdish Rebels Attack Turkish Army Base Wednesday ..... s state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have fired 10 mortar rounds at ..... came two days after a group of Kurdish rebels and Kurds crossed into Turkey from northern
Story|10/21/2009
Homicide Bomber Destroys Key Iraqi Bridge, Highway
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that Iraq denied entry to some of the deportees, saying the roughly 30 passengers who returned to the U.K. were minority Kurds who were too afraid to remain in Iraq. The 10 Iraqis who remained were Arabs, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity
Story|10/17/2009
Iraq Wants Turkey to Stop Cross-Border Operations
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border military operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq even as his Turkish ..... but raids by Turkish forces pursuing Kurdish rebels who use northern Iraq as a stronghold ..... sovereignty but emphasized that the Kurdish rebels are a threat to its security and that
Story|10/15/2009