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  1. Past 10 YearsRead the original story

    52 min ago | Turkish Daily News

    In Part I of this series, political ambitions and developments leading to the discovery of oil at Kirkuk were reviewed.

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    Related Topix: Iraq, Middle East, OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)

  2. Iraq to kick off its first oil bid roundRead the original story

    1 hr ago | International Herald Tribune

    BAGHDAD : Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani will meet Monday in London with representatives of international oil companies for the country's first round of bidding for new contracts since the U.S.-led ...

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Baghdad, Iraq

  3. Extremist attacks drive Christians out of MosulRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | The Seattle Times

    Hundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Iraqi military operations to secure the northern Iraqi city, political and ...

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    Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Christians, Iraq, World News, Middle East

  4. War reportRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | WFAA-TV Dallas

    A former secret-police official was named Saturday as Afghanistan's interior minister.

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    Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

  5. Business growing in Iraq but problems remainRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | The Standard-Times

    When Nadhim Faisal's company began building three schools in Baghdad last year, he figured it would take six months to finish them.

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Baghdad, Iraq

  6. Official: 3,000 Christians flee 'killing campaign' in northern Iraq city of MosulRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | INFORUM

    ... A fourteen year old boy reacts next to his injured father Sheik Azad Khurshid, a Sunni imam, at a hospital in Kirkuk, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Sheik was injured when a bomb planted underneath his car exploded, police said. (AP Photo/Emad ...

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    Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Iraq, World News, Middle East, The Christians, Baghdad, Iraq

  7. Gen. Petraeus departs as violence surgesRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | Today's Zaman

    As Gen. David Petraeus, outgoing commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq , leaves Iraq, violence seems to be escalating.

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News

  8. Iraq's Parliament suspended to mourn slain MPRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | Jordan Times

    Iraq's parliament suspended proceedings on Saturday for one day in mourning for a Shiite lawmaker who was killed in a bomb attack.

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Baghdad, Iraq, Public Relations

  9. DarknessRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | Bagdhad Observer

    It wasn't a good couple of days for journalists in Iraq or a positive reflection on a government that is supposed to be a fledgling Democracy.

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    Related Topix: Journalism, Middle East, Iraq, World News

  10. Awakening Council member arrestedRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | CNN

    A U.S. soldier was killed Saturday when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in the southeastern Iraqi province of Maysan, the U.S. military said.

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    Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Baghdad, Iraq

  11. FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 11Read the original story

    21 hrs ago | AlertNet

    Sheikh Azad Khorsheed, deputy head of the Sunni endowment office in Kirkuk, was wounded in a bomb explosion, police said.

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    Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Explosion, Baghdad, Iraq, Al Anbar, Iraq, Samarra, Iraq

  12. Iraq: Journalist shot dead as Christians flee MosulRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | Al Bawaba

    A Kurdish journalist was shot dead in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police said.

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News

  13. Iraqi Awakening Council member arrestedRead the original story

    Yesterday | CNN

    U.S. forces have arrested a member of an Iraqi Awakening Council for threatening local residents, the U.S. military said.

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    Related Topix: Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq, World News, Middle East

  14. Iraqi journalist killed in KirkukRead the original story

    Yesterday | KAAL-TV Austin

    BAGHDAD - A Kurdish journalist was gunned down in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police said.

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Baghdad, Iraq, Public Relations

  15. Violence in Mosul Forces Iraqi Christians to Flee

    Yesterday | The Dispatch

    A car bomb on Friday in the Abu Dshir district of Baghdad killed at least 12 people.

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    Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Christians, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq, World News, Middle East, Jalal Talabani

  16. Obituaries in the newsRead the original story

    Yesterday | International Business Times

    Alfred J. Gallodoro, a jazz musician who performed on the saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, has died.

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  17. 24 are killed in bombings, shootings across IraqRead the original story

    Yesterday | The Day

    A car bomb exploded in a market in southern Baghdad late Friday afternoon, killing at least 14 people and prompting an outburst of sectarian rioting, according to police and witnesses.

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Baghdad, Iraq

  18. Iraqi journalist gunned down in KirkukRead the original story

    Yesterday | CPJ Press Freedom Online

    New York , October 10, 2008 - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of Iraqi reporter Dyar Abas Ahmed, who was shot by unidentified gunmen in Kirkuk today, according to news reports and CPJ ...

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Baghdad, Iraq

  19. Past 10 YearsRead the original story

    Yesterday | Turkish Daily News

    ARCHIVE click for a new search Kirkuk-Ankara line Alongside with questions of who will win the elections and whether Turkey will be a member of the European Union, one of the most heated issues on the agenda ...

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    Related Topix: Turkey, Middle East, World News, Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

  20. Killing rappedRead the original story

    Yesterday | Gulf Daily News

    NAJAF, Iraq: Hundreds of supporters of Moqtada Al Sadr gathered yesterday to bury a Sadrist legislator, assassinated a day earlier in a bomb attack.

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Baghdad, Iraq