Kirkuk

...the first round of bidding since nationalisation. Iraq aims to boost output to seven million bpd within six years by developing the Zubair, Rumaila, West Qurna 1, Kirkuk and Maysan fields. Longer term, Shahristani's sights are set on between...

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...controlled it. " In May, reports said that unknown gunmen blew up two oil pipelines from Iraq's northern Bai Hassan oil field near Kirkuk, but the flow of the country's northern oil exports weren't affected. "It is a sabotage attack...

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The death toll is expected to rise, police said. Violence has dipped sharply in Iraq over the past 18 months but attacks remain common in volatile areas like the oil city of Kirkuk. Kirkuk is one of several flashpoints between Iraq's...

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...Iraq are given more seats. The election law was approved on November 8 after weeks of wrangling between Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen over how to hold the vote in the city of Kirkuk, which they dispute. U.S. diplomats and U.N. officials...

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...Arab votes in Baghdad. But while it smooths the way for January's elections, the deal does not address the status of Kirkuk, which will remain one of the most difficult questions confronting Iraq's next government. Ever since the U.S....

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...Haidari said. The law's passage had been repeatedly delayed by sharp disagreements over how voting would take place in the northern city of Kirkuk, claimed by both Arabs and Kurds, and a major flashpoint in the country. Kurds consider...

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...news agency. The violence triggered in Iraq by the US-led invasion in 2003 has diminished over the past 18 months, but the ethnically-mixed and oil-rich city of Kirkuk remains a flashpoint, and attacks have continued. 'Heinous crime'

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