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	<title>Iraq Oil Report &#187; Oil Policy</title>
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		<title>As Iraq loosens the taps, slow planning for a spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With oil production set to boom, Iraq is facing an increasing risk of oil-related disaster, and environmental officials say the country isn’t ready to handle a major spill. ]]></description>
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		<title>UN oversight of Iraqi oil money struggling to adapt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alleged fuel smuggling from Kurdish region to Iran highlights gaps in UN-mandated monitoring of Iraqi oil money.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq&#8217;s Oil Service Contracts: An Overview</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advisory Commission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full speech given by Thamir Ghadhban, chairman of the advisory commission to the Iraqi Prime Minister, at the Iraq Oil Symposium July 18, 2010, attended by officials from international oil companies, foreign embassies and Iraqi ministries.]]></description>
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		<title>KRG plan responds to smuggling allegations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abdul Karim]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Additional News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Strict Measures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kurdistan region announces formation of an oil security force and a ministerial committee to monitor oil and fuel trade, and affirms oil exports are only valid through northern pipeline.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi oil and gas moves could violate U.S. sanctions on Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/iraqi-oil-and-gas-moves-could-violate-u-s-sanctions-on-iran-4826/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=iraqi-oil-and-gas-moves-could-violate-u-s-sanctions-on-iran</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy dealings between Iraq and Iran would likely violate U.S. sanctions, and are drawing condemnation from American diplomats, concern from experts.]]></description>
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		<title>Local oil politics stall parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/local-oil-politics-stall-parliament-4818/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=local-oil-politics-stall-parliament</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council of Ministers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unresolved disagreements over the control of Iraq’s oil and the distribution of revenue have stopped the new parliament, before it can even start.]]></description>
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		<title>KRG denies alleged oil smuggling to Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/krg-denies-alleged-oil-smuggling-to-iran-4810/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=krg-denies-alleged-oil-smuggling-to-iran</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Renewed war of words between Baghdad and Erbil, sparked by The New York Times report on crude smuggling, could escalate ongoing feud over oil sector control.]]></description>
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		<title>Union leaders taken to court for oil sector dissent</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-policy/union-leaders-taken-to-court-for-oil-sector-dissent-4698/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=union-leaders-taken-to-court-for-oil-sector-dissent</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its latest crackdown on organized labor, oil officials have initiated legal proceedings against two union leaders for opposing the Ministry of Oil’s development plans.]]></description>
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		<title>Zalmay Khalilzad&#8217;s take on Iraq – Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ambassador To Iraq]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq addresses the criticism he's received for attempting to enter Iraq's oil sector.]]></description>
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		<title>From diplomat to oilman: Khalilzad returns to Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Capital Of Iraq]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former U.S. ambassador has officially landed in the Iraqi oil patch in a controversial move that complicates Arab-Kurd relations and appears to undercut the American policy he once promoted.]]></description>
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