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		<title>How Iraq can define its destiny</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Destiny]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arab successor states to the Ottoman Empire have all proved to be unstable, prone to violence and easy targets of foreign intervention and control. Left unchecked, Iraq will remain hostage to the turbulent region in which it finds itself — and to the price of oil. This is Iraq’s legacy, but it need not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three wounded in Diyala car blast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday a car bomb rocked Khanaqin city (170 km from Baghdad) in Diyala province. Police officer Adnan Fayeq from Jalawla a suburb of the city told AKnews "an improvised explosive device attached to a pick up truck exploded in the Ashti neighborhood of Jalawla." The driver, an Arab, lost one of his legs and two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maliki takes first swing at KRG oil deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alaa Majeed]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Shell and Turkey sign Iraq gas co-op pact *Update on SOFA *Oil capital Basra wants autonomy from Baghdad *Iraq Press Roundup Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blasted the Kurdistan Regional Government for what he calls "constitutional violations." In a press conference he listed them – including developing foreign relations and utilizing Peshmerga forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update and Perspectives on the Status Of Forces Agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Ashton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *SOFA negotiations rocky but developing *Iraq Oil Report offers first look at text submitted to Parliament *Kurdistan-Baghdad relations rocky *KRG signs U.N. electricity help *Iraq Oil Ministry wants helicopters *Alive in Baghdad: Sahwa, What Next After Al-Qaeda? *Iraq Press Roundup The Status Of Forces Agreement, or SOFA, is nearing a late-November deadline when Iraq’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq to join oil revenue transparency pact</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/iraq-to-join-oil-revenue-transparency-pact-410/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iraq-to-join-oil-revenue-transparency-pact</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Oil Minister Shahristani joins PM Maliki’s coalition list *The Green Zone Sit-in *VIDEO: Two-part series on the Surge &#038; Sadr *Operation Hotel California: entering Iraq in 2002 *Iraqi women face increasing threats *All Iraqis in danger with bad water It's an exhausting and complicated process, but Iraq is taking steps to open up its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil for Soil: Crisis Group proposes ‘grand bargain’ on Iraq oil land dispute</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/oil-for-soil-crisis-group-proposes-%e2%80%98grand-bargain%e2%80%99-on-iraq-oil-land-dispute-394/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=oil-for-soil-crisis-group-proposes-%25e2%2580%2598grand-bargain%25e2%2580%2599-on-iraq-oil-land-dispute</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Iraqi Kurd-central government tension escalates *Iraq limits oil companies to one lead role in oil deals *Former SCOP Chief Khawaja’s recommendations *U.S. threatens Iraq aid and other SOFA developments *Basra worker protest *Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Oil for Soil: the International Crisis Group is proposing what its calling a "grand bargain" to head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq oil law getting pushed by longtime supporter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Japan, Turkey team up for Iraq oil and gas bid *CNPC starts Ahdab work *Oil price drop sparks budget changes *Oil smugglers arrested *new video--Alive in Baghdad: Two Families Survive Iraq's Militias *Basra port privatization begins *The Iraq Press Roundup *And much more A lawmaker from the parliament’s commission of power on Tuesday said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four days until Iraq oil and gas fields unveiled to international oil firms</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/four-days-until-iraq-oil-and-gas-fields-unveiled-to-international-oil-firms-358/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=four-days-until-iraq-oil-and-gas-fields-unveiled-to-international-oil-firms</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *More details ahead of the roadshow *Kurdish national MP says oil law moving *KRG minister says natural gas to provide power for Kurds, industry and all of Iraq *Barzani heads to Baghdad for talks soon *Oil Search starts drilling *Shahristani talks pipeline plans *U.S. report warns of upcoming ethnic violence *Turkey readies for incursion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq oil and violence: the next Nigeria?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Lukoil blames Shahristani for West Qurna deal *March deadline for first bids on oil and gas fields *December date for announcing second round *Oil and Electricity ministries combine forces on Mussaib topping plant * Alive in Baghdad: Baghdad Security Plan Burdens Residents * Turkey and the PKK, SOFA and more Recurrent violence in oil-rich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq to offer 82 percent of proven oil reserves to international oil companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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