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	<title>Iraq Oil Report &#187; Associated Press</title>
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		<title>Bahrain will replace Iraq as host of 2013 football Gulf Cup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Al Khalifa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press reports: Bahrain’s Olympic Committee says the Gulf kingdom has replaced Iraq as host of the 2013 Gulf Cup, angering the Iraqis. General secretary Sheik Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalifa says the decision to swap venues was made by the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, without disclosing a reason. The 2013 Gulf Cup was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death toll in twin Baghdad bombings up to 32</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press reports: The death toll from a twin bombing in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad rose on Friday to 32 — the worst violence to hit Iraq since President Barack Obama last week said all American forces would leave the country by the end of this year. The two blasts, which took place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parliament to blame</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maliki blames Parliament for country's woes]]></description>
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		<title>60 well tender for Maysan Oil Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 01:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixty-Well Drilling Tender Announced for Iraq's Maysan Province Iraq's newly founded state-owned Maysan Oil Company (MOC) has published tenders for the drilling of up to 60 wells.]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey-Iraqi Kurd relations take shape</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abdullah Gül]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmed Deniz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visit by Turkey’s president to Baghdad, meeting with Talabani, leads to tough talk on – and response from – PKK.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq oil pipeline protection earns U.S. engineer honors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: * Shahristani says low oil price warrants cut * Exxon Mobil leaning on Iraq investment * Women in Iraq * Iran-Iraq border dispute remains * Iraq's Agent Orange New physical barriers keeping would-be saboteurs from attacking Iraq's northern pipeline have led to increased oil exports. It's a major reason Elizabeth Burg, a U.S. Army [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Iraq oil strategy attempts to walk political fine line</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/new-iraq-oil-strategy-attempts-to-walk-political-fine-line-907/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-iraq-oil-strategy-attempts-to-walk-political-fine-line</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *New budget approved after further cuts *New Report: More than Shiites and Sunnis *Iraq Teachers Union targeted by government *Video-Alive in Baghdad: US Withdrawing as Media Retreat from Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has lent his support to a new two-pronged oil-development strategy in an attempt to appease those who have challenged the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama outlines U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, war</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama said Iraqis will no longer see U.S. troops in their streets "by the end of 2011," which he said was in line with the Status Of Forces Agreement signed between Iraq and the United States. The troop drawdown has already been started and "by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq finalizes oil drilling joint venture with Mesopotamia Petroleum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A deal has been finalized creating a joint venture between the Iraq Drilling Co. and the British Mesopotamia Petroleum Co. It’s the first such joint venture in post-Saddam Iraq, and will likely be a template for future projects to bring foreign oil companies into the world’s third largest oil reserves. The Iraq Oil Service Co. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baiji sees corruption cleanup, saving Iraq oil from smugglers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus much more in this long-weekend edition of Iraq Oil Report, including updates on more going on in the oil and electricity sector, election results revealed, and the status of key security, societal and economic issues. A must read: One might call them the Batman and Robin of the Bayji oil refinery. Together Ali al-Obaidi, [...]]]></description>
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