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		<title>Iraqis find dialogue on oil issues in London</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Oil prices spark need for more oil to meet budget *Could help Iraq in long run *Increase oil production needs investment *KRG responds to Maliki *India’s ONGC third in line for Saddam deal renegotiate *The Trains of Iraq *Iraq Press Roundup *U.N. may need pact with U.S. in Iraq A conference to connect Iraq [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq politicians question Shell gas deal transparency</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<title>Shahristani in Erbil: DNO, Taq Taq oil exports OK from north Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Export issues remain *No deal reached on other KRG oil deals *Khurmala dome to be joint developed *Iraq oil exports increase but income drops with oil price Two companies developing oil fields in Iraq's Kurdistan region received approval from Baghdad to tie in to the northern Iraq pipeline, a company official said. An official from [...]]]></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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		<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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		<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>BREAKING: Text of Status Of Forces Agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A trusted source passed along what is believed to be the version of the SOFA approved Sunday by Iraq's Cabinet and signed Monday by U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. It must still be approved by Iraq's Parliament, no easy task. Iraq Oil Report will have more on this Wednesday. Also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No moves on Iraq oil law in KRG-Baghdad talks</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/no-moves-on-iraq-oil-law-in-krg-baghdad-talks-433/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=no-moves-on-iraq-oil-law-in-krg-baghdad-talks</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Iraq Oil Report update delays *Get your copy of the Shell-Iraq gas Heads of Agreement *PetroVietnam renegotiating Saddam-era oil deal *Iraq Human Rights Commission awaits Presidency Council OK *Iraq Oil Report Exclusive: Text of Human Rights Commission law *What is the "Green Zone"? *The Iraq Press Roundup Apologies to readers: over the past week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KRG’s Hawrami pans Iraq oil law movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Another Iraq critic of the Shell gas deal *Kirkuk oil flows to Turkey again *Obama’s Iraq *Alive in Baghdad: Iraqi Professors Demand Rights *Much more News of the Iraq oil law being sent to Parliament may be a little too optimistic. "Two weeks ago (Kurdistan Regional Government President) Massoud Barzani was in Baghdad for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Iraq Ambassador to U.N. Hamid al-Bayati</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day after Barack Obama was elected to be the next U.S. president, Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations Hamid al-Bayati called it inspiring. But on the ground in Iraq, Obama really wouldn't be too different from President Bush, he said. In an interview with United Press International’s Ben Lando on the sidelines of an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq, Shell: gas deal not a monopoly, as documents and top lawmaker contend</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/iraq-shell-gas-deal-not-a-monopoly-as-documents-and-top-lawmaker-contend-419/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iraq-shell-gas-deal-not-a-monopoly-as-documents-and-top-lawmaker-contend</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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