China says a multi-billion dollar oil deal with Iraq is still being negotiated. This contradicts reports last week from Iraqi officials, who said the deal had been signed, Daniel Schearf reports for Voice of America. China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday said negotiations with Baghdad to exploit an Iraqi oil field continue.
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Key U.S. Senate committee wants answers to Iraq investment in own reconstruction …
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Attacks on oil and power sector continue, workers targeted … Kirkuk-Baiji line bombed … Women in Basra risk death by religious fundamentalists …
There have been nearly 600 pipeline attacks in Iraq since March 2003, though recent security strategies have allowed additional flow in the northern pipeline. Attacks are also increasing in the power sector, especially among workers being targeted, according to an assessment from March 2003 to Nov. 17, 2007, made for United Press International by an [...]
