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		<title>Another Iraqiya MP faces charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Al Mulla]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Faces]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nouri al-Maliki]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Political Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prime Minister Nouri]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraq's Shiite-led government wants to bring charges against a member of the Sunni-backed bloc, the lawmaker said Monday, the latest step in a political crisis that erupted just after the U.S. completed its military withdrawal from the violence-wracked nation. Iraqiya parliamentarian Haidar al-Mulla said he was informed that prosecutors were seeking to charge him for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diyala-Iran border crossing re-opens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Border Crossing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diyala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Provincial Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mundhariya (Parvizkhan) border point opens today, after being closed by Iran after recent public protest and violence in Diyala. The crossing point, popular with traders and Iranian worshippers visiting holy Shiite sites in Iraq, was closed shortly after the Diyala Provincial Council demanded regional autonomy, last year on December 12.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqiya officially ends Cabinet boycott</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Al Mutlaq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boycott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Convergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council of Ministers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goodwill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jalal Talabani]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraqiya List has ended its boycott of the Council of Ministers following party talks yesterday. Iraqiya member Hamid al-Mutlaq said the party made the decision due to the goodwill of fellow political parties to resolve the ongoing disputes. "The return of the President of the Republic to Iraq [Jalal Talabani] and adopting the convergence of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crude awakening: Iraq and oil policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baghdad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crude Awakening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Outdoor Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Symposium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 17, two days after the U.S. military cased its colors and formally ended its mission in Iraq, the brain trust of the Iraqi oil sector gathered for a symposium at Baghdad's Alwiyah Club, a fortified concrete complex of meeting rooms and outdoor gardens. They were officially meeting to discuss "Challenges Facing the Development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decoding Iraq&#039;s sectarian rivalries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Al Hashemi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arrest Warrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deputy Prime Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dictator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Profile]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judiciary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nouri al-Maliki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office Deputy Prime Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Opponents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rivalries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saleh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sectarian Conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Throes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vice president]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By many accounts, Iraq appears to again be in the throes of sectarian conflict. Last month, the country’s judiciary issued an arrest warrant for its Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, for his alleged involvement in terrorism. At the same time, Nouri al-Maliki, the Shiite Prime Minister, sought to remove another high-profile Sunni official from office, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Iraqi film hero in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Directors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baghdad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brilliant Film]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Invasion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Led]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum Of Modern Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rasheed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Iraq’s only working filmmakers, Oday Rasheed – whose brilliant film 2005 Underexposure followed a group of characters in Baghdad after the United States-led invasion in 2003, and whose new film Qarantina is now premiering – is in Manhattan. The glamorous settings in which he is now showing Qarantina – a screening at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqiya bloc ends boycott</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nouri al-Maliki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Bloc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sunni-backed political bloc ended its boycott of Iraq’s parliament Sunday, a boost for Prime Minister Nouri ­al-Maliki, a Shiite, as he tries to consolidate power in the wake of the U.S. troop departure. But key members of the bloc, Iraqiya, continue to boycott meetings of the cabinet, and Maliki has indicated that he will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. drones still in Iraq provoke outrage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affront]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Troops]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fleet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A month after the last American troops left Iraq, the State Department is operating a small fleet of surveillance drones here to help protect the United States Embassy and consulates, as well as American personnel. Some senior Iraqi officials expressed outrage at the program, saying the unarmed aircraft are an affront to Iraqi sovereignty.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq on the road to World Cup</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2006 Fifa World Cup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After an absence of almost eight years, Iraq are back in the final round of an Asian Zone FIFA World Cup™ qualifying. A spirited preliminary campaign has given the 2007 Asian champions real hope of going all the way to Brazil 2014, and few would be happier than their coach to see that happen. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haditha verdict angers Iraqis, victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jail Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ringleader]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraqis were outraged Tuesday to learn that the Marine considered the ringleader of a 2005 massacre that left 24 of their countrymen dead in 2005 was sentenced on Tuesday to a reduction in rank but avoided any jail time after pleading guilty the day before to a reduced charge. “This is not new, and it’s [...]]]></description>
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