Plus: *Oil Ministry to explain oil and gas bidding to companies in London next month *Karbala sees 13 power projects *Finance Ministry agrees to worker demands *Recap of weekend violence highlights troubled future *Artists transform the blast walls *Exploring Al-Qaida in Iraq and the Awakening’s fate *Much more A bomb blast on an oil pipeline [...]

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 [...]

Violence is steady, and deadly, in Kirkuk and Basra, where combined more than 90 percent of Iraq’s reserves are located. The violence is less related to fighting terrorists than it is to finding a solution to the power struggle in Iraq. A pipeline from Iraq to Iran is being built, according to press reports. The [...]