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		<title>Border conflicts test Kurdish tightrope act</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American support seen as crucial to helping Iraqi Kurds resolve rebel conflicts with Turkey and Iran.]]></description>
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		<title>State Dept. inspector releases Iraq oil report</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/state-dept-inspector-releases-iraq-oil-report-1246/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=state-dept-inspector-releases-iraq-oil-report</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Answers Dem. senators query of Bush admin. influence in Iraq oil deals.]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody&#039;s client: the reawakening of Iraqi sovereignty</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/nobodys-client-the-reawakening-of-iraqi-sovereignty-1167/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nobodys-client-the-reawakening-of-iraqi-sovereignty</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s success in provincial elections in January, there’s a new air of autonomy from the U.S. occupation. ]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq oil pipeline protection earns U.S. engineer honors</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/energy-sector/iraq-oil-pipeline-protection-earns-us-engineer-honors-925/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iraq-oil-pipeline-protection-earns-us-engineer-honors</link>
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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>Security of Iraq oil expected to improve with Umm Qasr port revamp</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/security/security-of-iraq-oil-expected-to-improve-with-umm-qasr-port-revamp-590/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=security-of-iraq-oil-expected-to-improve-with-umm-qasr-port-revamp</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<title>U.S. watchdog cites KBR, U.S. and Iraq governments for poor south oil reconstruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Obama and Iraq *More Iraq oil news *Oil, Transport and Port workers meet for "Well-to-Wheel" in Amman *Pentagon Report: Iraqis lack basic services, fueling discontent *Basra and the ballot * War News Radio: On the Move, Iraq’s displaced families *Iraq Press Roundup * Alive in Baghdad: Ashura, A Sign of the Times A new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq oil revenue audit to be handed over to all-Iraqi team</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/iraq-oil-revenue-audit-to-be-handed-over-to-all-iraqi-team-405/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iraq-oil-revenue-audit-to-be-handed-over-to-all-iraqi-team</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Oil law back in Parliament *New wells and other work to boost oil production *However, questions remain *Status Of Forces Agreement update *The Turkey-U.S.-Iraq-Iraqi Kurd dance *Iraq Press Roundup *Much more The U.N.-mandated auditor of Iraq's oil revenue says, despite accounting troubles, it is ready to hand off its work to an all-Iraqi team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq Oil Report must read: Q&amp;A with Iraq oil revenue auditor Joe Christoff</title>
		<link>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/iraq-oil-report-must-read-qa-with-iraq-oil-revenue-auditor-joe-christoff-400/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iraq-oil-report-must-read-qa-with-iraq-oil-revenue-auditor-joe-christoff</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: *Barzani and Bush meet in Washington *SOFA update *Alive in Baghdad: How do Iraqi youths spend their free time? *Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Q &#038; A: Joseph Christoff of the U.S. Government Accountability Office talks with the Council on Foreign Relations’ Greg Bruno about Iraq’s oil revenue. The GAO and Christoff’s analytical reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maliki, oil and gas committee to meet on Iraq oil law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<title>Iraq oil not part of OPEC cuts</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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