Beyond the Headlines: Dec. 19-25
<ul><li>Anbar's autonomy deadline</li> <li>Missan to file suit against Oil Ministry</li> <li>Iran gets diesel deal</li> <li>Kuwait-Iraq reach fisherman pact</li></ul>
Then-Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani (R) speaks with China's energy giant CNOOC director Yang Hua as Turkey's TPAO director Mehmet Uysal listens on following the signing of an oil deal in Baghdad on May 17, 2010, while other members of the delegation look on. Buoyed by projected oil revenues and discontent with Baghdad, the provinces of Missan, Basra and Dhi Qar are seriously contemplating forming a semi-autonomous federal region. (SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)
Anbar's autonomy deadline
RAMADI - The Anbar provincial council has temporarily postponed a formal declaration of autonomy in hopes of the central government agreeing to eight demands.
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