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Beyond the Headlines: Nov. 14-20

<ul><li>Pipeline accident in Basra</li> <li>Cabinet approves two power plants</li> <li>Eni to train Basra farmers</li> <li>Missan decries border closure</li></ul>
Iraqi firefighters arrive at the scene of a fire at a gas compression facility at Rumaila oil field in Basra Province on Sept. 20, 2011. The country's oil sector has been plagued by a series of accidents and mishaps in the past two months. Most recently, on Oct. 28, arsonists set fire to pools of oil that had spilled from a pipeline in Dhi Qar province. (ATEF HASSAN/Reuters)

Another pipeline accident in Basra

BASRA – A fire broke out on a pipeline transporting dry gas from the Khor al-Zubair field to the Hartha power station on Nov. 13, the latest in a series of accidents due to poor upkeep.

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