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Hawler Tribune
October 8, 2008
Regarding
Kirkuk issue in particular he doubts this oil-rich city be annexed to
Kurdistan. "Well, annexation No. I do think annexation
Kirkuk to Kurdistan. ...
The Miami Herald
October 8, 2008
... include a struggle between
Sunni Arabs,
Kurds and Turkmen for control of the oil-rich northern
city of Kirkuk; and the
Shiite-led central government's ...
Voice of America
October 8, 2008
The presidency rejected an earlier version of the provincial election
law over the contentious issue of
Kirkuk.
Kurdish lawmakers objected to the way a ...
ArabianBusiness.com
October 6, 2008
Al-Shahristani will meet in
London on Oct. 13 with 35
oil companies qualified to participate in the first bidding round, which covers the Rumaila,
Kirkuk, ...
AsiaNews.it
October 6, 2008
Muslim community shows its solidarity to
Kirkuk's
Christian community.
Baghdad (AsiaNews) - The UN special representative for
Iraq Staffan de Mistura said ...
Hürriyet
October 6, 2008
... satellite-intelligence for a few weeks in order to prevent it from entering civilian areas in
Iraq , creating a threat in the region, including
Kirkuk . ...
Muncie Free Press
October 5, 2008
Forces in
Hawijah, southwest of
Kirkuk, caught one terrorist suspect believed to be part of a
bombing network in
Diyala Province. In operations yesterday in ...
Scotland on Sunday
October 4, 2008
They are competing with Turkmens and
Sunni Arabs who claim primacy of ownership to some of the same territory, particularly the
city of Kirkuk and its ...
AINA
October 4, 2008
Also Saturday, Deputy US Secretary of State
John Negroponte was in
Kirkuk for a meeting with Arab representatives to discuss a
Kurdish-Arab dispute over the ...
Chicago Tribune
October 4, 2008
... which includes the oil-rich and ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk, and form a committee to recommend separate legislation for elections there by March 31.
ISN
October 4, 2008
Elections in the three provinces of the
Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) will be held later in 2009, with a vote on the future of
Kirkuk vote put off ...
PRESS TV
October 4, 2008
24 after months of tense debate between Arabs and
Kurds over the oil-rich
city of Kirkuk. The lawmakers agreed to postpone the polls in
Kirkuk and three ...
Voice of America
October 4, 2008
Parliament approved the bill last month after dropping a provision for a power-sharing agreement in the oil-rich region of Kirkuk. ...
Xinhua
October 4, 2008
The elections had been scheduled for Oct. 1, but the dispute rose over how the polls should be conducted in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk. ...
Irish Times
October 4, 2008
Mr Talabani vetoed the Bill last July because it covered
Kirkuk, which the
Kurds seek to annex to their region in spite of Arab and Turkmen objections. ...
World Socialist Web Site
October 3, 2008
The legislation passed only because it excluded the oil-rich province of Tamim, commonly referred to as Kirkuk, the provincial capital city. ...
Nepal News
October 2, 2008
Under the new
law, elections will take place in 14 provinces, but not in three northern
Kurdish states and the oil-rich multi-ethnic province of
Kirkuk. ...
Monday Morning
October 2, 2008
Parliament agreed to a compromise that will exclude not only the disputed northern oil province of
Kirkuk but also the whole of the northern
Kurdistan ...
Stars and Stripes
October 1, 2008
... integrating "Sons of
Iraq" groups into security forces and other jobs; the fate of
Kirkuk; refugee returns; and a lack of government services. ...
Hindu
October 1, 2008
However, to avoid tensions with the
Kurds, dominant in the north, elections in the oil
city of Kirkuk have been deferred. The status of
Kirkuk has been ...
New York Times
October 1, 2008
They are competing with Turkmen and
Sunni Arabs who claim primacy of ownership to some of the same territory, particularly the
city of Kirkuk and its ...
Asia Times Online
October 1, 2008
KRG runs the three northern provinces of Arbil, Sulaimaniya and
Dohuk and has no official jurisdiction over Khanaqin,
Kirkuk and
Nineveh province, ...
AsiaNews.it
October 1, 2008
The archbishop of
Kirkuk, Louis Sako, reiterates the "role of
Christians in the development of the Arab world". Fr Samir Khalil Samir recalls the pope's ...
Bloomberg
October 1, 2008
It noted ``Kurd-Arab tensions centered on the status of Kirkuk'' haven't been resolved and may indicate ``the road ahead will not be smooth or linear. ...
AlterNet
September 30, 2008
KRG runs the three northern provinces of Arbil, Sulaimaniya and
Dohuk and has no official jurisdiction over Khanaqin,
Kirkuk and
Nineveh province, ...
JURIST
September 30, 2008
Such a commission appears in Article 24 of the new Provincial Elections
law, which concerns the fate of
Kirkuk. By way of background, the passage of the law ...
Kurdish Aspect
September 30, 2008
MPs agreed to postpone the polls in
Kirkuk and three northern provinces that already form part of the autonomous
Kurdish region. The
law was criticised by ...
Bay Area Indymedia
September 29, 2008
The parliamentarians agreed to postpone elections in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk. I have long been a proponent of early provincial elections. ...
JURIST
September 29, 2008
Earlier this month, Iraqi lawmakers agreed to temporarily divide control of
Kirkuk [JURIST report] among the city's
ethnic groups until a permanent ...
Boston Globe
September 29, 2008
This may be true even for the disputed
city of Kirkuk, which
Kurds want to bring under the
Kurdish Autonomous Government in the north, against the wishes of ...
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
September 28, 2008
22, 2007, south of Kirkuk . Both Jason and Nathan Hubbard, 21, were scouts with the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry - nicknamed Cacti ...
Reuters AlertNet
September 28, 2008
Kirkuk - Gunmen targeting a police vehicle in a drive-by shooting wounded one policeman in southern
Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of
Baghdad, ...
Salt Lake Tribune
September 28, 2008
Elections were put off in the province surrounding the volatile
city of Kirkuk, where
Kurds,
Sunni Arabs and other groups compete for power, ...
AINA
September 26, 2008
Not without risk to our safety, we went to visit him in
Kirkuk, a city at the centre of a land dispute between the
Baghdad government and the
Kurdish ...
Foreign Policy Passport
September 26, 2008
The status of the disputed
city of Kirkuk remains unresolved, though.
Iraq's largest humanitarian organization is facing embezzlement charges. ...
Voice of America
September 26, 2008
The measure was adopted after Iraqi lawmakers agreed to postpone voting in the oil-rich region of
Kirkuk and the three autonomous
Kurdish provinces of ...
World Magazine
September 25, 2008
Tuesday Goran, along with other residents in the restive areas between
Mosul and
Kirkuk, closely monitored deliberations in the
Iraqi Parliament, ...
The Media Line
September 25, 2008
The compromise will allow elections to proceed elsewhere, and in Kirkuk only after an agreement has been reached there at a later date. ...
Al-Ahram Weekly
September 25, 2008
UN officials had suggested moving ahead with the vote in all provinces except Kirkuk, pending a committee determining the status of the northern oil-rich ...
Times Online
September 25, 2008
The thorniest element of the legislation - who should control the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in the north - was taken out, however, to be resolved at a later ...
