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Five dead in Iraq suicide bomb ahead of vote
Iraq on Wednesday killed the leader of a provincial political party and four relatives, officials said, on the eve of elections his bloc was to participate in.Yunus al-Ramah, head of the United Iraq party, had been hosting a social gathering at his home in the town of Al-Hadhr, ...
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Iraq’s Kurds to Export Oil by New Pipeline ‘Very Soon’
Iraq 's Kurds will start exporting crude by pipeline "very soon" after the completion of a new link to the Turkish border by the end of September, the Kurdistan Regional Government Natural Resources Minister said. The pipeline to Fishkabour near the frontier ...
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An Anthem for Global Unity Rises from Iraq
a music video for global unity rising from the youth of our generation's biggest war. If I came with impossibly high goals, what I experienced was beyond my, or anyone's, dreams. The trip was organized in less than a month. Three weeks of outreach, and I was working with members of ...
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The supreme courts ruling will be greeted with dismay at the MoD | Joshua Rozenberg
An armoured Land Rover deployed with British forces in Afghanistan. The families of British soldiers killed in Iraq have established in the supreme court that the human rights convention applies to soldiers serving on foreign battlefields Photograph: Katie ...
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Relatives can sue over UK troops Iraq deaths
The body of soldier Stephen Allbutt arrives at RAF Brize Norton in Britain on 15 April, 2003, after he was killed in Iraq. Relatives of British soldiers killed while fighting in Iraq can sue the government for negligence and claim damages under human rights law, the Supreme Court in London ruled on ...
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Suicide bomber embraces and kills Sunni politician in Iraq
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up as he embraced a Sunni Muslim political leader in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing the man and four of his family a day before elections in the ...
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Western Unions new Iraq agent
Western Union has signed up the Investment Bank of Iraq to offer the complete range of Western Union services across all its 19 branches. The bank has branches in Baghdad, Basra, Karablaa and ...
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Iran Syria Iraq to sign major gas deal on Monday
Iran, Syria and Iraq will sign a major gas deal here on Monday to transfer Iran's South Pars natural gas to Europe, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Iran's caretaker oil minister Mohammad Aliabadi as well as oil ministers of Iraq and Syria will join the ceremony and choose a name for the pipeline to transfer Iran's gas to Europe, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister ...
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Kuwait says port project to continue despite Iraqi opposition
Kuwait said Wednesday it was " determined to go ahead with" the construction of a port which neighboring Iraq said would affect its shipping lanes.Kuwaiti government spokesman Ali Al-Rashid said the Gulf emirate "won't be intimidated by any remarks," referring to those from Baghdad earlier Wednesday which called the construction of the Mubarak Al-Kabir port on ...
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Iran calls on Iraq to deploy forces in borderlines to keep Kurdish rebels away
A senior commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that the guard's forces would continue destructive and invasive operations against the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) group until the deployment of Iraqi forces in the borders, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.The unnamed military official said that, "Iraqi government should deploy police ...
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UPDATE 1-Iraqi Kurds say new oil pipeline to Turkey to start soon
Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:53am EDT * Pipeline capacity to increase to 1 mln bpd by 2015-Hawrami * Sales via federal pipeline depend on permanent solution * Natural gas exports to Turkey seen by 2016 By Julia Payne and Peg Mackey LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan will start a new oil pipeline to Turkey within months, its energy minister said, increasing the autonomous region's control over ...
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Iraq - Iraqi government detains two journalists without charge
The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the detention of two Iraqi journalists who have been held for two weeks without formal charge or access to a lawyer in connection with the alleged theft of a senior official's notebook.Police arrested Mohammed Fouad, a journalist for the independent satellite channel ANB, and his assistant, Afdhel Jumaa, at the Ministry of Defense in ...
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UK Supreme Court says families of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue government
LONDON - Britain's highest court says the families of several soldiers killed or injured in Iraq can sue the government for failing to protect them. The cases are brought by relatives of soldiers including Cpl. Stephen Allbutt, who died in a "friendly fire" incident involving two Challenger tanks in March 2003, and Pvt. Phillip Hewett, killed in July 2005 when his Snatch Land ...
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Oil drilling under way in Iraqi Kurdistan
An oil company working in northern Iraq said Wednesday it was looking to confirm the region may be one of the best in the world in terms of resource potential. British energy company Gulf Keystone Petroleum said it started operations for the Shaikan-7 exploration well in the semiautonomous Kurdish region of Iraq. The company said Shaikan-7 is its first deep exploration well, targeting natural ...
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15 killed 30 wounded in suicide bombing at Baghdad Shiite
Up to 15 people were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a Shiite mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said."Our latest report said that 15 worshippers were killed and 30 others wounded by the suicide bombing at al-Husseiniyah (Shiite mosque) in Baghdad," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.The attack occurred around ...
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Families Can Sue Govt Over Iraq Troop Deaths
Families of British soldiers killed fighting in Iraq can bring damages claims against the Government, the Supreme Court has ruled. Relatives want to sue for negligence and to make claims under human rights legislation. Supreme Court justices announced today that they can do both. Families started legal action as a result of the deaths of a number of British soldiers following the American-led ...
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Gulf Keystone announce the commencement of the Companys drilling campaign at the Shaikan field
Shaikan-7, the first deep exploration well on the Shaikan block, is targeting the mid to lower Triassic and, potentially, Permian horizons, spudded late on Sunday 16 June 2013. Shaikan-7 is being drilled to the lower Triassic to evaluate the potential for significant quantities of light oil and identify commerciality of the deeper Triassic ...
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World Cup 2014 Josh Kennedy coming to terms with scoring match-winning goal against Iraq
Sydney 2000 Josh Kennedy says the impact of his match-winning goal in the World Cup qualifier against Iraq is only just "starting to sink in".Kennedy confirmed Australia's passage to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with his 83rd-minute header at the Olympic stadium on Tuesday night.The lanky striker was still coming to terms with being the toast of the nation as he joined his ...
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Syria peace talks delayed after Putin unyielding
Syrian peace talks will be delayed after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to boycott talks that assume President Bashar Assad will resign, officials said. The international peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland, proposed by Washington and Moscow six weeks ago to be held as soon as May is now likely to be delayed until September, a Western official told several news organizations after ...
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Iraq claims legal ruling expected
Relatives want the right to sue for negligence and to make claims under human rights legislation.The Supreme Court - the highest court in the UK - analysed arguments from lawyers representing relatives and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) at a hearing in London in February.Judges in the Court of Appeal and the High Court have already considered the issues.In October, appeal judges said relatives ...
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Total acquires 80 stake in Kurdistan block
France's oil major Total has acquired an 80% stake in an exploration block in Iraq's Kurdistan, in a move that reinforces the company's position in the semi-autonomous region where crude reserves are plentiful, Reuters has reported. According to the deal, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will own the remaining 20%. "This participation in an operated exploration block ...
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Dozens die in blast at Iraqi mosque
BAGHDAD -- Two suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, one blowing himself up at a nearby checkpoint while the other slipped inside during prayers. The blasts killed 34 people, Iraqi officials ...
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10 killed 53 wounded in Iraqs violence
BAGHDAD, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and 53 wounded in separate shootings and bombings in central and northern Iraq on Thursday, the police said. Up to five people, including two policemen, were killed and 30 wounded when two roadside bombs detonated near a police patrol in Nahrawan area, in the southeastern part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told ...
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Supreme Court ruling on Iraq damages
Supreme Court judges will rule later on whether relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the government for damages under the Human Rights Act. The case was brought by relatives of three men killed by roadside bombs while in Snatch Land Rovers in Iraq. Last year, the Court of Appeal accepted government argument that battlefields were beyond the reach ...
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