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Turkey eyes oil gas deals with Iraqi Kurdistan in 2013
ANKARA | Wed May 22, 2013 2:51am EDT ANKARA May 22 (Reuters) - Turkey is looking to sign commercial contracts this year with Russian and U.S. companies operating in northern Iraq for joint oil and gas exploration, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told Reuters. "We are likely to be involved with Russian and American companies in northern Iraq for different projects like oil and ...
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Hundreds killed in upsurge of terror bombings sectarian killings in Iraq
A wave of violence is shaking the neo-colonial Iraqi regime that emerged from the US war and occupation of Iraq, as sectarian tensions between Iraq's bourgeois factions are inflamed by the savage US-led proxy war in neighbouring Syria.In this past week, more than 200 people have been killed in car bomb attacks in a number of Iraqi cities. The worst violence was in Baghdad, where car bombs ...
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US soldier John Russell gets life in prison for Camp Liberty killings in Iraq
Army Sergeant John Russell was convicted earlier this week over the murders at a clinic for soldiers suffering from war-related stress at Camp Liberty, the largest US base in ...
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Canadian killed in escalating violence in Iraq
Residents stand amid rubble at blast scene in Tuz Khormatu town in northern Iraq May 21, 2013. Three persons were killed and 52 others were injured after two car bombs were set off in Tuz Khormatu on Tuesday, according to the police. REUTERS/Stringer A Canadian has been killed amidst rising violence in Iraq. "I have grown increasingly concerned in recent days as a spate of deadly sectarian ...
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15 killed 90 wounded in fresh attacks in Iraq
A car bomb went off near the Abu Ghraib Grand Mosque, a Sunni mosque in Abu Ghraib area, 25 km west of the capital Baghdad, on Tuesday evening, killing eight people and injuring 15 others, a police source told Xinhua on condition of ...
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‘US opened Pandora’s box in Iraq regional sectarian violence almost impossible to stop now’
Violence Sectarian violence unleashed after the US disintegration of Iraq is linked to the Syrian conflict and the death toll will only climb since extremist elements hijacked the sectarian instability in the region, political analyst Chris Bambery told RT. "Everyone in Iraq must be terrified that the situation in Syria is spilling over into Iraq" Bambery said as Tuesday's ...
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Iraq violence kills 18
Violence in Iraq, including a bombing near a mosque, has killed 18 people officials say, the latest in a spate of unrest that has cost more than 370 lives so far this month.Tuesday's bomb near a mosque in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, killed five people and wounded at least 16, officials said.Dozens of mosques have been attacked so far this year, including two Shi'ite places of worship ...
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