Tue Nov 10, 8:56 AM ET

Iraqi Sunni and Shiite community leaders attend the Arab Political Council in Kirkuk in August 12. An oil dispute between Iraqi Kurdistan and the central government in Baghdad is unlikely to be resolved by the elections on January 21, 2010, the autonomous region's leader said. (AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)

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