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BAGHDAD — Massive bombings and scattered daily violence won’t slow American troops from leaving Iraq by the end of 2011, Iraq’s prime minister said Wednesday.
Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc and OAO Lukoil will join BP Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. among Iraq’s top oil producers based on their pledges in winning bids this weekend as the country auctioned 28 percent of its crude assets.
TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran's foreign minister says three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July will go on trial. Manouchehr Mottaki did not say when proceedings would begin or specify the charge, but in November authorities accused the Americans of spying.
DAMASCUS, 14 December 2009 (IRIN) - Aseel Ali*, aged 16, and her mother - both refugees from Iraq - earn just enough (US$174 per month between them) in a Damascus handicraft workshop to pay their rent and buy food.
So these people were taking a stroll in a remote corner of a war zone along the border of a hostile country? Iranians claiming to be … read more camping in the BWCA would be more believable.
BAGHDAD -- Chinese, Russian and European companies won the right this weekend to develop major oil fields in Iraq, while U.S. firms made a paltry showing at auctions that represent the first major incursion of foreign oil companies into Iraq in four decades.
Iran said Monday it would try a detained hiker from Minnesota and 2 others that have been jailed since crossing the border
A consortium that includes Russia's private oil giant Lukoil has won the biggest prize in the final round of Iraq's largest postwar oil auction.
There are concerns in the U.S. that Iran could use them as bargaining chips in talks over its nuclear program
Baghdad - Iraq on Friday opened bidding on 10 Iraqi oil and gas fields, including some of the richest fields in the world, to the world's leading energy companies. Companies from 23 countries will compete for the rights to develop the untapped fields...
Iraqi security forces were tipped off to this week's suicide bombings in Baghdad just hours before the blasts killed 127 people, a Shiite lawmaker said Saturday after a closed-door parliamentary briefing by the nation's defense minister.
A consortium led by Russia's private oil giant on Saturday won the biggest prize of Iraq's second oil auction this year as companies snatch up major fields in the relatively calm south and balk at nearly all projects with higher security risks.
BAGHDAD - The former top military commander for Baghdad says the U.S. military warned Iraqi security officials of multiple car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital hours before...
The prime minister appealed Wednesday to Iraqis to stand by their security forces, even as angry lawmakers demanded answers and called on top officials to resign following the third massive attack against government sites since summer.
BAGHDAD — Despite concerns about violence and political instability, the Iraqi government managed to attract major oil companies to rebuild its ailing infrastructure during two auctions that concluded Saturday. The 10 deals the Iraqi Oil Ministry reached with foreign oil companies suggest that China, Russia and European oil firms are poised to play a major role in refurbishing Iraq's oil ...
Security Concerns Dampen Auction of Drilling Rights to Most Fields, as U.S. Supermajors Abstain
