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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:02:55 +0000Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:16:59 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/mideast/iraq(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/12fac336-ccb0-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12fac336-ccb0-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlLawmakers passed a long-delayed election law, paving the way for elections early next year and averting a constitutional crisis that threatened to delay the withdrawal of US troopsSun, 8 Nov 2009 22:02:55 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/421a4b56-c264-11de-be3a-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/421a4b56-c264-11de-be3a-00144feab49a.htmlTwo fatal helicopter crashes in Afghanistan and bombings in Iraq have thrown into stark relief the risks for President Obama in fulfilling his campaign pledge of shifting Washington's resources from one conflict to the otherMon, 26 Oct 2009 23:30:41 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/168bbf80-c262-11de-be3a-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/168bbf80-c262-11de-be3a-00144feab49a.htmlIf Iraq is to reclaim its destiny, its political elites must agree on an inclusive new order all Iraqis can see as legitimate. Either that, or it will be more carnage Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:18:37 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8b3f4ca-c263-11de-be3a-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8b3f4ca-c263-11de-be3a-00144feab49a.htmlGovernment ministries – already regarded as inefficient and inept by many Iraqis – likely to be paralysed by damage to buildingsMon, 26 Oct 2009 19:56:05 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b94d6ce-c145-11de-b86b-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b94d6ce-c145-11de-b86b-00144feab49a.htmlTwin car bombs targeting two government buildings including the justice ministry killed at least 136 people and wounded 520 in central Baghdad, in the bloodiest attack in the capital for monthsSun, 25 Oct 2009 19:15:17 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e935bdfa-b9b1-11de-a747-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e935bdfa-b9b1-11de-a747-00144feab49a.htmlThe oil minister in Iraq's northern Kurdish region, Ashti Hawrami, finally got his way this summer, when the Baghdad government agreed to allow oil from the territory to be exported for the first time through the national pipelineThu, 15 Oct 2009 23:50:49 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/604e0a26-b9b9-11de-a747-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/604e0a26-b9b9-11de-a747-00144feab49a.htmlPeter Galbraith, the former US diplomat and leading advocate of Kurdish autonomy, acknowledged that he had business "activities" in the oil sector in the northern Kurdish region of IraqThu, 15 Oct 2009 23:34:32 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/add65f16-b84f-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/add65f16-b84f-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.htmlUS officials have urged Baghdad's lawmakers 'to act expeditiously' on the legislation crucial to organising a January vote the Obama administration considers key to withdrawing combat troopsWed, 14 Oct 2009 00:57:15 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f3214fe-b823-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f3214fe-b823-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.htmlIraq has given a consortium led by the Italian oil group the right to develop its giant Zubair field in a deal that signals the country's desire to attract the world's biggest oil companiesTue, 13 Oct 2009 19:22:22 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9546dcc8-b408-11de-98ec-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9546dcc8-b408-11de-98ec-00144feab49a.htmlIraq's Oil Ministry has signed a deal with Britain's BP and China's CNPC to develop its super-giant Rumaila oilfield, a milestone in Iraq's efforts to renew its struggling oil sectorThu, 8 Oct 2009 13:54:37 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/db3bd77e-ae6d-11de-8464-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db3bd77e-ae6d-11de-8464-00144feabdc0.htmlNouri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, has announced a new coalition that will run against former Shia Muslim allies in January's national electionsThu, 1 Oct 2009 10:40:08 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2143956-a10b-11de-a88d-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2143956-a10b-11de-a88d-00144feabdc0.htmlMuntadar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi reporter who shot to worldwide fame when he hurled his shoes at then US President George W. Bush, was released from prison to a hero's welcomeTue, 15 Sep 2009 18:12:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/60910f32-9cc8-11de-ab58-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/60910f32-9cc8-11de-ab58-00144feabdc0.htmlAttacks the deadliest to target US troops since June 29 when four soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb south of in BaghdadTue, 8 Sep 2009 23:46:32 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bc557b88-983a-11de-8d3d-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bc557b88-983a-11de-8d3d-00144feabdc0.htmlGordon Brown demands information for kidnappers on location of last man feared held, computer engineer Peter MooreThu, 3 Sep 2009 19:23:04 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7d49842-9588-11de-90e0-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7d49842-9588-11de-90e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThere is a structural weakness in Shia politics. Its leaders have not bound the minority Sunni, dispossessed by the toppling of Saddam Hussein, into an inclusive new order all Iraqis see as legitimate Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:08:30 +0100