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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)Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:18:21 +0000Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:57:04 +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/0/89968e1c-d42b-11de-990c-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/89968e1c-d42b-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.htmlIraq's Sunni Arab vice-president has vetoed part of a law over the allocation of seats to displaced Iraqis, throwing fresh doubt over plans for elections in JanuaryWed, 18 Nov 2009 22:18:21 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b6479872-d307-11de-af63-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b6479872-d307-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.htmlA Sunni politician and 12 other men were killed after being kidnapped from their homes as US troops withdraw from Iraq and the ranks of local paramilitary forces thin outTue, 17 Nov 2009 01:50:55 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c32be752-d139-11de-b591-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c32be752-d139-11de-b591-00144feabdc0.htmlBritain's defence ministry said it was investigating fresh complaints that its troops had abused prisoners in IraqSat, 14 Nov 2009 16:22:35 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/14377f8e-ce2f-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14377f8e-ce2f-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.htmlTurkey will guarantee security in Iraqi Kurdistan because it enables her to shape the balance of power in Iraq, writes David Phillips Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:42:48 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9be0f0f8-cd7d-11de-8162-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9be0f0f8-cd7d-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlSenior Bush administration figures including Zalmay Khalilzad, former US ambassador to Baghdad, and Jay Garner, the retired general who led reconstruction efforts immediately after the war, are leading a new business push into IraqMon, 9 Nov 2009 23:10:19 +0000http://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 +0100