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                    [Title] => Kurds seize disputed oil hub amid Iraq chaos
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After a decades-long dispute between Arabs and Kurds over the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, it took just an hour and a half for its fate to be decided.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-15 04:23:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1267265 [AuthorName] => Diaa Hadid and Emad Matti [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1030801 [Title] => Wave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 51 [Summary] =>

A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on yesterday, officials said, killing at least 51 people in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-30 02:10:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747630 [AuthorName] => Sinan Salaheddin [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1027501 [Title] => Wave of car bombings in and near Baghdad kills 36 [Summary] =>

A wave of a dozen car bombings hit in and around the Iraqi capital during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing at least 36 people in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-29 16:26:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747630 [AuthorName] => Sinan Salaheddin [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 887445 [Title] => US-Iraq ties still evolving a year after war's end [Summary] =>

A year after the last American troops rumbled out of Iraq, the two countries are still trying to get comfortable with a looser, more nuanced relationship as the young democracy struggles to cope with political upheaval and the legacy of war.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-18 05:22:37 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 559950 [Title] => Iraqi president demands recount in tight election [Summary] =>

Iraq's president on Sunday called for a recount in this month's parliamentary elections, which have turned into a tight race between the prime minister and a secular rival amid accusations of fraud.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-22 00:30:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 555463 [Title] => Iraq's vote key test for a democracy in progress [Summary] =>

Billed as a key test of Iraq's nascent democracy, Iraqis fear Sunday's parliamentary election will lead to a protracted period of uncertainty as the winners and losers try to cobble together a new government — even as American forces prepare to go home.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-07 04:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 553398 [Title] => Iraqi vote shows deep divides still facing country [Summary] =>

Iraq is a week away from a parliamentary election that was supposed to showcase a peaceful democracy poised to stand on its own feet after US forces go home. While there have been successes, the vote also underlines the deep ethnic and sectarian tensions that are putting the country's future in the balance — secular or Islamic, pro-Iran or pro-West.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-28 05:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 521457 [Title] => Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote [Summary] =>

Iraq's parliament passed on yesterday a long-delayed law in a crucial step to setting up nationwide elections, and the head of the electoral commission said he did not expect any major delays in the vote planned for January.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-09 03:30:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 521456 [Title] => Iraqi parliament passes key election law [Summary] =>

Iraq's parliament yesterday night passed a long-delayed law necessary to hold nationwide elections, in a process that has been intensely watched over fears the holdup could delay the January contests and possibly delay the planned US troop withdrawal.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-09 02:20:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 517940 [Title] => Fate of oil-rich Kirkuk stalls Iraq election law [Summary] =>

A long-sought political consensus in Iraq over how to conduct crucial upcoming elections fell apart yesterday over the thorny issue of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, an Iraqi lawmaker said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-28 02:10:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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