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> Kirkuk in limbo as law addressing political balance is scrapped - 15 October 2013 The province is home to Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen and other ...
> Kirkuk and Mosul: A Tale of Two Cities - 23 June 2013 Kirkuk has a mixed population of Arabs, Kurds, and Turkmen; and Sunnis, Shi’ites...
> Kirkuk Still Divides Arabs, Kurds in Iraq - 11 March 2013 Historical sources note that the main dispute between the Iraqi government and Barazani flared ...
> Iraq's Kirkuk remains in legal limbo - 19 April 2013 Arshad al Salihi is chairman of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, the main political party of the Iraqi....
> Iraq's Kirkuk at heart of Arab-Kurd territory row - 15 March 2013 The province and its eponymous capital, home to Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen, are a key part ...
> Kirkuk in Transition - Tuesday, May 1, 2012 At the same time, traditionally Turkmen areas of Kirkuk city (e.g., Tis Ayn) saw an influx of Arabs, while registration as a Turkmen carried growing penalties...
> Turkmen, Kurd students clash in Kirkuk - Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Hundreds of Turkmen and Kurdish students clashed on Monday in Iraq’s disputed northern city of...
> U.N. wants Iraq Kurds to drop Kirkuk vote: diplomat - Tue Jul 21, 2009 The United Nations is urging Iraqi Kurds not to push for a referendum on whether the Kirkuk ...
> Threats, tension in Kirkuk as Iraq census delayed - Tuesday October 12, 2010 Abu Mohammed, an Arab, moved to the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk four years ago to escape rising violence in neighbouring Diyala province. Recently, he says, he was ordered by Kurds to get out....
> Turkey, Northern Iraq and Kirkuk Following the US intervention in Iraq, Turkey's Iraq policy has shifted from the fear induced Northern Iraq-dependent policy....
> Governing (in) Kirkuk: Resolving the Status of a Disputed Territory in post-American Iraq Kirkuk has been among Iraq’s most intractable problems. A diverse province and city with three main...
> Continued U.S. presence urged for northern Iraq to secure oil sector - April 17, 2010 The U.S. military should maintain a major presence in the disputed oil capital in northern Iraq, according to a...
> Kerkuk and the Kurdish aspiration One of these ethno-linguistic groups is the Türkmen [ ], who have made a major effort to define...
> Iraq stability hinges on fate of oil city - April 09, 2010 As Iraq's political barons scramble for power in the messy aftermath of March elections...
> Kirkuk vehicle maintainers keep mission going at Mosul - April 07, 2010 For two vehicle maintainers attached to Kirkuk Regional Air Base, their job responsibilities...
> Iraq polls could heighten tensions over Kirkuk - January 28, 2010 Iraqi Kurd Kamal Aga's face lights up when he recalls his childhood on a farm in Daquq, south of Kirkuk,...
> Iraq's divided vote may deepen Kirkuk dispute - March 23, 2010 A dispute between Kurds and Arabs over Iraq's oil producing city of Kirkuk may deepen after a strong election...
> Iraq's Kurds Lose Political Dominance In Kirkuk - March 19, 2010 Before the March 7 parliamentary elections in Iraq, there was no question of who dominated politics in mixed-population Kirkuk...
> Iraq Election May Leave Kirkuk Status Uncertain - March 12, 2010 Early election results appear to reflect a hardening of divisions between Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens...
> Kurds no closer to taking Kirkuk after Iraqi elections - March 08, 2010 At 9 p.m., some four hours after polls closed in Kirkuk on March 7, the sky outside my window starts to echo with...
> Kirkuk Hopes Election Will Take the City Past Old Strife - March 07, 2010 the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk will vote in a national poll for the first time since the 2003 US-led invasion...
> Rival groups see Iraqi vote as way to claim Kirkuk - March 1, 2010 Young men hurtle down dusty streets in cars, waving flags and blaring campaign slogans in a fervor that highlights...
> New Force Emerges in Kirkuk - February 20, 2010 Arabs, Turkmen and Assyrian Christians claim widespread abuse from Kurdish authorities in Kirkuk...
> Kerkuk - June, 2007 Over the course of the past two and a half years, the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) has provided...
> Maliki makes his move on Kirkuk issue - December 22, 2009 Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will soon visit the northern district of Kurdistan, aiming to sign a deal with Kurdish...
> Kirkuk, Iraq's simmering melting pot - December 06, 2009 The homes are being built by Kurds who have poured into the northern province of Kirkuk to reassert...
> Kirkuk Arabs threaten to boycott Iraqi elections - November 24, 2009 Iraqi Arab politicians in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday said they would boycott the country's upcoming parliamentary elections ...
> Kirkuk election compromise fails to end arguments over city's future - November 14, 2009 A political compromise over Kirkuk that has paved the way for national elections in Iraq could serve to undermine fragile stability in the disputed city, opponents of the deal have warned....
> Democracy Kirkuk-style: solving Iraq's thorniest electoral impasse - November 09, 2009 For the first time in postwar Iraq, a national consensus has been reached on one of the country's thorniest sectarian problems - Kirkuk...
> Iraqi lawmakers report progress on debate over Kirkuk vote - November 04, 2009 Iraqi lawmakers on Wednesday said that they expected to consider an election law in their afternoon session,...
> Iraq Elections Set, but Kurdish Tensions Remain - November 10, 2009 Behind-the-scenes U.S. pressure has finally forced Iraq's leaders to accept a political compromise, with Sunday's vote in the Iraqi parliament Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1936764,00.html#ixzz0XCHK8iQl...
> Kurd-Arab Kirkuk Clash Is `Ticking Time Bomb,' UN Mediator Says - February 27, 2008 The struggle between Kurds and Arabs for control of the city of Kirkuk and its oil amounts to a...
> Rising Arab-Kurdish Tensions over Kirkuk Will Complicate U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq - February 25, 2009 Kurdish suspicions of Iraq's central government have reignited after a January 22 decision by...
> Kirkuk: The Danger of Delay - November 3, 2009 As is commonly reported, when faced with the intractable problem of slavery while drafting the Constitution...
> Kirkuk at the heart of Iraq election law deadlock - November 01, 2009 Iraqi politicians have been turning up their rhetoric over Kirkuk, the oil-rich city that both Kurds in the north and Arabs in the south want to control....
> Lawmakers say election law will not solve Kirkuk cause - October 14, 2009 Parliamentarians from different political blocs believe that the Kirkuk cause could not be solved within the elections law, while others warned against not reaching an...
> In Iraq's Oil Battle, Kirkuk Is Key - October 31, 2009 The president of Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region has demanded the disputed, ethnically divided city of Kirkuk, which dominates the northern oilfields, be put under his control...
> Objections by the Kurds, the IHEC and UNAMI; the Legal Committee Comes Up with Two More Alternatives on Kirkuk - October 29, 2009 Today’s brief proceedings in the Iraqi parliament made it clear that it was indeed the objections of the Iraqi elections commission (IHEC)...
> Kirkuk: Voices from a divided city - October 28, 2009 Iraqi lawmakers have been in deadlock over laws covering nationwide elections in January, with one of the thorniest issues being the vote in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk. ...
> Conflict Management Strategy in Kirkuk The oil-rich governorate of Kirkuk is located in Northern Iraq, 295 km far from Baghdad....
> Disputes over Kirkuk delay new election law - October 19, 2009 The thorny question of how to organize voting in the disputed province of Kirkuk is threatening to undermine the integrity of crucial national...
> Kirkuk election has become a stalemate for all - October 25, 2009 Arab politicians in the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday called for parliamentary elections there to be postponed for three months....
> Iraqi elections law hangs on Kirkuk - October 21, 2009 The Iraqi parliament continued to debate a new elections law on Tuesday, as negotiations snagged on the thorny question of voting....
> Iraq election law delayed over Kirkuk - October 21, 2009 Iraqi lawmakers have failed a second time to agree on a new electoral law for the January polls because...
> Arabs will boycott Kirkuk elections in case not given special status - October 22, 2009 A leading figure of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front said on Thursday that Arabs will boycott the parliamentary...
> Iraqi election law stalled as Kurds hold firm on Kirkuk (Roundup) - November 02, 2009 'We insist on holding elections in a timely fashion, with the rest of the country,' he said. 'Any proposal to postpone the elections ...
> Iraq Passes Election Law, Setting Aside Kirkuk Status - September 24, 2009 After months of negotiation, Iraq’s Parliament passed a crucial election law on Wednesday, but only by setting aside for...
> kirkuk awaits election law - March 11, 2009 The inhabitants of Kirkuk are anticipating the publication of a special election law that may settle the political tensions that erupted...
> After Compromise on Kirkuk, Finally an Elections Law for Iraq’s Governorates - September 24, 2009 Iraq’s parliament today approved the remaining article 24 of the provincial elections law that was partially approved on 22 July...
> Elections draft law completed without agreeing on Kirkuk – MP - July 15, 2009 MP from the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) on Wednesday said that drawing up the elections draft law is completed, noting that political...
> Iraq lawmakers divide control of Kirkuk in election bill compromise - August 04, 2009 Iraqi law makers Monday reached an agreement to temporarily divide control of Kirkuk...
> Iraq agrees country-wide provincial elections - except in Kirkuk - September 25, 2009 Britain today welcomed the passage of a much-delayed elections law through Iraq’s Parliament following months of political...
> Iraqi lawmakers report progress on debate over Kirkuk vote - November 04, 2009 Iraqi lawmakers on Wednesday said that they expected to consider an election law in their afternoon session,...
> Kirkuk: The Danger of Delay - November 3, 2009 As is commonly reported, when faced with the intractable problem of slavery while drafting the Constitution...
> Kirkuk at the heart of Iraq election law deadlock - November 01, 2009 Iraqi politicians have been turning up their rhetoric over Kirkuk, the oil-rich city that both Kurds in the north and Arabs in the south want to control....
> Lawmakers say election law will not solve Kirkuk cause - October 14, 2009 Parliamentarians from different political blocs believe that the Kirkuk cause could not be solved within the elections law, while others warned against not reaching an...
> In Iraq's Oil Battle, Kirkuk Is Key - October 31, 2009 The president of Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region has demanded the disputed, ethnically divided city of Kirkuk, which dominates the northern oilfields, be put under his control...
> Objections by the Kurds, the IHEC and UNAMI; the Legal Committee Comes Up with Two More Alternatives on Kirkuk - October 29, 2009 Today’s brief proceedings in the Iraqi parliament made it clear that it was indeed the objections of the Iraqi elections commission (IHEC)...
> Kirkuk: Voices from a divided city - October 28, 2009 Iraqi lawmakers have been in deadlock over laws covering nationwide elections in January, with one of the thorniest issues being the vote in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk. ...
> Conflict Management Strategy in Kirkuk The oil-rich governorate of Kirkuk is located in Northern Iraq, 295 km far from Baghdad....
> Disputes over Kirkuk delay new election law - October 19, 2009 The thorny question of how to organize voting in the disputed province of Kirkuk is threatening to undermine the integrity of crucial national...
> Kirkuk election has become a stalemate for all - October 25, 2009 Arab politicians in the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday called for parliamentary elections there to be postponed for three months....
> Iraqi elections law hangs on Kirkuk - October 21, 2009 The Iraqi parliament continued to debate a new elections law on Tuesday, as negotiations snagged on the thorny question of voting....
> Iraq election law delayed over Kirkuk - October 21, 2009 Iraqi lawmakers have failed a second time to agree on a new electoral law for the January polls because...
> Arabs will boycott Kirkuk elections in case not given special status - October 22, 2009 A leading figure of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front said on Thursday that Arabs will boycott the parliamentary...
> Iraqi election law stalled as Kurds hold firm on Kirkuk (Roundup) - November 02, 2009 'We insist on holding elections in a timely fashion, with the rest of the country,' he said. 'Any proposal to postpone the elections ...
> Iraq Passes Election Law, Setting Aside Kirkuk Status - September 24, 2009 After months of negotiation, Iraq’s Parliament passed a crucial election law on Wednesday, but only by setting aside for...
> kirkuk awaits election law - March 11, 2009 The inhabitants of Kirkuk are anticipating the publication of a special election law that may settle the political tensions that erupted...
> After Compromise on Kirkuk, Finally an Elections Law for Iraq’s Governorates - September 24, 2009 Iraq’s parliament today approved the remaining article 24 of the provincial elections law that was partially approved on 22 July...
> Elections draft law completed without agreeing on Kirkuk – MP - July 15, 2009 MP from the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) on Wednesday said that drawing up the elections draft law is completed, noting that political...
> Iraq lawmakers divide control of Kirkuk in election bill compromise - August 04, 2009 Iraqi law makers Monday reached an agreement to temporarily divide control of Kirkuk...
> Iraq agrees country-wide provincial elections - except in Kirkuk - September 25, 2009 Britain today welcomed the passage of a much-delayed elections law through Iraq’s Parliament following months of political...
> Fate of oil-rich Kirkuk stalls Iraq election law - October 28, 2009 A long-sought political consensus in Iraq over how to conduct crucial upcoming elections fell apart Tuesday over the thorny issue of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk...
> Iraq's oil-rich province of Kirkuk vulnerable to violence - October 27, 2009 An organization calling itself al-Qaeda in Iraq has claimed responsibility for Sunday's deadly bombings...
> The Kirkuk conundrum - October 24, 2009 Iraq has once again met what very low expectations remain of it. Despite a 15 October deadline, the Iraqi...
> In Disputed Kirkuk, Christian Presence is Often Appreciated But Sometimes Targeted - October 23, 2009 Inside the old walled citadel of Kirkuk sits the Red Church, so called because in a.d. 409 a pagan king ordered hundreds of Christians beheaded....
> Kirkuk Derails Iraq's Election Law On August 7, the Iraqi parliament went on summer recess after failing to pass a critical election law, delaying the country's provincial...
> Kirkuk and Iraqi elections: Trouble or reconciliation? Kirkuk is the center of Iraq's northern oil industry. This ethnically mixed city, with Kurdish, Assyrian, Turkmen and Arab residents...
> Trouble For Iraqi Elections Brewing In Oil Hub Iraqi lawmakers appear to be snagged again at a familiar impasse: how to settle power-sharing disputes in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk before important national elections....
> Iraq election law could fail over Kirkuk: speaker - October 12, 2009 Iraqi plans to update an election law to adopt a more open voting system may fail because issues over disputed Kirkuk province...
> Trouble for Iraqi elections brewing in oil hub - October 01, 2009 Iraqi lawmakers appear to be snagged again at a familiar impasse: how to settle power-sharing disputes in the oil-rich city...
> Kirkuk And The 2010 Election Law - September 30, 2009 Kirkuk is again the leading issue in Iraq’s parliament as it discusses a new election law. Parliamentarians have...
> The Elections Law: Who Will Stand Up for Kirkuk? - September 28, 2009 Iraqis are heading towards parliamentary elections early next year where most parties are likely to tout identical messages...
> U.N. wants Iraq Kurds to drop Kirkuk vote - diplomat The United Nations is urging Iraqi Kurds not to push for a referendum on whether the Kirkuk oil area...
> Iraq and the Kurds: Trouble Along the Trigger Line As sectarian violence in Iraq has ebbed over the past year, a new and potentially just as destructive political...
> Kirkuk dispute threatens to plunge Iraq into Kurdish-Arab war - October 28, 2009 Iraq's relative calm is threatened by a festering Kurdish-Arab conflict over the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and other disputed territories, that could...
> The Kirkuk tinderbox There is much media focus on the inauguration of US President George W Bush for his second term...
> KIRKUK, THE NEXT FLASHPOINT? Kirkuk, under which lie more than 10 billion barrels of proven reserves of oil could be the next flash point in Iraq. Located in Mosul province about 250...
> The Battle for Kirkuk: How to Prevent a New Front in Iraq On January 14, in a rare show of unity, Sunni and Shiite Arab, Turkmen, and Christian Iraqis gathered at a conference in...
> How the Turkmens are being dispossessed of their Properties and Lands in the north of Iraq The lands of my husband's family (mother's side) in LEYLEN (number 32 in the table below) are occupied by Kurds since 2003	> Kirkuk's Article 140: Expired or Not? and Iraqi Federalism
> Kirkuk: Between Kurdish Separatism and Iraqi Federalism
> Mission Accomplie: Nous Avons le Petrole!
> Kirkuk’s importance not lost on U.S.
> Kirkuk's Article 140: Expired or Not? and Iraqi Federalism
> Hold-up A baba Gurgur > English Version > French Version
> Iraq and the Kurds: the brewing battle over Kirkuk
> Kirkuk, July 1959
> The Communist Challenge – Kerkuk incident, 14 July 1959
> The Kirkuk Incident
> Encouraging Ethnic Chauvinism: Kirkuk, Oil and the Kurds
> Kerkuk Massacre of 14 July, 1959
> Kirkuk elections and Iraqi oil
> U.N. Report Lays Out Options for an Oil-Rich Iraqi Region
> Kirkuk: A Test for the International Community
> US embarrassed by Kurdish grab for oil-rich Kirkuk
> Rice’s visit to Kirkuk… messages and the items that should be dealt with
> Kirkuk's importance not lost on U.S.
> Kirkuk project battle heats up
> Samarra and Kirkuk: Strategic city In the city of Samarra, Iraq, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed 40 of the 45 planned...
> Turkomans Say Kirkuk's Growing Kurdish Population A Threat Turkomans and Kurds make up the two largest ethnic communities in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. Both groups...
> Now It's a Census That Could Rip Iraq Apart, With Kirkuk Center of Squabble When Iraqis were drafting their Constitution in 2005, the parties could not agree on who would control Kirkuk, the prized oil capital...
> Kirkuk: The Province That Couldn’t Vote KIRKUK, Iraq — There is a reason that Kirkuk did not vote today. Kurds insist that it is Kurdish, the Turkmens say it is Turkmen and...
> Statement by Arab and Turkmen groups in Kirkuk province Council
> Ethnic Tensions Mount in Kirkuk
> The divided and broken city of Kirkuk faces up to the curse of oil
> 'US tacitly telling Iraq Kurds to forget Kirkuk'
> Disputed Iraqi City Fears Oil Will Only Fuel Woes
> Iraq`s Kurds, Arabs Face Choice: Settle or Fight
> Kurds weigh in on Kirkuk
> Allotting of Iraqi Oil Rights May Stoke Hostility
> Kirkuk Ringtones Reflect Rivalries
> Feud delays Iraq committee Kirkuk recommendations
> Ethnic Divide in Iraqi City a Test for Nation
> UN hopes for "grand deal" to resolve Iraq's Kirkuk
> Provincial election delay in Iraq heightens ethnic tensions in Kirkuk
> Ethnic clashes feared in Kirkuk
> U.N. Readies ‘Grand Deal’ to Resolve Iraq’s Dispute Over Kirkuk
> IRAQ: Threat of ethnic tension, violence in Kirkuk
> Kurdish Control of Kirkuk Creates a Powder Keg

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