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Iran seeks diplomatic solution to territorial dispute with Iraq
13 hours ago ago from Italy Entertainment News
Yesterday - 12:56 Tehran through diplomatic means to resolve a dispute with Baghdad over accusations that Iranian troops have occupied an oil facility in Iraqi territory, an embassy spokesman said on Friday Iran. Continue reading this story of Iran s ambassador to Baghdad, Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, yesterday met representatives of the Iraqi government to discuss the allegations made by Iraq concerning all incursione of 11 Iranian soldiers who had ...
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8 hours ago ago from Aletho News
By Vivienne Walt | Dec 19, 2009 Those who claim that the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 to get control of the country's giant oil reserves will be left scratching their heads by the results of last weekend's auction of Iraqi oil contracts: Not a single U.S. company secured a deal in the auction of contracts that will shape the Iraqi oil industry for the next couple of decades. Two of the most lucrative of the multi-billion-dollar oil ...
Related contentIraq sends forces to oil well seized by Iran
23 hours ago ago from AfterAmerica's Blog
Admiral Mike Mullen By LARA JAKES, Associated Press Writer Lara Jakes, Associated Press Writer – Sat Dec 19, 4:39 pm ET BAGHDAD – Iraq deployed security forces Saturday near a remote oil well seized by Iran, officials said, and its government pressed Tehran to withdraw its forces from the area along their disputed southern border. U.S. officials applauded Iraq for standing its ground against Iran — an uneasy ally ...
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7 minutes ago ago from Susan St.Clair
Yesterday afternoon we checked out the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario here in Toronto. The Kiddo and I outside of the AGO underneath a giant Anubis. The exhibit itself was breathtaking! And it was a lot of fun to be led through giant doors made to look like the opening of the tomb itself. Unfortunately no photography is allowed once you're inside, so I have scanned a few ...
Related contentIran Rejects Reports Of Oil Well Seizure In Iraq
22 hours ago ago from Defense-Technology News
DTN News: Iran Rejects Reports Of Oil Well Seizure In Iraq * Source: DTN News / Int'l Media (NSI News Source Info) TEHRAN, Iran - December 20, 2009: Iran rejects reports that its forces have taken over an oil well within Iraqi borders, while a Baghdad official admits the site is in a disputed border area. In a Saturday phone interview with Press TV, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman described reports about the country taking over an ...
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Iraq PM in Cairo to improve ties with Egypt
9 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Iraq PM in Cairo to improve ties with Egypt CAIRO (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister opened a landmark visit to Egypt on Sunday in what aides described as an ambitious attempt to improve relations with one of the Arab world's most powerful players. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's last visit to Egypt was in 2007 as part of an international conference to discuss his war-ravaged country's future. But this visit was designed specifically for ...
Related contentBBC News - US alarm after Iran troops seize Iraq Fakkah oil field
20 hours ago ago from BBC
US forces are due to gradually pull out of Iraq by the end of 2011 America's top military officer has voiced concern about an incursion by Iran into Iraq that ended with Iranian soldiers seizing an Iraqi oil well. Admiral Mike Mullen said he had spoken to Iraq's defence minister, but it was for leaders in Tehran and Baghdad to resolve the dispute. Officials from both countries have said they want a diplomatic solution. The ...
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