Kurdistan

Heritage Oil set to announce sale of its Ugandan oilfields

Heritage Oil, the UK-listed exploration and production company, is expected to announce the sale of its Ugandan assets for over £1bn as early as tomorrow. Italian energy giant ENI is understood to be acquiring the assets, two...

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US expert links Obama's success to role of Turkey

The success of US President Barack Obama's foreign policy hinges on Turkey's role, said Walter Russell Mead, a senior fellow at the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), during a seminar held at the US Embassy...

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IWPR Women Journalists Film Election Coverage

IWPR journalists produce video of trainee reporters involved in newspaper and radio coverage of Kurdish regional government elections. The IWPR Women’s Media Initiative production team followed the work of three IWPR journalism...

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MP: Seats distribution in Kurdistan unfair

Kurdistan Alliance MP Mohammed Ismail Shakar said Iraqi President Jalal Talabani supports the election law and did not reject it. Kurdistan Alliance wants to increase compensatory seats, he added. Distribution of seats in...

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Zankana: Difference of registers is normal

Trade Deputy Minister Sowaybka Zankana told Alsumaria News that the difference between Trade Ministry’s registers and Planning Ministry’s registers is normal. Some citizens mainly Kurdistan citizens abstain from registering...

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Talabani:US pressured Parliament on poll law

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani revealed that US officials pressured Iraq’s Parliament and political powers to approve the election law. In a press conference he held at Sulaymaniya airport, which Alsumaria News attended,...

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Canadian peacemaker and ex-hostage returns to Iraq

Harmeet Singh Sooden, who came to international attention when he was held hostage with other peacemakers in 2005, has joined an international human rights delegation travelling to Iraqi Kurdistan this month.

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Iraq and its neighbours: A regional cockpit

As Americans prepare to leave, Iraq’s biggest neighbours vie for influence OF ALL the foreign officials an American general or ambassador would least want to be seen with, General Qassem Suleimani would—you may think—be high on...

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Europe: Prevent Turkey Turning East

Ghassan Dahhan: Europe should be alerted by Turkey's foreign policy shift and start treating Turkey as a respected ally, by offering Turkey real EU membership prospects. Turkey is of major strategic importance to Europe and it...

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Niko Resources acquires Black Gold, partner in Indonesia, for $310 million

CALGARY - Niko Resources Ltd. (TSX:NKO) has struck a deal to acquire its partner in its Indonesian operations, Black Gold LLC. The deal will cost the oil and gas company, which is focused mainly on Asia, $310 million and will...

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