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		<title>Marriages soar as gold prices hit low</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 15:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gold prices hit a low in the Iraqi markets, making the businessmen and the youths who are intending to marry pleased. The gold prices have dramatically decreased in the past day to an extent that one carat of 24K has decreased from 315,000 Iraqi Dinars to 250,000 and one carat of 18K from 250,000 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>250,000 acres of farm land in danger</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the level of rainfall does not increase by 15-20 millimitres this year, more than 250,000 acres of crops will yield no products, according to the director of the Kirkuk Agricultural Office. Mahdi Mubarak Kakaiy, the director of the office told Kirkuk Now “Due to the low level of rainfall in the spring in Kirkuk, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kirkuk budget decreased by 68 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The allocated budget of Kirkuk province for 2013 is estimated to be 530 billion Iraqi Dinars, which has decreased by 68 billion compared to 2012, and with the decrease sparking reactions. Dllshad Pirot, the head of the projects committee of the Kirkuk Provincial Council told the Iraqi News Network that the total budget allocated for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exxon Mobil in Kirkuk for oil exploration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the persistent tensions between the central government and Kurdistan Regional Government, of which a part is associated with oil, the KRG is currently attempting to extend its oil industries to Kirkuk.  The administrations of the Qarahanjir sub-district of Kirkuk announced that Exxon Mobil will start oil exploration beginning in March as delegates of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil income of Kirkuk in December estimated at 1.56 billion US dollars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday January 21, the Iraqi Ministry of Oil revealed the incomes and profits of the oil production in December of 2012, which is estimated at one billion and 56 million US dollars. The spokesman of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, Asim Jihad announced, &#8220;The oil export of Kirkuk in December reached ten million and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kirkuk oil export temporarily halted</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to technical issues, the export of oil from Kirkuk oil fields to the Turkish Jihan ports has been temporarily halted while the return for full operation is expected in 24 hours.  According to the Sumaria News website, the Northern Oil Company announced that due to technical issues in the pipelines, the export of oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 Billion has been cut from Petro-Dollar budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kirkuk administration board is busy with planning for the projects in the city, while the Iraqi government has cut 100 billion Iraqi Dinars from the Petro-Dollar budget of the city. Ahmad Askari, a member of the Kirkuk Provincial Council told Kirkuk Now that “Despite the Kirkuk administration having demanded that the Kirkuk share from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor demands 3% of province’s oil profits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Najmadin Karim is demanding an increase in the province’s share from the Petro-Dollar budget, as the demand was a subject in the first meeting with the directors of the service facilities in the New Year. The meeting was held on January 7 in which the governor, the deputy governor, and director of the service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuel costs rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fuel costs, specifically gasoline, have increased in the past few days in Kirkuk. Muhammad Marwan, a taxi driver told Kirkuk Now “I haven’t done any work due to crowdedness of the petrol stations and increase in the fuel costs; we don’t know how long this crisis will continue in the city which is known for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 companies halt their work due to security issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The increasing tensions between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government have made 20 companies to halt their work in Kirkuk. The director of the investment board of Kirkuk, Falah Abdul-Rahman told Kirkuk Now that due to the issues and increasing tensions between the central government and KRG regarding Kirkuk, nearly 20 companies have [...]]]></description>
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