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		<title>Al-Nujayfi: There are more than one hundred lawsuits against raid on Hawija demonstrations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iraqi Council of Representatives’ investigations over the raid on demonstrators in Hawija has been  handed to the court with more than 100 lawsuits filed in the case, according to Usama al-Nujayfi, the speaker of the council. Al-Nujayfi talked to Hawlati regarding the dossier of Hawija and his balancing role between the Sunni demonstrators and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Maliki’s first visit to Iraqi Kurdistan in three years</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 13:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in three years, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Iraqi Kurdistan and supervised the meeting of the Iraqi Council of Ministers held in Erbil. The visit came as the latest step for a reconciliation between the central and Kurdistan Regional Governments following recent tensions regarding oil production and the disputed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkmen Tribal Council demands independent region</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Turkmen Tribal Council is demanding an independent Turkmen region in case Iraq were to be divided in to numerous regions based on the sectarian and ethnical differences. The council released an announcement which stated “If Iraq is to be divided into a number of a divisions based on the ethnical differences, then the Turkmen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President&#8217;s party is the most popular in Kirkuk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 21:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) was founded in the mid 1970&#8242;s and is one of the two ruling parties in the Kurdistan region. Its slogans are the right to self determination, democracy and human rights for the Kurdish people in Iraq. Jalal Talibani, the current Iraqi Republic President, is also the secretary general of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Kobler wants to impose the election”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 14:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The representatives of the Kirkuk Arabs left the meeting of Martin Kobler with the representatives of the Kirkuk components and subsequently accused Kobler of imposing an unconditional election over the Arabs. Martin Kobler, the representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Iraq arrived in Kirkuk on Monday, May 26 and met with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martin Kobler: Kirkuk is in need of a strong Provincial Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 12:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The people of Kirkuk are hoping the provincial election will be conducted and Kirkuk is in need of a strong provincial council,” said Martin Kobler, the representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Iraq. Martin Kobler arrived in Kirkuk on Monday, May 26 and held a press conference following his meeting with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“There is political motive behind the security trench”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 13:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason behind the security trench is to isolate the Arab residential areas from the rest of the city, according to a Kirkuk Arab member of the Iraqi Parliament, and who also describes the project as an opportunity for the robbing of peoples’ money and corruption. Parliament member Omer al-Jburi said “Kirkuk province is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communist Party demands Kirkuk to have members in Kurdistan Parliament</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 11:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kurdistan Communist Party is insisting that Kirkuk have members in the Kurdistan Parliament and a parliament member is backing the demand. Members of the Kurdistan Communist Party rallied on Thursday, May 25 in Erbil demanding that the elections be an open source rather than closed and that Kirkuk should have members in the parliament. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work on proposed security trench around Kirkuk starts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Work on the proposed security trench around the city of Kirkuk is going into action and is budgeted at 3.5 billion Iraqi Dinars. The decision for initiating the project was made in the weekly meeting of the Kirkuk Provincial Council held on Tuesday, May 21, with Governor Najmdin Karim, the deputy governor, the acting chief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“The plans for targeting the Turkmen are internationally set”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arshad Salhi, the leader of the Turkmen Front, has stated that Kirkuk has turned into the place of settling feuds and threats, and demanded that the security plans of the city be revised. Salhi told Kirkuk Now “The disputes and conflicts between the central government and Erbil as well as the undercover agreements and disputes [...]]]></description>
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