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Twin Bombings Rock Central Baghdad, at Least 100 Killed

Iraqi police say two car bombs have claimed the lives of more than 100 people in... more

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Sorry Everybody for the Re-election of George W. Bush

People were dissatisfied with the re-election of George W.Bush who successfully... more

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Iran

Iran: They May Not Want The Bomb And other unexpected truths. By Fareed Zakaria... more

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U.S. soldier in Baghdad kills four fellow troops before killing himself

It is unclear if the shooter was among the wounded, despite earlier reports that he... more

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TORTURE ?

Top U.N. Official Accuses U.S. of Inhuman Atrocities in Iraq, Afghanistan By Fox... more

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Tell Obama to Help Iraqi Refugees in Syria

Five years into the US military intervention in Iraq, the country is dealing with one... more

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US Soldier Found Guilty of Executing Iraqis

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Iraqi shoe-throwing reporter becomes the talk of Iraq

By Waleed Ibrahim BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at... more

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Still no electricity surge

(Click on the picture to see the video) Alive In Baghdad: Iraqis frustrated with... more

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Shoe thrown at Bush

President Bush is in Baghdad today on a surprise farewell visit highlighting the... more

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Top American Imam Hassan Qazwini: Humans should respect environment and not hunt for pleasure

The Michigan Earth Keeper Initiative promotes interfaith environment projects and... more

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Iraqis Rally Against U.S. Pact Video

Large protest in Iraq against our troops staying in the country. In my opinion... more

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Iraq lays out rules for 1st round of oil bids

Tell us why this is interestingLONDON -- Iraq's oil minister met 34 oil company representatives in London on Monday to set out the ground rules for foreign multinationals' first bite at the country's enormous energy reserves since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

Hussain al-Shahristani spoke to executives as part of Iraq's first round of bidding for new contracts since Saddam Hussein was removed from power. Journalists were barred from the talks.

At the top of the list: Royal Dutch Shell PLC, BP PLC, ExxonMobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and Total SA, all eager for a shot at helping extract some of the 115 billion barrels of oil thought to lie beneath Iraq's surface.

The process is highly sensitive. Multinationals are eager to establish themselves in a country thought to have the world's second-largest proven oil reserves, but they want to avoid fueling accusations that the war in Iraq was fought on their behalf.

And while Iraq's oil industry badly needs foreign investment, Iraqi officials don't want to be viewed bowing to Western oil interests, some of whom are still resented for the stranglehold they had on the country's industry until the 1960s.

Oil company representatives have been tightlipped about the meeting and, as late as Friday, Iraqi Embassy Counselor Ali Al-Bayati insisted he had no idea where exactly the conference was taking place. It was in the Sheraton's Park Lane Hotel.

Officials in Iraq say the conference's purpose is to help the world's energy giants prepare their bids for 20-year service contracts at Iraq's biggest oil and gas producing fields.

Those include Kirkuk and Bai Hassan in the country's north and Rumaila, Zubair, West Qurna Stage 1 and the three Missan oil fields in the south. Also on the table are the Akkas gas field in western Iraq and the Mansouria gas field to the country's east.

Iraqi officials will present the companies with tender protocol, contract terms, and legal and technical details _ including geological data and production targets.

Some industry representatives outside the conference expressed frustration over the lack of details begin given.

Iraq's Oil Ministry has hired British energy consultant Gaffney, Cline & Associates Ltd. to help present the data and the draw up the contracts.

The ministry has given the firms a six-month deadline to submit their bids. It plans to announce winners in June 2009.
Tell us why this is interestingLONDON -- Iraq's oil minister met 34 oil company... more