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Iraq, China to ink Ahdab oil deal next week

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:00:54 +0000

Iraq and China will sign a deal next week to develop the Ahdab oil field, restoring an agreement that was canceled after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, an Iraqi spokesman said...

Rice presses Iraqis on security deal

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:13:52 +0000

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Iraqi leaders Thursday to agree quickly to a U.S.-Iraq security deal that outlines the withdrawal of American troops.

AP Top News at 3:38 a.m. EDT

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:07 +0000

BAGHDAD (AP) _ Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Baghdad for discussions with Iraqi leaders. Rice on Thursday will press Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi officials to iron out remaining differences in a U.S.-Iraq security deal that envisions the withdrawal of American troops

Rice discusses troop withdrawals with Iraqis

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:55:37 +0000

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew into Baghdad on Thursday for discussions with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi officials, hoping to iron out remaining differences in a U.S.-Iraq security deal that envisions the withdrawal...

Rice arrives in Baghdad; US troop levels on agenda

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:31:55 +0000

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Baghdad for discussions with Iraqi leaders.

Officials: Draft accord on troop pullback in Iraq

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:49:09 +0000

Iraqi and American negotiators have completed a draft agreement that extends the legal basis for U.S. troops to remain in Iraq beyond the end of this year, while calling for them to move out of Iraqi cities as soon as June 30, Iraqi and American officials told The Associated Press.

Officials say US, Iraq finish draft security deal

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:54:36 +0000

Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have finished work on a draft security agreement that would see all American troops leave Iraqi cities by June 30 and the rest of the country by the end of 2011, Iraqi officials said...

Iraq official: US, Iraq finish draft security deal

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:58:37 +0000

An Iraqi official says U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have finished a draft agreement that would see all American troops removed from Iraqi cities by June 30. He says the deal is awaiting final government...

Iraqi troops detain son of prominent Sunni leader

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:47:57 +0000

The U.S. military says Iraqi troops have detained the son of a prominent Sunni leader during a raid in Baghdad.

Poland to offer asylum, money to Iraqis

AP — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:29:04 +0000

Poland’s prime minister says his country will offer asylum or a $40,000 payment to any Iraqi working for its military or police in Iraq.