Kirkuk
Aug 2 2008, AP

More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen rallied Saturday against Kurdish demands to incorporate the oil-rich area around Kirkuk into their autonomous region, on the eve of a special session of parliament aimed at defusing the crisis.

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Kirkuk:

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, center, meets city officials in Kirkuk, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008.