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		<title>Iraqi government refused to recognize contracts of foreign Oil companies operating in Kurdistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://iraqkurdistan.wordpress.com/?p=309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Article from: &#8220;Kurdistan Halts Oil Exports &#8221; by Timothy Williams on NYTimes October 12, 2009 &#124; Photo: Azad Lashkari/Reuters
The semi autonomous Kurdish region has reopened a rift with the central government after announcing that it had halted all petroleum exports from Kurdistan until Baghdad pays the international companies that are pumping oil in the region.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdish-Arab relations in Iraq under critical moments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joaoleitao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Knights &#124; Monday, October 12, 2009 &#124; in Lebanon Daily Star
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Parliament elected in July convened for the first time on August 20, ushering in a new political era in Iraqi Kurdistan. While the bloc including the long-dominant Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Otel Lider, Hotel in Bus Terminal, Hotel Istanbul Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joaoleitao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accommodation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Esenler Otogari]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul offers various accommodation options and even in the bus station there is a nice, cozy and cheap hotel. If you intend to get your Bus to Iraq from OTOGAR Bus Terminal in Istanbul, this is the best option for you.
During my experience on this travel by bus to Iraqi Kurdistan, I got the bus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bus Dohuk to Istanbul, Iraq to Turkey by Bus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joaoleitao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An easy way to get out of Iraqi Kurdistan is to get a bus to Istanbul. However, it seems that not everything goes well and my supposedly &#8220;easy trip out&#8221; was transformed into a mess as the bus didn&#8217;t arrive to Dohuk, and the company responsable for these trips got me a taxi to Zakho [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shared Taxi from Salahaddin to Erbil, Taxi Iraqi Kurdistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joaoleitao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erbil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cheapest way (apart from hitchhiking of course) to go from Salahaddin to Erbil should be sharing a taxi with local people. Taxis heading out of Salahaddin direction Erbil (aka Arbil, Irbil, Hawler) depart from the last roundabout of the city. Check out the Google map below for exact location.

4 people shared Taxi from Salahadin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitchhiking Dohuk to Akre, Hitchhiking in Iraqi Kurdistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joaoleitao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made three major trips Hitchhiking in Iraq but asked for a ride several times both in Erbil and in Dohuk to people who I randomly met on the street or asked for directions.
After traveling in Iraqi Kurdistan for a couple of days using shared taxis, private taxis and buses, I decided to try hitchhiking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos of Amadiyah in Iraqi Kurdistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joaoleitao</dc:creator>
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