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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 - 24 Safar 1431 H
WORLD debate over kirkuk
Citizens shop at a market below the citadel in the city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday. Iraqi politicians are debating with new hostility over control of Kirkuk, a shabby northern city set near rich oil fields that both the self-ruling Kurds and the central government want. The deadlock threatens to delay Iraq’s nationwide elections set for mid-January. – AP
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