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UNDP: Iraq, Human Development Report 2014

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Worldwide date production has increased exponentially over the last three decades. Starting in 1965 at about 1.85 million tons, it reached 2.7 million tons in 1985 and 7.0 million tons in 2005. The industry turning point occurred in the early 1980s, during, and immediately after the Iraq-Iran conflict. This conflict disrupted the worldwide date supply, creating shortages in th

ERBIL, Iraq — The new oil agreement between Iraq’s federal government and the autonomous Kurdish government in the north appears to have left some room for confusion as to what the Kurds should do with the significant amount of oil that they do not export under Baghdad’s supervision. According to the deal signed on Dec. 2, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) pledges to exp

On December 1 and 2, the federal Iraqi government and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) conducted three rounds of negotiations in Baghdad over the sharing of oil revenues in the 2015 budget. The talks marked the culmination of three months of intensifying discussion between federal and Kurdish leaders, which followed more than a year of U.S.-supported discussions between the