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On August 20, the newly-elected Iraqi Kurdistan parliamentarians took their oaths of office. Barham Salih took over the premiership from Nechervan Barzani, nephew of Masud Barzani, the region’s president. Full Article at The Corner
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Iraqi authorities were set on Monday to release preliminary results from weekend elections in the automomous Kurdish region after a new opposition party claimed a major breakthrough. The Goran (Change) list said it had won more than a... Full Article at Mail & Guardian Online
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(AP) Iraqis voting in Saturday's election in the self-ruled Kurdish north expressed hope it would shake up the entrenched regional government and help reduce long-standing tension with Baghdad over oil and land disputes that threaten the country's... Full Article at CBS News
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The Kurdish political establishment faced its first real test in an election Saturday for a president and 111-seat parliament in a semiautonomous region mired in a bitter dispute with Baghdad over oil and land that threatens Iraq's... Full Article at KansasCity.com
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By Gina Chon BAGHDAD -- The two political parties that have long dominated life in Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish enclave are facing their first real challenge in years as they head into elections this weekend.More than 500 candidates from 24 parties or... Full Article at Wall Street Journal
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You have totally different world views about how to settle this thing ... And I don't see any movement towards a convergence. The whole notion of a separate Kurdistan is a little bit at odds with the notion of the new Iraq that everyone's trying to build. So, I think you need a compromise.
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I think the natural dynamic here is not necessarily all that promising
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I, at least, took from both that they shared the view that it was important to try and make progress and get some sustainable compromises, while we were still in a position to be helpful
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We discussed the stalled issues and a delegation from the Kurdistan region will visit Baghdad to solve the problems
