Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Ind. contractors mixed over looming defense cuts
• Iraq warns Turkey over separate Kurdish oil deal
• Russian rocket launches new crew to space
• Former President Bush (41) reflects on his legacy, including 'Read my lips'
• Young girl among three dead in Iraq attacks
• Iraq PM calls for US to speed up arms transfers
• Turkey must end 'illegal' Kurd oil exports: Iraq
• Iraq warns Turkey over separate Kurd oil deal
• Iraq warns Kurdish oil exports to Turkey harm ties
• UN Security Council 'discussing next steps on Syria'
• 10 things you need to know today: July 15, 2012
• Iraq inks preliminary gas deal with Pakistani firm
• Weather stops tandem lawn chair balloon flight
• Iraq signs gas contract with Pakistan Petroleum
• Weather cuts short trip of U.S., Iraqi "lawn chair" balloonists
• Lawn chair balloonists abort mission, land early
• Iraq signs exploration deal with Pakistani firm

Ind. contractors mixed over looming defense cuts Posted: 15 Jul 2012 04:27 PM PDT Looming congressional defense spending cuts have industry insiders in Indiana painting a mixed picture over how the state might fare.

Iraq warns Turkey over separate Kurdish oil deal Posted: 15 Jul 2012 11:06 AM PDT Baghdad warned Turkey on Sunday that its separate oil deal with Iraq's northern self-ruled Kurdish region could damage trade relations, the latest sign of tension between the two neighbors.

Russian rocket launches new crew to space Posted: 15 Jul 2012 08:47 AM PDT A Soyuz rocket blasted off with an international crew of three toward the International Space Station on Sunday in a mission testing the reliability of Russia's crisis-prone space programme.

Former President Bush (41) reflects on his legacy, including 'Read my lips' Posted: 15 Jul 2012 08:40 AM PDT One of the most powerful unelected men in Washington for years has been Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.

Young girl among three dead in Iraq attacks Posted: 15 Jul 2012 08:34 AM PDT Gun and bomb attacks north of Baghdad killed three people, including a young girl, and left 10 others wounded on Sunday, security and medical officials said.

Iraq PM calls for US to speed up arms transfers Posted: 15 Jul 2012 08:24 AM PDT Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called Sunday for the US to speed up the transfer of weapons to Iraq, which lacks the ability to defend its airspace or borders, six months after American troops withdrew.

Turkey must end 'illegal' Kurd oil exports: Iraq Posted: 15 Jul 2012 08:11 AM PDT Turkey must stop accepting "illegal" transfers of crude oil from the autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq or risk damaging bilateral ties, government spokesman Ali Dabbagh warned on Sunday.

Iraq warns Turkey over separate Kurd oil deal Posted: 15 Jul 2012 07:49 AM PDT Iraq's government has warned Turkey that its separate oil deal with the northern self-ruled Kurdish region could damage bilateral relations.

Iraq warns Kurdish oil exports to Turkey harm ties Posted: 15 Jul 2012 07:09 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said on Sunday that oil exports from Kurdistan to Turkey by truck were "illegal", warning Ankara that such trade with the autonomous region could damage its relations with the central government in Baghdad. Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, which borders Turkey, is locked in a dispute with the central Iraqi government over oil exports and energy policy has become a very sensitive topic. Turkey said on Friday it had begun importing 5 to 10 road tankers of crude a day from the northern region of Iraq and the volume could rise to 100-200 tankers per day. ...

UN Security Council 'discussing next steps on Syria' Posted: 15 Jul 2012 06:51 AM PDT UN and Arab League peace Kofi Annan said on Wednesday the UN Security Council was discussing what action it could take next to address the Syria conflict.

10 things you need to know today: July 15, 2012 Posted: 15 Jul 2012 04:27 AM PDT The Red Cross says Syria is now in civil war, Oprah sits down with the Romneys, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Iraq inks preliminary gas deal with Pakistani firm Posted: 15 Jul 2012 02:23 AM PDT Iraq has signed a preliminary deal with a Pakistani company to explore for natural gas in the country's east.

Weather stops tandem lawn chair balloon flight Posted: 15 Jul 2012 01:57 AM PDT An Oregon gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer trying to fly from Central Oregon to Montana in tandem lawn chairs suspended from party balloons are back on land after having to abort their flight due to thunderstorms.

Iraq signs gas contract with Pakistan Petroleum Posted: 15 Jul 2012 01:17 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq signed an initial gas exploration contract with Pakistan Petroleum on Sunday as part of its push to attract more foreign investment to develop its energy sector following years of war and sanctions. The contract gives the Pakistani company the right to explore gas block 8 in Diyala and Wasit provinces in eastern Iraq, as reported by Reuters last month. Iraq will also sign an initial contract with a consortium led by Kuwait Energy for oil block 9 on July 16 and a deal to explore oil block 10 will be signed with a group led by Russia's Lukoil on July 17. ...

Weather cuts short trip of U.S., Iraqi "lawn chair" balloonists Posted: 15 Jul 2012 12:28 AM PDT BEND, Oregon (Reuters) - Two men sitting in lawn chairs tied to 350 helium-filled balloons failed in their bid on Saturday to set a world record for the longest two-man cluster balloon flight when bad weather forced them down well short of their destination. A crowd estimated at more than 1,000 people watched as American Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta of Iraq lifted off on Saturday morning from the parking lot of Couch's Stop & Go Mini Mart in the Oregon town of Bend. They soared into clear skies with light winds, perched underneath balloons in the colors of the U.S. and Iraqi flags. ...

Lawn chair balloonists abort mission, land early Posted: 14 Jul 2012 07:23 PM PDT An Oregon gas station owner and his Iraqi co-pilot who lifted into flight Saturday on two lawn chairs tethered to 350 balloons from Bend, Ore., were forced to abort their flight about six hours later due to thunderstorms.

Iraq signs exploration deal with Pakistani firm Posted: 14 Jul 2012 05:58 PM PDT Iraq has signed a gas exploration deal with Pakistan Petroleum on Sunday, a senior official said, the first of three successive contracts aimed at increasing the country's oil and gas reserves.

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