WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Iraq's Oil Ministry, in talks with oil majors to boost production in crucial fields, may give long-term deals to firms that offer technical support.

BASRA, Iraq, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Iraq's top oil workers' union has asked for action on a draft labor law, as called for in the constitution, in a letter to Iraq's labor minister.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Iraq's teachers and healthcare workers, like the oil unions earlier this year, are demanding the government take action on improving working conditions.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Iraq's Oil Ministry prepares deals for the country's largest oil fields that could give Big Oil a foot in the door of the world's most promising oil sector.

LONDON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The leader of Iraq's oil workers, attending an anti-war conference here, says Iraq could be producing more oil by investing its own money, without an oil law or large scale foreign oil company involvement.