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ERBIL, Iraq, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A delegation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce embarked on a five-day tour of Iraqi Kurdistan to explore investment opportunities in the region.

ERBIL, Iraq, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Kurdish President Massoud Barzani departed the region for Washington at the official invitation of U.S. President George Bush, officials said.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. representatives for the Kurdish government Monday offered a rebuttal to comparisons between the president of Iraqi Kurdistan and Yasser Arafat.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Kurdish representatives wrapped up a three-day visit with U.S. officials in Washington Wednesday to discuss security and cooperation between the two parties.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- "The future" isn't just oil, the head of the U.S. branch of Iraq's Kurdish government said while courting investors in Washington Monday.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Kurdish groups are angry that the U.S. National Counter-Terrorism Center included the symbol of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan -- the political party headed by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani -- on a list of "terrorist logos" that police should be on the lookout for during traffic stops and other contacts with members of the public.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Iraqi Kurdistan's oil minister, Ashti Hawrami, begins his U.S. tour of political and business leaders from Washington to Texas a hot item with international oil companies, but with icy relations with his counterpart in Baghdad.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A Turkish invasion of Iraq over the Kurdish separatist group based in the northern Iraq mountains highlights -- and risks escalating -- the tension between Washington and allies Turkey, Iraq and Iraq’s Kurds.