HOUSTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Iraq's Parliament will begin debate next week over the long-stalled and highly controversial oil law, the first post-Saddam Hussein law governing oil and gas.

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WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- Iraq's central and Kurdish region governments have reached a deal on an oil law, including a method for weighing the validity of the oil deals the Kurds have signed with foreign firms, the top government spokesman told United Press International.

WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- They say a picture is worth a thousand words. And the image of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad glowing -- radiating a Bush-like smugness, some might say -- during a red-carpet welcome in the American-occupied "Green Zone" in Baghdad last week was no exception. That picture was more powerful than a thousand pages in illuminating who has emerged as the big winner after the United States ousted Saddam Hussein.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Vote counting in Iraq's first post-Saddam Hussein legislative elections is nearly complete and the results will be announced this week.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Tough security measures enforced during Iraq's legislative council elections continued for a second day Monday as the nation awaited the election results.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has urged Iraqis to unite, vowing to conduct nationwide reconciliation dialogue with the various groups and factions.

AMMAN, Jordan, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Vote counting in Jordan, where an estimated 16,000 Iraqi expatriates participated in Iraq's first post-Saddam Hussein poll, started Monday.

AMMAN, Jordan, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Iraqis in Jordan and 13 other nations continued voting Saturday to select the first post-Saddam Hussein legislative council.