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Kirkuk

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Kirkuk , city (1987 pop. 418,624), NE Iraq. It is the center of Iraq's oil industry and is connected by pipelines to ports on the Mediterranean Sea. Oil production throughout the 1980s was reduced because of the Iran-Iraq War . Kirkuk is a market for the region's produce, including cereals, olives, fruits, and cotton. There is a small textile industry. Kirkuk is built on a mound containing the remains of a settlement dating back to 3000 BC Kirkuk's population is mix of Turkomans, Kurds, and Arabs; forced resettlement of many Kurds in the late 20th cent. reduced their numbers in the city and... Read more

Karkuk
or Kirkuk City (pop., 2003 est.: 750,000), northeastern Iraq . Located north of Baghdad in the Kurdistan region, it is situated in one of... Read more

Nuzi
, site near Kirkuk, N Iraq. Thousands of clay tablets unearthed there bear inscriptions said to have been made by the Horims (or Horites) of the Bible. The tablets, which are in Akkadian, reveal much about ancient laws and customs. Read more

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	Stability, oil wealth hang in balance as ethnic tensions rise in Kirkuk. ; Byline: Tom Hundley KIRKUK, Iraq _ Bahaldin Halabjai has no doubt that Kirkuk belongs to the Kurds. It's not logical that you would...nearby Sulaymaniyah who opened an Internet cafe in Kirkuk shortly after it fell to Kurdish fighters backed... Read more
	Profile: Kirkuk may be one of the first cities American troops try to occupy in an effort to protect the region's oil wells from Iraqi sabotage ; 00-00-0000 Profile: Kirkuk may be one of the first cities American...SIEGEL, host: The northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk sits atop one of the world's largest...of a US-led attack on Iraq, some say Kirkuk will be one of the first cities American... Read more
	Kirkuk begins to stabilize ; ...Service The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-13-2003 Kirkuk begins to stabilize -- Kurdish authorities, U...Sunday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday KIRKUK, Iraq - Stability returned to Kirkuk on Saturday as Kurdish authorities zealously... Read more
	Interview: Prime Minister Barham Salih discusses the repatriation of Kurds to the city of Kirkuk ; ...the repatriation of Kurds to the city of Kirkuk Host: MELISSA BLOCK Time: 8:00-9:00 PM...estimated 100,000 Kurds were forced out of Kirkuk, the city Kurds consider their capital...Assyrians, the main Arab residents of Kirkuk and other parts, replacing them with Arab... Read more
	The Kirkuk referendum time bomb.(EDITORIALS) ; ...stories about Iraq is the situation in Kirkuk, where Shi'ite and Sunni, ethnic Turkmen...constitution mandated that residents of Kirkuk are to vote on the future of the city...according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Kirkuk region contains approximately 6.5 billion... Read more
	Kirkuk's future.(LETTERS) ; ...write in response to the editorial The Kirkuk referendum time bomb (Monday) which argues against holding the referendum on Kirkuk according to the timetable and procedures...timeframe to address all disputed areas and Kirkuk's status, including a census and referendum... Read more
	Ethnic tensions in Kirkuk could spill over.(Front) ; By Selcan Hacaoglu The Associated Press KIRKUK, Iraq Minutes after a suicide bomber killed...generated by the crisis over who will run Kirkuk, the center of Iraq's northern oil fields. The fate of Kirkuk, where an estimated 850,000 Kurds, Turkmen... Read more
	75 killed in suicide bombing in Kirkuk ; ...of The New York Times contributed from Kirkuk.* A suicide bomber crashed his truck into...major Kurdish political party compound in Kirkuk on Monday, killing at least 75 people...single deadliest post-invasion blast in Kirkuk, a city rich in both oil and ethnicity... Read more
	KIRKUK PROVINCE INVESTS DINARS FOR BETTER LIFE ; ...WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2007 - Officials in Iraq's Kirkuk province are stepping up to invest more...the provincial reconstruction team in Kirkuk province, told Internet reporters and...from Iraq. In addition, the governor of Kirkuk province "is reviewing every project before... Read more
	Blast, ethnic tensions break relative peace in diverse Kirkuk. ; Byline: Christine Spolar KIRKUK, Iraq _ A small explosion on a stony...a battalion of civilian leaders from Kirkuk and the village of Tuz Khurmatu, where...in Tuz on Aug. 22. A demonstration in Kirkuk, a city of 1 million that is an important... Read more

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	IRAQ: KIRKUK IDENTITY PROTECTION CENTER ESTABLISHED.(Kirkuk Identity Protection forms to protect Kirkuk culture)(Brief Article)
	Kathemiya & Kirkuk Heat Up As Sectarian & Ethnic Flash-Points.
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