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CLEAN : 92% voted for independence in Iraqi Kurd referendum
More than 92 percent of Iraqi Kurds voted for independence in a referendum according to the first official results announced on Wednesday two days after the disputed plebiscite
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CLEAN : FILE: Iraq Kurd leader's opponent candidate in presidential vote
An opponent of Iraqi Kurd leader Massud Barzani is the only person to present his candidacy for next month's presidential election in the autonomous region the electoral chief said Tuesday
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CLEAN : Iraq's Kurds celebrate yes indepence referendum vote
Iraq's Kurds announced a massive yes vote for independence on Wednesday following a referendum that has incensed Baghdad and sparked international concern
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CLEAN : Iraqi troops join Turkish military exercise near border
Un palestino abrio fuego el martes contra agentes de seguridad israelies que custodiaban el ingreso a Har Adar una colonia en Cisjordania ocupada
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CLEAN : Flight ban on Iraqi Kurds starts over independence vote
An Iraqi ban on international flights into and out of Iraqi Kurdistan took effect on Friday in retaliation for an independence referendum that has angered Baghdad
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CLEAN : Iraqi Kurdish peshmergas vote in an independence referendum
Iraqi Kurds began voting on Monday in a historic independence referendum despite the opposition of Baghdad and neighbouring states
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CLEAN : Iraqi Kurdistan: NGO protests flight ban with balloons
Members of an NGO gathered Friday outside the Arbil international airport to release balloons marked with peace messages against a flight ban imposed by Baghdad in retaliation for an independence referendum that has sent regional...
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CLEAN : Turkish military starts drill near Iraqi border
Turkey launches a military drill featuring tanks close to the Iraqi border the army says a week before Iraq's Kurdish region will hold an independence referendum
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Marketplace and election banners in Irbil
CLEAN: Exterior shots of a souq in Irbil with pro-independence banners outside and traders on 19 September 2017 in Irbil, Iraq
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CLEAN : Iraq forces take oil and gas fields dashing Kurdish dreams
Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk on Tuesday demolishing Kurdish hopes of creating a viable independent state
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CLEAN : Iraq troops in armed standoff with Kurd forces
Thousands of Iraqi troops are locked in an armed standoff with Kurdish forces in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk as Washington scrambles to avert fighting between the key allies in the war against the Islamic State group
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CLEAN : Iraq forces take oil fields dashing Kurdish dreams
Iraqi forces took control of nearly all the oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk on Tuesday dashing Kurdish hopes of creating a viable independent state
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CLEAN : Iraqi paramilitaries enter Shiite Turkman town south of Kirkuk
Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries entered Tuz Khurmatu south of Kirkuk in Salah al-Din province after expelling Kurdish forces Monday
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CLEAN : Iraq troops continue armed standoff with Kurd forces near Kirkuk
Crisis talks on Sunday made little headway in resolving an armed standoff between Kurdish and Iraqi forces in the oil rich northern province of Kirkuk three weeks after a contested Kurdish independence vote
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CLEAN : Iraq forces take oil fields dashing Kurdish dreams
Iraqi forces Wednesday appeared poised to take full control of the oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk dashing Kurdish hopes of creating a viable independent state
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CLEAN : Iraqi forces seize Altun Kupri region inside Kirkuk province
Iraqi's central government said Friday it wrestled back control of the last area of disputed Kirkuk province in the latest stage of a lightning operation following a controversial Kurdish independence vote
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CLEAN : Iraq Kurds hold demo in Arbil over crisis with Baghdad
Iraqi Kurds demonstrated near the US consulate in Arbil on Saturday calling for the international support in the escalating crisis with Baghdad
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CLEAN : FILE: Iraqi Kurds offer to freeze results of independence vote
Iraqi Kurdistan proposes to freeze the results of its independence referendum which triggered a major crisis with Baghdad
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CLEAN : Barzani supporters protest in front of Kurdistan Parliament
Supporters of Massud Barzani the president of the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq protest in front of the Kurdistan Parliament after Barzani's decision to step down amid the fallout from a controversial independence referendum
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CLEAN : Images of Semalka crossing between Syria Iraq Kurdish regions
People and vehicles on Monday were crossing between Iraq and Syria's Kurdish regions at the Semalka crossing
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CLEAN : Hundreds of Turkish soldiers prepare tanks at Syrian border
Turkish soldiers prepare tanks and artillery near a base at the Syrian border
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CLEAN : Turkish ground troops fight near Afrin to oust Kurdish militia
Turkish ground troops continued to fight Sunday to oust a Kurdish militia from a northern Syrian enclave as the US calls on Ankara to exercise restraint
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CLEAN : Syria: pro Turkey rebels prepare to target YPG positions
Pro Ankara Syrian rebel fighters were holding positions Saturday in the Tal Malid area north of Aleppo as they prepare to target Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) positions in the area of Afrin
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CLEAN : Hundreds of rebels engaged in the Turkish offensive in Syria
Hundreds of pro Ankara Syrian rebels deploy alongside Turkish forces as Turkey intensifies its offensive against Kurdish militia targets in Syria