Iraq's average oil output rose again in December, marking a roughly 30 percent increase since the start of 2007, the country's oil ministry said Saturday.The average output last month reached 2.475 million barrels per day, according to figures released by the State Oil Marketing Company....

Iraqi Arab lawmakers from rival sects joined forces Sunday to criticize what they claim is overreaching by the Kurds, alleging the powerful U.S.-backed minority's go-it-alone style in oil and other major issues threatens national unity.The 145 Shiite, Sunni and other legislators signaled their opposition to...

In the following review, Appiah lauds Mukherjee's The Holder of the World stating, "Ms. Mukherjee draws us with vigor and scrupulous attention to detail across time … and space … into the footsteps of not one but two extraordinary women."

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