Kurdish President Masoud Barazani (L) welcomes Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) after his arrival at Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region near Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, August 2, 2009. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki paid a visit on Sunday to the northern Kurdish region to hold talks with Kurdish leaders over disputes of oil and land. [Xinhua/Reuters]
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