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SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq - Kurdish lawmakers began Saturday to plot their course as Iraq's kingmakers with enough seats to secure a second term for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and press key demands including a greater say over the oil riches in the country's north.

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq - More than a thousand people have staged a protest in a northern Iraq city, demanding justice for the death of a Kurdish journalist whose body was found last week.

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq - After years of what they consider unfulfilled promises, Iraq's Kurds are hardening their demands to wring out the best deal from prospective allies following an election that has left the country's future government unclear and the Kurds' support more prized than ever.

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq - Kurdish political leaders threatened Tuesday to boycott January's national elections unless Kurdish areas receive more seats in parliament, throwing into doubt the vote which could determine how quickly U.S.