Iraq record budget hands Baghdad greater control over Kurdish oil

BAGHDAD — Oil-rich Iraq's parliament on Monday approved a record $153 billion a year budget plan that boosts spending on infrastructure and public sector jobs in the war-scarred nation.The three-year financial plan also hands the federal government in Baghdad greater control over lucrative oil exports from the northern autonomous Kurdistan region.After months of wrangling and

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