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An Iraqi agriculture ministry official said around 15 percent of land, or around 10,400 square miles, has been desertified, while 55 percent is "threatened" with this fate.
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Iraqi lawmakers passed an emergency food security bill weeks after the Federal Supreme Court labeled unconstitutional a similar bill proposed by the caretaker government.