Region's crises an opportunity for authentic Arab spring

The setting sun is seen behind a grove of trees at Cairo Stadium, January 2, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) - RTX1703F

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Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (R) speaks with Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami (L) at the Iraq-Kurdistan Oil and Gas Conference at Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region, December 2, 2013. Turkey said on Monday it stood by a bilateral oil deal with Iraq's Kurdistan region that bypassed central government but wanted to win Baghdad's support by drawing it into the arrangement. Reuters reported that Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan signed a multi-billion-dollar energy pack

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Region's crises an opportunity for authentic Arab spring

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