Iraq's rice crop usually requires between 10 and 12 billion cubic metres of water during the five-month growing period. However, experts say new methods using sprinklers and drip irrigation use 70 ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came to Iraq to call for unity and support for the democratic process. Yet the secrecy and heavy security surrounding her visit spoke volumes ...

Secretary of state presses for more work toward reconciliation. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari shake hands at a joint press conference in Baghdad ...

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Buried in this AP report on U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s surprise visit to Iraq is the fact that this is Rice’s first trip there since … “September.” Granted, the world is a big place, ...

(Updates throughout with new quotes) By Arshad Mohammed and Shamal Aqrawi KIRKUK, Iraq, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Iraqi leaders on Tuesday to speed up national ...

Rice Makes Surprise Visit to IraqU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Iraq Friday. Rice's trip comes amid further questioning of the Bush administration's handling of ...

Until a trade embargo cut them off a decade ago, U.S. farmers were the biggest suppliers of rice to Iraq. Now U.S. rice farmers want to sell to Iraq again, but Vietnam was awarded the lucrative rice ...

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes a surprise visit to Kirkuk “to congratulate the provincial council for a move toward Kurdish-Arab reconciliation,” writes Juan Cole. “But while Condi was ...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, making an unannounced visit to Iraq, urged Turkish and Iraqi leaders today to cooperate in dealing with Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq and warned Turkey ...

Experts say new methods using sprinklers and drip irrigation use 70 percent less water than the traditional flooding practice of Iraqi rice growers — Qassem al-KAABI After seeing his once-lush rice ...

After seeing his once-lush rice field shrink in recent years due to relentless drought, Iraqi farmer Muntazer al-Joufi fought back using tougher seeds and water-saving irrigation techniques. "It's the ...