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Political worries realign budget

Iraq’s political leaders have passed a budget that prioritizes social spending and cuts operational and other expenses, after an escalation in pressure from protesters.
An engineer from Iraq's South Oil Company (SOC) surveys the Zubair oil field in southern Iraq on Jan. 21, 2010. (ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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