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The speaker of the parliament of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Yusuf Mohammed Sadiq, speaks during a joint press conference with Kurdistan's prime minister (unseen) about oil agreements, in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, May 14, 2015. — SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images

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The speaker of the Parliament of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Yossef Mohammed speaks during a joint press conference with Kurdistan's Prime Minister (unseen) about oil agreements on May 14, 2015 in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

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