REFILE-UPDATE 3-Korea, Kurdistan agree oil-for-construction pact http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSSEO27277820080214?sp=true
Thu Feb 14, 2008
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By Yoo Choonsik and Rhee So-eui
SEOUL, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Kurdistan on Thursday agreed to award South Korean companies an oil-for-construction deal, estimated at $12 billion, risking a sharp reaction from Baghdad, and said it had the constitutional right to do so. http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSSEO27277820080214?sp=true