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Iraqi Kurdistan makes first oil sale amid exports row
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27545439The government in the Iraqi autonomous region of Kurdistan says it has made its first sale of crude oil despite strong opposition from Baghdad.
The oil was piped to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, the Kurdish authorities said in a statement.
Iraq's central government says it has filed legal action against Turkey and the pipeline operator.
It is locked in a bitter dispute with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over who can sell the country's oil.
