TALKS BETWEEN KURDS & BAGDAD & U.S GENERAL

The talks in Baghdad between Iraqi and Kurdish military commanders brokered by a three-star American general broke down on Thursday, two days after the prime minister announced both sides had agreed on pulling back forces in part of the disputed areas. Officials on Friday said there were no new talks scheduled.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/1130/Kurdish-Iraqi-government-talks-collapse-amid-fear-of-civil-war