ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Rizgar pulled one of his wife's bracelets from his pocket and laid it on a gold merchant's counter in Iraq's Kurdistan region at the weekend, reluctantly selling it to cover his bills.
The electricity ministry in Kurdistan had not paid Rizgar for two months because the Baghdad government has withheld funds to punish the Kurds for trying to export oil via a new pipeline.
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