Kurdistan government needs support to plug $100 million monthly deficit

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq needs budget support to plug a monthly deficit of $100 million and would accept any conditions that might be placed on the aid, KRG Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani said on Wednesday. "We have absolutely no problems with any conditions that (would) be placed on financial assistance given to us," Talabani said at a think tank conference, saying the KRG had made its need for budget support clear to the U.S. government. The global oil price plunge