"For Ota people, the factories aren't just the workplace, " says Tessai Sako, a government official, who grew up in the neighborhood.

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Taking part in the discussions was Archbishop Louis Sako, head of the beleaguered Catholic minority in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, where Islamic militants have kidnapped and killed Christians or forced them to convert to Islam.

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