Iraqis Urge Oil Minister to Quit Over Low Output
Iraqi lawmakers called on Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani to resign, saying he failed to boost production at a time when lower crude prices have forced painful budget cuts.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
US Unit to Leave Baghdad Ahead of June 30 Deadline
The 1st US Battalion, headed by Captain Natahan Williams are preparing to pull out of their base in Baghdad's Hurriyah neighbourhood. The battalion of a 150 soldiers will leave their base on May 30, a month ahead of the deadline for all US combat...
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Iraq Attack Kills Seven anti-Qaeda Fighters
A suicide bomber killed seven members of an anti-Qaeda militia and wounded four others as they gathered to collect their salaries in Iraq's tense northern city of Kirkuk on Thursday, officials said.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Suicide Attack in Iraqi City of Kirkuk Kills 6: Police
An Iraqi police official says a suicide bomber has killed six US-backed Sunni paramilitaries who were waiting in a line in the northern city of Kirkuk to receive their monthly salaries.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Were Iraq's Gates of Hell Opened in Christ's Name?
GQ Magazine has revealed former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld repeatedly gave President Bush top-secret briefings adorned with Biblical quotes during the early days of the invasion of Iraq. One briefing paper showed an image of a US soldier in...
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Addax Seeks 2nd Partner for Iraq Taq Taq Oil Field
Canadian oil and gas company Addax Petroleum Corp. (AXC.T) is seeking a second partner to join its development of the large Taq Taq oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan, a person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Iraqi Schools Pose Health Risks
Forty-eight percent of Iraq's primary schools do not meet the minimum requirements for hygiene, according to a survey taken of 150 randomly picked schools in eight provinces, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Lawmakers To Question Iraqi Officials On Corruption
Iraqi parliament deputies say the upcoming questioning of Trade Minister Abdulfalah al-Sudani on corruption charges is only the beginning of other such hearings by parliament, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Who Controls Northern Iraq's Oil Wealth?
Iraq's northern oil fields are again in the news as Baghdad and the Kurdistan regional government (KRG) argue over how foreign companies that export oil from the region should be paid.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Toll in Baghdad Car Blast Rises to 40 Dead
The toll in a powerful car bomb that tore through a Baghdad street full of diners has risen to 40 dead and 83 wounded, a security official said on Thursday, updating earlier statistics.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
250 Free Greenhouses for Karbala Farmers
Karbala??™ Agriculture Directorate provided the farmers with 250 free greenhouses in the context of foreign donations the directorate received. Sources pointed out that these greenhouses constituted the first part of the US donation granted to Karbala...
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Iraq Began to Purchase a Ukrainian Paper
Ukraine-Iraq Chamber of Commerce (UICC) made the first delivery of newsprint in Iraq from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Zhidachevsky Pulp and Paper Mill is a supplier of paper. The volume of paper supply 500 tons per month, with further increases planned.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Italian Businessmen Intend to Invest in Kirkuk
The governor of Kirkuk, Abdul Rahman Mustafa, stressed on the intention of the local administration to establish service projects that would contribute to building the infrastructure in Kirkuk.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Dispute Over Land Simmering in Iraq
On a sunny day last week, a group of young Arabs from northern Iraq bundled up their colorful kites for an annual festival and headed to Mount Maqloub, where a gentle wind waited to lift their handiwork across a clear sky.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Zaha Hadid Defies Recession with Ground-breaking Architecture
If Zaha Hadid is worried about world economic collapse putting the kibosh on her career, she??™s not showing it. She slinks into her fiercely bleached, immaculate penthouse living room all swagger and attitude. She is smaller than you??™d expect, given...
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Iraqi Police Release Video Of al-Qaeda Leader Abu Baghdadi
The Iraqi authorities Monday released a video showing the interrogation of a man they say is Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, chief of the Iraqi branch of Al-Qaeda, whose identity is subject to dispute.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Baghdad Bomb Toll Rises to 35 Killed, 72 Wounded
A parked car bomb ripped through a poor Shi'ite area of northwest Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 35 people and wounding 72 others near a popular restaurant, police said.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Senate Denies Money for Closing Guantanamo
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday denied President Barack Obama $80 million he sought to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, but the White House said that would not delay plans to shut it down by early 2010.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Iraq Moves to Export Excess Gas to Middle East, Europe
Iraq is in talks to possibly export surplus natural gas through the Arab Gas Pipeline to the Middle East and Europe, its oil minister said on Wednesday. "We are in talks to connect the Iraqi surplus to this pipeline to export it to Arab states...
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
U.S. Army Paid Bonuses to KBR Despite Questions
The U.S. Army paid "tens of millions of dollars in bonuses" to KBR Inc, its biggest contractor in Iraq, even after it concluded the firm's electrical work had put U.S. soldiers at risk, according to a source close to a U.S. congressional...
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Kuwait Seeks UN Support on Outstanding Issues with Iraq
Kuwait is seeking the support of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to resolve outstanding issues with its former invader Iraq, a senior official said on Wednesday. Mohammad Abulhassan, an adviser to the Kuwaiti ruler, told the...
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
KBR's Chief Defends Electrical Work in Iraq
The chief executive of the military contractor under scrutiny in the electrocution of U.S. troops in Iraq said Wednesday the electrical codes it used in the buildings it maintained in the war zone "were known and thought to be acceptable" by...
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Iraq Car Bomb Kills 34
A car bomb exploded Wednesday near several restaurants in a Shiite neighborhood of northwest Baghdad, killing at least 34 people and injuring more than 70, police and hospital officials said.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Sweden to Resettle 200 Iraqis
The Swedish government will resettle a total of 200 Iraqi refugees residing in the Kingdom, out of a quota of 900 Iraqis who will be relocated by the end of 2009, a Swedish official said.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Dozens Killed in Baghdad Car Bomb Attack
A powerful car bomb in northwest Baghdad killed at least 34 people and wounded 72 on Wednesday in the biggest blast to hit the Iraqi capital in weeks, security officials said.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Lawyer Asked to Defend Baghdadi
Lawyer Tareq Harb on Wednesday said that he has been asked to defend the leader of the so-called ???Islamic State if Iraq??™, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who is currently arrested by Iraqi forces.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Vote of No Confidence Requires 138 Votes
A total of 138 votes are required to hold a vote of no confidence on the Iraqi minister of trade, a member of parliamentary integrity commission said on Wednesday.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Talabani, Barazani Meet on Political Situation
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and President of Iraq??™s Kurdistan region Massoud al-Barazani on Wednesday met to discuss parliamentary elections in the northern region and the latest developments on the political scene.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
SIIC Chief Updated on Political Developments
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and the head of the National Reform Movement on Wednesday visited the chairman of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), who is currently in hospital, to update him on the latest political developments.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Iraqi Envoy, Syrian PM Discuss Mutual Relations
Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji al-Otri on Wednesday discussed with the Iraqi ambassador to Damascus means of developing bilateral relations between the two countries, according to an Iraqi Foreign Ministry statement.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Speaker, Salah al-Din Council Chief Take on Provincial Issues
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Iyad al-Samarraie received the head of Salah al-Din??™s provincial council and a number of council members to discuss the nature of relations between the council and the operations command in Samarra city.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Iraq Keens on Developing Ties with Azerbaijan
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday said that Iraq is keen on developing relations with Azerbaijan on diplomatic, trade and investment levels, according to a statement released from his office.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
VP Updates al-Maliki on Outcome of His Participation in Davos Forum
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki received at his office in Baghdad on Wednesday Vice President Adel Abdulmahdi who updated him on the outcome of his participation at the Davos World Economic Forum which wrapped up recently in Jordan.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
High Security Commission in Kurdistan to Secure Elections
The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) on Wednesday agreed with the Kurdish interior ministry to form a high security commission to put a plan to secure the Kurdistan??™s parliamentary elections.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Talabani, Barzani Meet to Approve Candidates
A meeting started on Wednesday between the Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), President Jalal Talabani, and the Leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Massoud Barzani, to approve the names of the candidates of the...
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
35 Killed, 72 Wounded in Baghdad Blast
Thirty-five persons on Wednesday were killed and 72 others were wounded in a car bomb blast that ripped through the Iraqi capital, according to a police source.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Civilian Gunned Down in Mosul
One civilian on Wednesday was killed by unknown gunmen in Mosul city, according to a local police source.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
We Are Not Involved with Iraqi Navy ??“ U.S. Commander
U.S. forces that replaced the British forces in Basra do not currently play a role with regards to the Iraqi navy, the forces??™ commander said on Wednesday, explaining that his troops will stand side by side with all Iraqi security forces.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Iraqi Navy Receives Boat from Italy
Iraq has received one out of the four military boats that the Iraqi navy agreed to purchase from an Italian manufacturer, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
Al-Boghdadi Was Member of Bahraz Local Council ??“ Police
Accurate security information asserted that Abu Omar al-Boghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, was a member of the local council in Bahraz district, he Diala police chief said on Wednesday.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
2 Soldiers Wounded in Blast in Mosul
Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded on Wednesday in an improvised explosive device explosion in eastern Mosul, an army source said.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
One of the bodyguards of the Kirkuk police chief was wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Kirkuk on Wednesday, a source from the joint coordination center said.
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Iraq | Thursday May 21
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