The Iraqi Media
Iraq??™s media sector is a peculiar hybrid. The fall of Baghdad to U.S.-led forces nearly six years ago opened the doors to a flood of new private media, the likes of which the Arab world has never seen. Within a year, several hundred print...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Iraqi Parliament's Mission To Kirkuk Ends In Failure
An Iraqi parliament's fact-finding mission to multiethnic Kirkuk has deadlocked in failure and returned to Baghdad to report to the major political factions, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Belgian FM Urges Reconstruction on Iraq Visit
Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht urged greater participation in the reconstruction of war-torn Iraq, after flying in on Wednesday on the first visit by a senior official from Belgium since 1990.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Kurdish Exports Resume Despite Iraq Impasse
For the past two years, foreign oil companies working in Kurdistan have had their hands tied. They have not been able to export their oil and have limited their development in the region. That could be set to change this weekend.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Larijani: Iran for Economic Advancement of Iraq
Islamic Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani here Wednesday asked or establishment of peace and security, along with economic advancement of Iraq. According to IRNA, the IRI Parliament's News and Mass Media Office reported that Larijani made the comment in...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Iran Holds Exclusive Exhibit in Iraqi City of Sulaimaniya
Iran is holding its second exclusive exhibition in the Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya as of Wednesday for four days. Governor of Iran's western province of Kurdestan Esmaeil Najjar said at the opening ceremony that the exhibition aims to promote non-oil...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Kuwait to Take Part in Kurdistan Construction
Irbil Governor Nouzad Hadi said that Kuwaiti Companies will take part in constructing Kurdistan region. Hadi said that a company is intending to build up a tower in Irbil on 8000 square meters.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Iraq Investment Committee Proposes Amendments on Laws
Investment Committee aims at allowing foreign Companies to own land in Iraq. This project would help to entice the needed real estate development companies needed in order to construct houses, reform and expand the existing infrastructure.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Syrian, Iranian and Turkish Energy Ministers Arrive to Baghdad Today
Syrian, Iranian and Turkish Energy Ministers arrive today in Baghdad as their Iraqi counterpart invited them to come to Iraq. However, a round of talks is expected to take place on Thursday between the participating delegations in order to discuss...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Crude Oil Rises As Consumer Confidence Gains, Naimi Comments
Crude oil rose in New York, extending yesterday??™s gain as a report showing a jump in U.S. consumer confidence spurred optimism the worst of the recession is over in the world??™s largest oil-consuming nation.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Oil in a Week (Oil-Quarrels Between Kurdistan and Baghdad)
Quarrels over oil between Kurdistan and the government in Baghdad are intensifying. The cause of this is clear and expected, and originated with the ambiguity of the 2005 constitution that was drafted hastily in order to serve an internal American...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
UN Revises Global Economic Growth Lower for 2009
The United Nations revised its 2009 global economic growth forecast down sharply on Wednesday, accounting for a deeper financial crisis that threatens to push unemployment past the 50 million mark.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Global Energy Demand Seen Up 44 Percent by 2030: EIA
Global energy demand is expected to soar 44 percent over the next two decades with most of the demand coming from developing countries such as China and Russia, the U.S. government's top energy forecasting agency said on Wednesday.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
India Reliance Apr Crude Import Up 47 Pct Y/y-trade
India's Reliance Industries (RELI.BO) imported nearly 47 percent more crude in April than a year ago, signalling ramping up of its new plant, and tested a new Congonese grade Djeno, trade sources said.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Photos Show Rape and Sex Abuse in Iraq Jails-paper
Photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse which U.S. President Barack Obama does not want released include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Iraq Fines Zain, Others, for Poor Cellphone Service
Iraq has decided to fine Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co. (Zain) (ZAIN.KW) $18.6 million for poor cellphone service, the government spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Iraq Starts Oil Exports from Kurdistan
Iraq started exporting oil from its largely autonomous Kurdistan region for the first time on Wednesday, Iraq's Oil Ministry said, in an apparent breakthrough after years of deadlock over disputed Kurdish oil contracts.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Iraq Leader Vows to End Corruption Amid Scandal
Iraq has launched a campaign to arrest almost 1,000 officials for corruption, the government said on Wednesday, after the trade minister resigned amid claims family members made millions in kickbacks from sugar purchases.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Abulhassan Delivers Kuwaiti PM's Message About Iraq to Clinton
Kuwait's Amiri Diwan Advisor Mohammad Abulhassan continued his shuttle diplomacy mission, carrying a message from His Highness the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, explaining...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Close to 1,000 Officials to Be Arrested in Corruption Probe
Iraq has launched a campaign to arrest almost 1,000 officials for corruption, the government said on Wednesday, after the trade minister resigned amid claims family members made millions in kickbacks from sugar purchases.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Britain Appeals for Release of Kidnapped Men in Iraq
Foreign Secretary David Miliband called for the immediate and unconditional release of five British men held hostage in Iraq, ahead of the second anniversary of their capture.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Belgian Deputy Prime and Foreign Minister Visits Baghdad
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met on Wednesday May 27, 2009 with Mr. Karel De Gucht, Belgian Deputy Prime and Foreign Minister and his accompanying delegation, which is on an official visit to Iraq that will last two days.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Lecture on Foreign Economic Relations Held at the Foreign Ministry
Mr. Sami Kheralla, Chairman of Foreign Economic Relations Department in the Trade Ministry gave a lecture at the Foreign Service Institute on Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization in which he spoke about the process of negotiations and...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Iraq's Ambassador to Canberra Attends Assyrian Universal Alliance
Iraqi Ambassador to Canberra, Mr. Ghanim Taha Al-Shibli attended the 26th Conference of the Assyrian alliance held in the parliament building in Sydney for the period 21-22/5/2009 with the presence of delegates from Iraq and the Assyrian delegates...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Conclusion of Diplomatic Course in Estonia
The Director of the Diplomatic School in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, held on 21/5/2009 a ceremony to mark the conclusion of the diplomatic course organized by the Estonian Diplomatic School for ten Iraqi diplomats for the period from May 4-21 in the...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Extend the Staying of the Nineveh Police Chief in His Post
Nineveh Provincial Council have decided at its session held on yesterday-Tuesday, to keep the police chief of Nineveh in his office after the Interior Ministry decision to appoint him as an adviser for the Interior Ministry.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
The Finance Minister Calls on the UN to Collaborate with and Assist Iraq
The Minister of Finance, Baqir Jabber Al-Zubaidi, have met with the representative of the UN General Secretary, Ibrahim Gambari, who is visiting Baghdad now, and discussed with him the bilateral issues between Iraq and the United Nations and the issue...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Direct the Replacement of the Car Plates on the Next mid-June
The General Traffic Directorate is pursuing its preparations to start the process of fixing the new car plates after that it has contracted with a European state to change the numbers and the registration plates of all vehicles in Iraq.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
"The Protection of Monuments and Heritage" Initiative
The General Secretariat of the Cabinet have announced the obtainment of the Prime Minister approval on the launch of the "protection of Monuments and Heritage" initiative, which is expected to begin its implementation starting from the first...
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Al-Essawi in the UAE on Top of a Ministerial Delegation
The vice Prime Minister, Rafea Al-Essawi, has forwarded to the United Arab Emirates on yesterday-Tuesday, at the top of a high-level ministerial delegation on an official visit lasts for several days.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Ammo Baba Dies in Duhuk
Former Iraqi soccer player and coach Ammo Baba has died on his way to the hospital, a local medic in Duhuk province said on Wednesday.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
Soon: Buses to Ferry Passengers Between Karbala, Basra
The State Company for Transporting Passengers will soon launch a new fleet of modern buses to transport passengers between the provinces of Karbala and Basra, a local official said on Wednesday.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
3 Suspects Nabbed, Arms Cache Found in Anbar
Three suspects on Wednesday were arrested and an amount of arms and ammunition was seized near al-Tharthar Lake in Anbar province, according to a local police chief.
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Iraq | Thursday May 28
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