Turks??™ Heritage Delight
A Turkish billionaire is to become one of the biggest shareholders in Heritage Oil under a deal that could transform the FTSE 250 group into the biggest player in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Professionals Have No Place in Iraq
Iraqi professionals of various specializations living abroad used to think that their exile would come to an end once the regime of former President Saddam Hussein was toppled.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Baghdad's Green Zone Comes Under Fire
A mortar bomb struck the heavily fortified Green Zone in the heart of Baghdad on Sunday, the US military said.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Weddings Flourish in Iraq
After six years of war and sectarian killings in Iraq that directly resulted from the US led invasion, Haider Naeem, a Shiite, wants to make up for lost time and marry his Sunni Arab girlfriend -- but he is finding it an expensive business.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Kuwait to Hold Talks with Iraq on UN Resolutions Row: FM
Iraqi and Kuwaiti officials are to meet soon to discuss a row over UN resolutions adopted after Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of the emirate, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said on Sunday.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Iraq to Award Foreign Oil Contracts Late June
Iraq will at the end of June announce which major foreign oil companies have been awarded new contracts to work in the country, a government spokesman said on Sunday.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
No Legal Basis for Iraqi Accusations: Academic
Iraq's accusations against Kuwait have no legal basis, according to Dr. Essa Al-Enezi, the head of the International Law department at Kuwait University's law faculty.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
MPs Back Govt Stance on Iraq
Head of the foreign relations committee MP Marzouq Al-Ghanem said yesterday that MPs have declared their backing of the government to continue demanding Iraq's full compliance of the UN resolutions issued following Iraq's invasion of the country in...
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Jobless Growth Rate to Rise by 25% in Mideast
Even as millions of people worldwide struggle to find jobs, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is busy looking for ways to limit the fallout from the global economic crisis on the world's labour market.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Lukoil Intends to Participate in West Qurna Tender
The chairman of (Lukoil Overseas) said that the Russia Company plans to complete the preparation of necessary documents to participate in the auction of (West Qurna - 1) field in Iraq by the end of the current month of June.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
The Ministry of Transport: Picking Up Three Drowned Boats
The General Company for Marine Transport, one of the Ministry of Transport formations has picked up three drown boats were submerged in the river at al-Adhamiya, which led to block the water supply in Rusafa.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
The Implementation of Kirkuk- Sulaymaniyah Railway
The coordinator of Kirkuk- Sulaymaniyah Railway Project in Sulaimaniya, Hoshiyar Rasul said that the total design of the project will be set up during this month and the central government allocated $ 3 million and 170 thousand dollars for this project.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Vast Exploration Secures Financing For Iraq Operations
Vast Exploration Inc. has closed its previously announced equity financing, including the exercise of the option. Pursuant to the financing, the Company has issued and sold 25,000,000 units of the Company at a price of $0.40 per unit for total gross...
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Iraq Steps Out of Iran??™s Shadow
Decades later, the memory still rankles Iraq's prime minister. Nuri al-Maliki was an exile in southern Iran at the time, running covert Iraqi networks against Saddam Hussein, and Iran and Iraq were at war. Maliki needed official Iranian clearance to...
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Kuwait and Iraq Agree on Reparation Talks
Kuwaiti parliamentarians on Sunday reiterated calls for Iraq to pay its debts and war reparations imposed by the United Nations (UN) to strengthen ties between the two nations.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Globitel's Solutions to Power Up Asiacell's Network
Globitel, the leading provider of Modern Telecom Solutions, recently provided the Iraqi operator Asiacell with their renowned USSD Gateway and a variety of roaming solutions.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Total: Iraq Oil Stakes 'this Summer'
Jean-Jacques Mosconi, head of strategy and planning at Total has told Reuters that the company expects Iraq to award stakes in oilfields open to bids 'in a matter of two or three months.'
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Iraq: Bombing of Minibus in Shi'ite Area Kills 7
A bomb tore through a minibus during morning rush hour Monday in a mainly Shi'ite area in Baghdad, killing at least seven people and wounding 24, Iraqi officials said.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Iraqi President Visits Al-Hakim in Tehran
Iraqi President Jalal Talibani has visited the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim who is hospitalized in Tehran.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Iraq Warns Turkey on Euphrates Water Supplies
Iraq called on Turkey on Sunday to release more water down the Euphrates river, saying the country's farms and drinking water supplies were at stake.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Policeman Wounded in Falluja Blast
A policeman was wounded when a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) went off in central al-Falluja district on Sunday, a local police source in al-Anbar province said.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
5 Wanted Men Arrested, 3 IEDs Defused West of Basra
Policemen captured five wanted persons, seized arms and munitions and defused three improvised explosive devices during a security operation conducted west of Basra on Sunday, a source from the province??™s police information department said.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Body of Civilian Found in Mosul
Policemen in Ninewa province found the body of a civilian man in northern Mosul city on Saturday, a local security source said.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Parliamentary, Judicial Delegation Visits Amara Prison
A delegation of judges and a member of the parliament??™s human rights committee visited the al-Amara central prison after some inmates have recently announced a hunger strike protesting their long time in custody without trial, a human rights official...
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
4 IEDs Defused, 2 Wanted Persons Captured in Falluja
Policemen from the village of Zawbaa, eastern Falluja, defused four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and arrested two wanted men, a local security source said on Sunday.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Ex-trade Minister Released on Bail
The Iraqi ex-trade minister, Abdulfalah al-Sudani, has been released on bail of 50 million Iraqi dinars (ID), pending his case being heard by the Criminal Court, an investigating judge in Samawa city said on Sunday.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
IED Leaves No Casualties in Baghdad
An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Baghdad??™s neighborhood of al-Doura, causing no casualties, an Iraqi police source said on Sunday.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Allegations Against U.S. Contractors False, Son Says
Allegations that five U.S. contractors detained inside Baghdad's Green Zone were somehow involved in the death of another American contractor last month are "completely false," a son of one of the detainees told CNN Sunday.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Gunman Nabbed in Kut
Police forces on Friday arrested a gunman who opened fire randomly on civilians in Kut, according to a security source.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Iraqis Detain 5 Americans in Baghdad
Iraqi authorities have detained five U.S. citizens in connection with the death of an American contractor in Baghdad, officials said Sunday, in what could be the first case of Americans facing local justice under a joint security pact that took effect...
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Sadrist Delegation Meets Jordanian Parliament Speaker
A parliamentary delegation representing the Sadrist Movement, or Iraqis loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, discussed with Jordanian Parliament Speaker Abdulhadi al-Majali on Sunday Jordanian-Iraqi relations and means to enhance them in all fields,...
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Key UIA Member Considers Broader Bloc
Sheikh Hammam Hammoudi, a leading member of the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), on Sunday received a delegation from the Islamic Movement in Iraq to discuss means to expand the Shiite bloc.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Ex-governor Quits Thi-Qar Provincial Council
The former governor of Thi-Qar province on Sunday tendered his resignation from the position of a provincial council member, according to an informed source.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Regional Forces Deny Amassing of Turkish Troops Near Iraqi Border
An official spokesperson for the Kurdistan region??™s protection forces on Sunday denied the presence of Turkish troops near the Iraqi border, explaining that the neighboring country is free to deploy forces within its territory.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Talabani Visits Hakim in Tehran Hospital
Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani on Sunday visited the head of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), Abdulaziz al-Hakeem, who is currently receiving treatment in a hospital in Tehran, and discussed with him the recent developments on the political...
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
Over 64,000 Cancer Cases Reported in 5 Years
More than 64,000 cancer cases have been reported in Iraq throughout the past five years, the Iraqi Constitutional Rights and Freedoms Observatory revealed on Sunday.
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Iraq | Monday Jun 8
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