Bombing Fears After Iraq Attack Kills 33
Security forces in Iraq fear another spate of car-bombings after an attack in southern Iraq killed at least 33 people and injured scores more overnight.
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Iraq | Thursday Jun 11
Special Needs Persons Demonstrate in Front of Parliament
More than 300 disabled people on Wednesday staged a sit-in in front of the Kurdistan parliament??™s building in Arbil city, calling on the region??™s cabinet to disburse the budgets allocated for special needs organizations and charities.
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Iraq | Thursday Jun 11
Iraq's Oil Field Bidding Process on Schedule
Iraq is gearing up to award eight of its prized oil and gas fields to international companies as scheduled June 29-30, a senior Iraqi oil ministry official said Tuesday.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Shiite Parties Look to Renew Grand Alliance
Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraqi (ISCI), has called for a revival of the grand Shiite political coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA).
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
US Army Holding 11,000 Prisoners in Iraq
The US army said Tuesday it was holding around 11,000 prisoners in Iraq, all of whom will either be freed or handed to Iraqi authorities in line with a security accord between Baghdad and Washington.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Iraq Market Bombing Kills 30
A car bomb exploded in a market in a southern Iraqi town on Wednesday, killing 30 people including women and children in the bloodiest attack to hit the country in weeks.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Committee of Agriculture and Water Asks for Farmers Rights
Agriculture and water committee in the parliament appealed to give the farmers the due sums of money that were not given to them since two months in spite of selling the crops of wheat and barley to the Ministry of Trade.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
The Ministry of Trade is Investigating in Tenders of Foodstuff
The Head of Iraqi Integrity Commission said on Monday that considerable foreign companies were mentioned in the corruption scandal of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade, which buys food and grain with billions of dollars annually.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
New Supplementary Budget with the Rise of Oil Prices
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that if oil prices continued to increase as well as the Iraq's oil production and exports of crude oil , the government may be able to pass a supplementary budget later this year.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Heritage Oil to Acquire Genel Enerji
Heritage Oil Limited, an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces that it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with Genel Enerji A.S. The MoU is subject to various conditions and execution...
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Heritage Purchases Genel to Tap Kurdish Reserves (Update1)
Heritage Oil Ltd. agreed to buy Turkey??™s Genel Energy International Ltd. for 1.52 billion pounds ($2.45 billion) in stock, creating the biggest producer in Iraq??™s Kurdish territory after the region started exports.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
UNESCO Head Condemns Iraqi Journalist's Killing
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today condemned the killing of an Iraqi sports journalist late last month, while calling for the release of a media executive kidnapped a few days later in Somalia.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Iraq Showing 'encouraging Progress'
The successful and mostly peaceful polls earlier this year and an agreement on a new Speaker of Parliament are among the ???encouraging signs of progress??? Iraq has witnessed in recent months, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon writes in a new report.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Egypt Approves $2.5bn Agreements for Oil Wells
Egypt's Shura Council approved 13 agreements yesterday for the excavation of petroleum and gas involving 31 wells at investments worth at least $2.5bn, KUNA reported.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Bombing of Minibus in Shiite Area Kills 9
A bomb tore through a minibus during morning rush hour Monday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least nine people and wounding 24, Iraqi officials said.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Iraq to Vote on Security Accord in January
Iraq will hold a referendum on January 30 over the accord between Washington and Baghdad defining the US military's role here, the same day as the next general election, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Deal Sets Up Release of British Hostages
The release of the first of five British hostages kidnapped in Baghdad two years ago may be imminent after the US military freed a senior Shia militia leader from prison.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
US Frees Iraqi Accused of Five Soldier Deaths
The US military has released a Shiite militant accused of being involved in the 2007 killing of five American soldiers, officials said today.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Defense Deals to Grow, but More Niche Than Mega
As the economic crisis squeezes U.S. government budgets and priorities shift beyond defense, the world's top defense contractors will likely turn to acquisitions to ensure they can keep growing.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
ARMS TRADE-U.S. Siren Call Irresistible for Europe Arms Makers
European defence companies will step up their frantic search for a slice of the U.S. defence market -- even if a new U.S. administration, spending cuts and a recession make an already difficult mission harder still.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Heritage Oil, Turkey's Genel Agree $6 Billion Merger
UK-based oil explorer Heritage Oil (HOIL.L) agreed to merge with Genel Energy International, a unit of Turkey's Cukurova Group CUKRO.UL, to create an oil producer focused on Iraqi Kurdistan worth around $5.5 billion.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
World Battles New Security Threats and Recession
In 1943, at the height of World War Two, Britain had little left in the bank but still spent 50 percent of gross domestic product on defense. To win the war, there was little other choice.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Crude Surge Spurs Oil M&A As Firms Smell Recovery
A jump in oil prices in recent weeks on hopes of a global economic recovery is spurring oil companies to move on takeover opportunities before assets become too expensive again.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Iraq Prisoner Release Brings Hope for British Hostages
Iraq said on Tuesday it had freed a senior member of a Shi'ite Muslim militia group, a move media reports said could hasten the release of British hostages captured in Baghdad more than two years ago.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
European-wide Network of Iraqi People Smugglers Dismantled
Forty-six persons, suspected of being part of a people-smuggling network, were arrested on Tuesday throughout Europe, the European Police (European police office) announced in a statement here.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Developing Leadership Skills for Iraqi Councils
Developing a vision for the community, involving the public in priority setting, and learning the importance of leadership and teamwork to achieve goals??”these were among the positive results cited by local government officials in an ICMA training...
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Iraqi Politics Heats Up Again
National consensus and security have considerably improved in Iraq since the new Iraqi constitution was ratified in 2005, but it is still not clear how the Israeli attack against Gaza and the US pullout process will change the existing equilibrium...
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Money War Brews with Iraqb
The increasingly heated row between Kuwait and Iraq over war reparations is reaching a new pitch ahead of a UN review of Iraqi sanctions later this month.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
EXPAND NETWORKS SELECTED FOR US MARINE CORPS PROJECTS IN IRAQ
Expand Networks Selected for US MarineCorps Disaster Recovery and Database Replication Projects inIraqWAN Optimization Technology Bolsters Performance andReliability of Biometric Database across between MilitaryCheckpointsTechnology Writers/High-Tech...
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Hopes Rise for Release of British Hostages in Iraq
One of the Britons could be released as soon as tomorrow, while the rest may follow in return for future prisoner exchanges, sources have told the Daily Telegraph.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Bicycle Bomb Explosion Casualties Up to Seven
The casualties from the bicycle bomb explosion that ripped through central Falluja on Tuesday rose to seven wounded, a police officer said.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
IED Injures Woman, Daughter in Mosul
A woman and her daughter were wounded in an improvised explosive device explosion in northeastern Mosul, according to a security source.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Bicycle Bomb Injures 4 in Falluja
Four people were wounded on Tuesday in a booby-trapped bicycle explosion in central Falluja, a police officer said.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
7 Wanted Men Arrested in Basra Raid
Police forces on Tuesday arrested seven persons on criminal charges in different parts of Basra province, according to a local source.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
IED Wounds 2 Cops in Anbar
Two policemen on Tuesday were wounded in an explosive charge blast in eastern Falluja city, according to a local police source.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
6 AQI Leaders Nabbed in Falluja
Six al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leaders have been arrested in different parts of Falluja city, a local police source said on Tuesday.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
New Political Bloc Formed in Mosul
The head of the parliament??™s agriculture committee said on Tuesday that a new political bloc was formed under the name ???the united national bloc throughout Iraq???.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
Iraqi Forces Able to Maintain Security - Talabani
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Tuesday that the Iraqi forces are able to maintain security in the country after the withdrawal of U.S. troops, noting that there is no need for the U.S. presence.
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Iraq | Wednesday Jun 10
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