Sunday 20th May, 2012
Lawyers for fugitive Iraqi VP quit in protest
Iraq's Vice President and a member of the Iraqi Accordance Front Party Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference on July 25, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud- Pool, Getty ...
U.N. seeks Iran nuclear deal before Baghdad talks
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear supervisor flies to Tehran on Sunday looking for a deal to inspect suspected weapons sites - a potential breakthrough that Iran may hope could persuade the West ...
UAE's Construction Tech wins USD47m Iraqi contracts
(MENAFN) UAE's Tech Group's vice-chairman, Ghaleb Kamel Jaber, said that the firm's unit, Construction Tech, has won around USD47 million worth of Iraqi construction deals, reported ...
Iraqi Kurdistan to push ahead with oil export plan
Arabian BusinessIraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said on Sunday it expects to start exporting its crude oil production along a new pipeline to the Turkish border by August 2013, defying Baghad in a ...
Turkey slams flag-burning demo in Iraq: report
Times of OmanTurkey: Ankara on Sunday reprimanded an Iraqi rally against its consulate in Basra, where protesters burnt Turkish flags after Turkey refused to hand over their fugitive vice president, Anatolia ...
Allawi says Iraq headed for 'sectarian autocracy'
Kuwait TimesPublished Date: December 29, 2011 BAGHDAD: The head of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc said Iraq "stands on the brink of disaster" and issued a list of demands yesterday in a ...
UAE- Tech Group unit bags $47m worth of Iraq projects
MENAFN(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Construction Tech, a part of UAE-based business conglomerate Tech Group, has bagged two major project deals in Iraq totalling over $47 million as the war ravaged country ...
Top firms bid for $ 1 bn Iraq power plant deal
MENAFN(MENAFN - Arab News) Iraq has announced the names of foreign companies bidding to build a 1,500 megawatt (MW) power plant with a value of around $1 billion in western Iraq. The bids were from South ...
Shell in talks over final development of Majnoon oilfield
AME InfoRoyal Dutch Shell has said it is pressing ahead with talks over final development of Iraq's Majnoon oilfield, and a lower, more realistic oil production target is a core part of discussions, ...
Iraq's southern oil exports fall in May
AME InfoAccording to shipping data, oil exports from Iraq's southern ports have declined by 170,000 barrels per day (bpd) so far in May, Reuters has reported. Exports from the Basra oil terminal, Khor ...
Iraq allocates $8.5m for IDP's vocational training
AME InfoThe Iraqi cabinet has allocated some $8.51m to provide vocational training courses for internally displaced people (IDP) returning to their hometowns, AK news has reported. The programme aims to ...
Iraqi Central Bank accuses banks of 'fraud'
AME InfoThe Iraqi central bank has accused banks in the country, except Rasheed Bank, of fraud over the rate of profit earned from selling hard currency specified by the bank, AK news has reported. Lenders ...
Texan faces murder charges in Iraq deaths
General SourcesSEATTLE (AP) -- Murder charges have been filed against a sergeant accused of killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in May 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, the Army said ...
Military Judge Frees Marine in Iraq Murder Case
CBS NewsA military judge released a Marine from Camp Pendleton who has been serving an 11-year sentence for murder in a major Iraq war crimes case, nearly two months after a military appeals court threw out ...
Marine Gets 15 Years For Iraqi's Death
CBS NewsSgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins III also was dishonorably discharged, reduced in rank to private and verbally reprimanded. His wife burst into tears as the verdict was read. On Thursday, Hutchins became ...
Ahmadinejad: Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq
Arabic NewsAhmadinejad: Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/26/2011 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that the Iran fully backs restoration of security ...
Western Union's new Iraq agent
AME InfoWestern Union has signed up the Investment Bank of Iraq to offer the complete range of Western Union services across all its 19 branches. The bank has branches in Baghdad, Basra, Karablaa and ...
Iran, Syria, Iraq to sign major gas deal on Monday
People's DailyIran, Syria and Iraq will sign a major gas deal here on Monday to transfer Iran's South Pars natural gas to Europe, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Iran's caretaker ...
Kuwait says port project to continue despite Iraqi opposition
People's DailyKuwait said Wednesday it was " determined to go ahead with" the construction of a port which neighboring Iraq said would affect its shipping lanes.Kuwaiti government spokesman Ali ...
Iran calls on Iraq to deploy forces in borderlines to keep Kurdish rebels away
People's DailyA senior commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that the guard's forces would continue destructive and invasive operations against the Party for a Free Life in ...
Thousands turn out to honor Iraq, Afghanistan veterans in Richmond
Richmond Times-DispatchThey waved flags and cheered as active-duty personnel and veterans from all military service branches marched along Boulevard from Kensington Avenue to the Carillon in Byrd Park in the first-ever ...
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