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Gunmen raid home in Iraq kill 5 people

San Diego Union-Tribune - Saturday 18th May, 2013

BAGHDAD -; Iraqi authorities say gunmen have broken into the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of Baghdad, killing five people including him and his sleeping ...
Gunmen mass at Iraq security command HQ

The Daily Star - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Iraq's national flag flies as followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attend Friday prayers in the Sadr City neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, ...
At least 80 die in Iraqi bombings

Euro News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

At least 80 people have been killed in Iraq on a violent Friday of bombings in three major cities. The worst was a double attack in Bakuba, the first explosion ripping through a crowd of civilians, and the second coming shortly after as people came running to help. At least 43 of the dead were from this one incident in front of a Sunni mosque, just after Friday prayers. Baghdad suffered eight ...

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At least 58 Sunnis killed in Iraq bomb blasts

albawaba - Saturday 18th May, 2013

A view of a coffee shop near Fallujah, just west of Baghdad, destroyed in the bomb blasts that killed over 60 people on Friday. AFP Photo At least 58 people were killed in Iraq ...

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Saudi woman creates history by reaching Mount Everest summit

Iraq News.Net - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A Saudi woman has become the first female from the country and the youngest Arab to reach the summit of Mount Everest - the world's highest mountain. Raha Moharrak, 25, was part of a four-person expedition, which also included the first Qatari man and the first Palestinian man attempting to reach the top of Mount Everest, trying to raise 1 million dollars for education projects in Nepal, the ...
UAE to raise standard of education

Iraq News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

The announcement of the UAE's Ministry of Education about the School Leadership Project to raise standards in the country's education sector is an important initiative which needs to be highly commended, a UAE daily has said. "Over the next five years, 700 education professionals in public schools in the UAE will undergo rigorous training in international best practices in teaching to set the ...
Oman floats tenders for Sharqiya road projects

Construction Week Online - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Oman’s Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources (MRMWR) has issued eleven tenders for the design and construction of internal roads in North and South Sharqiya. Six tenders were floated for the design and construction of internal roads in North Sharqiya governorate in the wilayats of Al Qabil, Bidiyah, Dima Wa Al Tayeen, Ibra, Mudhibi, Wadi Bani Khalid. The ministry also ...
Kuwaits KPC suspends top officials after Dow payout

Arabian Business - Sunday 19th May, 2013

State-run Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.2bn in damages to Dow Chemical Co over a scrapped plastics joint ...

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North Korea launches threatened missile

Iraq News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast. South Korean officials have been carefully monitoring the missile firings as tensions rise again in the Korean Peninsula. The missiles were fired on Saturday morning and afternoon in a north-east direction. Analysts have said the missiles were not as dangerous as the intermediate-range missiles which Pyongyang had ...
Violence flares throughout Iraq

Iraq News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Violence has erupted in many areas of Iraq. On Saturday morning eight people, including a police officer, his wife and children, were killed by gunmen who also kidnapped ten security force personnel in the Rashid area, south of Baghdad. The gunmen first broke into the home of the local administrator, killing one of his guards. They then moved on to the nearby house of Captain Adnan ...
Cell phone surveillance powers loosened in US

Iraq News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

A federal judge in the US has given law agents permission to track people's mobile phones without a warrant. New York judge Gary Brown has ruled that law enforcement agents can conduct cell phone surveillance against people who forget to turn their phones off. In a written ruling, he said: "Given the ubiquity and celebrity of geo-location technologies, an individual has no legitimate ...

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SUV passengers more likely to survive crashes

Iraq News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Passengers in SUVs are now known to be more likely to survive a serious crash. A new study conducted by the University of Buffalo in the US has found the driver of the SUV is as much as 10 times more likely to survive in a head-on collision where a passenger car is involved. While automakers have taken steps to improve safety in normal passenger cars, such as changing bumper designs on ...
Spain sees rise in surplus

Iraq News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Spain has reported a trade surplus, the first since 1971. With imports slumping due to austerity measures, the first monthly trade surplus for more than 40 years is being seen as a positive development. However, the country is still suffering from an economic downturn with unemployment in Spain now running at 26.7%. The surplus of 634.9 million euros in March reflects a 15% plunge in ...
Letta says perks will be stopped

Iraq News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Italy's coalition government has promised to abolish some salaries and perks which are handed out to government ministers. A controversial property tax will also be abolished, or frozen, by the new government of Enrico Letta, who has also promised to do away with the double salary received by some parliamentarians. Before the election, it had been mooted by Letta's coalition partners that ...
Famous artists bring big money at auction

Iraq News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Paintings by Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat smashed all previous auction records at Christie's in New York during the week. In fact, several works by popular artists brought extraordinary prices. The items made $495 million for their owners at the valuable sale of postwar and contemporary art at Christie's. However, a single Andy Warhol Painting of Marilyn ...