February 1, 2010
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Following is a summary of news reports posted until 04:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Monday – Feb. 1:
* Politics:
ARBIL - The Kurdistan regional cabinet has submitted an official proposal to the Iraqi government in Baghdad to solve the issue of oil contracts.
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Rafie al-Issawi has met with the special representative of the United Nations secretary general for Iraq, Ad Melkert, to discuss the upcoming legislative election and means of consolidating national unity.
* Security:
ANBAR - Unknown gunmen have killed a senior police officer in his house in al-Tameem area, western Ramadi, a local police source said on Monday.
KIRKUK - Kirkuk police forces have arrested a counterfeiter with stamps belonging to state departments in his possession, according to a police commander.
BASRA - Five wanted persons were arrested and an explosive device was defused during search raids in different parts of Basra, a local police source said on Monday.
BAGHDAD - Fifty-one persons were killed or wounded when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in northern Baghdad, an informed source said on Monday.
BAGHDAD - Deaths from the suicide bombing that targeted Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad earlier today have reached 16, a police source said on Monday.
BAGHDAD - The toll from the suicide bombing that targeted Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad earlier today has reached 147, an official spokesperson said on Monday.
ANBAR - Falluja police forces have dismantled two explosive devices in the east of the city and captured three suspects, a local security source said on Monday.
KARBALA - National security minister arrived in Karbala to supervise the city’s security plan during Shiite occasion.
BAGHDAD - Security forces arrested in Karbala a number of operatives affiliated with Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) Organization, National Security Minister Sherwan al-Waeli said on Monday.
* Economy:
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi lawmaker on Monday called on China to cancel the debts owed by Iraq to it and to contribute to investment projects in the country.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi minister of transportation has given instructions to the state-run Ports Company to distribute its 2008 profits to its personnel, a ministry statement said on Monday.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Council of Ministers has approved an amendment to the law no. 12 of 1995 related to the maintenance of irrigation networks.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi minister of agriculture has met with the minister of youth and sports, municipal council members and a number of farmers and peasants in Salah al-Din to discuss the agricultural situation in the province.
BAGHDAD - The Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) dollar sales dramatically increased to $195.655 million in its daily auction on Monday, compared to $77.529 million in the previous session.
* Sports:
BAGHDAD - The International Olympic Committee has agreed to give back the Iraqi olympic archive to the Iraqi Olympic Committee.
* Variety:
BAGHDAD - An educational compound will be set up in Arbil City at a total cost of nearly $6 million U.S. dollars, an official statement said on Monday.
BAGHDAD - An Integrity Commission employee has been caught red-handed taking bribe from a state clerk, an official statement said on Monday.
WASSIT - Local authorities in Wassit Province held on Monday a conference to show engineering designs of the first investment residential compound in Kut city.
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Following is a summary of news reports posted until 04:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Monday – Feb. 1:
* Politics:
ARBIL - The Kurdistan regional cabinet has submitted an official proposal to the Iraqi government in Baghdad to solve the issue of oil contracts.
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Rafie al-Issawi has met with the special representative of the United Nations secretary general for Iraq, Ad Melkert, to discuss the upcoming legislative election and means of consolidating national unity.
* Security:
ANBAR - Unknown gunmen have killed a senior police officer in his house in al-Tameem area, western Ramadi, a local police source said on Monday.
KIRKUK - Kirkuk police forces have arrested a counterfeiter with stamps belonging to state departments in his possession, according to a police commander.
BASRA - Five wanted persons were arrested and an explosive device was defused during search raids in different parts of Basra, a local police source said on Monday.
BAGHDAD - Fifty-one persons were killed or wounded when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in northern Baghdad, an informed source said on Monday.
BAGHDAD - Deaths from the suicide bombing that targeted Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad earlier today have reached 16, a police source said on Monday.
BAGHDAD - The toll from the suicide bombing that targeted Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad earlier today has reached 147, an official spokesperson said on Monday.
ANBAR - Falluja police forces have dismantled two explosive devices in the east of the city and captured three suspects, a local security source said on Monday.
KARBALA - National security minister arrived in Karbala to supervise the city’s security plan during Shiite occasion.
BAGHDAD - Security forces arrested in Karbala a number of operatives affiliated with Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) Organization, National Security Minister Sherwan al-Waeli said on Monday.
* Economy:
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi lawmaker on Monday called on China to cancel the debts owed by Iraq to it and to contribute to investment projects in the country.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi minister of transportation has given instructions to the state-run Ports Company to distribute its 2008 profits to its personnel, a ministry statement said on Monday.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Council of Ministers has approved an amendment to the law no. 12 of 1995 related to the maintenance of irrigation networks.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi minister of agriculture has met with the minister of youth and sports, municipal council members and a number of farmers and peasants in Salah al-Din to discuss the agricultural situation in the province.
BAGHDAD - The Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) dollar sales dramatically increased to $195.655 million in its daily auction on Monday, compared to $77.529 million in the previous session.
* Sports:
BAGHDAD - The International Olympic Committee has agreed to give back the Iraqi olympic archive to the Iraqi Olympic Committee.
* Variety:
BAGHDAD - An educational compound will be set up in Arbil City at a total cost of nearly $6 million U.S. dollars, an official statement said on Monday.
BAGHDAD - An Integrity Commission employee has been caught red-handed taking bribe from a state clerk, an official statement said on Monday.
WASSIT - Local authorities in Wassit Province held on Monday a conference to show engineering designs of the first investment residential compound in Kut city.
