March 4, 2010 - 01:22:28
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Following is a summary of news reports posted until 04:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Thursday – March 4:
*Politics:
ARBIL - The special voting began on Thursday morning in Iraq’s parliamentary election, which will elect a government that will guide the country, with the participation of more than 600,000 voters, head of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said.
BAGHDAD - A total of 459 electoral centers were opened this morning to start the special voting throughout Iraq, according to the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC).
KIRKUK - A total of 11,000 policemen will take part in the special voting in Kirkuk, a local police chief said on Thursday.
DIWANIYA - The head of the al-Iraqiya electoral bloc in Diwaniya on Thursday expressed his expectations that election rigging would occur in the province.
BAGHDAD - Iraqis living abroad can use international documents for identification as part of the voting process for Iraqis living outside Iraq.
NINEWA - The Ninewa Electoral Commission on Thursday accused Iraqi army forces deployed in the province of shortages that caused a delay in opening some voting centers in Mosul city.
*Security:
ANBAR - A police force managed on Thursday morning to foil an attempt to blow up a bridge in northern Ramadi, a media source said.
ANBAR - Security authorities ordered on Thursday a partial lifting of curfew on some regions in Anbar, a source from the Anbar Operations Command said.
DIALA - The gang involved in the bombings that took place yesterday in Baaquba was arrested, chief of Diala police said on Thursday.
ANBAR - The curfew imposed early Thursday on Anbar was lifted, according to a police source.
BAGHDAD - Six civilians were wounded on Thursday in an explosion in northwestern Baghdad, a police source said.
BAGHDAD - Casualties from the explosion that occurred in northeastern Baghdad this morning have risen to five dead and 22 wounded, all civilians, a police source said.
BAGHDAD - One civilian was injured on Thursday by a sticky bomb blast in central Baghdad, a police source said.
NINEWA - Two women were wounded on Thursday in a house explosion in western Mosul, a source from the Ninewa Operations Command.
NINEWA - A police vehicle patrol was attacked by gunmen in northwest of Mosul on Thursday, according to a police source.
ARBIL - There will be no ban on the movement of vehicles in the Iraqi Kurdistan region during election day on March 7, 2010.
BAGHDAD - Three civilians were wounded on Thursday in an improvised explosive device blast in western Baghdad, according to a security source.
BAGHDAD - At least four soldiers were killed and ten others were wounded in a suicide explosion in central Baghdad, the third in the Iraqi capital today, a police source said.
MUTHANNA - A ban on the movement of trucks has been imposed since Thursday dawn in Diwaniya as part of the province’s election security plot.
*Economy:
BAGHDAD - The Oil Ministry decided to appoint all oil institutes graduates from 2005-2009 in different oil companies throughout Iraq, spokesman for the ministry said on Thursday.
BAGHDAD - The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) decided to cancel its dollar sales because of the elections holiday, a CBI’s media source said on Thursday.
*Variety:
ARBIL - Sand storms in the capital cancelled air flights from Arbil to Baghdad.
SH (I)/SR
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Following is a summary of news reports posted until 04:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Thursday – March 4:
*Politics:
ARBIL - The special voting began on Thursday morning in Iraq’s parliamentary election, which will elect a government that will guide the country, with the participation of more than 600,000 voters, head of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said.
BAGHDAD - A total of 459 electoral centers were opened this morning to start the special voting throughout Iraq, according to the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC).
KIRKUK - A total of 11,000 policemen will take part in the special voting in Kirkuk, a local police chief said on Thursday.
DIWANIYA - The head of the al-Iraqiya electoral bloc in Diwaniya on Thursday expressed his expectations that election rigging would occur in the province.
BAGHDAD - Iraqis living abroad can use international documents for identification as part of the voting process for Iraqis living outside Iraq.
NINEWA - The Ninewa Electoral Commission on Thursday accused Iraqi army forces deployed in the province of shortages that caused a delay in opening some voting centers in Mosul city.
*Security:
ANBAR - A police force managed on Thursday morning to foil an attempt to blow up a bridge in northern Ramadi, a media source said.
ANBAR - Security authorities ordered on Thursday a partial lifting of curfew on some regions in Anbar, a source from the Anbar Operations Command said.
DIALA - The gang involved in the bombings that took place yesterday in Baaquba was arrested, chief of Diala police said on Thursday.
ANBAR - The curfew imposed early Thursday on Anbar was lifted, according to a police source.
BAGHDAD - Six civilians were wounded on Thursday in an explosion in northwestern Baghdad, a police source said.
BAGHDAD - Casualties from the explosion that occurred in northeastern Baghdad this morning have risen to five dead and 22 wounded, all civilians, a police source said.
BAGHDAD - One civilian was injured on Thursday by a sticky bomb blast in central Baghdad, a police source said.
NINEWA - Two women were wounded on Thursday in a house explosion in western Mosul, a source from the Ninewa Operations Command.
NINEWA - A police vehicle patrol was attacked by gunmen in northwest of Mosul on Thursday, according to a police source.
ARBIL - There will be no ban on the movement of vehicles in the Iraqi Kurdistan region during election day on March 7, 2010.
BAGHDAD - Three civilians were wounded on Thursday in an improvised explosive device blast in western Baghdad, according to a security source.
BAGHDAD - At least four soldiers were killed and ten others were wounded in a suicide explosion in central Baghdad, the third in the Iraqi capital today, a police source said.
MUTHANNA - A ban on the movement of trucks has been imposed since Thursday dawn in Diwaniya as part of the province’s election security plot.
*Economy:
BAGHDAD - The Oil Ministry decided to appoint all oil institutes graduates from 2005-2009 in different oil companies throughout Iraq, spokesman for the ministry said on Thursday.
BAGHDAD - The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) decided to cancel its dollar sales because of the elections holiday, a CBI’s media source said on Thursday.
*Variety:
ARBIL - Sand storms in the capital cancelled air flights from Arbil to Baghdad.
SH (I)/SR
