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Middle East Online
Baghdad, 03 July 2008
Iraq on Thursday said it would be guided by the principle of competition when awarding contracts to global energy companies hoping to cash in on the country's vast oil and gas fields.

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    The Iraqi government succeeded in removing an article from the proposed security pact with the United States that would have given the Americans...
  • Obama says he might "refine" his Iraq position (03 July 2008)
    Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama left open the possibility on Thursday of revising his 16-month timetable for withdrawing U.S....
  • Capital punishment opposed in Kurdistan (03 July 2008)
    "If without this sentence people are safe, let the death penalty be abolished..." - Brigadier Mustafa Ali Bawil-agha, police chief of Erbil...

Security
Basra, 03 July 2008
Police forces on Thursday arrested six wanted persons and seized ammunitions during search operations conducted in Basra, a security source said.
Politics
Baghdad, 03 July 2008
Iraq's cabinet wants to ban parties from using pictures of figures who are not running for office at campaign rallies in local elections, the government's spokesman said on Thursday.
  • Karbala court sentences three suspects to death
  • 33 corpses of 1991 uprising buried in Diala
  • Iraqi police forces find predator in Thi-Qar desert area
  • Female lawmakers calls on upholding woman quota in provincial elections
  • PM al-Maliki will not sack Planning Minister-government spokesman
  • Speaker, deputy discuss parliamentary relations with AIPU chief

  • Business News
    03 July 2008 -- International trading company Cihan Group plans to import a new kind of taxi called "Taxi Kurdistan" in August or September ...

    03 July 2008 -- As rents and property prices skyrocket, the government and the private sector work overtime to alleviate the housing crunch; ...

    03 July 2008 -- Basra's port of Um Qasr received two ships carrying sugar and varied cargos, the public relations and media director at the ...

    03 July 2008 -- Demand for the dollar went down in the Iraqi Central Bank's auction on Thursday, reaching $104.125 million compared to $121.770 ...
  • ISX opens with huge contracts on Thursday
  • Diwaniya governor demands more provincial allocations
  • Ministry to seek multinational help to build huge stations
  • Iraqi businessmen call on Japanese companies to invest in Iraq
  • Iraq plans 44% budget boost
  • Nokia Siemens Confirms Sponsorship of Iraq Communications Summit
  • Huge Mall built in Shu'la City
  • Taxes to present 25 % to Support budget
  • Ministry to Prepare Strategic Projects Files To Ratifies
  • Water Nets Carried out Projects
  • High accomplishments ration in Kerbala irrigation project
  • Industry accomplishes 70% of potable project in al-Habinia
  • Allocating 25 acres to establish hospital
  • Oil minister hopes gas crisis will end in 2 days

  • Comment and Analysis
    03 July 2008 -- Ayoub Barzani is the son of Babo Barzani and the first-cousin of Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraqi Kurdistan Region. He took refuge in Iran after the collapse of the Kurdish revolt in 1975. While in ...
    03 July 2008 -- The central government and the Kurdish authorities have signed a secret deal under which the Kurds are to extend their political autonomy over their oil riches, a senior member of parliament said.
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