http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/24 The latest news about Latest News in Iraq en support@iraqupdates.com support@iraqupdates.com PHP RSS Feed Generator Iraq's human rights ministry has asked the Kuwaiti authorities to provide answers about the fate of 2,000 Iraqis who have gone missing since the 1991 Gulf War. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78595/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:36:00 -0400 With the US combat mission officially at an end Iraq is a step closer to independence, but contrary to what its leaders proclaim the country is still far from sovereign, analysts say. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78593/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:33:00 -0400 The Kurdistan Blocs Coalition (KBC) ’s Negotiation Paper was submitted three weeks ago in an attempt to resolve ‘the current crisis of government formation’ and to set-out the Kurdish negotiating position. The 19-paragraph document contains a... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78592/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:30:00 -0400 United States Vice-President Joseph Biden arrived in Erbil on Wednesday evening to meet Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani after participating in ceremonies in Baghdad to mark the end of the US combat mission in Iraq. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78590/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:24:00 -0400 Unknown gunmen killed on Thursday a civilian west of Mosul, according to an official security source in the Iraqi police of Nineveh province. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78589/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:23:00 -0400 The Federal Appeals Court ratified its decision to discharge the former Trade Minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani of financial corruption complaints filed against him, according to Rusafa Appeals Court in Baghdad. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78588/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:23:00 -0400 Members of the Shabak minority in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province have warned of a “major trouble” if the provincial council will not annul a decision to build a village for Arabs in an area populated the minority group. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78587/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:22:00 -0400 A number of Anbar province citizens called on the Iraqi government to reveal the fate of their missing sons after the battles that took place against U.S. forces all over the province during the conflicts. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78586/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:21:00 -0400 The first German school in Kurdistan was opened today in Erbil, and will accept students for this academic year. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78585/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:18:00 -0400 Sulaimaniya's fire department chief said on Thursday that in August, 505 fires erupted across Sulaimaniya province. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78584/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:17:00 -0400 An Iraqi police source said on Thursday that six Iranian pilgrims on their way to the holy shrines of Karbala were killed and 30 others injured in a traffic accident south of the capital Baghdad this morning. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78583/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:16:00 -0400 A member of the State of Law Coalition (SLC) said on Thursday that Nouri al-Maliki would soon run against an Iraqi National Alliance (INA) nominee in an internal vote to select a single candidate for the premiership http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78582/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:16:00 -0400 An official at Sulaimaniyah International Airport stated on Thursday that since the beginning of 2010 there have been over two thousand flights from and to the airport. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78581/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:14:00 -0400 The security forces in Basra province has taken unprecedented strict security measures, as Basra Operations Command completed its preparations to implement the new security plan for Eid al-Fitr, according to an official source in Basra. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78580/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:14:00 -0400 The project manager of Sheraton Hotel in Basra confirmed on Thursday that the Integrity board suspended the work of Sumar company after it reached its final stages, because the company did not hand over the project on time. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78579/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:13:00 -0400 Erbil’s police chief said on Thursday that three Arab citizens were killed in a bank in the city. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78578/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:12:00 -0400 Kurdistan’s deputy minister of finance and economy said on Wednesday that it is unlikely that the government will pay civil servants’ salaries before the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78577/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:11:00 -0400 An official from Qaladze, 135 km north east Sulaimaniya, said on Thursday that the municipality of the town has allocated a considerable area for the housing projects. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78576/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:11:00 -0400 A senior energy official in Kurdistan says the Iraqi government has not yet enforced its decision to cut 50 percent of Kurdistan Region’s share of fuel. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78575/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:10:00 -0400 Head of Baghdad Investment Commission Shaker Al Zamily called the upcoming parliament to enact laws related to late payment and that in order to boost the country’s infrastructure after enacting the same was delayed by the former parliament. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78574/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:06:00 -0400 Head of Iraq Cereals’ Council stressed that the Council will start bids to cover Iraq wheat and rice needs for next year starting the second half of October. Iraq is considered one of the biggest wheat and rice importers in the world. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78573/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:05:00 -0400 The images for ending America’s war in Iraq were appropriately tentative rather than triumphal: President Barack Obama spoke in Washington of turning a page; Vice President Joe Biden talked in Baghdad of starting a new chapter; Defense Secretary... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78572/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:04:00 -0400 Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78571/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:01:00 -0400 While Iraq is still a difficult place to work, companies continue to persist in getting business there. On Tuesday, Halliburton announced it had been awarded a contract by Eni to provide a range of integrated energy services to help redevelop the Zubair... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78570/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0400 ShaMaran Petroleum Corp., a Canadian oil producer, is raising $47.45 million in a private placement of common stock to fund its projects in Iraqi Kurdistan region and for general working capital. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78569/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:58:00 -0400 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries pegged the value of its reference basket of 12 crude oils at $72.49 a barrel Wednesday, up 10 cents from $72.39 a barrel Tuesday, OPEC said Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78567/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:47:00 -0400 With U.S President Barack Obama set to announce the end of his nation's combat operations in Iraq in a televised address this evening, the Middle Eastern country's long history of turmoil and its recent, slow progress toward peace will once again receive... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78566/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:35:00 -0400 Iraq is "close" to forming a new government nearly six months after elections, US Vice President Joe Biden told CBS on Wednesday during a visit to the country. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78565/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:29:00 -0400 Libyan-Iraqi relations are currently strained, Asharq Al Awsat can reveal. The cause of tension between the two nations developed last month after Libya submitted an unexpected request to the United Nations, asking it to conduct a large-scale investigation... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78564/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:27:00 -0400 The local administration in Karbala will purchase four generators of a combined capacity of 120 megawatt worth 20 billion Iraqi dinars in a bid to lessen power outages, according to a local official on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78563/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:27:00 -0400 Iraq’s General Company for Car Industry, belonging to the Ministry of Industry & Minerals, has announced plans to assemble and produce fire-extinguishing vehicles in the company’s workshops, according to a Ministry statement on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78562/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:26:00 -0400 More than two million people have visited the Shrine of Imam Ali, the First Muslim Shiite Imam, on the anniversary of his martyrdom in the 7th Century A.D., according to the chairman of the Security Committee of the holy city of Najaf on Wednesday.... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78561/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:25:00 -0400 The Director of southern Iraq’s Muthanna Province has stated on Thursday that 3.5 megawats had been added to the share of the province’s electric power share, expecting that its total power output to reach about 10 megawats, after the lifting of... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78560/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:25:00 -0400 Iraq’s Interior Minister has decided on Thursday to extend the service of the police director of southern Iraq’s holy city of Karbala for three more months, as the last period before taking a decision to sack him in the background of violent acts... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78559/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:24:00 -0400 The Baghdad Mayoralty will supply around 185 thousand cubic meters per day of drinking water to the Russafa (eastern) side of Baghdad, as soon as a new water project finished. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78558/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:22:00 -0400 Six Iranian pilgrims were killed and 27 others wounded in a traffic accident northeast of Hilla city. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78557/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:22:00 -0400 Several global firms proposed investment projects in the electricity sector in Basra, according to a local official on Thursday, adding a delegation from Germany’s Siemens is having negotiations with officials in Basra. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78556/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:21:00 -0400 The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) index capped this week on Thursday with a slight decrease of 0.04% to close at 91.3 points as rates of shares out of a total 31 traded firms went down. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78555/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:21:00 -0400 Iraq exported around 320 thousand barrels of oil to Jordan during August 2010, according to an agreement in this regard between the two countries. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78554/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:20:00 -0400 An Iraqi army force freed two persons taken hostage south of Mosul city on Thursday, according to a military source. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78553/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:17:00 -0400 Two gunmen shot dead a civilian in a cemetery in western Mosul city on Thursday, according to a local police source in Ninewa. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78552/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:17:00 -0400 The district of Talafar, (60 km) northwest of Mosul city, has registered a remarkable rise, in terms of quantity and quality, in armed operations during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, according a senior security official on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78551/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:16:00 -0400 Iraqi police forces have started using dogs in searching for arms and explosives in a number of neighborhoods in Kut city. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78550/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:15:00 -0400 A U.S. military vehicle hit a civilian car west of Kut city killing three civilians and wounding one, a local security source said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78549/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:14:00 -0400 Local authorities in Wassit have decided to open closed streets in central Kut, which were closed after the recent blast in the city. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78548/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:11:00 -0400 Police forces arrested the defense minister of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq in an operation in western Baghdad. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78547/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:11:00 -0400 Unknown people threw an active grenade on the house of the deputy dean of the fine arts school in Basra city, causing no casualties. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78546/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:10:00 -0400 The headquarters of the Iraqi army 10th division in the northwest of Amara city was hit with five Katyusha rockets, without causing any casualties. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78545/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:10:00 -0400 A legislator from Dawlat al-Qanoon (State of Law) bloc revealed on Thursday that there were U.S. and Iranian pressures on all political parties to form an Iraqi government soon. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78544/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:08:00 -0400 Iraqi presidential cabinet chief Nusseir al-Aani said on Thursday that the Iraqi security forces had the fighting capability and potential to protect security in the country. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/78543/refid/RSS-latest-03-09-2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:08:00 -0400