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 An Iraqi excavation team has uncovered a grave with magnificent finds dating to the Parthian period. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62573/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:57:00 +0000 You don’t have to go back 40 years to the Vietnam War to feel the sting of déjà vu. Returning to the Iraq War just three years ago will suffice. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62572/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:56:00 +0000 Iraq's general election maybe be delayed after a law governing the planned January vote was vetoed on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62571/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:56:00 +0000 Kurdish officials threatened Tuesday to boycott the upcoming national election in the three provinces they control in northern Iraq unless more parliament seats are allocated to the region. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62570/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:53:00 +0000 Iraq’s Agriculture Ministry allocated around two billion dinars to develop projects of fodder crops agriculture. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62569/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:00 +0000 A Japanese Newspaper said that a consortium of Japanese companies led by Nippon Oil Corp for refining might enter in final negotiations in a bid to develop Al Nassiriyah vast oil field in Iraq by next Sunday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62568/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:49:00 +0000 A U.S.-backed Sunni militia leader whose arrest provoked violence between Sunni fighters and forces of Iraq's Shi'ite-led government has been sentenced to death for murder and kidnapping, a court spokesman said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62567/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:28:00 +0000 Iraqi lawmakers failed on Thursday to resolve differences over an election law, dampening hopes of holding a vote on time in January and throwing into doubt a partial U.S. troop withdrawal later next year. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62566/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:27:00 +0000 A nearly $3 million arbitration award won by a former KBR employee who said she was raped in Iraq was applauded by Houston attorneys who represented her and a Humble woman suing the military contractor for negligence. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62565/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:26:00 +0000 The United Nations and Iraq have agreed on an initial framework for a major new development partnership to strengthen Iraqi governance, social services and economic growth over the next five years. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62564/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:24:00 +0000 The Iraqi government on Thursday stepped up its efforts to woo French business to invest in the oil-rich country, telling Total, the French oil group, it could expect favourable treatment. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62563/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:15:00 +0000 The opening of Iraq's vast oil sector this year has put Washington in a bind. With the war to oust Saddam Hussein costing more than 4,300 American lives and $700 billion so far, the US seemed well-positioned to come away with major awards from Iraq's... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62562/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:13:00 +0000 Iraqi investors seek to enter investment partnerships with their counterparts from Europe or the rest of the countries that have had long experience in various industries and other investments and, that will allow local companies to acquire high-level... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62561/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:04:00 +0000 Index of consumer prices in the country during last October fell by 1,1% compared with the previous month, as reported by the Director of Relations and Information in Central Bureau of Statistics and Information Technology Ministry of Planning and... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62560/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:02:00 +0000 Ministry of Construction and Housing filed a lawsuit against the Turkish company lagging implementation of the Highway No.6, while working to assign its subsidiaries to complete the remaining work of the road in the province of Muthanna. Undersecretary... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62559/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:01:00 +0000 The Iraqi parliament will on Saturday attempt to finally pass an electoral law jeopardised by Vice President Tarek al-Hashemi's demand that it be changed before a general election can go ahead. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62558/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 An Al-Qaeda chief who switched sides and joined US forces to fight his former compatriots has been sentenced to death for killing a young girl in a revenge attack, court officials said Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62557/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:58:00 +0000 Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi vetoed the new Iraqi election law on Wednesday, something that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki described as "a serious threat to the political process." Al-Maliki called on the Independent High Electoral... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62556/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:40:00 +0000 Two suspected H1N1 deaths occurred in Talafar, a medical source from the Ninewa province said on Thursday, explaining that an Iraqi army soldier deployed in Mosul city died after showing similar symptoms. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62555/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:39:00 +0000 Baghdad’s mayoralty on Thursday launched a new campaign to remove all trespasses on the capital’s streets and public property. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62554/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:37:00 +0000 Five Iraqi players will represent their country in the world taekwondo tournament hosted by Egypt later this month, an informed source said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62553/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:36:00 +0000 Shares of 36 joint-stock companies out of a total electronically-registered firms exchanged hands during Thursday’s session in the Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX), with shares of 18 firms going down and 12 up to close at 105.39 points in a fifth decrease... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62552/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0000 An international workshop on water crisis in Basra province was concluded on Thursday afternoon. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62551/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0000 Iraq and Kuwait discussed in Baghdad the issue of mutual border oil fields, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62550/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0000 The Baghdad local authority announced on Thursday that the rehabilitation of its building is almost complete. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62549/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0000 Minister of Electricity Kareem Waheed has called on the new Iraqi ambassadors to the world to encourage investors to play a more prominent role in the Iraqi electricity sector, a ministry statement said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62548/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:33:00 +0000 The Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) dollar sales dropped to $128.513 million in its daily auction on Thursday, compared to $133.09 million during the previous session. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62547/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:33:00 +0000 The Iraqi Ministry of Trade on Thursday said that 265 national companies and eight representative offices of foreign companies were registered in October 2009. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62546/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:32:00 +0000 The provincial council in Basra has given the green light to a number of electricity transfer projects worth 8 billion Iraqi dinars, a senior local official said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62545/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:32:00 +0000 The director general of the Iron and Steel Company in Basra said that it will improve the quality of its production during the coming year as a first stage of a five-year plan to rehabilitate its factories. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62544/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:31:00 +0000 A civilian man was shot down by unidentified gunmen fire while another carrying an Egyptian passport was stabbed to death in two separate incidents in the city of Mosul on Thursday, a security source in Ninewa said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62543/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000 Seventeen out of a total 19 detainees from Kirkuk residents have been released from U.S.-run prisons, a member of Kirkuk’s provincial council said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62542/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000 A local police director on Thursday said that a joint force had arrested three wanted persons in villages near Kirkuk. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62541/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000 Police forces arrested in Basra on Thursday 17 men wanted for different cases. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62540/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:26:00 +0000 An improvised explosive device (IED) on Thursday targeted a U.S. patrol vehicle in downtown Basra, according to a security source. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62539/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:26:00 +0000 A number of mortar shells have fallen on a U.S. base in Salah al –Din, but no casualties have been reported, a local police source said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62538/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:25:00 +0000 Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi’s office on Thursday expressed astonishment over the media commotion regarding his recent veto against the law on elections, adding that was not the first law objected by Hashemi. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62537/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:24:00 +0000 The Iraqi Presidential Board (PB) on Thursday approved the pensions law in an attempt to raise the standard of living of the country’s retired population. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62536/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:24:00 +0000 Iraqi Parliament Speaker Iyad al-Samarraie on Thursday said that the country’s Constitutional Court did not overturn Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi’s veto of the election law, adding that a parliamentary vote will be held this Saturday to settle... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62535/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:23:00 +0000 The head of the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue on Thursday denied that the Constitutional Court had described Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi’s veto of the election law as “unconstitutional.” http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62534/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:22:00 +0000 Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi’s veto of the election law aims to allocate more seats to the country’s Sunni Arabs in the next parliament, which is almost assured of having a Shiite majority, The Washington Post said in a report. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62533/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:22:00 +0000 Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for Policy Planning and bilateral relations, Mr. Abbawi received on the morning of 18/11/2009 the Spanish Ambassador in Baghdad, Mr. Francisco Elías de Khada Lozano. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62532/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:28:00 +0000 The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Policy Planning and bilateral relations, Mr. Labeed Abbawi met with Ambassador of Russia in Baghdad, Mr. Valerian Hovaiev. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62531/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:27:00 +0000 The Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for Policy Planning and bilateral relations, Mr. Labeed Abbawi on the morning of 17/11/2009 with the German charge d'affaires, Mr. Klaus D. Straicher upon his request. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62530/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:26:00 +0000 Kurdistan government's Premier Barham Saleh has confirmed that Kurds list the potentiality of elections' boycott at the end. He called for moving to find the proper solutions of Kurdish demands. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62529/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:15:00 +0000 Iraq's Premier Noory al- Maliky has called the Electoral Independent Higher Commission in Iraq for keeping on its efforts in preparing for conducting the elections on schedule disregarding the issue of voting the law by the presidency. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62528/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:14:00 +0000 A source from Nineveh police said that explosives ordnance disposal group EODG was able to defuse a suicidal bombed car in Hamam al- Aleel, south Mosul. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62527/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:13:00 +0000 As bracing for winter season, within a campaign for maintenance, Hawieja County Sewage Department has commenced in a wide campaign to maintain and fixing the sewages of big market in the middle of city. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62526/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:11:00 +0000 Unidentified insurgents attacked on Wednesday one of the check-points belonged to the Iraqi army in north Mosul, it resulted in injuring two persons. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62525/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:09:00 +0000 Kirkuk Health Department has announced that 60 civilians have infected with H1N1, Pandemic Swine Flu. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62524/refid/RSS-latest-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:09:00 +0000