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      <title>Transport Minister Urges Dutch Firms to Invest in Iraq’s Transport Sector</title>
      <description>Iraqi Minister of Transport Amer Abduljabbar reviewed with the Dutch ambassador in Baghdad vistas of cooperation and means of increasing them, urging Dutch firms to invest in the country’s transport sector, according to a ministry release on Sunday.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ISX Index Down by 1.2%, Closes at 100.5 Points</title>
      <description>The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) index on Sunday registered a drop of 1.2% to close at 100.5 points as rates of shares of 22 out of a total 42 companies that traded in today’s session fell.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69171/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Maritime Transportation Company Makes Huge Revenues in 2009</title>
      <description>The State Company for Maritime Transportation made 20.8 billion Iraqi dinars in revenues in 2009, the Iraqi Ministry of Transportation said on Sunday.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69168/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Transport Minister Calls for Dutch Companies to Invest in Iraq</title>
      <description>The Minister for Transport Amer Abdul-Jabbar Ismail received on Sunday in his office in Baghdad, the Dutch ambassador to Iraq, Peter van Levin.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69154/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>1st Umra Flight Takes off from Ninewa to Jeddah Airport</title>
      <description>The first flight carrying pilgrims has taken off from Ninewa Airport to Jeddah International Airport, a civilian source said on Saturday.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69175/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Deir Ezzor-Abu Kamal Railway Connects Europe to Iraq Via Syrian Harbors</title>
      <description>Deir Ezzor- Abu Kamal Railway is 147 km-long, at a construction cost of SP 11, 13 000, 000.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69224/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Ports Company Personnel to Have Their Contracts Extended to May</title>
      <description>Part-time personnel working for the Ports Company have had their contracts extended to May following a peaceful demonstration in Basra city.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69080/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Temporary Staff in Ports Corporation Protesting</title>
      <description>Dozens of temporary staff at ports of Iraq on Thursday morning, protesting not to be transferred to the permanent staffing of the Ministry of Transport.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69048/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq Did Not Transport Airplanes Parked in Queen Alia Airport Since 1991</title>
      <description>Jordanian Minister of Transportation Ala’ Al Bataniyah said on Tuesday that Iraq still did not transport its airplanes parked in Queen Alia’ International Airport since 1991 in spite the fact that since 6 months the two countries signed an agreement to transport the same.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69037/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq Civil Aviation Board Approves Salahaddin Airport</title>
      <description>The Iraqi Civil Aviation Board has given its approval for plans for a new international airport in Salahaddin province, Meed has reported.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Abu Falous Port Receives 4 Ships</title>
      <description>Basra’s port of Abu Falous on Wednesday received four merchant ships carrying varied cargos, the public relations and media director at the State Company for Iraqi Ports said.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69010/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq Buys Ten 787 Dreamliners</title>
      <description>Iraq has signed a deal with Boeing to buy 10 787 Dreamliners on behalf of its flag carrier, Iraqi Airways, the National has reported.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68960/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Middle Euphrates Airport Will Provide Thousands of Jobs - MOT</title>
      <description>Minister of Transportation, Amir Abdul-Jabbar, said that the Middle Euphrates airport in Karbala will serve several thousands of workforce, revealing that several international companies requested for implementation of the project, while Rep. Ali al-Adeeb said the airport will provide a great service...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68810/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Abu Flus Port in Basrah Receives Five Commercial Ships</title>
      <description>An official in Iraqi Ports Company , Anmar Al Safi , announced that the port of Abu Flus in Basrah province, received five ships with a variety of commercial tonnage.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68808/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Sandstorm Cancels Arbil-Baghdad Flights</title>
      <description>Sandstorms in the capital cancelled air flights from Arbil to Baghdad.

Passengers at the Arbil International Airport told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Thursday that they have been informed there will be no flights to Baghdad due to sand storms that are affecting the capital.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68620/refid/RSS-transportation-15-03-2010</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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