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Syrian Kurds meet for conference in Erbil tomorrow

27/01/2012 16:35

ERBIL, Jan.27 (AKnews)- The independent and oppositional Kurdish forces of Syria meet tomorrow in Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdistan regional capital, for a conference to discuss the current situation and the future of Syria. Ali Shindin, a member of the Council of Syrian Kurdish Opposition and spokesman for the conference told AKnews...

Finance

American firm to construct int'l airport in Diyala

27/01/2012 10:10

DIYALA, Jan.27 (AKnews)- A professional U.S. firm is going to construct an international airport in Diyala after it completed the formal procedures to launch the project.Mujawwal Tayee, head of Diyala Investment Board, told AKnews after the Ledcor Group of Companies obtained the approval of Diyala Board following months of negotiations and...

Culture

Different views about controversial formal dress decision

25/01/2012 19:30

BAGHDAD, Jan. 25 (AKnews) – A controversial order by the Iraq Ministry for Women Affairs to dress formally in state institutions has set off outrage among women activists who have described the bill as a restriction on women freedoms guaranteed in the constitution. The Ministry issued regulations in September last year to all...

Sports

Erbil female handball player commits suicide

27/01/2012 09:54

ERBIL, Jan.27 (AKnews)- Harem Khoshawi, a handball player in Qala Club of Erbil died yesterday after committing suicide.Abdul-Khaleq Talaat, Erbil police chief, told AKnews that the 20-year-old girl shot herself with a pistol.Details of the case will be announced after investigation is complete, he added. Khoshawi, who was from...

Opinions & Interviews

Early elections or replace Maliki, says Mutlaq

11/01/2012 14:21

ERBIL, Jan. 11 (AKnews) – Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq says Iraqiya List will call for early elections or the replacement of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, if political tensions continue.Mutlaq’s statement came in an exclusive interview with AKnews. Below is the full text of the interview.Q: Iraq has been moving from one crisis to...

Features & Analysis

Iraq’s Prime Minister Maliki Flexes His Muscles In Diyala Province Again

26/01/2012 13:35

By Joel Wing* Diyala province in northeastern Iraq is facing its latest crackdown at the hands of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. In December 2011, the provincial council there voted to turn the governorate into an autonomous region. The decision led to an immediate backlash by Shiites within the province and by the central...

Misc

Two civilians killed in Mosul

27/01/2012 16:12

NINEVEH, Jan.27 (AKnews)- Gunmen killed a judge assistant and an electricity generator operator in Mosul today. Brig. Mohammed al-Jobouri told AKnews that the judge assistant Adnan al-Obeidi was killed in Akbusaif village, south of Mosul.The generator operator was shot dead in Zanjili district, west of Mosul.The official did not provide...