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Independent Commission’s “independence” questioned

Erbil, Feb. 8 (AKnews) – Some Kurdish and Iraqi parties are suspiciously looking at Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission’s activities, while the commission denies allegations of fraud or favoritism.Some parties have questioned the “independence” of the Independent Electoral Commission, voicing their concern that the next... Read more

Baghdad, Feb.8 (AKnews).The Independent electoral commission denied on Monday that there is no intention to postpone the elections due to the excluded candidates' crises from the next elections." any talk about postponing next elections can not be applied " the chief of the Top Independent electoral commission , Faraj Haidari , told...

• PM cannot stop Iraqi parliament session: official
• Common forces: We are imposing security in Nineveh
• Independent Commission’s “independence” questioned

Najaf, Feb.8 (AKnews).The president of Kufa University said on Monday that a delegation from the university visited Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian Capital for the scientific corporation and cultural exchange. "signing this memorandum may extend the International corporation field to the university which experienced overtures lots of...

• Arab League and Development Fund to achieve Cultural Unity
• Ongoing protests of students in Iraqi Kurdistan  
• Exercise cuts risk of gallstones

Erbil, Feb. 8 (AKnews) – Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) – general director of agriculture and water resources revealed that "form early this month the Ministry will provide the costs of transporting fruits and vegetables to the farmers by 100%". "We have allocated 7 billion Iraqi Dinars for paying the transportation...

• Iraq oil to increase oil exports
• Kurdistan Region: 3 quality control labs
• French businessmen to visit Kurdistan in mid-Feb

Erbil, Feb. 8 (AKnews) The supervisor of the Iraqi disabled weightlifting team and the Financial Secretary of the Iraqi disabled weightlifting union said on Monday that the team will continue its preparations in Baghdad in the absence of the training personnel. "The Iraqi disabled weightlifting team continues its daily training on the...

• Kurdish table tennis player to go to west Asia championship
• Higher Education allocates 12 billion dinars to reconstruct the Talaba Sports club
• Erbil play Ramadi Tuesday

	Businessmen discuss opening students’ fund	Read more
Monday, February 8th 2010 6:21 PM

Sulaimaniyah, Feb. 8 (AKnews) – Capitalists and education experts in Sulaimaniyah city’s Tawar Hall tackled Monday a fund to help the needy students, a source said.Kurdistan Students Union’s (KSU) Sulaimaniyah branch organized a conference Monday which aimed at urging businessmen and company owners help the education sector in Kurdistan...

• Minister rejects alleged closure of Dahuk library and labs
• Media workers on course of writing neutral reports on violence
• Asthma, pregnancy any link?

	No art without stability in Iraq: artist	Read more
Sunday, February 7th 2010 5:01 PM

Mosul, Feb. 7 (AKnews) The artist Mohammad Nouri Tabo said that the art in Mosul city will not recover in the absence of security and stability, calling for the departure from religion from politics. Tabbo talked about the dire situation that the Artists Association in Mosul is passing through in the interview done by the correspondent of The...

• Cultural institute to serve Chaldean Syriac Assyrian intellectual in Kurdistan
• Chairman of Disabled Gathering: "Iraq produces disability!"
• 6170 Iraqi candidates contest in March poll