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Kurdistan traffic police equipped with five helicopters
17/05/2012 11:24ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews)- Kurdistan Traffic Police has received five helicopters which will considerably help in reducing traffic jam. This is the first time traffic police is equipped with helicopters. Erbil and Sulaimaniya provinces have been provided with two helicopters each and one has gone to Duhok province, said Qader Sadiq,...
Maliki vows to pursue militias involved in Iraqi killings
17/05/2012 11:18
Baghdad, May 17 (AKnews) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki yesterday vowed to detect the Baath and al-Qaeda militias and elements involved in killing Iraqi civilians post-2003.Maliki said in a speech during the celebration held on Mass Graves Day in Baghdad: "Iraq passed over the crimes of the Baath party but the crimes that occurred...
English and Kurdish sections of presidential website suspended
17/05/2012 11:13ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews)- The Kurdish and English sections of the Iraqi presidential website were suspended today following media reports over absence of the link under the name of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi in the new version of the website. Yesterday an official from the presidential website related the change to a...
Gangs smuggling antiques outside Iraq through Wasit, says tourism ministry
17/05/2012 10:51WASIT, May 17 (AKnews) - The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities said it received information about gangs smuggling antiques outside the country through Wasit.The minister added that the province includes more than 400 archaeological sites but most of them lack protection and this makes them vulnerable to theft and vandalism.Liwaa Sumaisem said...
Erbil announces masterplan for cleaning litter
17/05/2012 10:18
ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews) - The Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Municipality and Tourism has announced a ratified masterplan for cleaning litter and waste until 2030 in Erbil.Dilshad Shahab said Egyptian company ECG prepared the plan. From now, in accordance with the plan, litter will be collected and recycled. "Beside...
PKK-army clashes claimed 200 lives in four months
17/05/2012 09:58ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews)- Clashes between the Turkish army and the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the first four months of this year claimed the lives of 121 soldiers and 79 rebels, according to Firat news agency, close to the rebels. In the meantime 35 soldiers were also wounded; the source cited a press release by...
Mass grave discovered in Halabja
17/05/2012 09:36ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews)- A mass grave dating back to the time of chemical bombardment of Halabja was found in the city yesterday, Kurdish Xendan website reported. This is the 29th mass grave found in Halabja. Remains of 40 bodies of mainly women and children are expected to be in the grave, Halabja Mayor Goran Adham told Xendan....
Media freedom NGO demands release of Chirpa magazine editor
16/05/2012 17:17ERBIL, May 16 (AKnews) - NGO Reporters Without Borders has called for the immediate release of Hamin Ary, the editor-in-chief of the Erbil-based Kurdish and Arabic monthly Chirpa magazine, and the withdrawal of all the charges against him. Ary has been held since May 7 for reprinting an allegedly blasphemous article by Goran Halmat, a...
Vice President Hashemi's trial postponed for hearing plantiffs
16/05/2012 14:33
ERBIL, May 16 (AKnews) - The Iraqi judiciary has postponed the trial of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on terrorism charges until he has heard the testimony of the personal plaintiffs, including National Alliance member Mona al-Amiri. Hashemi'e lawyer Tareq Harb said: "The judge has postponed the trial to complete hearing the...
Kurdish citizen killed, woman's body found in Mosul
16/05/2012 12:08NINEVEH, May 16 (AKnews)- Gunmen shot a Kurdish citizen dead today in Mosul and security forces found the dead body of a woman. Gunmen shot the man with silenced guns in Garaj Shimal neighborhood, to the east of Mosul, said Brig. Mohammed al-Jobouri of Nineveh Operations Command. As for the dead woman, Jobouri said,...
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Features & Analysis
Iraq’s Vice President Could Be Heading Towards Self-Imposed ExileWeather
| Erbil | 31° | 21° |  |
Sulaymaniyah | 34° | 27° | |
| Mosul | 33° | 21° | |
Baghdad | 38° | 28° | |
| Basrah | 41° | 31° | |
Diarbakir | 26° | 13° | |
| Sanandaj | 24° | 7° | |
