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Hadbaa list plans to build Arab village in disputed area

Erbil, Sept. 2 (AKnews) - Members of the Shabak minority in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province have warned of a “major trouble” if the provincial council will not annul a decision to build a village for Arabs in an area populated the minority group. Speaking to AKnews, Salem Khidir Shabaki,a  senior Shabak figure, said the Nineveh... Read more

Baghdad, Sept.2 (AKnews) - Tareq al-Hashemi, Iraqi Vice President and leader in al-Iraqiya list led by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, called on Thursday to end the open parliamentary session, blaming at the same time the political blocs of the delay in forming the government.Hashemi said at a press conference held in the Conference Palace in...

• Federal Appeals court discharges former Iraqi Trade Minister
• KBC : Peshmarga forces are part of the Iraqi defence system
• Hadbaa list plans to build Arab village in disputed area

	German school opened in Erbil	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 3:27 PM

Erbil, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – The first German school in Kurdistan was opened today in Erbil, and will accept students for this academic year. The school is supported by both German and Kurdish governments. Speaking to reporters during the inaugural ceremony, Stefan Bantle, the German Consul general in Erbil, said the school fees will be...

• Iraq wants investments in culture sector
• Painting exhibition for World Peace day in Turkey
• Iraqi poet: I am from the generation who breathed the ashes of war

	Government unlikely to pay salaries before Eid al-Fitr	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 2:18 PM

Erbil, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – Kurdistan’s deputy minister of finance and economy said on Wednesday that it is unlikely that the government will pay civil servants’ salaries before the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan.In around a week the faithful will celebrate the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. People spend...

• 1,800 plots of land allotted for housing units in Qaladze
• Officials say no fuel crisis yet in Kurdistan
• Jordanian Minister of Health to visit Erbil and potential medical Jordanian investments

	Iraqi junior team to attend training camps abroad in preparation for Asian finals	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 5:26 PM

Baghdad, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – As part of their preparations for participation in the Asian Cup finals in Uzbekistan, Iraq’s junior football team is to attend training camps in Turkey and Egypt.The Iraqi Junior football team coach, Mowaffak Hasan, said on Thursday that his trainers met with the Iraqi Football Federation (IFF) “to discuss...

• Farid Majid denies being excluded from Iranian Nafot football team
• Defense and interior ministries to protect football games
• Dohuk moves up to Iraqi league final for first time

Basra, Sept. 2 (AKnews) - The project manager of Sheraton Hotel in Basra confirmed on Thursday that the Integrity board suspended the work of Sumar company after it reached its final stages, because the company did not hand over the project on time.Wameeth Abass, an engineer in the project, told AKnews, "The Integrity board suspended our...

• Basra Operations Command takes intensive security measures for Eid
• Civilian killed by unidentified gunmen in western Mosul
• Qadasiya province cracks down on traffic to improve city security

	Al-Iraqiya denies attempts to share power with the Shia group	Read more
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 12:48 PM

Baghdad, Sept. 1 (AKnews) – A lawmaker from the Iraqiya list led by the former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi denied on Wednesday the existence of any agreement with the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) to share power, stressing that the bloc insists on its constitutional right to form the government. Media reports had indicated that during...

• US troops withdrawal will not negatively affect Kurdistan security, officials say
• MP says media exaggerate the impact of US withdrawal
• Fingers pointed at political blocs in wake of Wasit suicide bombing

Beirut, Sept.1 (AKnews) - The international Prosecutor-General of the International Tribunal for Lebanon, Daniel Bellemare, said the court won't issue a decision in September, and denied in an interview with the "Lebanon Now" site,  any preliminary report during September, stressing that the indictment will be issued as soon as...

• Building a nation: Nechirvan Barzani the statesman
• Kurdish politician calls for federation between Iraqi-Kurdistan and Turkey
• Lebanese MP: US withdrawal from Iraq is a proof of failure