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Sinjar Agriculture Ministry ready to cultivate 50 dunums out of 2000	Read more
Monday, March 15th 2010 2:52 PM

Nineveh, March 15 (AKnews)- The preparations at the Agriculture Department of Sinjar are underway to cultivate 50 dunums out of 2000 in Sinjar district although it didn't get the tree seedlings so far. "The preparations are under way in Sinjar for the afforestation of 50 dunums out of 2000 in district Sinjar, although we...

Southern Cement Company signs contract to rehabilitate its laboratories	Read more
Monday, March 15th 2010 1:34 PM

Baghdad, March15 (AKnews)- The Southern Cement Company signed contracts with the French company "Lafarge" to rehabilitate Karbala cement factory according to the principle of participation in production for 15 years, an official at the General Company says."The rehabilitation of the plant includes allowing the company to reach the...

Six Veterinary Centers opened in Sulaimaniyah	Read more
Monday, March 15th 2010 11:50 AM

Sulaimaniyah, Mar. 15 (AKnews) - The province veterinary office has decided to set out six veterinary centers to keep peace the livestock services and domestic animals’ disease controls around the boundary of Sulaimaniyah, the Province Veterinary Chief Center said on Monday."We have taken into consideration to open 6 single veterinary...

Karbala to combat corruption after graft case reveled	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:51 PM

Karbala, March 14 (AKnews)-  The head of the strategist reconstruction in Karbala Provincial Council said on Sunday that supervising engineers in one residential projects embezzled about 3 million Iraqi dinars, while Karbala governer announced the formation of operations room to fight financial and administrative corruption in government...

International Industrial exhibition opened in Iraqi Kurdistan	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:05 PM

Erbil, March 14 (AKnews) On Sunday, the third International Exhibition of heavy industrial machinery was opened on Erbil International Exhibition Hall, with the participation of a number of companies including Iraqi and foreign companies. The Minister of Trade and Industry in Kurdistan region Sinan Abdul Khaliq Chalabi and the Turkish...

	France ready to train Iraqi cadres in the field of nuclear energy	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 1:26 PM

Baghdad, March 14 (AKnews) - The French Ambassador to Iraq said Saturday that his country was ready to train Iraqi cadres specialized in the field of nuclear energy.   "We have a nuclear reactor, and we want to join all those who want to get benefit from nuclear energy in the future, including Iraq ... for peaceful...

International exhibitions for fashion and machinery in Erbil	Read more
Thursday, March 11th 2010 1:29 PM

 Erbil, March .11(AKnews) - An official source from the Erbil International Fair said Thursday that two exhibitions will be opened in the international fair ground  in Erbil city in mid-March. On the 14th of March, two exhibitions will be opened, one of them on area of 10000 square meters while the other on 5000 square meters,...

	Economic expert: Kurds will face economic and political challenges in new Iraq	Read more
Thursday, March 11th 2010 9:27 AM

Sulaimaniyah, Mar. 11 (AKnews) – Kurds will face political and economic disputes rather than legal problems with the central government in Baghdad in the news Iraqi parliament, head of the Kurdistan Economists Association (KEA) announced on Thursday.“We are concerned that the Kurdish political parties and the opposition will not have...

Coyne Airways route into Iraq	Read more
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 9:06 AM

Baghdad, March 10 (AKnews) - Coyne Airways has been appointed as the exclusive sales agent in the UK and Ireland for RUS Aviation, giving freight forwarders direct access to an extensive route network into Iraq. Coyne first launched neutral air cargo services into Iraq in 2004 and, to date, has managed the secure delivery of 35 million...

	Exploratory oil well in Iraqi Kurdistan Region	Read more
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 7:09 AM

Erbil, March 10 (AKnews) - A unit of MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC has gauged oil and gas at the Bijeel-1 exploratory well in Iraqi Kurdistan. The well, in the east-central part of the 889 sq km Akri Bijeel block, flowed at rates of as much as 3,200 b/d of 18° gravity oil and 933 Mscfd of associated gas at 420 psi flowing wellhead pressure on...