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Hashemi calls to end the open session	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 7:57 PM

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	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 7:03 PM

Baghdad, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – The Federal Appeals Court ratified its decision to discharge the former Trade Minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani of financial corruption complaints filed against him, according to Rusafa Appeals Court in Baghdad.Abdul Falah al-Sudani, a leader in Dawa Party served as the Trade minister in June 2006 within the Cabinet...

KBC : Peshmarga forces are part of the Iraqi defence system	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 6:58 PM

Baghdad, Sept. 2 (AKnews) - A member in Kurdistan Blocs Coalition (KBC) said on Thursday that the Kurdish armed forces "Peshmarga" were part of the Iraqi defence system based on the Iraqi constitution, calling the political blocs to deal with these forces according to law.  The 19-paragraph negotiating paper issued by the KBC...

	Hadbaa list plans to build Arab village in disputed area	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 4:44 PM

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...

	Maliki to stand against rival Shia candidate for PM nomination	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 3:07 PM

Baghdad, Sept. 2 (AKnews) - A member of the State of Law Coalition (SLC) said on Thursday that Nouri al-Maliki would soon run against an Iraqi National Alliance (INA) nominee in an internal vote to select a single candidate for the premiership.SLC member Haidar al-Suwaidi said that the INA had made a lot of progress in resolving...

	Official: No pressure from Biden on Kurds to give up Iraqi presidency	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 1:53 PM

Erbil, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – A top Kurdish official dismissed on Thursday the media reports that the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has pressed Kurds to back off from their demands to occupy the office of Iraq’s president for another term.   Jalal Talabani, Iraq's current president is a Kurd and has been nominated by the Kurdish...

	Biden arrived in Erbil	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 8:36 AM

Erbil, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the Kurdish capital, Erbil, on Wednesday evening and met with Massoud Barzani, Kurdistan Region's president and Barham Salih, the Kurdish prime minister. The withdrawal of U.S. combat troops, the crisis of the formation of Iraq’s new government and the U.S.-Kurdistan...

	Kurdish delegation from Turkey to visit Iraqi Kurdistan	Read more
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 4:52 PM

Istanbul, Sept. 1 (AKnews) - A senior delegation of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) from Turkey will visit Iraqi Kurdistan on Sept. 5 to discuss with senior Kurdish leaders plans for a pan-Kurdish conference.  The DTK delegation is led by Ahmed Turk and Aysel Tugluk and will meet with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and former...

	Kurdish MP: Biden efforts to press Iraqis for govt. formation is ineffective	Read more
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 4:30 PM

Erbil, Sept. 1 (AKnews) – The U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's recent visit to Iraq is to press the Iraqi leaders to from the government as the U.S. wants the two major blocs of al-Iraqiya and the State of Law Coalition (SLC) compromise to form the new Iraqi cabinet, a Kurdish lawmaker stated on Wednesday. Biden arrived in Baghdad on...

	Major Iraqi blocs support US withdrawal	Read more
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 4:18 PM

Erbil, Sept. 1 (AKnews) – Top leaders from the two major parliamentary blocs of the State of Law Coalition (SLC) and al-Iraqiya hailed the U.S. combat forces' pullout from Iraq and say the event marks the start of a new step towards the formation of the next Iraqi government. Seven years after the start of Iraq war, the U.S. ended its...