Archive | 28th October 2012

45 New Oil Wells Drilled in Maysan

By John Lee. The Missan Oil Company has announced the completion of 45 new oil wells in the province as well as the rehabilitation of a number of old wells. The Director General of the Company, Ali M'arij, told AIN that "the Chinese company PetroChina drilled 30 new oil wells and rehabilitated six old ones […]

Iraq Ratifies Nuclear Protocol

By John Lee. The Iraqi Ambassador to Austria, Surood Rashid Najib, has met the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, and notified him that the Iraqi authorities have ratified the additional protocol to their comprehensive safeguards agreement and it has therefore entered into force. […]

Kurdish Villagers Demand Compensation for Forced Evacuations

By Abdul-Khaleq Dosky. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Almost 30 years ago they were forced from their land so Turkish military could freely hunt rebels across the border. Now the Kurdish villagers, who have […]

Foreign Minister Meets Russian Ambassador in Baghdad

By John Lee. Iraq's Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, has met the Russian Ambassador, Mr. Elia Murgunov, and handed him a reply message to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in response to his letter. The meeting was attended by Undersecretary for Policy Planning, Chairman of the Department of Europe and the Director of the Office of […]

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