A number of students of the Mosul University’s Faculty of Engineering on Monday staged a demonstration against the arrest of a professor by army forces, according to one of the protest’s organizers. “The students demonstrated inside the campus against the arrest of Professor Omar Ahmad Youssef, without a warrant by army forces last night,” Ameer […]
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Election Watch – Partial Results from All Constituencies
The BBC reports that partial results are now in from all 18 provinces, and Nouri al-Maliki has strengthened his lead over main rival Iyad Allawi. His State of Law coalition is leading in seven provinces, including Baghdad and Basra. Baghdad is the largest constituency, with 70 seats from the total of 325. The Iraqi National […]
Water Resources Ministry Begins Reclamation Works in Anbar
The Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday said it has begun reclamation works along the Euphrates River in Anbar. “Technical teams and engineers from the State Authority for Irrigation and Reclamation Projects are currently doing reclamation works on a total area of 103,000 donums along the Euphrates River,” read the statement that was received […]
Abadan Exports Exceed 320m litres
Some 322.9 million liters of gas oil have been exported to Iraq via Abadan from March 20, 2009 to March 6, 2010. During the period some 920,000 liters of gas oil were exported daily to Najaf and Baghdad power plants, SHANA News Agency reported on Wednesday. Iran exported some 188 million liters of kerosene and […]
Baghdad 2010 Redevelopment Budget Hits $1 Billion
Azzaman reports that Baghdad's governor, Salah Abdulrazzaq, has earmarked nearly $1 billion this year to redevelop the city. 40 percent of this budget will go to cover projects started in the past two years that were not completed. The governor said many projects were not finished because the Iraqi contractors working on them failed to […]
Tags: Baghdad, Public Works
Tide Turns as Kurds Push for Oil Law
While the Iraqi government has made overtures to its Kurdish counterpart in the north to end an oil standoff, much remains in doubt without legislation to keep the industry in check - rules which this time the Kurds are pressing for rather than Baghdad, writes Fawzia Sheikh For a long time, the northern Kurdistan region […]
Baghdad’s Investment Budget to Reach $1bn in 2010
The investment budget of the capital Baghdad will reach $1 billion U.S. dollars in 2010, Baghdad’s governor said on Tuesday. “Forty percent of this budget will be used to cover the projects that were implemented in the province in 2008 and 2009,” a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency quoted Governor Salah Abdulrazzaq as […]
Baghdad Supplies Ministry of Water Resources with 17 Power-generating
The Baghdad governorate has supplied the Ministry of Water Resources, with electric power generators of different capacities. A press statement issued by the Information Office of the Governor of Baghdad says that the governorate provided the Directorate of Mesopotamia with nine power generators, (capacity 1000 kva) each, and another to the pumping station at Basmaja […]
Tags: Baghdad, Public Works
Confectionery Group Sets Dh100m Sales Target
HMBS Group, one of the largest business conglomerates in Iraq, plans to increase sales of its confectionery products by expanding its distribution network to 32 countries this year, a top company executive said. The group has invested Dh220 million to set up a modern confectionery plant in Jebel Ali as a part of a Dh370-million […]
$67m for Roads in Baghdad
A total of 80 billion Iraqi dinars (ID), about US $67m, has been allocated to improve the roads in the capital Baghdad, the local municipality said on Tuesday. The money will be used to pave the main streets and highways in the capital, change traffic lights in central Baghdad and to continue construction work on […]
Agency to protect Baghdad’s architectural heritage
Fawziya al-Maliki, an elegant and determined 44-year old, is spearheading Iraq’s efforts to preserve what architectural treasures remain in the war-ravaged country, but her job is proving dangerous. With many Iraqis fiercely opposed to letting cultural concerns undermine their financial interests, Maliki received death threats in early February for prohibiting the demolition of an old […]
Satellite Station Banned in Thi-Qar
Thi-Qar’s Provincial Council on Monday recommended that the office of al-Baghdadiya satellite TV station be closed after they praised the Baath Party . “The recommendation came during the council’s meeting today,” Abdilhadi Mohan, the council’s deputy head, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Over a period of two days, the station broadcasted live interviews with Thi-Qar […]
Tags: Baghdad, Telecoms/Comms