Construction in Baghdad might be hindered if the authorities did not deal with the financial budget in the right way, said Baghdad governor Salah Abdul Razzak during a meeting he held on Tuesday. Abdul Razzak talked over ways of speeding up infra-structure projects in the poor regions. ( Al SumariaTV )
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New Bridge for Pedestrians in Nasseriya
Work has started to construct a bridge for pedestrians in Nasseriya city. “The bridge will cost ID317 million,” Eng. Abdilkareem Qaiss Abdilkareem, the Thi-Qar roads and bridges director, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Tuesday. He said that the bridge will be finalized in 150 days. Nasseriya, the capital city of Thi-Qar province, lies 380 […]
OPEC Symposium Baghdad - Sept
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will hold a symposium in September for its 50th anniversary, Iraq's oil minister said Wednesday. Hussein al-Shahristani told Dow Jones Newswires of the planned event after exiting an OPEC meeting in which the cartel decided to keep output quotas steady. OPEC was founded in Baghdad on Sept. 14, 1960. […]
Permits Given to Baghdad Projects
Several companies working in the fields of housing, tourism and hotels have been given investment permits to carry out several projects in Baghdad. “Eight investment permits have been given to a number of companies. Housing projects were given a priority,” the Investment Commission in Baghdad said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. […]
Mosul Students Protest Against Arrest of Professor
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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