Basra

3 ships arrive at Basra port on Thurs.

BASRA: Basra's port of Umm Qasr on Thursday received three ships with a varied cargo, according to the Iraqi ports department's relations & information chief. "Today, Umm Qasr Port received three Panamanian ships carrying...

A travelogue through the Palestinian condition

Rashid Masharawi has written an entertaining moment of crisis into his film "Laila's Birthday," an emotional meltdown for Enlightenment stalwarts, for whom the last resort famously attributed to frustrated postal workers ("Buy...

Britain to drawdown troops in Iraq

Establishing a long term military partnership with Iraq is the main target of the British strategy brought to light by the Chief of the Defense Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, aimed to regulate future relations...

Fuel much cheaper as oil tanks

Fuel much cheaper as oil tanks With oil slumping below $44, January's expected petrol price decrease will bring the price cuts since July to more than R4 a litre. The Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) could implement a...

Al-Maliki Refuses to Disband Councils; Talabani Invokes Constitutional Court; Basra Province...

The Kurdish president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, is more or less threatening to sue the Shiite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki. Al-Maliki has been creating Arab tribal councils loyal to himself, including in some areas of mixed...

UK-Iraq pact does not need Parliament approval

Member of the Defense and Security parliamentarian committee MP Abbas Al Bayati ruled out the fact that the pact between Iraq and Britain needs the approval of Parliament as it is a temporary protocol between the two countries....

Farmers union HQ in western Basra renovated

BASRA: A local company has finished renovation work on the headquarters of the farmers' union in Basra's western Safwan district, a spokesperson for the Multi-National Force (MNF) said on Thursday. "Safwan mayor will open new...

Omnnea holds media conference in Hilla

Iraq: Omnnea held recently its first Media conference in the official Hilla trade room, under the title 'No for the Jobless' this Social Media Conference taking place on November 19, 2008 in Hilla and It's covered Iraq social...

Guardsmen sue firm | PDF

INDIANAPOLIS — More than five years after their 2003 deployment to the Iraq war, 16 Indiana National Guardsmen have filed a federal lawsuit against a defense contractor, alleging that the company knew the soldiers were being...

Army grandmother on tour in Iraq

The 53-year-old is one of the oldest female serving officers in Iraq A grandmother from Merseyside who is one of the oldest reservist troops is on her first tour of duty in Iraq. Maj Patricia McParlin, from Lydiate, who has...

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