| Djily Baghdad Raps the Anthem of Y’en a Marre Djily Baghdad, featured in the video above, raps the anthem of the Y’en a marre (we’re fed up) movement in Senegal. Y’en a marre is a large community of rappers who are demanding... | |
| IRAQ: Call to adopt modern irrigation techniques A truck supplying water in Basra. About 16 percent of Iraqi households face daily problems getting enough water BAGHDAD, 22 February 2012 (IRIN) - Fluctuating water levels in the Tigris and Euphrates... |
| Oil risks, rewards in Iraq's Kurdish north It remains to be seen whether investors will have the patience to reap rewards from oil developments in the Kurdish north of Iraq, analysis finds. In May, Iraq is expected to put around a dozen oil... |
| LUKoil May Start Oil Production in Iraq in 2014 Russia's largest private oil company LUKoil may start production at the giant West Qurna-2 oilfield in Iraq in early 2014, company head Vagit Alekperov said on Wednesday. "We will launch... |
| Research and Markets: Iraq Oil and Gas Report Q1 2012 oil production growth in the Middle East region. BMI forecasts over 8mn b/d of crude output by the end of the forecast period, in line with Baghdad's likely revisions to its ambitious oil... |
| Military Judge Frees Marine in Iraq Murder Case (AP) A military judge released a Marine from Camp Pendleton who has been serving an 11-year sentence for murder in a major Iraq war crimes case, nearly two months after a military appeals court... |
| Marine Gets 15 Years For Iraqi's Death (AP) A jury sentenced a Marine sergeant Friday to 15 years in prison for the murder of an Iraqi civilian during a fruitless search for an... |
| Ahmadinejad: Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq Ahmadinejad: Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/26/2011 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that the Iran fully backs restoration of security... |
| Closing Strait of Hormuz would halve Iraq's oil... Iraq's planning minister has said the country could lose more than half of its oil-exporting capability if neighbouring Iran shuts the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane, Reuters has reported.... |
| Western Union's new Iraq agent Western Union has signed up the Investment Bank of Iraq to offer the complete range of Western Union services across all its 19 branches. The bank has branches in Baghdad, Basra, Karablaa and... |
| Americanism in Iraq, &c. A couple of American officers who had served in Iraq were talking about their time there. And, in particular, their departure. An Iraqi said to one of them, "I can’t believe you came here... |
| Saudi Arabia Appoints Ambassador to Iraq for First Time since 1990 Riyadh, Feb. 22 (BNA) - The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has appointed veteran diplomat Fahd Abdul Mohsen Al-Zaid as the first Saudi ambassador to... |
| News Analysis: In Din Over Iran, Echoes of Iraq War - News Analysis WASHINGTON - The United States has now endured what by some measures is the longest period of war in its history, with more than 6,300 American troops killed and 46,000 wounded in Iraq and... |
| Iraq seeks to educate more students in U.S. Following Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's pledge last year to fund scholarships for 10,000 Iraqi students to study in the United States, the Iraqi government has dispatched several top officials to... |
| Iraqi Gulf oil terminal operations delayed again The start of operations at Iraq's new Gulf crude outlet has been delayed again by bad weather, further postponing a 300,000 barrel-a-day boost to exports that is needed to keep up with increased... |
| Kuwait says port project to continue despite Iraqi opposition Kuwait said Wednesday it was " determined to go ahead with" the construction of a port which neighboring Iraq said would affect its shipping lanes.Kuwaiti government spokesman Ali Al-Rashid... |
| US Marine convicted in Iraq killings ends service SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Marine Corps has discharged the lone Marine convicted in the 2005 killings of unarmed Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha, a spokesman said... |
| Iraq judiciary cites Hashemi for May 3 trial in Baghdad The Iraqi Higher Judicial Council has announced that the trial of Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi will start May 3.Speaking to the Anatolia news agency, the Higher Judicial Council's spokesman,... |
| Swiss Oil Billionaire Sells African Assets To Finance Iraq Adventure reportedly close to finalizing a deal to sell the African oil trading and distribution assets of his Addax & Oryx Group to private equity firm Emerging Capital Partners. Gandur has a long... |
| Marine convicted in Iraq killings leaves service The Marine Corps has discharged the lone Marine convicted in the 2005 killings of unarmed Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha, a spokesman said... |
| Mark Steel: Iraq was such a laugh, let's do it to Iran Commentator and stand-up comedian Mark Steel has presented several radio and television programmes, and appeared on Have I Got News for You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2006 he published... |
| Saudi Arabia Names Ambassador to Iraq BAGHDAD - Moving to repair a long-fractured diplomatic relationship, Saudi Arabia has named its first ambassador to Iraq in more than two decades, Iraq's foreign minister announced Tuesday.
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| Saudi Arabia names ambassador to Iraq Saudi Arabia named its first ambassador to Iraq in more than 20 years, restoring diplomatic ties between the countries, Iraq's foreign minister said Tuesday. Hoshyar Zebari said in a Twitter... |
| As Al Qaeda moves fight to Syria, violence in Iraq drops sharply After Al Qaeda-affiliated fighters left Iraq to join the Syrian rebellion, violence has dropped in Iraq, in some areas by as much as 50 percent in just a few... |
| Iraq war hero admits secretly filming woman A man almost killed in a bomb blast while working as a security contractor in Iraq has admitted secretly filming a woman having a shower. Name suppression has lapsed for David Huw Gwilliam, 43, who... |
| Iraq come out on top in Doha against Uzbekistan DOHA // The UAE's margin for error in qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics got a bit wider when Iraq defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 thanks to an 88th-minute goal in Qatar. Uzbekistan remain on... |
| Petrofac Gets $329.7M Contract in Iraq Badra Oil Field Iraq and a consortium led by Russia's state oil producer OAO Gazprom Neft have awarded a $329.7 million deal to U.K.-based oil and gas services company Petrofac Ltd. to develop the untapped... |
| Saudi Arabia names first Iraq envoy since Gulf War BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, which has had uneasy relations with Iraq's Shi'ite-led government, has named an ambassador to Baghdad for the first time since Saddam Hussein invaded... |
| Iraq's vice president in the hot seat An Iraqi vice president charged with backing death squads should go to Baghdad to defend himself, a legal official in Iraq said. Iraq's Shiite Prime... |
| Iraq's 2012 executions top 2011's number Iraq executed four people this week, bringing the number of people put to death so far this year to at least 69, or one more than in all of 2011, a justice ministry official said on Tuesday. ... |
| Petrofac Gets $329.7 Million Contract In Iraq Badra Oil Field Iraq and a consortium led by Russia's state oil producer OAO Gazprom Neft (SIBN.RS) have awarded a $329.7 million deal to U.K.-based oil and gas services company Petrofac Ltd. (PFC.LN) to... |
| Iraq officials: Violence down as al-Qaida group moves to Syria BAGHDAD - The departure of al-Qaida-affiliated fighters from Iraq to join the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad in Syria has had one benefit, Iraqi officials say: Violence has dropped... |
| In step to thaw diplomatic relations, Saudi Arabia names ambassador to Iraq Baghdad for the first time in more than two decades, Iraq's foreign minister said Tuesday. Hoshyar Zebari said the new ambassador will arrive in Baghdad soon to submit his credentials from... |
| Saudi Arabia names first ambassador to Iraq in 22 years Baghdad (dpa) – Saudi Arabia has named an ambassador to Iraq, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, the first such appointment since 1990 when relations between the two countries strained... |
| Iran, Syria, Iraq to sign major gas deal on Monday Iran, Syria and Iraq will sign a major gas deal here on Monday to transfer Iran's South Pars natural gas to Europe, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Iran's caretaker... |
| Iran calls on Iraq to deploy forces in borderlines to keep Kurdish rebels away A senior commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that the guard's forces would continue destructive and invasive operations against the Party for a Free Life in... |
