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Ban on imported
chicken from 17 countries- Media monitor
24.10.2005
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Ban on Imported
Chicken from 17 Countries
(Al-Mada)
Dr. Abdul-Jaleel Naji, manager of the health
ministry's infectious disease control centre, said
the ministry has banned chicken imports from 17
countries that had registered bird flu cases. Naji
told the National Iraqi News Agency that the
countries included Turkey, China, Indonesia, Hong
Kong, Vietnam, Greece, Romania, Thailand and Korea.
The centre will continue to monitor international
bird flu cases and will ban chickens from any other
countries that report cases.
(Al-Mada is
issued daily by Al-Mada institution for Media,
Culture and Arts.)
Barzani begins trip to the US and Britain
(Asharq al-Awsat)
Kurdistan region president Massud Barzani on Sunday
travelled to the United States, where he will hold
talks with US president George W. Bush concerning
the situation in Kurdistan and the rest of Iraq. He
is also scheduled to meet with the British prime
minister, Tony Blair, in London. Barzani told
reporters at Erbil airport, "The purpose of our
visit to Washington is to meet the US president
George W. Bush and members of congress." He said he
hoped the visit would be useful. Barzani emphasized
that this would be the first time that Kurdish
(leadership) is formally received in the United
States. After the visiting the United States, Barzan
will travel to Britain to meet with Blair in London
for talks on the Iraqi situation.
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is
issued daily.)
Iraqis to take over security in all governorates
within a few months
(Al-Ittihad)
General Donald Alston, spokesman for the
multi-national forces in Iraq, said Iraqi forces
will take over security in several Iraqi cities
shortly. Iraqi forces will assume control of
security in all Iraqi governorates in the next few
months. During a press conference at the convention
centre in Baghdad, Alston said Najaf and Karbala are
now being protected by local forces, but Iraqi
forces have not yet assumed sole responsibility for
security in the cities. US forces are still
stationed outside of both cities, which are located
south of Baghdad. Military bases are being turned
over to Iraqi forces after they proved capable in
protecting security and performed well.
(Al-Ittihad is
published daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
Amr Musa: All Political Parties Will Participate
in Talks
(Al-Iraq al-Yoom)
Iraqi foreign minister Hoshiar Zebari said he told a
visiting Arab League delegation, led by
secretary-general Amr Musa, that "they will see a
new Iraq that is different from the scenes of terror
covered by the mass media." He said the Iraqi
government supports the Arab League initiative (to
hold an Iraqi accord conference) and that it needs
the support of Arab countries. Musa said after talks
in Baghdad, there is a consensus (to hold the
conference.) Musa has met with Kurdish, Sunni and
Shia leaders in his visit to Iraq. He also said that
he agreed with the (foreign) minister on national
consensus issues and said a preparatory committee
will be set up soon for the conference.
(Al-Iraq al-Yoom
is a weekly newspaper issued by Isra Shakir.)
Deadline Set for Candidates' Election
Applications
(Al-Taakhi)
The International Electoral Commission of Iraq
announced on October 23, 2005 that "under no
circumstances will extensions be given" for
applications for candidates' lists in the upcoming
elections. The elections are due to be held on
December 15, 2005. The commission set October 28,
2005 as the deadline for receiving applications.
Commission spokesman Farid Ayar said in a statement
that any requests to postpone the deadline would be
rejected because it would force the commission to
change the date of the elections.
(Al-Taakhi is
issued daily by the Kurdistan Democratic Party.)
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