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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
23.10.2006
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Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region (Iraq), October
23,
2006
Agriculture airport in Sharazor
The KRG purchased five Konko Ekayos agriculture
airplanes to develop its agricultural sector.
Nawroz Abdul Qadir, manager of the agriculture
airport, stated, "An agriculture airport is being
built in 'Bistan sor' in Sharazor district, east of
the northern province of Sulaimaniyah, on 100 acres
of land, funded by the Kurdistan Regional
Government.
The cost of the project is $600,000 US. The first
stage has been completed and the second stage will
begin soon," local media reported last week.
A training session was organized for 30 agriculture
engineers; they will become agriculture pilots. The
number of pilots is expected to increase in the near
future to 200, and more training sessions shall be
opened, according to Qadir.
The KRG purchased five Konko Ekayos agriculture
airplanes to develop its agricultural sector.
Erbil Residency Office toughens restrictions
11,988 people who came to Erbil from east, west, and
north of Iraq, 8,135 of them came for trading and
some of them for further education.
Colonel Yadgar Anwar Faraj, Head of the Residency
Office in Erbil, said, "In the last 10 months,
11,988 Kurdish people from eastern, western, and
northern Iraq, and 2,441 families from central and
southern Iraq, came to Erbil to settle down."
However he added that "if we doubt any of these
people, they will not be given approval for
accommodation." According to figures provided by the
Office, since January 1st, of the 11,988 people who
came to Erbil from east, west, and north of Iraq,
8,135 of them came for trading and some of them for
further education."
He also talked about the families who are from the
middle and south of Iraq, saying, "In the last 10
months, nearly 1,068 Kurdish families from Kirkuk
and Mosul, 433 Christian families, and 940 Arab
families from the middle and south of Iraq have come
to Erbil due to the instability. They have all been
given consent to live in Kurdistan due to their
circumstances."
Local organizations initiate statistics project
Three teams have been formed in Sulaimani
Governorate, and will visit each family six times
monthly. The
statistics will be announced once every three
months.
The Directorate of Sulaimaniyah Statistics, in
coordination with Iraqi Statistics Foundation and
Kurdistan Region Statistics, began an essential and
expanded statistics project based on a "random
sample system," local media reported last week.
The statistics project covers economy, community,
and social welfare. Mahmoud Osman, Director of
Sulaimaniyah Statistics, told the Kurdish
Sulaimaniyah-based Nawa radio, "The aim of this
project is to know the number of poor people in Iraq
and to improve the economy and social fields."
"The project starts on November 1st and lasts for
one year.
The International Bank will assist with the
technical parts of the project," said Osman.
"Each family will receive a form to record daily
income, expenses, and other information for one
year," said Osman. Three teams have been formed in
Sulaimaniyah Governorate, and will visit each family
six times monthly. The statistics will be announced
once every three months.
Iraqi Red Cross distributes aid to refugee
families
50,000 people from central and southern Iraq have
come to Sulaimaniyah.
On Thursday, the head of the Iraqi Red Cross
announced that in the last month they helped 591
refugee families from central and southern Iraq.
Jalal Mahmud, head of the Iraqi Red Cross, said, "We
supplied blankets, kitchen equipment, and some food.
This month so far we have helped 480 Arab families
and 111 Christian families."
According to the statistics of the Human Rights
Ministry and the United Nations, since the end of
the 2003- US-led war of Iraq, 50,000 people from
central and southern Iraq have come to Sulaimaniyah.
The flow of refugees from the violence-stricken
southern and central parts of the country to
Kurdistan has increased since last year's bombings
in the Shiite-revered shrines of Samara, north of
the capital Baghdad.
Germany to open Consulate in Erbil
Germany is to be the first country to open a
Consulate in the Kurdish Capital, Erbil (Hewler),
local media reported last week.
The new consul has been named as Kenan Shekho, a
German citizen of Kurdish origin and member of the
Social Democratic Party (SDP). Mr. Shekho is due to
present his official documents to Kurdistan
President Barzani at the end of this month. Mr.
Shekho has been member of Hanover Landtag (Regional
Parliament) for the last six years.
With the flow of foreign investors to the region
following the end of war in 2003, several foreign
countries, such as France and Czech Republic, have
considered and expressed their readiness to open
representation offices in Erbil to offer services to
their nationals who are based in Kurdistan.
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