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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
5.11.2006
Update 1
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Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region (Iraq),
November 5,
2006
Bayinjan dam collapses
Torrential rain in the Bazyian area of the
Sulaimaniyah governorate caused the collapse of the
Bayinjan dam, flooding a number of houses in the
area.
Heavy rain eroded the height of the dam wall from
three meters to one meter before the walls
collapsed, according to an eyewitness in the area.
Locals have attributed the incident to the
carelessness of the government in maintaining the
structure of the dam over the years.
Bayinjan dam was built in 1988-89 during the former
Iraqi regime.
With desperate efforts by the regional government to
deal with the weather factor, recent, heavy rain in
the Kurdistan Region has resulted in huge civil
property and infrastructure damage in other remote
villages and small towns, the agency added.
Civil society organizations' work reviewed in
Iraq's Kurdistan
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By Chiman Saleh, VOI
Iraq's Kurdistan government recommended the
formation of a committee to review the work of the
civil society organizations in the region.
"The committee will be set up to integrate
organizations of similar objectives into one larger
organization, to disband inactive organizations and
to lend more support to active ones," a source at
the Kurdistan internal affairs ministry told the
independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The committee will be composed of representatives
from the Kurdistan region ministries of internal
affairs, interior and finance as well as a
representative from the Kurdistan cabinet, the
source added. There are hundreds of civil society
organizations in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
A large number of these organizations either share
common objectives or play inactive role.
Kurdistan hospitals face woes
Dr. Hoshyar, manager of the Rzgari hospital, said
that Baghdad is to blame for the drug shortages in
Kurdistan hospitals, a Kurdish paper reported last
week.
"We tried very hard to sort out this problem, but
Baghdad does not care about Kurdistan hospitals,"
Dr. Hoshyar said.
He added that the Enter Clean Company, which is
under contract with the hospital, is not doing a
proper job, and they have been asked to be more
organized.
He added, "After we discussed this situation we
found out none of us in Baghdad and Kurdistan knew
about this. We therefore stopped the meeting. We
have asked Maliki to clarify the issue, because the
situation was between him and his minister."
Tigris River swells, cuts off Kurdistan-Syria
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By Rashid Ahmed, VOI
Water swelled in Tigris River following heavy rains
cutting off the main road linking Iraqi Kurdistan
and Syria.
"Heavy rains over the past two days led to higher
water levels in Tigris River and pushed away the
temporary Bishabour bridge last night cutting off
the road from Zakho and Dahuk to Zemar, Singar and
the Syrian borders," an official source told the
independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) on
Friday.
"Reinstalling the temporary bridge will be difficult
in the coming few days because restoring it requires
lower levels of running water," added the source who
requested anonymity. Residents are now using boats
to move between the river banks, he said.
Khalilzad Reassures Kurdish leadership
US Ambassador explained that a recent speech by
President Bush was not against the idea of
federalism.
A leading parliamentarian for the Kurdistan Alliance
List in Federal Assembly in Baghdad, Fuad Masoum,
described talks between Iraqi President Jalal
Talabani and Iraqi Kurdistan President, Masoud
Barzani, with the US Ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad,
as fruitful and productive, local media reported
last week.
Masoum said that Khalilzad explained to both
Talabani and Barzani that a recent speech by the US
President, George W Bush, was not against the idea
of federalism but directed against the break-up of
Iraq into sovereign nation-states.
Masoum added that Khalilzad had also talked about
the significance of the Kurdish leadership's
participation in the process of national
reconciliation and there role in protecting Iraq's
oil pipelines.
Fine arts students organize strike
Students at the Institute of Fine Arts in Kirkuk
arranged a normal strike in response to growing
concerns about such issues as students' rights.
The students demanded to study in the Kurdish
language, and providing basic life facilities.
"It is true that students have the right to inquire
about their own needs; this, however, has both
positive and negative impacts. For instance, they
called upon removing the system of wearing uniforms,
which is an issue related to the education system,
and they should have done it in a different way and
with our information," the director of the institute
said.
"There are a lot of deficiencies in our institute
services, such as lack of a constant course to
study. Recently, there was the formation of a
student-discipline panel. That is why, I think,
these concerns need to be addressed," said one
student at the institute.
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