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3000 US$ Marriage Gift in Kurdistan - Media
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16.11.2006
Press from 16.November.2006
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3000 US$ Marriage Gift in Kurdistan (Hawlati)
The Kurdistan Economic Development Organisation
intends to give 3000 US dollars as a "marriage
advance" to any young person who wants to get
married. The advance will not cover married people.
(Hawlati is and
independent newspaper issued weekly in Sulaimaniyah.)
Former Bathists Restored (Kuridstani Nwe)
The De-Bathification High Committee has submitted to
parliament a draft law on restoring former Baathists
who were sacked after the fall of Saddam. Dr
Abdullah Aliawayee, a member of de-bathification
committee, said the bill stipulates that most former
Ba'athist will get their jobs back or will retire
willingly.
The draft does not apply to 1,200 who have been
charged.
(Kurdistani Nwe
is a political daily issued by the Patriotic Union
of Kurdistan.)
Government Employees Kidnapped (Asharq al-Awsat)
Minister of higher education Abid Thiyab al-Ujaily
said the kidnapping of 150 ministry employees and
visitors by an armed group masquerading as police
was an attempt to deal higher education a seiorus
blow. A big operation by Iraqi and Coaltion forces
is under way to find the kidnappers. The abduction
is being seen as the biggest infiltration of the
Iraqi security apparatus. The police were accused of
involvement and five officers have been taken into
custody.
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi paper, is issued
daily.)
Casualties in Coalition Raid (Azzaman)
Six people were killed and another 13 injured, in an
American raid on the Al-Shu'la neighborhood of
Baghdad An interior ministry source, who wanted to
stay anonymous, said, "An American force raided two
sectors in al-Shu'la which resulted in clashes. Then
American helicopters bombed the area and killed six
people." There were demonstrations yesterday in Al-Shu'la
where protesters expressed their support for Shia
cleric Muqtada al- Sadir. No comments were made by
Iraqi and coalition forces on the raid.
(London-based
Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
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