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New Iraqi Passport Has Kurdish Script - Media
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24.5.2006
Press from 24.May.2006
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New Iraqi Passport Has Kurdish Script
(Hawlati)
After a long discussion with the Iraqi council of
ministries, it has been decided that the new Iraqi
passport will have the Kurdish script along with
Arabic and English, Sulaimaniyah passports and
residency director general Muhssin Osman told
Hawlati. (Kurdistan does not have the ability to
issue the new passports in the region, however, so
residents will have to travel to Baghdad to get new
passports.) General Osman said, "We don’t want Kurds
to go to Baghdad to get new passports. We want them
to issue it in (our) free Kurdistan." The new Iraqi
passport is due to be printed in Germany and be
available in the next few months.
(Hawlati is an
independent newspaper issued weekly by Ranj Print
House.)
Final Exams Underway for Iraqi Students
(Asharq al-Awsat)
Amidst escalating violence and continuous power
cuts, more than five million Iraqi students prepared
to take their final exams for the primary,
intermediate and secondary school levels. Education
ministry sources said police forces were deployed
near schools in Iraq's larger cities to guard the
students, while armed guards employed for schools
were seen in front of the schools. Family members
brought their children to school for fear of the
unstable security situation.
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is
issued daily.)
Fuel Crisis Will End in Two Months
(Al-Mada)
Iraqi oil minister Hussein al-Shahrestani said
patient Iraqis will receive increased oil (and fuel)
supplies and that the (fuel shortage) crisis will
end within two months. He pledged that this year
will be the last in which Iraqis are forced to wait
in queues at the fuel stations and said the ministry
can improve oil production. He maintained the
ministry's main problem is terrorism that targets
oil pipelines feeding power stations and deprive
Iraqis of earning a living.
(Al-Mada is
issued daily by Al-Mada institution for Media,
Culture and Arts.)
Conflict Between Basra Governor and Marja'iya
Ends (Al-Mashriq)
Top Shia cleric Sayyid Ali al-Sistani's office in
Basra confirmed that the conflict between Basra
governor Mohammed Musbih al-Waili and Marja'iya
representatives ended after he Waili withdrew his
accusation that Sheikhs Mohammed Falak and Imad al-Battat
(Sistani's representatives) support terrorism. Falak
said no agreement was made, but that (he and Battat
had held a meeting with the governor) after the
Marja'iya called on them to end the crises. The
public is still calling for the governor's
resignation.
(Al-Mashriq is
published daily by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media
and Cultural Investments.)
Calls to Free Abducted UAE Diplomat
(Azzaman)
Political and community organizations have called
for the release of abducted United Arab Emirates
diplomat Naji al-Nuaimi, saying he has been a
supporter of the Iraqi people since the fall of
(Saddam Hussein's) regime. Among those calling for
his release were sports figures, Arab and Iraqi
union leaders, the Muslim Clerics Association,
National Accord Front leader Adnan al-Dulaimi,
Islamic scholar Ahmed al-Kubaisi and the Iraqi and
UAE journalists' unions. Foreign minister Hooshiar
Zeebari received a phone call from the United Arab
Emirates' foreign minister and promised that the
Iraqi government would do its utmost to free him.
(London-based
Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
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