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Kurdistan-Iraq News in brief
21.9.2006
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Erbil, Sulaimaniyah,
Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan-Iraq, 21 September
Drug Arrests In Iraqi Kurdistan (Hawlati)
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan-Iraq
Police have uncovered eight drug trafficking rings
in the past two months in Iraqi Kurdistan, according
to the Drugs Eradication Directorate. A source told
Hawlati that large amounts of drugs were uncovered
in six of the eight raids.
(Hawlati is an
independent newspaper issued weekly in Sulaimaniyah.)
Patriarch in Kurdistan capital
Iraqi Industry Minister received a senior delegation
of Assyrian Eastern Church at Amman Airport.
Mar Dankha the forth Patriarch of Assyrian Eastern
Church arrived at Hewler (Erbil) International
airport with a delegation on an official visit to
Kurdistan and was received by Sidad Barzani
representing President, Sarkis Agha Jan Minister of
Finance and Sheikh Mohammad Shakali, Minister of
Endowments and Religious affairs. Fawzi Hariri,
Iraqi Industry Minister, also received a senior
delegation of Assyrian Eastern Church at Amman
Airport who has been officially invited by Massoud
Barzani.
Discussion of Elimination of computer illiterates
Kurdistan Ministry of Education hopes to eradicate
computer illiteracy through the region.
KRG Minister of Education Dilshad Abdulrahman the
Iraq-Bulgaria trade delegation has held talks on
possible strategies to eradicate computer illiteracy
in Kurdistan.
During the meeting the delegation explained that the
aim of their visit was to organise a computer
training session for the ICDL certificate.
Specifically, they hope to supervise the computers
and teaching methods. They also undertook to help
train government staff in using the computers and
promised to offer seats and funding for students to
study in universities in Bulgaria. Commenting on the
meeting, Abdulrathman was positive, announcing that
"this agreement will be officially approved in near
future in order to improve knowledge of computer
science throughout Kurdistan Region".
Peshmarga Forces Officially Recognized as
Kurdistan Peace and Security Forces
The official name of the force will be changed from
the 'Kurdistan Peshmarga Force' to 'The Kurdistan
Peace and Security Force'.
Regional President Massoud Barzani and his deputy
Kosrat Rasul held a meeting with the deputy chief of
Kurdistan Peshmarga Forces, the Minster of Peshmarga,
and the Regional Minister for Peshmarga Affairs in
the Salahaddin resort to officially reassign the
responsibility of protecting the security of
Kurdistan to the Peshmarga 'militia'. Also present
at the meeting were a number of top-ranking military
officers from Coalition Forces.
Another issue was the official name of the force
which will be changed from the 'Kurdistan Peshmarga
Force' to 'The Kurdistan Peace and Security Force'.
The change of the title is to be implemented
following procedures outlined by the Central
government in Baghdad with the coordination of the
Regional Government.
Koya and Bilkent Universities Sign protocols in
Ankara
The president of Koya University met with the head
of the Bilkent University in Ankara to sign an
academic agreement between the two universities.
According to reports on Kurdish Television, the
president of Koya University Khidir Masoum, who is
currently visiting Turkey, met with the president
and deputy of the Bilkent University in Ankara to
sign an academic agreement between the two
universities.
Among the items agreed upon in the meeting is one
for a delegation from Bilkent University to visit
Koya University in April 2007 to test potential
students who would be interested in pursing their
higher education in Bilkent. The visit will also
establish academic relations between the two
universities. In related news it was also announced
that a group of students from the English and
Turkish Language Departments at Koya will to visit
Bilkent next year to improve their language sills
and participate in academic conferences to be held
at there..
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