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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
20.7.2007
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July
20, 2007 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region (Iraq)
Foundation stone laid for bridge in Zakho, near
Iraqi-Syrian borders
Duhok, -- Iraqi Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister
Nechirvan Barzani laid on Thursday the foundation
stone for a concrete bridge on the River Tigris in
the district of Zakho, near the Iraqi-Syrian
borders, at a cost of more than 11 million dollars.
"The bridge, to be built in the area of Bishabour
(10 km west of Zakho), would link Sinjar and Zammar
to Duhok province," Engineer Ibrahim Ahmed, director
of the roads and bridges department in Duhok, said.
He said the bridge will be of grave importance from
an economic and trade perspective, noting the area
is considered the main road leading to Syria.
In 2003 Duhok built a temporary bridge on the River
Tigris but collapsed several times due to floods.
Zakho is 60 km northwest of Duhok in Kurdistan
autonomous region.
Iraqi Human Rights Minister: There is no Sign of
Torture in Sulaimani Security Prison
On July 19, Wijdan Salim, Iraqi Minister of Human
Rights during a press conference with all the Iraqi
and Kurdistan Medias, talked about her visits to the
Iraqi prisons. "Today I visited Suse, Kani Goma, and
Sulaimani Security prisons" she said, pointing out
some notices about the prisoners’ situations.
Iraqi Human Rights Minister admitted that there is
delay in presenting the detainees to the court in
all Iraqi prisons.
In her answer to the PUKmedia's question about
Sulaimaniyah security detainees’ situations; Wijdan
said:" I saw the situations of Iraqi and
Sulaimaniyah security prisoners, there were no signs
of torture in their faces and bodies”.
US Forces to Open 3 Trade Offices in Kurdistan
Region
Mohamed Rauf, the KRG Minister of trade, received
Major John Wilson from the civil affairs of US
forces in Kurdistan Region.
During a meeting the US forces projects' for further
reconstruction of Kurdistan Region were discussed.
KRG Minister of trade told the visiting delegation
that if a small rate of the allocated budget for
security situations in Iraq was allocated to
renovation of Kurdistan Region vital progress takes
place in Kurdistan.
On their side the US delegation showed their
intentions to open 3 trade centers in the three
cities of Kurdistan Region, promising at the same
time to discus and follow up the projects in
Kurdistan Region.
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