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September 30, 2009 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
President Talabani in good
health
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is in good health
after medical checks he made in the U.S. and will
not undergo any surgery, a presidential statement
said Tuesday. “The president underwent check up on
Monday (Sept. 28) in Mayo Clinic in the U.S. and the
checks proved that his health is in good condition,”
said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news
agency. “The president will return home soon to
resume his work,” the source noted. The president is
in the United States to attend the 64 the session of
the General Assembly meetings, during which he held
talks with a number of presidents and the UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
Barham Salih and Azad
Barwari to be authorized to form new Cabinet of KRG
President of Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani on
Thursday 30 September is scheduled to authorize
Barham Salih and Azad Barwari to appoint the sixth
KRG Cabinet of ministers, an official source told
PUKmedia. The new cabinet of government will make up
of 19 ministries and talks will be underway with all
political entities to form a broad-based government
to be a government for all with the intent of
serving the needs of Kurdistan Region people, the
source added.
Kuwaitis disappointed by
Erbil’s renovated stadium
Erbil - During a press-conference in Erbil’s Chwar
Chra Hotel on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, the head
of Kuwait Sports Club says that the newly renovated
stadium in Erbil is a disappointment for them. “The
playground is of bad quality…we are shocked by
this,” Mohammed Abdullah says during the
press-conference attended by local and international
media.The historical match, held for the first time
between a Kuwaiti and Iraqi team in more than 20
years, will be held on Wednesday, September 30 at
the newly renovated Francois Hariri International
Stadium. The Kurdistan Regional Government spent
more than 2 million US Dollar on the renovation
works at the 20,000 seat stadium, regarded as Iraq’s
second best facility...Rudaw net
Resigned KIU leader:
Politicizing religion will hurt it
Erbil- Abdulrahman Sidiq, member of the Commanding
Council of the Islamic Union of Kurdistan (known in
Kurdish as Yakgrtu), left the party and said in his
resignation letter that his main reason was losing
“belief in politicizing the religion.” Sadiq has
submitted his resignation letter to the leadership
of the IUK, one of the main Islamic parties in the
Kurdistan region, on September 9. “I used to
criticize Yakgrtu, from now on I have nothing to say
about Yakgrtu.” His resignation was announced on
Monday. Following his resignation Sidiq told Rudaw
that he is not planning to return to the party. “The
reason for my resignation is that I lost my belief
in the experience of politicizing the religion,
because I think that politicizing the religion would
first hurt the religion itself and then individuals
and the society,” Sidiq in a statement. He also told
Rudaw: “It has to do with a deep ideological issue
which is politicizing the religion. This may have
been beneficial for an era, but now, at this time,
that is over.” Rudaw net
New academic year started
in Kurdistan with lack of halls
Erbil based Salahaddin University may take only 4
thousand high school graduates this year due to lack
of halls. The 2009-2010 academic year in Kurdistan
Region started on 26 Sept. 2009. The 6th Kurdish
cabinet should strive to set management and finance
of the universities free, president of Salahaddin
University Muhammad Sidiq told AKnews. “Salahaddin
University may take only 4000 students due to lack
of halls and labs in the 18 colleges which now have
18 thousand students,” The biggest problem of the
University is lack of halls and labs which would be
solved only by building university camp, he added.
According to him, the admission council of the
higher education ministry tries to take more than
4000 students because of the flow of high school
graduates. Sidiq also said Salahaddin University
tries to bridge itself with other international
universities as it has now good relations with
American, European universities...
Iraq-Syria tensions may
affect Kurdistan region
Sulaimaniyah, :The tensions between Iraq and Syria
will affect the Kurdistan region as well, a KRG
official believed. Kurdistan region is part of Iraq,
and all the political issues that go on within the
country will directly affect the Kurdistan region,
Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) foreign
relations official Fallah Mustafa said, The
bilateral relations between Kurdistan region and
Syria is a commercial economical one, not a
political one, however, the tensions will leave
effects on the region, especially in the time that
the KRG is not directly involved in any of the
Baghdad-Damascus issues. “If the position of the
Kurdistan region was not to the liking of Syria,
concerning these issues, then it will endeavor to
urge the political actors in Iraq, that are favoring
Syria, against the Kurds,” Mustafa said. The
Syria-Iraq tensions will especially create problems
for Kurdistan region regarding water issue, member
of the foreign relations committee in the Iraqi
parliament, Tanya Tal’at, said. “Because Syria might
block the flow of water into Kurdistan region
then”... AKnews com
Turkey: Kurdish-speaking
doorbell is popular
Van - "Would you please open the door, guests have
come," says the Kurdish doorbell, which is sold
since recently in the Kurdish city of Van in
southeastern Turkey. According to creator and owner
of the ‘Kurdish-speaking doorbell’, Yilmaz Uygun,
the sales are above expectations. “Next to Kurdish,
we also have Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Arabic and
Greek doorbells, but the Kurdish one is more
popular.” Uygun thinks this is because more Kurds
live in the region. “It’s interesting for Kurds to
be called to the door in their own language,” says
the owner. The door bell is multifunctional and can
be used in 15 different language. It’s especially
popular in the Kurdish provinces of Bitlis and Agri
- CNN Türk
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