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May
28, 2010 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
Kurdistan trade delegation
participates in Paris conf.
Erbil: A delegation of Kurdistan traders will take
part on Thursday in an expanded conference in Paris,
chairman of the Kurdistan’s exporters and importers
union said. “The delegation includes 32 traders from
Kurdistan region’s provinces; Erbil, Sulaimaniyah,
Duhok, will take part in the expanded trade
conference, which will begin on Thursday (May 27) in
Paris,” Sheikh Mustapha Abdulrahman told Aswat
al-Iraq news agency. “The delegation will hold a
meeting during the visit with the French Chamber of
Commerce and the French-Arab Chamber of Commerce as
well as a number of economic organizations there,”
he added. aswataliraq info
Christian organizations to
operate in Kurdistan
Sulaimaniyah: After a visit to turkey and Britain,
the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Ministry
of Endowments and Religious Affairs has licensed
Christian organizations from the two countries to
work in Kurdistan to help the Christian refugees of
Iraq. The organizations had earlier requested
permits from the Ministry to aid the Christians who
had fled their homes in the various parts of Iraq
due to the security situations to seek shelter in
Kurdistan region, according to Mariwan Naqshbandi,
press secretary of the ministry. A committee of the
ministry had visited Turkey and Britain to closely
examine the works and aims of the organizations
before licensing them, he said. Naqshbandi voiced
concern over the claims of some Christians who had
converted into Christianity after 1991 had reported
to organizations about KRG practicing oppression and
violence against them. He said they were preparing a
report about those converts to the Minister of
Endowments and also to the Council of Ministers for
investigations about their claims. aknews com
Project to confront smoking
in Kurdistan
Sulaimaniyah: To mark anniversary of the World No
Tobacco Day, an center for youths in cooperation
with Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Ministry
of Health, is planning a campaign to battle smoking
in the region, according to a source. The youth
Development Center has chosen the title of “From the
smolder of death to the light of life” as the them
for the campaign which includes a referendum and two
seminars, Mu’emin Zalmi, media director of the
center said late Thursday. A questionnaire will be
distributed on more than one thousand youths as part
of the center's joint project with the KRG Ministry
of Health, in addition to two seminars in Erbil and
Sulaimaniyah cities, the outcomes of which will be
published later. “Seeing that cigarettes are now
recognized among the narcotics, to which many of the
Kurdish youth are addicted, we decided to carry out
this project”, Zalmi argued. Psychological, social
and heath professionals are expected to contribute
to the seminars by discussing some facts about the
harmful effects of smoking over two days, May 30-31,
in Runaki hall in Sulaimaniyah University and
Chwarchra Hotel in Erbil, according to him. In
Kurdistan Region 41 percent of men and 7 percent of
women smoke, out of these numbers 21 percent are
boys and 12 percent girls, as the figures by the
Health Directorate of Sulaimaniyah indicate.The No
Tobacco Day is marked on May 31 ever year around the
world. Smoking and its consequences claim the life
of five million individuals on a yearly base
worldwide. aknews com
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