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June
28, 2012 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
Miss Beauty of Kurdistan
Region will be chosen today
Erbil: The head of the committee for Hala Hawler's
Festival announced that Miss Beauty of the Kurdistan
Region will be chosen Thursday in a pageant at
Rotana Hotel. Sirwan Tofiq said: "A committee from
Lebanon is invited to choose the Miss Beauty and is
headed by Miss Poland 2005 Agata Wozniak. "Forty
three contenders participated in the competition and
only 12 made it to the final. Miss Beauty will be
chosen from among these 12 finalists.” Three of the
finalists are Kurds from European countries and the
others are from the region’s provinces. This is the
first beauty pageant in the Kurdistan Region.
aknews.com
Main Kurdistan opposition
party, Gorran, supports early elections as "final
solution"
Erbil: The Kurdish Gorran (Change) Movement supports
staging early national elections if it is the final
solution for settling the current political impasse
in Iraq, said a senior party official. Gorran
welcomes any solution for breaking through the
crisis the country is experiencing, said Mohammed
Tofiq, a spokesperson for Gorran. Yesterday Iraqi
Prime Minister called for early elections. At the
same time he renewed calls for holding talks and
promised reform in all the institutions of the
state. This is while the MPs are preparing to
interrogate Maliki over "constitutional violations."
Under article 62 of the Iraqi constitution, the
House of Representatives cannot be dissolved while
the House proceeds to interrogate the PM. Efforts to
bring down Maliki have been intensified recently and
key leaders as Iraqiya List Leader Ayad Allawi, Sadr
Current Leader Muqtada Sadr and Kurdistan's
President Massoud Barzani, support the campaign.
aknews.com
Kurdistan government and
private sectors concentrate more on industry,
agriculture and tourism sectors, says Barzani
Erbil: Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister Nechirvan
Barzani said the government and private sectors from
now on will concentrate more on industry,
agriculture and tourism sectors. Barzani and his
deputy Imad Ahmed met with a number of the region's
investors in the Ministry of Council's building,
according to a statement from the Kurdistan Regional
Government. In the meeting, both sides discussed the
situation of investment in the region and methods to
enhance it. They also talked about the managerial
and legal problems faced in their work. Barzani
said: "The regional government supports investors
and works to eliminate the barriers facing
investment in the region." aknews.com
Iraq's Foreign Ministry
denies member involvement in money transactions
Erbil: Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied
that its members are involvement in illegal money
transactions abroad. The ministry's website reported
that the transparency association in Iraq said on
al-Sharqia TV channel that Iraq's diplomats and
officials in the country's Ministry of Trade carried
out illegal money transactions. The ministry said:
"These rumors are baseless and untrue and not based
on any evidence." aknews.com
Barzani Rejects Calls to
Meet With Maliki
Erbil: Political leaders and officials have tried to
persuade Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani
to talk with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki,
but Barzani still refuses dialogue with a man he
accuses of totalitarianism and the cause of Iraq’s
political crisis. Maliki became prime minister with
the consent of Barzani and his allies following
Iraq’s 2010 elections, but his failure to fulfill
the terms of the Erbil Agreement has compelled the
Kurds, Iraqiya bloc and Sadr Movement to demand a
withdrawal of confidence from him. Arif Tayfur,
deputy Iraqi parliament speaker and member of the
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) political bureau,
says, "A lot of efforts are made to normalize the
political process in Iraq and make Maliki and
Barzani talk, but until now the efforts have been
futile.” Tayfur says there are no guarantees that
Maliki will ever fulfill his promises. “He has not
done it for six years and he has constantly
attempted to add to the crisis." Mala Bakhtiyar,
director of the executive committee of the Patriotic
Union of Kurdistan (PUK), requested in an open
letter last week that Barzani agree to talk with
Maliki. The Islamic Republic of Iran also requested
through their consulate in the Kurdistan Region that
Barzani resolve problems by "talking with Maliki."
According to Tayfur, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani
is among those who have asked Barzani to meet with
Maliki. “There are a number of political partners
Barzani needs to consult with before accepting to
sit down with Maliki.” Tayfur said....rudaw.net
Kurdistan's parliament to
proceed with first reading for making Sulaimaniyah
the city of culture
Erbil: The Kurdistan Region's parliament is
proceeding with the first reading of the draft law
for making Sulaimaniyah the city of culture in the
region, said the media advisor to the parliament’s
speaker. In the session, the first reading of the
draft law will be presented. Then the next debate
will be the release of the end of the second
meetings in the third election of the Kurdistan
parliament, added the advisor. aknews.com
Kirkuk Kurds leave
integrity committee meeting over Kurdish language
dispute
Erbil: The meeting between Iraq and Kirkuk's
integrity committee was held in the city's
provincial council on Monday but the Kirkuk Kurds
left the meeting due to a lack of Kurdish language
on the meeting’s bulletin board. The Kirkuk
Brotherhood List (KBL) held a press conference after
leaving the meeting. ember of the city council Ahmed
Askari said "We are in support of the elimination of
corruption in Kirkuk but we left the meeting because
the tablet meeting was only written in Arabic
without respecting the other three languages in the
city." According to law, everything in Kirkuk must
be written in four languages, including Arabic,
Turkish, Kurdish and Suriani, added Askari. "This is
the second time this conduct has been repeated. We
agreed that the bulletin board should be written in
four languages but the managerial board of the
meeting didn’t comply with its obligation.”.......aknews.com
Memorandum signed between
Iran and Kurdistan Region’s provinces
Erbil: Memorandums of understanding have been signed
in Krmashan between 12 border provinces of Iraq and
Iran, among them Erbil and Sulaimaniyah. Erbil
governor Nawzad Hadi said the memorandums of
understanding were signed between cities bordering
Iran and Iraq in a conference in Iran in the
presence of a number of Iran's government officials.
"The conference was held to strengthen economic and
trade relations between both parties and to solve
border crossing barriers like roads and customs."
Erbil province in the past signed a memorandum with
west Azerbaijan. This time the province signed a
memorandum with Krmashan and Khozistan. The
conference was held in Krmashan in Saturday and
Sunday. Trade exchange between Iran and Iraq
reached $5bn (5.8tr IQD) last year. aknews.com
Anti-smoking law issued
Erbil: The website of the secretariat of the Iraqi
Council of Ministers reported the issuance of
anti-smoking law no. 19 for the year 2012. The
department of citizens’ affairs and public relations
explained that the law aims to protect people from
the dangers of smoking and reduce the proportion of
smokers by setting standards for anti-smoking, said
the general secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
The law covers smoking in public places within the
governing bodies and ministries and departments,
educational and health, institutions, airports,
companies, factories and airports in all provinces
of Iraq. The law will take effect on September 30
after 90 days from the date of publication in the
Official Gazette. aknews.com
Kurdistan's Electricity
Ministry announces creation of five power plants
Erbil: The Kurdistan Region's minister of
electricity has announced the creation of five
hydropower and gas plants in the region. Yassen
Shekh Abubakir Mawati said the ministry has plans to
implement the project soon. The project includes
creating three hydropower plants in Deraluk-Rashawa
Dam, Mandawa-Kopala and Taqtaq. Mawati said: "The
ministry is set to create two gas power plants with
200-megawatt capacity each in Qaladze and Harir." Aknews.com
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