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News Summary June 1, 2010 - 12:28:22


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June 1, 2010 - 12:28:22

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Following is a summary of news reports posted until 04:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Tuesday – June 1:

*Politics:

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the leader of the Dawlat al-Qanoon (State of Law) bloc, gave instructions to withdraw all the contests forwarded by his bloc against the recent Iraqi parliamentary election results, a source close to Maliki said on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD - A Baghdad newspaper on Tuesday uncovered the salaries of the top 10 state officials, with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani taking the lead with an annual salary of $700,000.

SULAIMANIYA - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya on Tuesday morning to attend ceremonies of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan congress inaugural session, a member of the PUK politburo said.

SULAIMANIYA - Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barazani urged political blocs on Tuesday to have recourse to the nation’s permanent constitution in the formation of a new government, affirming that Jalal Talabani is the Kurds’ candidate for a second presidential term in office.

BAGHDAD - Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court announced on Tuesday that it endorsed the results of the March 7 legislative elections.

*Security:

KIRKUK - A force from the Kirkuk Districts’ Police Department captured a wanted man west of Kirkuk city on Tuesday, according the KDPD director.

ANBAR - The Anbar’s provincial council member Muzher al-Mulla Khidr said on Tuesday that a force from the province’s security operations department raided his house in search of wanted persons.

WASSIT - The Wassit-based Quick Response Department forces captured wanted persons, members of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in the northern part of the province on Tuesday, including two involved in a bombing attack on an outdoor souk (market) three years ago, according to the QRD chief.

DIALA - Diala’s Police Department forces on Tuesday captured nine wanted persons in different areas of the province, while three others turned themselves in to security forces, according to the department’s official spokesman.

KIRKUK - A force from the Kirkuk Districts’ Police Department captured a wanted man west of Kirkuk city on Tuesday, according the KDPD director.

BASRA - Nine wanted persons and suspects were captured and an amount of munitions and weapons during search raids all over the province of Basra on Tuesday, a local police source said.

NINEWA - A woman was killed on Tuesday by gunmen near her house in western Mosul, according to a security source.

*Economy:

BAGHDAD - A list of 10 out of a total 52 companies were selected to start working on the first stage of the 10×10 project to rebuild Sadr City, according to a press release by mayoralty’s information office on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD - The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) dollar sales went down to reach $121.220 million in its daily auction Tuesday, compared to $146.493 million in the previous session.

MISSAN - Four projects for sidewalks in the city of Amara were finalized at more than 4 billion Iraqi dinars (ID) as part of the Provincial Development Budget (PDB) appropriations, according to the Amara municipality chief on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) index went up by 0.4% to close at 93 points as rates of shares of 11 out of a total 29 firms traded in today’s session saw better time.

*Variety:

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi cabinet approved transferring the sum of 5.9 billion Iraqi dinars to Iraqi banks in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan to give in salaries to displaced families, according to the government’s spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh on Tuesday.

KARBALA - The Karbala provincial council decided on Tuesday to relieve the province’s health commission chief from his post due to his poor health condition and entrust his deputy to run the institution pending the appointment of a new director, a local official said.

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