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DP World Plans Huge Growth as Net Soars

Dubai World subsidiary Dubai Ports World said it will expand its global network of terminals as emerging markets trade boosted its financial results for the first half of 2008. Emirates Business 24/7 - 29Aug 08:01GMT
Iraq's Sadr suspends militia activity indefinitely

Iraqi Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr said on Thursday that he has suspended indefinitely the activity of the Mahdi Army, his feared 60,000 strong militia.. AFP - 28Aug 11:00GMT
60 new schools in Missan in Iraq

The higher council for reconstruction has agreed with Missan province to establish 60 new elementary schools to replace 60 mud-brick schools spread in separate areas of Missan in Iraq. Aswat Aliraq - 28Aug 05:25GMT
Iraq Revives Oil Deal With China

Iraq's oil minister has revived a big oil deal first negotiated between China and the government of Saddam Hussein, but has indicated that the terms of the contract will be far less generous. Financial Times - 28Aug 04:16GMT
Top Shiite cleric urges Iraqis to register to vote

Revered Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Wednesday urged Iraqis to register so they can vote in provincial elections planned to be held by early next year. AFP - 27Aug 13:09GMT
Iraq Seeks Loan From Japan For Water Projects

Iraq is negotiating a multi-million-dollar loan from Japan to fund water and sewage projects in Baghdad and in the northern Kurdish region, the government said. AFP - 27Aug 09:59GMT
2 health projects to be established in Sadr City

Local construction companies will start soon implementing two big projects to set up a blood bank and a center for treating asthma with more than 4 billion dinars, a source from the reconstruction committee in Sadr City said. Aswat Aliraq - 27Aug 06:14GMT
Iraq Tourism Board Seeks Investors for Jazirat AI A'ras

Iraq's Tourism Board is seeking investors for the Development of Jazirat AI A'ras, also known as Jazirat Janain, a romantic island in the heart of historic Baghdad, on the Tigris River. Press Release - 26Aug 09:14GMT
Demand for LCD TVs in MEA to reach 6.1M by 2011

Prospering regional economies combined with growing disposable incomes and interests in technology are resulting in Middle East consumers demanding bigger and better LCD TVs. Press Release - 26Aug 08:59GMT
Iraq Says Date For Pull-Out By US Is Agreed

The US has agreed to withdraw all troops from Iraq by 2011, Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, said. Financial Times - 26Aug 04:45GMT

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1	Commission of Electricity	Iraq	42,200
2	Ministry of Health - Iraq	Iraq	28,000
3	Iraqi Telecommunication and Post Company	Iraq	22,000
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