Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – In Iraq’s Al-Faw Port, China’s state-owned Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) has been given the go-ahead to construct one of the biggest seawater desalination facilities in the world. Farhan Al-Fartoosi, the Director of the General Company for Ports in Iraq, told INA that they met with PowerChina team members about the project as
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Bani Saad – In a small village in central Iraq, children cram into dilapidated classrooms in a converted farmhouse with open-air toilets, a symptom of how education has been neglected in the oil-rich but war-weary country. “We close the school when it rains because water leaks through the roof,” said Oudai Abdallah, director of a public elementary school in Bani Saad distric
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Minister of Finance, Taif Sami, confirmed on Monday that the government had developed plans to accelerate financial and banking reforms. Sami’s remarks took place during a meeting with the World Bank Country Director for the Middle East Department, Jean-Christophe Carret, the World Bank Country Manager and Special Representative in Iraq, R
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Jabr Al-Maliki, discussed this week sophisticated storage systems and smart rice and tomato farming techniques with a delegation from the South Korean company KRE. The Agriculture Ministry mentioned in a statement that Al-Maliki chaired a meeting with a delegation from KRE and officials from the Iraqi agricul
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Prime Minister’s advisor on transport affairs, Nasser Al-Asadi, said on Thursday that the designs for the Baghdad Metro project have been completed. Al-Asadi explained that with 64 stations spread across 148 kilometers, the Baghdad Metro project will cover 85 percent of the capital city, including all holy sites, hospitals, colleges, and t
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