BAGHDAD Sunday, November 08, 2009 (IRIN) - More and more people in Iraq are being affected by food insecurity, a senior official has said. Reduced domestic agricultural production, inflation, unemployment and a crumbling system of subsidized food distributions have hit poor people the hardest.
Source: IRIN - Iraq |
BAGHDAD Monday, November 02, 2009 (IRIN) - Rain thoughout Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdistan region, which has been absent for two years, is prompting the return of farmers who had abandoned their land, according to officials.
Source: IRIN - Iraq |
BAGHDAD Thursday, October 22, 2009 (IRIN) - Panic over the possible spread of H1N1 influenza has prompted the closure of more than 2,000 schools in Iraq, according to officials.
Source: IRIN - Iraq |
DAMASCUS Tuesday, August 04, 2009 (IRIN) - Iraqi refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon may be missing out on vital assistance because of problems tracing them in the cities, says the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in a report, Surviving in the City.
Source: IRIN - Iraq |
BAGHDAD Tuesday, July 21, 2009 (IRIN) - Displaced Iraqi women are reluctant to return home, despite relatively improved security in the country and the tough conditions in camps, because of continuing uncertainties, says an NGO advocating for displaced people.
Source: IRIN - Iraq |
Three Iraqi refugees produce an album with UNHCR's help and release it on music-sharing sites. The profits will help other refugees in Syria.
Source: UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency | 10 Jun 2009 | 8:00 pm
AFP - Iraq on Sunday for the first time said that the bombers who killed more than 150 people in Baghdad on October 25 came from neighbouring Syria, but steered well clear of accusing Damascus of collusion.
Source: Yahoo! News: Iraq | 22 Nov 2009 | 3:08 pm
AP - The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee moved to Michigan.
Source: Yahoo! News: Iraq | 22 Nov 2009 | 12:16 pm
AFP - The US army says its prison techniques in Iraq have cut the number of insurgents returning to the armed struggle, despite claims to the contrary from Baghdad, and plans to copy the methods in Afghanistan.
Source: Yahoo! News: Iraq | 22 Nov 2009 | 4:48 am
AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Iraq | 21 Nov 2009 | 9:18 am
Reuters - U.S. Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the charges against one of five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad.
Source: Yahoo! News: Iraq | 20 Nov 2009 | 5:47 pm
The United Nations food agency today launched a school feeding programme in Iraq, providing some 172,000 children with a free daily snack to help boost attendance and learning in eight of the country's poorest districts.
Source: UN News Centre - Middle East | 16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
On his third day visit to Paris, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met with French businessmen commission and urge them to invest in Iraq. President Talabani sought more investments by French businessmen in oil, electricity and infrastructure fields. Ministers accompanying Iraqi President Jalal ...
Source: Alsumaria TV Iraq, Iraq news | Iraq News | RSS feed | 19 Nov 2009 | 4:58 am
Iraqi Vice President Tarek Al Hashemi vetoed on Wednesday the election law article 1 calling to amend the paragraph concerning displaced which he believes contradicts with Constitution Article 49. For more details, click on play movie.
Source: Alsumaria TV Iraq, Iraq news | Iraq News | RSS feed | 19 Nov 2009 | 2:30 am
US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Eric Schwartz held talks with Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi, who "urged "more assistance to cope with the burdens of hosting hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees. The US Embassy in Amman reported that ...
Source: Alsumaria TV Iraq, Iraq news | Iraq News | RSS feed | 18 Nov 2009 | 5:10 am