2011年3月24日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi Kurdistan building 11 dams, 28 more planned (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:42 AM PDT

A general shot shows the Dukan dam built in 1955 northwest of Suleimaniyah in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan, 75 kilometres (50 miles) northeast of Kirkuk province, in January 2011. Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan area are building 11 dams and plan dozens more, the region's agriculture minister said Thursday, a move that could raise tensions over water.(AFP/File/Shwan Mohammed)AFP - Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan area are building 11 dams and plan dozens more, the region's agriculture minister said Thursday, a move that could raise tensions over water.


Riot erupts at Iraq detention centre (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:29 AM PDT

Reuters - A riot erupted in a temporary detention center in central Baghdad Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said, and authorities called for back-up to help calm the situation.

Yemen says Al-Jazeera shut for 'false' footage (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:36 AM PDT

A Yemeni holds a sign as he takes part in a demonstration against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. Yemen has evicted Al-Jazeera after it said footage of torture in an Iraqi jail was broadcast as having been filmed in the Arabian peninsula state.(AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)AFP - Yemen said on Thursday it evicted Al-Jazeera, which gives extensive coverage of Arab revolts, after it said footage of torture in an Iraqi jail was broadcast as having been filmed in the Arabian peninsula state.


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