At least 16 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of bomb attacks on police in Iraq's northern oil city of Kirkuk.

A police patrol was targeted in the first blast in the city centre at about 0730 (0330 GMT), leaving at least 10 dead, a police official said.

About half an hour later, a suspected suicide car bomber tried to ram the main police headquarters, killing five.

The offices of President Talabani's Kurdish party were also targeted.

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The Presidents of the Higher Islamic Revolution Council and as-Sader Trend have discussed the last developments in the country and means of upgrading that state’s establishments all over Iraq.
During a meeting at al-Mehrab Martyr Bureau, Abdul Aziz al-Hakeem and Moqtada as-Sadar, in holy al-Najaf city discussed several ideas to humiliate obstacles which hinder the living standard of the population in various life domains
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One of the Iraqi researchers had gained the honorary membership of the Federal Russian Academy for data technician.
A statement issued from information department at the Ministry of Science and Technology, as-Sabah gained a copy of it, which the researcher had participated as a representative for Iraq for the ministry in the proceedings of the 58th International Conference on occasion of passing 20 years on Shernpel disaster and its effects against Belarus country and people
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The biggest security plan will start tomorrow in Baghdad and will be fulfilled by four divisions.Officers of defense and interior ministries emphasized the necessity of citizens cooperation since this plan aims to provide security, although it my causes some troubles to them.
Prime minister said that security in Iraq starts from Baghdad, while analysts said that Maliki plan aims to drag terrorists and surround them and attack them through similar plans which he hinted to in some of the provinces.Sources sa ... full story

General Qais al-Ma'morri Babylon province's police director emphasized that the province considered as a safety provinces measuring to the terror challenge sizes faced currently in time terror actions raised over up to Hilla city center.
Ma'amorri praised citizen's support in uncovering many terrorist nets & untied their shaping, pointed that the residents in the province realized the real danger of the terror and the bad resulted of uncovering their nets, so they were so helpful with the police forces. On ... full story

Higher Education Ministry has allocated over six billion Dinars for reconstruction of the Nahrain University in the light of reconstruction drive by the ministry for all universities, head of the university Dr. Adnan al-Janabi said.
He added that one of the phases is establishing a college for technical information which is the first college in the country.He elaborated that rebuilding hostels for students were part of the plan
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Iraq has released about 600 prisoners, the first of 2,500 due to be set free as part of a national reconciliation initiative by the prime minister.

Nouri Maliki said those freed would be people with no clear evidence against them or who were arrested by mistake.

More than 100 prisoners were brought to Baghdad by bus, where Sunni Arab politician Omar Juburi welcomed them and gave each one a gift of $200.

About 29,000 prisoners are believed to be held in US- and Iraqi-run jails.

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Ministry of education showed its adopting of students who have cultural and literary sense and to overcome obstacles that face cultured persons and that it seeks to provide opportunities for teaching staffs to complete their higher study.
Minister of education said that he will ask the government to transfer the body of the great poet al-Jawahiri from Syria to Iraq to honor this Iraqi poet who died far from his homeland

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Within its plan to enter the updated technique at the domain of mouth health and tooth, the Ministry of Health has installed 30 highly-precise working-system digital machines as well as Lazier machines
specialized in dentistry in the specialist health centers and units of face and mandible surgery at health departments in Baghdad and other provinces
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The governorate of Kerbala has initiated the project of the green belt around the city and another six projects to upgrade the agriculture status in the province and developing it, according to the Director of Agriculture, the Eng. Amaal adin Majeed al-Har.Al-Har said:
that the green belt is implemented through a financial volunteering presented by some province’s departments as well as the Ministry of Water Resources, which digging around 18 well out of 35 wells to maintain the green zones at the provinc ... full story