Baghdad - Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Mohamed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah arrived in Iraq on Thursday, the first visit by a Kuwaiti official in 19 years, local media reported.
Iraq, under Former President Saddam Hussein, invaded the neighboring Gulf state of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, a move which triggered the first Gulf War in 1991. Relations between the neighbouring states have been icy since.
The Kuwaiti minister was received by his Iraqi counterpart, Hoshyar Zebari.
Mosul - At least three US soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were wounded in Iraq after men dressed in Iraqi police uniforms shot at them near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the US military confirmed on Tuesday night.
The US military denied earlier conflicting reports of US soldiers killed in the attack.
A source in the Mosul police force had earlier said that two US soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter working with them had been fatally shot near a bridge just outside Mosul.
London - The British government Tuesday vetoed the publication of confidential cabinet papers relating to discussions over the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw told parliament that he could not permit the release of the records because it would cause too much "damage" to democracy.
He had signed a certificate vetoing rulings by the Information Commissioner and Information Tribunal that key records should be disclosed, Straw said.
London - The British government Tuesday vetoed the publication of confidential cabinet papers relating to discussions over the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw told parliament that he could not permit the release of the records because it would cause too much "damage" to democracy.
He had signed a certificate vetoing rulings by the Information Commissioner and Information Tribunal that key records should be disclosed, Straw said.
Mosul - Five US soldiers, an Iraqi policeman, and two Iraqi interpreters were fatally shot in separate incidents in Iraq on Tuesday, Iraqi police sources and the US military said.
A source in the Mosul police force, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, on Tuesday told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that two US soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter working with them had been fatally shot.
Seoul - South Korea and Iraq on Tuesday signed a 3.55-billion-dollar deal to support Bagdad in rebuilding the country in exchange for substantial oil rights.
Seoul agreed to aid in reconstruction efforts and rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure in exchange for the rights to about 2 billion barrels of Iraqi oil produced in the region around Basra in southern Iraq, the office of President Lee Myung Bak said.
"With this agreement, our side can now acquire rights to develop oil reserves in Iraq's Basra region, where most Iraqi oil is produced," the presidential office said in a press release after the deal was signed by Lee and his visiting Iranian counterpart Jalal Talabani.
Baghdad - Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Mohamed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah arrived in Iraq on Thursday, the first visit by a Kuwaiti official in 19 years, local media reported.
Mosul - At least three US soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were wounded in Iraq after men dressed in Iraqi police uniforms shot at them near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the US military confirmed on Tuesday night.
London - The British government Tuesday vetoed the publication of confidential cabinet papers relating to discussions over the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
London - The British government Tuesday vetoed the publication of confidential cabinet papers relating to discussions over the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Mosul - Five US soldiers, an Iraqi policeman, and two Iraqi interpreters were fatally shot in separate incidents in Iraq on Tuesday, Iraqi police sources and the US military said.
