Tikrit (Iraq), Jan. 30 : A huge bronze shoe sculpture has been erected in tribute to the Iraqi journalist who grabbed instant fame when threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush last year.
The shoe, in which a tree has been planted, stands 10 feet high and sits atop a white pedestal in Tikrit, the hometown of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the Telegraph reports.
Baghdad - A sculpture of an enormous bronze-coloured shoe was unveiled on Thursday in honour of the Iraqi reporter who hurled his shoes at then-US president George W Bush in December.
The huge sculpture, made of fiberglass and coated with copper, was erected at an orphanage complex in the northern city of Tikrit, which was the hometown of late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, CNN reported on Thursday.
Mosul - Iraqi security forces on Thursday safely detonated a car bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki campaigned in the city two days before Iraq's provincial elections, local media reported.
"An Iraqi army force on Thursday managed to detonate a car crammed with explosives in the Baath neighbourhood of eastern Mosul, without casualties," a security source told the Voices of Iraq news agency.
Baghdad - The Iraqi government has decided not to renew the operational licence for Blackwater, a private US security firm involved in a 2007 firefight that left at least 14 Iraqi civilians dead, local media reported Thursday.
"The licence is finished. By order of the interior minister, it will not be renewed," interior ministry spokesman Abdel Karim Khalaf said in remarks broadcast on Arabic satellite news channels Thursday.
Baghdad - A Kuwaiti company will build a 40 million-dollar tourist hotel in the Iraqi southern province of Dhi Qar, according to the province's investment authority Wednesday.
Ismail al-Aboudi, director of the investment authority, told the Voices of Iraq news agency that the Kuwaiti firm "received a permit to set up a five-star hotel of international standards during a ceremony held at the Businessmen's Union Hall".
Baghdad - Early voting in provincial elections began Wednesday in Iraq, ahead of the main round of balloting due to begin at the weekend, election officials confirmed.
The special voting day allows Iraqi security forces, detainees and hospital patients to cast ballots in the provincial elections.
The polls will be held in 14 of 18 provinces. A total of 614,998 people are expected to vote in the special election Wednesday, Iraqi election officials told the Voices of Iraq news agency.
Around 800 international observers are monitoring the 75 electoral centres in Baghdad and other provinces during the early voting.
Tikrit (Iraq), Jan. 30 : A huge bronze shoe sculpture has been erected in tribute to the Iraqi journalist who grabbed instant fame when threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush last year.
Baghdad - A sculpture of an enormous bronze-coloured shoe was unveiled on Thursday in honour of the Iraqi reporter who hurled his shoes at then-US president George W Bush in December.
Mosul - Iraqi security forces on Thursday safely detonated a car bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki campaigned in the city two days before Iraq's provincial elections, local media reported.
Baghdad - The Iraqi government has decided not to renew the operational licence for Blackwater, a private US security firm involved in a 2007 firefight that left at least 14 Iraqi civilians dead, local media reported Thursday.
Baghdad - A Kuwaiti company will build a 40 million-dollar tourist hotel in the Iraqi southern province of Dhi Qar, according to the province's investment authority Wednesday.
Baghdad - Early voting in provincial elections began Wednesday in Iraq, ahead of the main round of balloting due to begin at the weekend, election officials confirmed.
