Indian Oil is exploring possibility of bidding for Iraqi oil in future export tenders the company said on Monday.
Iraqi civilian drowned after being forced to jump off a bridge in Baghdad
Two suicide bombers wearing explosive belts blew themselves up in the middle of a group of 500 special forces policemen protesting the disbanding of their unit.
The country's largest refinery, Indian Oil Corporation, is unlikely to bid for the Iraqi crude oil tendered on Thursday, as the delivery schedule and other specifications do not meet its requirements.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi condemned the killing, but said Italian troops would remain in Iraq.
'Till last night everything was going fine. We were expecting to receive the hostages but the abductors changed their mind at the last minute and put in the new demand,' said KGL spokesperson Rana Abu-Zaineh.
The cleric was the only Shia leader to have objected to Shankar's plans for holding meditation classes.
Muntazer, 30, was initially sentenced to three years for assaulting a foreign head of state but had his jail time reduced to one year on appeal. He is being freed early because of good behaviour.
India has evacuated two nurses, other than the 46 nurses stranded in a hospital in Tikrit, from Iraq's conflict zone taking the total number of those rescued so far to 36.
An Iraqi soccer fan shot dead a player of the opposing team as he tried to score an equalising goal in the final minutes of a match, police said on Monday. The shooting on Saturday in Hilla, 100 km south of Baghdad, during a match between local teams, underscored the country's propensity to lawlessness even as violence by militant groups falls to lows not seen since mid-2003.
Most of India's oil supplies are expected to stay safe because of the country's good relations with both Russia and Iran. That would take care of over a third of India's supplies.
Following the strict Sharia law, militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have ordered shopkeepers in the Iraqi city of Mosul to cover the faces of mannequins.
At least 36 Iraqis were feared killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a recruiting centre for the New Iraqi Army in southeastern Baghdad on Wednesday.
Sunnis have voted against the constitution.
Saddam was sentenced to death for killing 148 Shias in 1982.
The value of oil has dropped by 30 per cent in a week, having peaked at nearly $40 last month. A big wave of extra OPEC oil arriving in the West, replacing supply lost from war-torn Iraq, also helped ease the threat of shortages.\n\n\n\n
Iraqi first division player Ahmed Naser lost one of his legs during a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday, the Asian Football Confederation reported on its web site on Wednesday.
Bush, US State Department express disgust at media images.
Abdel-Zahraa Othman was among four Iraqis killed in the blast, an Iraqi source said.
At least 27 people were dead but the violence had slowed and voting picked up.
Ranveer Singh made his fans proud as he received a special honour at the Red Sea Film Festival 2023.
Breaking its silence on the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers, particularly inmates of Abu Ghraib jail, India on Tuesday termed such acts as 'abhorrent'.
United States President Barack Obama will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the White House on April 14 to discuss a range of issues, including the military campaign against the Islamic State.
He is also likely to meet his counterparts from key countries like Russia, China and Israel.
Two Iraqi citizens have been charged in the United States with conspiracy to provide material support to Al Qaeda in Iraq and plotting to carry out terrorist attacks on US troops in their home country.
Abdullah, 27, was the passenger of the burning explosives-laden jeep, which was allegedly driven by Indian Kafeel Ahmed into the Glasgow Airport last Saturday.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who has undertaken this visit at the invitation of Maliki, is expected to meet with several leaders from the Sunni, Shia and Kurdish parties.
India Monday reiterated its support to the right of the Iraqi people to freely determine their own political future and exercise control over their natural resources.
Sehgal has said that Natwar Singh introduced him to Iraqi officials.
Initiating a discussion on the adjournment motion moved by him on the issue, Leader of the Opposition L K Advani ridiculed the ruling party's claims that the Volcker Committee report was an attempt to tarnish Congress.
An Iraqi doctor, who along with his Indian accomplice attempted to set off massive car bombs at the Glasgow airport and a London nightclub, was on Wednesday jailed for a minimum of 32 years after he was convicted of trying to kill hundreds of people in the botched attacks in June 2007.Bilal Abdulla, 29, was found guilty on Tuesday by the Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions.
Samiya Royala Hanif Ali Hussein Ali (40) was alone in her hotel room when the incident happened.
British soldiers have been accused of executing up to 20 Iraqi prisoners in cold blood, a charge denied by the government.
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