1. Report: President Talabani discusses outcome of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan' Baghdad visit with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi. (120 words, p 1)

2. Report: Kurdistan Presidency decries kidnap of three German tourists in eastern Turkey. (50 words, p 1)

3. Report: Al-Maliki's Cabinet to be reshuffled next Tuesday, with Kurdistan Alliance nominating independent candidate for Justice Portfolio. (130 words, p 1)

4. Report: Kurdistan Coordinator with UN Dindar Zebari asks for census to determine number of displaced Iraqis residing in Kurdistan Region. (210 words, p 1)

5. Report: Germany to open consulate in Kurdistan Region soon. (100 words, p 1)

6. Report: First batch of trainees graduate from Sulaymaniyah- based Kurdistan College for Qualifying Imams, Mosque Preachers. (260 words, p 4)

7. Report: About seventy per cent of work on Arbil Central Refinery now completed. (110 words, p 4)

8. Report: 17bn dinars allocated to countering drought in Garmiyan area. (110 words, p 4)

9. Report: Kurdistan Zaydar Band wins two awards at international music festival in Austria. (180 words, p 4)

10. Report: KDP delegation takes part in Spanish Socialist Party's 37th Conference. (120 words, p 4)

11. Report: Representative of Kurdistan Ministry of Endowments participates in symposium on organizing pilgrimage rites held in Iran. (60 words, p 4)

Al-Ittihad, Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK.

1. Report: In final communiqu, Socialist International expresses solidarity with its Iraqi member, i.e. PUK, and full support for its leaders in their march towards democratizing Iraqi society. (330 words, p 1)

2. Report: President Talabani underscores importance of broadening ties with Turkey. (110 words, p 1)

3. Report: Seven terrorists affiliated to Ansar al-Islam' group killed near Hemrin. (90 words,)

4. Report: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari tackles progress of negotiations on strategic agreement with Crocker, Satterfield. (240 words,)

5. Report: Al-Maliki invites German firms to execute construction projects in Iraq. (180 words,)

6. Report: President, Vice President of Kurdistan Region confer with Staffan de Mistura in Arbil. (100 words,)

7. Report: Expanded meeting held on Constitutional Article 140 in Khanaqien. (280 words,)

8. Column by Firyad Rawanduzi titled "Foursome Agreement in limbo!!": The writer regrets that the Foursome Agreement signed by the PUK, the KDP, the SIIC and Al-Da'wah Party, i.e. the main ruling parties at present who were also the closest allies in the anti- Saddam opposition movement, has not been activated in any way since its conclusion. He notes that the same is true, though to a lesser degree, of the Tripartite Protocol signed by the PUK, the KDP and the Islamic Party. Invoking a complaint made by the Romanian official once that Iraqi delegates attending foreign conferences tend to leave everything behind them once they leave the conference room, the writer is very critical of this administrative and organizational malaise, which he believes to be responsible for much of the parliamentary and governmental inertia we are witnessing in present-day Iraq.

Originally published by Sources as listed, in Arabic 13 Jul 08.

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