WIDE POLITICAL MOVEMENTS TOWARDS IDEAL FEATURE OF GOVERNMENT  
Baghdad, As-Sabah , March 15, Page 1 
The Iraqi political forces and organizations have started wide move through consultations to realize agreement in the course of finding the ideal formula for the creation of the Iraqi government by June 30^th in accordance with provisions of sovereignty transference. The movements inside the Governing Council took different sides the 1^st one aims to keep on the formula of current councils i.e it represents the advisory board (Advisory council) for the coming government which will be chosen upon consultations with the CPA and active political forces on the Iraqi arena. The supporters of such trend deem the council is representing all Iraqi people trends and it received wide acceptance inside Iraq and abroad. The 2^nd direction undertakes expanding the council to include all segments of the Iraqi society. The supporters of this direction are hopeful to increase the numbers of the current council into 100 on condition the choice depends on the presence of representatives from all Iraqi provinces to make available for Iraqi political forces to have a complete role in political process. The role of UN in the creation of the government yet broke out discord among members of the Governing Council as some of them deem the importance for UN to take its active and effective role in the creation process of new government to add legality and acceptance feature by Iraqi people. The other group deems the UN role should be confined to consultation if necessary as being reported by the interim constitution.   

MOO MEETS VIETNAMESE DIPLOMAT
Baghdad, As-Sabah, March 15, Page 2 
Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Bahr al-Uloom, the minister of oil met the Vietnamese ambassador in Iraq to discuss the implementation of the concluded contract with the Vietnamese 'PetroVietnam' company before the fall of Saddam's regime. The diplomat expressed his country's keenness to upgrade the oil sector in Iraq through providing the spare parts and training oil cadres.    

SIT-IN STRIKE AT BABYLON HOTEL TURNS TO CLASH 
Baghdad, As-Sabah , March 15, Page 3 
A sit-in strike staged by Babylon hotel staff to increase their fees has turned into strict clash with members of management board leads to destroy vehicle of the manager inside the hotel. The management staff reported that the strikers were demanded to improve their standards of living, increase their salaries in agreement with their certificate, expertise, years service besides other fixed fees around ID 3,000 a day similar to  five-star hotels. As-Sabah interviewed some of the hotel's personnel who said that their salaries don't exceed ID 45, 000 while the salaries of their counterparts in other hotels reach ID 90,000, clarifying that pretexts of the hotel management are groundless since the hotel is full of foreign guests whom they pay in hard currency.

TOURISM CHIEF ATTENDS SYMPOSIUM
Baghdad, As-Sabah , March 15, Page 3 
Mr. Muhammed Muwafaq Talib the chief tourism and travel companies union has said that the decision of the Governing Council to dissolve the previous tourism boards comes within the framework of re-regulation of the unions through free and honest elections to create temporary tourism board. At a symposium held by the union , attended by a number  of journalists and reporters , Al- Talib said that the ex-regime scaled tourism companies , confined them to one company working for its favor despite that the fact that the financial revenue for tourism in Iraq occupies the 2^nd position after oil.    He indicated that CPA and the Governing Council has ignored this active facility particularly the religious tourism , saying that each tourist who enters Iraq contributes in operating 11 persons , and it is possible to operate more that that figure, to eliminate unemployment .  

PUMPING  6,000,000 BARRELS TO CEYHAN VIA NORTHERN OIL PIPE LINE
Baghdad, As-Sabah , March 15, Page 3 
Dr. Ibrahim Muhammed Bahr al- Uloom the oil minister announced that the ministry inaugurated the northern oil pipe line last week through pumping more than six millions oil barrels to Turkish Ceyhan port were sold for Greek , French , US and three European companies through the tender. Referring that Kirkuk oil is preferred by European states thanks to its near site to the Mediterranean ports , adding that the ministry is now depending on southern ports whereas the production reach to 2,5 bpd besides the continuation of work in Basra and Khor al- Amya port the ministry sought to develop their other lines to measure up 1,7 million bpd . 

IRAQI WOMAN ASSOCIATION , USAID HOLD SYMPOSIUM
Wassit , As-Sabah , March 15, Page 4 
In partnership with USAID , the Iraqi women association held a symposium on horizons of Iraqi women role , attended by large number of Wassit University professors , chairmen of organizations , societies and concerned sides . The symposium's topics focused on equality between the two genders, human rights and minorities rights. Mrs. Bravda al- Uqabi the chairman of the association branch indicated that the symposium represents one of a series of symposium related to the civil society's organization role in promoting and enriching the social structure in coordination the research triple institute. 

NEW MASS GRAVE IN AMARA FOUND
Amara  , As-Sabah , March 15, Page 4 
A new mass grave has been discovered recently . It contains the remains of 17 victims including two women in Al-Segel , Al- Khamas districts overlooking on marshes hills in Amara . The victims were all killed during the attack launched by 18 armored divisions against Amara population in 1996 after the marches were drained by the supporters of ousted regime, forcing the population to leave their region. The commemoration ceremony held at the cemetery for the rest of the martyrs souls executed by Saddam's regime tyrants. Representatives of organizations and national parties attended the ceremony .  Notably, the mass grave was discovered by Badr organization as being reported by the chief cultural and information center at the organization who said "It is an ordinary matter to find mass grave in every spot in Iraq due to the criminal practices by the dictatorial regime". 

20 SCHOLARSHIPS TO BRITAIN
Baghdad, As-Sabah, March 15, page4 
Dr. Mahoud Shaker Abdul Hussein, the director of the Technical Education Board has recently announced that 20 scholarships to Britain are organized in specializations like: engineering, industrial management and business. He added that CHEVEMING institution expressed readiness to receive the students for 9 months and cover all expenditures in accordance with the scientific cooperation from Britain government.      

MOE VISITS CHINA, 3 ARAB STATES
Baghdad, As-Sabah, March 15, page4 
    The minister of Electricity, Dr. Ayham Al-Samerae, is to tour Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon to discuss means of mutual cooperation with those countries in respect to electricity. On the sideline of the visit, Dr. Al-Samerae will attend the economic conference due to be held in Beirut next week.  Al-Sabah has recently learned that the minister is to visit China to discuss some contracts signed earlier in an attempt to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.  

GC MEMBER MEETS IRAQI PLASTIC ARTISTS GATHERING
Baghdad, As-Sabah, March 15, page4 
Mr. Naseer Al-Jaderchi, the member of the Governing Council met the chief and members of Iraqi Plastic Artists Gathering last Thursday. The meeting included discussing a set of suggestions that aim to promote the plastic arts movement in Iraq.  The meeting assured that the "Anonymous Solider" monument, performed be the architect Refa't Al-Jaderchi, should be reset up at Ferdos Square. Also, rehabilitating the National Museum of Modern Art, and work on to reopen "Aya" art Gallery, since it has contributed in building an important side of Iraqi plastic arts in the 1960s.  The chief of Gathering, Artist Neda Kadhum, said that the meeting discussed the structure of Plastic Artists Society and should organize elections in the right time.