IRAQI PLANES FOR PROTECTING VITAL INSTALLATIONS
Baghdad, As-Sabah , August 30, Page 1 
Eight of Iraqi pilots started to receive training courses at Basra airport .The lectures concentrates on the reconnaissance planes specialized in monitoring the oil wells and the electricity stations in the south for the sake of maintaining security and system and avert acts of sabotage against the vital installations.An official source at Basra international airport said that these planes have the ability of flying six hours , and provided with infra-red rays to send photos and record quick films ,saying that there are other eight planes for this purpose will be imported from Australia. 

HEALTH MINISTRY DENIES SPREAD OF EPIDEMICS IN NAJAF
Baghdad, As-Sabah , August 30, Page 1 
The ministry of health has denied what is circulated by the news agencies about the spread of the epidemics in the city of Najaf because of the latest developments.Dr. Ni'ma Sa'eed the director of the health prevention and primary health care said that the ministry sent a team includes members of all health departments to make assessments on the needs of Najaf's population in the health and preventive fields. The committee will compensate the health institutions and providing them with appliances and equipments lost during the destruction happened in the city and sabotage acts.He referred that the problem that faces with the ministry of health is how to deal with corpses and some injured thought under rubble.He confirmed that the campaign is in dire need for the support of other sectors to avert the heath problems, saying that the vaccination campaign in Najaf will be carried out in the specified date 4^th September. 

IRAQ, IRAN BOOST COOPERATION
Baghdad, As-Sabah , August 30, Page 1 
The Iraqi minister of transport and its Iranian counterpart signed an agreement of cooperation in field of railway.Eng. Salam Jabur al- Abbasi the director general of the Iraqi railway state company said that Iraq received a proposal from the Iranian side to contribute in restructuring and manufacturing the main trains besides supplying the moving units with the concrete blocks.Notably, the ministry of transport is to set railway connecting Iraq with Iran within the ministry's plan aiming to make Iraq as a link between Europe, south eastern Asia and the Gulf States through connecting Iraq's railway net with the neighboring countries.

EXECUTING KIDNAPPERS IN NINEVEH'S PUBLIC SQUARES  
Mosul , As-Sabah , August 30, Page 1 
Mr. Duraid Muhammed Kashmoula the governor of Neneveh said that the execution sentence has been resumed and became valid law in the city .At the weekly conference , Mr. Kashmoula said that the kidnapping and deliberate killing will be among the said cases , stressing that the police directorate in serious in implementing the instructions issued by the ministry of interior regards arresting the criminals , denying that these procedures is a violation on the judgment .On the other hand , a security source at the province's council announced the defense ministry's intention to increase numbers of regiments concentrated in the city of Mosul into four or five ones, referring to the scheduled new regiments to accept large numbers of the former Iraqi army to contribute in maintaining the system and security. 

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION VISITS UNICEF
Baghdad , As-Sabah , August 30, Page 1 
Dr. Tahir Khalaf al- Bakaam the minister of higher education and scientific research  has met Jalal Basho the representative of UNISCO in Baghdad .During the meeting, Al- Bakaam called on the humanitarian concerned organizations to practice their role in putting pressure on the governments and states to lift Iraq's debts, referring to Iraq's grand potentialities.The minister inquired what the UNISECO has achieved in Iraq since the collapse of Saddam until now, urging to activate the organization's work and services, expressing frustration over the UNIESCO level of performance.