Iraq’s cabinet agrees to postpone census until October 2010

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Spokesman for the Iraqi government said on Monday that the council of ministers has agreed to postpone the census until October 2010 and to form a high committee with the Kurdistan region to solve all problems between the two sides. “The council agreed on a suggestion from the operations room of the general census for residents to continue rehabilitations procedures and to implement the census in October 2010,” Ali al-Dabbagh told Iraqi News. “The council agreed also to form a high committee between the federal and regional governments to solve and facilitate all problems,” he added. On Sunday (Aug. 16), the Iraqi minister of planning and development cooperation, Ali Baban, said that the census, scheduled to be carried out on October 24, will be postponed until further notice following reservations from political blocs in Ninewa and Kirkuk . SH (P)/SR 1