Al-Sharqiyah TV news summary 1400 gmt 4 Jan 06
Three people killed, 11 wounded in car bombing in Al-Dawrah area in southern Baghdad ... Iraqi policeman killed, 18 others wounded in addition to two civilians in gun battle in Al-Ghazaliyah area in western Baghdad ... Gun battles break out between Iraqi police and gunmen who attacked convoy of 60 trucks carrying fuel tanks in northern Baghdad. Nineteen tanks destroyed ... Thirteen people killed, 36 wounded when unidentified gunmen attacked funeral in Al-Miqdadiyah town, north-east of Baghdad ... About 40 people wounded, police vehicle burnt in clashes between police and jobless demonstrators in Al-Nasiriyah town in southern Iraq .... Three people wounded, four cars damaged in car bomb in Karbala, southwest of Baghdad ... Iraqi deputy interior minister attributes congestion in Baghdad on 4 Jan to emergency security measures in search for the minister's sister, who was kidnapped on 3rd ... Iraqi minister of planning and development cooperation, Barhan Salih, starts regional tour to drum up Arab support for political process in Iraq ... US helicopter reportedly crashes in Mosul as a result of technical problem ... Progress has been achieved to unify general departments of the two main Kurdish parties in Kurdistan province ... Undentified gunmen assassinate an Iraqi Oil Ministry senior official and his son in Al-Amiriyah in western Baghdad ... Two Iraqi civilians killed, two wounded in bomb explosion in Kirkuk. Gunmen attack column of trucks carrying fuel tanks from Bayji refinery to Baghdad ... Soldier, civilian wounded in bomb explosion in Ba'qubah ... Jordanian Bar Association calls for suspending membership of Iraqi Bar Association in Arab Lawyers Union in protest at Iraqi justice minister decision to dissolve its board ... Statistics show that about 6,000 Iraqis have been killed in acts of violence in 2005 ... US Defence Department ascribes US troops' weak performance in Iraqi and Afghanistan to their weak level in Arabic and Pashto languages. No video ... Report on crisis of Iraqi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia who are still stranded in Baghdad international port and some mosques ... Report on congestion and traffic jams in Baghdad as a result of search for kidnapped sister of the interior minister ... Report on recent acts of violence in various Iraqi areas ... Report on gunmen attacks on trucks transporting fuel tanks, thus resulting in fuel shortage in various Iraqi areas.