Iraq approves payment of civil servant salaries for Kurdish Region amid budget dispute
By REUTERS
BAGHDAD - Iraq agreed to pay the salaries of the Kurdistan region's civil servants and security forces, a spokesman for the government said on Monday."The federal finance ministry transferred a cash sum of 317 billion Iraqi dinars ($267 million) to the regional finance ministry," Saad al-Hadithi told Reuters.90-year-old Ramat Gan man chokes on doughnut, in critical condition