Iraq\\'s government latest

IRAQ, Baghdad : Iraq's Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristanii, a key ally of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, announces during a press conference in Baghdad on June 25, 2010 that government officials would lose their electricity privileges as he took control of the power portfolio on a temporary basis, following the resignation of Karim Wahid, who as electricity minister had been the main target of protests over limited power supplies as temperatures across the country soared.