150 firms in Basra Construction Int’l Fair

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: More than 150 local and foreign firms will participate in the Basra Construction International Fair that will take place by the end of this month. “Most of the participating firms are either foreign or Arab,” a local source told IraqiNews.com news agency on Monday. He explained that the fair will start on Sept. 24 and end on the 27th, 2010. “There will be another fair devoted for the oil sector by the end of this year,” he added. The oil-rich city of Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1