Baghdad mayor lays cornerstone of tourist resort

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Baghdad Mayor Salah Abdilrazaq laid on Wednesday the cornerstone of a big tourist resort in central Baghdad. “It will be the biggest tourist resort in Baghdad,” the Mayoralty said in a release received by IraqiNews.com news agency. It said that the compound will include two hotels, with 26 floors for each. “The estimated cost of the project is $150 million,” the Mayoralty said. MH (P)/SH 2