41. Iraqi Kurdish groups demanded Tuesday that the United Nations distribute humanitarian supplies that could be purchased under a deal to allow oil sales by Baghdad. 42. Iraq had insisted that the supplies were distributed through its state rationing system, which does not extend to the Kurdish areas. 43. Iraq wanted the supplies to be distributed to the Kurds through its government ration system, which does not extend to the Kurdish areas. 44. Iraq wants the supplies distributed through its state rationing system, which does not extend to the Kurdish areas. 45. Iraq wants to distribute the supplies itself, while the United Nations wants its agencies to do the job. 46. Iraq would distribute the supplies elsewhere under U.N. supervision. 47. Mansnembra said relief supplies were beginning to arrive, but officials were having trouble distributing supplies because seven major bridges on Biak collapsed and piers were destroyed. 48. On the other side, trucks collected and distributed the supplies. 49. Rescue teams from the county government were surveying damage and distributing emergency supplies in the lightly populated farming area, Xu said. 50. Rahardi said he was confident that the cooking oil price would stabilize soon as the government will continue distributing adequate supplies to local markets. |