ERBIL, Iraq, April 3 (UPI) -- Jay Garner, the first U.S. administrator in Iraq following the ouster of Saddam Hussein, likened the Kurdish region to a potential federalized Iraq.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- "The future" isn't just oil, the head of the U.S. branch of Iraq's Kurdish government said while courting investors in Washington Monday.

Al Mashriq Newspaper said today in an editorial demonstrating that reports say that the umber of "heroin addicts' in Baghdad has increased to 7 thousands after it was 4 thousands in 2004".

The Baghdad-based Al Mada newspaper in an editorial Monday -- headlined “"The U.S. presence in Iraq: Questions need to be answered" – criticized U.S. policies in Iraq.

UPI almanac for Saturday, April 21, 2007.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Two days before its release, U.S. President George Bush's new plan for Iraq is being called unworkable by Pentagon officials, Capital Hill Blue reports.

Today is Friday, April 21, the 111th day of 2006 with 254 to follow.

The weekly UPI Almanac package for April 17-23, 2006.

Today is Thursday, April 21, the 111th day of 2005 with 254 to follow.