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MAY 26, 2004 (newstodate): Iraq's Ministry of Transport has now taken over full sovereignty from the Coalition Provisional Authority.
-Many of the wrecked ships have been cleared from the Umm Qasr port and the key channels have been dredged. Regularly scheduled ferry services now operate between Dubai and Iraq, Iraqi air controllers are close to taking full responsibility from the Australians and Britons who currently run the towers in Baghdad and Basrah airports, and rail services bring grain from Syria and other important commodities from Turkey, said Paul Bremmer, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority, at the ceremony to mark the hand-over event.
-Many of the wrecked ships have been cleared from the Umm Qasr port and the key channels have been dredged. Regularly scheduled ferry services now operate between Dubai and Iraq, Iraqi air controllers are close to taking full responsibility from the Australians and Britons who currently run the towers in Baghdad and Basrah airports, and rail services bring grain from Syria and other important commodities from Turkey, said Paul Bremmer, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority, at the ceremony to mark the hand-over event.