Sunni-Shia Disagreement Resolved
(Al-Mutamar) The head of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq said the disagreements between Badr Organization and the Association of Muslims Scholars have been resolved. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim also said the Badr Organization accused supporters of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi of trying to ignite a sectarian war.
(Al-Mutamar is issued daily by the Iraqi National Congress.)

Sunnis Urged to Participate in Constitution
(Baghdad) Adnan al-Dulaimi, the head of the Sunni Endowment, has urged Sunnis to participate in the drafting of the constitution. He also said there would be a conference calling on Sunni groups to participate in writing the permanent constitution. He added that Sunnis should avoid sectarian conflict and criticized the media for exaggerating the disagreement between the Association of Muslim Scholars and the Badr Organization.
(Baghdad is a daily newspaper issued by the Iraqi National Accord.)

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Arrest Warrants for Former Ministers
(Addustour) A judge has issued arrest warrants for the former Ministers of Labor, Social Affairs, Transportation, Environment, Health, Housing, Interior and Electricity, according to a source in the National Assembly. They are accused of corruption. The new Iraqi government also decided to reduce the number of bodyguards for former ministers of the Ayad Allawi caretaker government from 30 to 10. The government also decided to give them 2 cars instead of 5 and reduced rental contracts for their home from 25 years to 5 years.
(Addustour is an independent daily published by former journalist Basim al-Sheikh.)

Blackouts to Continue
(Al-Mada) The Ministry of Electricity has said there will be no improvement in the power supply in the near future and the blackouts will remain. Electricity will be supplied on a rotating basis, with three hours on and three hours off. The generating stations' capacity is 3750 mega watts but that amount needs to be more than doubled for the summer.
(Al-Mada is issued daily by Al-Mada Institution for Media, Culture, and Arts.)

Sistani Discusses Power Rationing
(Al-Iraq al-Yoom) A Ministry of Electricity official said Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has issued an edict to ration power consumption and to keep power lines safe. Meanwhile, Iran and Turkey have promised to increase the amount of electricity supplied to Iraq. The official also said the government was working to install new power stations in the southern cities of Basra, Amarah, Samawa, and Nasiriyah.
(Al-Iraq al-Yoom is a weekly newspaper issued by Isra Shakir.)

Barzani meets Interior Minister Bakir
(Al-Taakhi) Iraqi Kurdistan President Masoud al-Barzani met Interior Minister Bayan Jabur Bakir in Salah al-Deen on May 29. They discussed the security situation and agreed that the Kurdistan Ministry of Interior would cooperate with their counterparts in Baghdad.
(Al-Taakhi is published daily by the Kurdistan Democratic Party.)

Committee to Investigate Assassination
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed) The court trying officials of the Saddam Hussein regime has formed a committee to investigate the assassination of Hussein Safar Ali, the only surviving witness to those killed in a mass grave in Latifiya. The committee said there was corruption involved in the initial investigation process of Hussein's death. Ali was the only survivor in a mass murder attempt in Karbala during the 1991 Shia uprising. He was killed several weeks ago on his way home from Baghdad after being questioned by authorities.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is an independent daily paper.)