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The recently introduced Registered Agricultural Contractor scheme has been well received with over 20 Rural Contractors signing up for the process in the first three weeks. RACF Executive Director Roger Parton said that the uptake was steady and he expected it to continue at that pace foe sometime. “This is the start of the busy season and contractors’ thoughts are elsewhere at the moment” he said. “However as the farming and lifestyle communities come to understand the benefits of engaging contractors who have been through a registration process, the rate should pick up”. Contractors seeking to become registered simply apply to the Federation, by phone (0508 787 253) email (Roger[at]rural-contractors.org.nz or download the form from www.rural-contractors.org.nz.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- After a series of critical reports, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction has reviewed a building project that worked: a courthouse in Baghdad. However, the report highlights how dangerous Baghdad has become for Americans and any Iraqis seen to be cooperating with them -- the inspectors could not visit the site personally to review the construction. "The assessment team did not visit the project site because officials at Gulf region division determined it was not safe for the team to travel to the site and because the presence of the assessment team increased the potential danger for the Iraqis working at the site," the report states. In the report, Iraqi workers' faces are blotted out in pictures so they cannot be identified and targeted.
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