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BAGHDAD Cheap Los Angeles Angels Jerseys , Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- A Kurdish leading party on Thursday rejected the decision of the Iraqi parliament to remove the governor of Kirkuk province from his office.


"The Iraqi government is punishing the Kurdistan region. The dismiss of Kirkuk governor is illogical, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) strongly rejects this decision," Sa'di Ahmed Biera, PUK spokesman said in a statement.


"That the solution of the outstanding problems between Baghdad and the Kurdish region cannot be in this way, and the governor of Kirkuk must not pay the tax of holding referendum in Kurdistan region," Biera said.


Earlier in the day, the Iraqi parliament voted with majority to remove the Kurdish governor of Kirkuk province from his post, after the parliament followed a demand from Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi asking the lawmakers to vote to remove Najm al-Din Kareem from his post.


Kareem, a Kurd, has made several controversial decisions in Kirkuk, including raising the Kurdish flag in Kirkuk city and supporting the independence referendum of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.


The Kurds want areas including the northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk as well as parts of Nineveh, Diyala and Salahudin to be incorporated into their territory, a move fiercely opposed by the Arabs, Turkmens and Baghdad.


On June 7, the Kurdish President Masoud Barzani announced his intention to hold a referendum on the independence of the Kurdish region from Iraq on Sept. 25.


The referendum has been opposed by Baghdad because it would threaten the integrity of Iraq and would distract the ongoing fight against the Islamic State (IS) militant group by the Iraqi forces.


The neighboring countries of Turkey, Iran and Syria also feel that the move would threaten their territorial integrity, as large numbers of Kurdish population live in those countries.


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LONDON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Britain's unemployment level has fallen to its lowest level since 1975, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported in London Wednesday.


The 4.3 percent rate, recorded in July, shows the total unemployment level has decreased by 175,000, compared with a year earlier and by 75,000 compared with three months ago.


At the same time, ONS said the number of people in work in Britain increased by 181,000 in the three months to July 2017, reaching a new record high of 32.1 million. This comes on the back of three consecutive quarters of growth.


It means the employment rate has reached 75.3 percent of working age people, which is also a new record high.


The number of employed by businesses and people who are self-employed both increased in the three months to July 2017 and are also at record levels, reaching 27.1 million and 4.8 million respectively.


Senior ONS statistician Matt Hughes said: "Another record high employment rate and a record low inactivity rate suggest the labour market continues to be strong.


"In particular, the number of people aged 16 to 64 not in the labor force because they are looking after family or home is the lowest since records began, at less than 2.1 million.


"Despite earnings rising by 2.1 percent in cash terms over the last year, the real value of people's earnings is down 0.4 percent."


A spokesperson for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said: The increase in employment is due to people of all ages finding work, with employment levels of those over 50 in work reaching a record high, youth unemployment falling by over 40 percent since 2010 and the proportion of young people who are unemployed and not in full time education dropping below 5 percent for the first time.


Minister for Employment Damian Hinds said: "The strength of the economy is helping people of all ages find work, from someone starting their first job after leaving education, to those who might be starting a new career later in life. But there is more to do, and we will continue to build on our achievements through our employment programs."


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