Archive for December 27, 2010

First, I hope each and every one of you had a blessed Christmas and had the opportunity to share valuable time with those you love.

I know as the kids played with their presents around the Christmas tree or as you sipped on your egg nog over the Christmas break your mind began to wander off to the thoughts of the RV.  Wondering…Where is it? They said it would happen…

For every day there is not an RV there will be intel or rumor of its imminent arrival

In the hours leading up to Christmas day, many rumors and some intel surfaced indicating an RV date was probable for the week.  But the day never came…

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An informed source at the Ministry of the Interior, the commander of the armed forces Nuri al-Maliki ordered an official letter to the Ministries of Interior and Defense to raise unnecessary checkpoints from the streets.

The source said the commander of the forces of Nouri al-Maliki directed to the Ministries of Defense and the Interior official letter to lift unnecessary checkpoints scattered across the country and pointed out that al-Maliki also ordered the replacement of military plans in line with the changes of security in Baghdad and the provinces.

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Expect the Attorney for a coalition of state law were part of the National Alliance Abboud al-Issawi that the security ministries be resolved within 24 hours to come. Noting “that the Prime Minister and his consultant was studying the curricula vitae of candidates.

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Between a number of contentious issues in Iraq, there are two issues Tsnvann within silent politically, most notably those that require the need to pass laws that the salaries of the three presidencies “of the Republic and the government and parliament” as well as members of parliament and special grades, all of which affect the political class, which was formed after 2003 in isolation from administrative systems and peace Salaries in Iraq, and beyond reasonable and rolling in similar experiments around the world.

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The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, the Arab summit will be held next month in Baghdad at the end of next March, and that the general trend is to accept it.

Moses said, in the annual press conference at the Arab League on Monday on the harvest of the year 2010, that he would visit Baghdad after two weeks from now, praising the experience of the recent Iraqi elections, which showed a new direction Iraqis to reject sectarian orientation and compatibility.

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Many new policies that will have significant impacts on the domestic market will be applied as of January 1, 2011.

Gold export tariff raised to 10 percent

From January 1, 2011, under a newly released decision by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) gold materials and jewelry products with high gold content will have an export tariff of 10 percent instead of zero percent. Besides, bar and ingot gold, powdered gold less than 99.99 percent gold will also be have an export tax rate of 10 percent instead of the current rate of zero percent.

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The parliament of Kurdistan region postponed the discussions on the financial support to parties on Monday , according to a parliamentarian from the Kurdistan Alliance.

“The law will organize financing parties established in Kurdistan, including the opposing one,” Abdulsalam Barwari told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

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The Iraqi Journalists Syndicate has announced the date of disbursement of government grants beginning next month, which was hoped to spend a month ago.

The first deputy chairman of the Iraqi Journalists Ghazi Al Shaya (of the Agency news) today: the exchange grants for journalists will be early next month after New Year’s Day.

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Revealed a source close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s arrival of a number of officials and Arab leaders in Baghdad in the next few days.

The source, who preferred to remain anonymous (for the Agency by news) announced today that a number of Arab governments sent messages to Baghdad made clear their desire to visit Iraq and strengthening relations and activation of common interests.

Egypt was the first Arab countries that took the initiative to visit Baghdad, the Maliki government after the formation of a second.

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The question of how to allocate budgets of the political parties in Kurdistan Region has driven a wedge between politicians.

The regional parliament is expected to convene Monday to discuss several bills including one that organizes the budget granted by the government to the political parties.

Political parties in Kurdistan Region receive budgets from the government to run their party activities.

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After statements made by Iraqi Oil Minister on the recognition of contracts between oil companies and the Kurdistan Region Alajnip, a spokesman for the Iraqi oil ministry that the minister’s comments were interpreted incorrectly, which may be another obstacle in front of Agheraralmizanip Iraq.

After the meeting of Arab countries that export oil, “OPEC” in Cairo, the Minister of Iraqi oil, “Abdul-Karim Allaibi” they recognize the oil contracts for the Kurdistan Region.

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Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani, Monday, Iraq will control oil policy to the world in the future after the presentation of the majority of oil fields for development, saying the contracts signed with international oil companies of the best contracts, as pointed out the new oil minister, Abdel Karim coffee that Iraq’s production of oil rose to more than 2.0006 million barrels a day.

Shahristani said in an interview , on the sidelines of celebrations organized by the Oil Ministry on the occasion of the receipt of the new oil minister, Abdel Karim coffee functions that “Iraq will be an introduction of the world in oil production after the presentation of most of the oil fields for development by international companies,” noting that “Iraq’s oil production will arrive over the next six to 11 million barrels or 12 million barrels per day when the national effort to add.”

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Expect the head of the Islamic Union of Kurdistan Najib Baltei review Iraqi Council of Representatives for the project going forward after the general changes in the price of crude oil.

The prices of crude oil in global markets during the past few days has increased significantly.

The Iraqi Council of Representatives had discussed the project in meeting its financial budget for next year two thousand and two tenths on the basis of price of $ 73 per barrel of Iraqi crude oil.

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Raised the presidency of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Monday, the nineteenth session of parliament chaired by speaker of parliament Osama Najafi and the presence of 261 deputies, while the source confirmed that the meeting included a discussion of the work of the integrity and functioning of the constitutional right to a number of new deputies.

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Abolished the House of Representatives yesterday, the first reading of a draft budget law, as discussed at the same time the subject of the Hajj and Umrah, as well as the reality of education in the country. In the meantime, was sworn Bolani Vice substitute for the Alsjeri entrusted with the Ministry of State for Foreign Affairs,

In addition to Khudair Khuzaie component and a representative of the Turkmen Turhan appearance as Minister of State, which did not lead right before.

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Close to Maliki, it says the consequences of «final accounts» and demands that the House of Representatives discussing

The source said a senior central bank, on Sunday, and there are at least 30 trillion dinars surplus money held by the Ministry of Finance in the government banks, called for a parliamentary close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the House of Representatives to discuss the frozen funds in conjunction with the introduction of the general budget, noting to be part of a file final accounts which is still unresolved.

And said Osama al-Chairman of the Board of Representatives at a meeting on Sunday to postpone the discussion the first reading of the draft budget of 2011 to today’s meeting Monday to make way for the purpose of the Finance Committee a draft of proposed amendments to the project.

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Baghdad / 27 December (Rn) – The Deputy for Iraq, Monday, that the federal budget for 2011 will be returned to the Council of Ministers for the purpose of amendment.

The buxom Daini told the Kurdish news agency (AKnews) that “the draft federal budget for 2011 will be returned to the Council of Ministers to modify it, after reading the House of Representatives postponed due to not send the final accounts for the current year by the ministries.”

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Schedule of UN Operational Rates of Exchange

The Operational Rates of Exchange were last updated 13 December 2010 for the effective date of 15 December 2010 and thereafter until further notice.
Publishing Date Effective Date
29 Dec 2010 31 Dec 2010 / 1 Jan 2011

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Economic : General Manager of the bank loans .. staff stopped and has not canceled

The general director of the Rasheed Bank, the financial loans, which was distributed in earlier times between the employees and retirees stopped has not been canceled, explaining that the bank still gives a number of loans, including per cent of the salary of employees who meet the requirements to do so, as announced the accession of good to the Union of Arab Banks representing the rest of the Iraqi private banks and government

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Iraqi Council of Representatives held on Monday, held its ninth session under the chairmanship of the Speaker and the presence of Osama Nujaifi 261 deputies, while the source confirmed that the meeting will complete the replacement of deputies instead of the House of Representatives holding ministerial positions and hosting the President of the Integrity Commission and to discuss the curricula.

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Service Retirement: January 5 when the pay of retired workers

Department announced the retirement and social security of workers on the date of disbursement of salaries of retired workers. The Director of the Department of the retirement and social security of workers Sami Ibrahim Al-Tamimi (of the Agency news) said today that the department will begin distributing the salaries of retired workers for the months of November and December for the year 2010 through the postal offices Alm_khastsp on the fifth of January next year.

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Baghdad (News) .. revealed a source close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s arrival of a number of officials and Arab leaders in Baghdad in the next few days.

The source, who preferred to remain anonymous (for the Agency by news) announced today that a number of Arab governments sent messages to Baghdad made clear their desire to visit Iraq and strengthening relations and activation of common interests.

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A civilian car bomb exploded shortly before within the government complex in the city of Ramadi Anbar province.

The security source said the reporter (and Cal e news media / INA) The car driven by a suicide Exploded in the pool, which includes building maintenance, council and the police headquarters where, as well as other official departments.

He The blast killed the victims of human Between the military and civilians have not been confined so far as well as damage to buildings In that region.

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A member of the coalition of Kurdish blocs Muhsin al-Sadoun said Monday that the session will include a complete paragraph replacement organs in addition to discussing the budget in the event of completion of the Finance Committee about the procedures, and perhaps put an end to the law of the Vice-President of the Republic today.

Monday, December 27, 2010

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Following Iraq’s exit last week from the UN’s Chapter VII restrictions, an Iraqi economist has called for a rescheduling of the country’s debt repayments.

“Iraq’s financial funds are under UN trusteeship, according to UN’s Article 7,” Dr. Nabil Jaafar of Basra Univesity told news agency, pointing out that “the official and private debtors would activate their demands to force Iraq pay back its debts, thing that necessitates its scheduling of the debts,” warning that such development “would cause a real problem, due to the increase of such payments.”

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According to a member of the coalition of Kurdish blocs, Monday, that the candidates of the security ministries will be subject to standards of political consensus before approving them in the House of Representatives.

The MP said Mohsen al-Sadoun, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “there is a need to be traded and the names proposed to fill the bags security ministries (interior, defense and national security) of the independent personalities exclusively.”

The spokesman for the Iraqi List, said in a Shaker book earlier in the day, for (Rn) that the issue of naming the occupants of the security ministries have been postponed between the political blocs to privacy and sensitivity of these ministries.

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The Iraqi Ministry of Trade, on Monday, for reducing the ration card items to four items according to the ministry’s plan for 2011.

An official source at the ministry who declined to be named, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the Iraqi Ministry of Trade has cut the ration card items from five to four after the cancellation of the distribution of material tea according to plan the budget in 2011, and pursuant to the decision of the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers No. 369 adopted by the Council former House of Representatives. “

And that “the ration card items will be limited to rice, flour, sugar, oil, and will work accordingly in the next month under a new strategy developed by the Ministry of Commerce.”

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President of the civic body for the Protection of the Constitution, Dr. Ali Anbure The court of first instance had decided to defer the issue of recovery of the salaries of parliamentarians to the state treasury to the twenty-ninth of December.

Anbure said in a statement to the reporter  today that the court of first instance had decided to defer the issue of recovery of the salaries of parliamentarians to the state treasury, which was scheduled to take place on Sunday not to attend a private lawyer with members of the House of Representatives

He added that this step comes after the case that earned the Commission and of obliging members of the House of Representatives to come to the parliament and end the session open.

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An informed source at the Interior Ministry, on Monday, that the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Nuri al-Maliki ordered an official letter to the Ministries of Interior and Defense to raise unnecessary checkpoints from the streets.

Check the documentation of people who walk in cities and Wasit  during Muharram The source, who asked not to be named,   “the general commander of the forces of Nouri al-Maliki directed to the Ministries of Defense and the Interior official letter to lift unnecessary checkpoints scattered across the country,”

The source explained that “Al-Maliki also ordered the replacement of military plans in line with the changes of security in Baghdad and the provinces.”

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