Archive for January 15, 2011

16/01/2011
Heading the Special Political Committee to agree on a cabinet next to a meeting this week to complete the government formation.

This was announced by the source of the “morning”, pointing to the existence of an agreement between the main blocs (the National Alliance and the Iraqi List coalition and Kurdish blocs), for convening this meeting.
The source said that Kurdistan finished naming his ministers, while still under the security bags, although for progress.

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By Lara Jakes
Associated Press

BAGHDAD – Vice President Biden said Thursday that the United States should make sure Iraq’s stability and democracy were strong enough to make it “a country that was worthy of the sacrifices” the American military suffered during eight years of war.

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Baghdad (news) .. The head of the House of Representatives Osama Abdel-Aziz al-Najafi that Iraq is moving towards stability and looks forward to a new height in dealing with national issues under the government of national partnership.

A statement by the Presidency of the Council of Representatives received by the Agency (news) on Saturday: The Chairman of the Board of Deputies of Osama Abdel-Aziz al-Najafi met, the commander of U.S. Central Command, Gen. mats and the delegation accompanying him. Najafi said during the meeting that Iraq is moving towards stability, and looks forward to a new height in dealing with national issues under the government of national partnership.

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Baghdad (news) .. The head of the House of Representatives Osama Abdel-Aziz al-Najafi that Iraq is moving towards stability and looks forward to a new height in dealing with national issues under the government of national partnership.

A statement by the Presidency of the Council of Representatives received by the Agency (news) on Saturday: The Chairman of the Board of Deputies of Osama Abdel-Aziz al-Najafi met, the commander of U.S. Central Command, Gen. mats and the delegation accompanying him. Najafi said during the meeting that Iraq is moving towards stability, and looks forward to a new height in dealing with national issues under the government of national partnership.

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BAGHDAD – Alaa Fadel
A member of the Kurdistan Alliance, Ali Hussein Balo said the alliance had no substantive objections to the draft Law on the Council Policy

The Blue’s (Citizen) yesterday: “The Kurdistan Alliance to no to have reservations on the draft of the Political Council and finding it simple” and “The differences on the draft taking place between the National Alliance and the Iraqi List,” saying, “There are some points of contention on the draft, but everyone agrees resolved in the coming days.

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VietFinanceNews.com – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on January 14 signed a contract with the Earnst and Young Company to provide consultancy and technical assistance to modernize the SBV.

The US$5-million contract, which is part of a project sponsored by the World Bank (WB) and the Japanese Government, aims to develop the information technology capacity to serve as a foundation for improved management of the SBV. This will allow the SBV’s management to meet the international norms.

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Said the legal expert Tareq Harb’s visit by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden Iraq today were related to many things to discuss with Iraqi officials.

He said the war in a telephone conversation with (the Iraqi Media News Agency / INA) that this visit will discuss the strategic framework agreement and Chapter VII of the Summit and Iraq’s relations with Arab, especially with Kuwait and political issues of Interior, including the formation of the government and the policies of Strategic and only this in common between Iraq and the United States. (more…)

01/15/2011 11:01
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Kuwaiti analysts felt that the visit of Kuwaiti Prime Minister of Iraq is a step towards mending bilateral ties since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, according to the National newspaper reported the English-speaking Arab Emirates on Saturday.

The newspaper quoted Al-Essa, a professor of politics at the University of Kuwait, “We look forward to this day a long time ago,” he continued, “It is a good step for the normalization of relations.”

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imageForeign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday during a host in the House of Representatives that Iraq is well advanced in the way of his release from the restrictions of Chapter VII.

Zebari said at the parliament session attended by the reporter (and the Iraqi News Agency Information / INA) that the resolutions of the Security Council last month that led to the cancellation of sanctions imposed on Iraq is the beginning of the end to restrict the country, the decisions of the seventh item. (more…)

A member of the Iraqi parliament from the Kurdistan Alliance Mahma Khalil said that the budget came to the House of Representatives and a lot of the problems is not the level of ambition of the people although it is the largest and the biggest budgets in the history of Iraq, where was the total volume of more than $ 84 billion in both its investment and operational and the share of operational assignments include the part of workers and Modvin in the State up to 69% in part included the investment of 31% of the total allocations. “

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Statistics criticizing the Iraqi Central Bank to publish inflation indicators

Baghdad (news) .. criticized the Central Bureau of Statistics and Information Technology Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation, Central Bank of Iraq to publish monthly inflation indicators.

The head of the device, Dr. Mahdi Keywords in a statement to the reporter Agency (news) today said the central bank issuing the monthly inflation indicators may override the right of the Central Bureau of Statistics on the grounds that the issuance of inflation indicators are a function of device statistics.

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The MP said the coalition of state law Mohammed Chihod The draft Law of the National Council of the policies made by the Iraqi strategy aimed at ridding the three presidencies of some of the powers stipulated in the Constitution.

He Chihod Baghdad, told AFP that the vision of the alliance based on the National Council not to grant an executive role in a legislative nor judicial, but concentrated his role in supplying the government policy on security and services without requiring implementation.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Research chief investment Basra Haider Ali with a delegation of the United Nations headed by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Christine McNab process of investment and private sector development and infrastructure projects.

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Erbil, Jan.15 (AKnews)- A Kurdish deputy said Saturday the Kurdistan Region’s president, Massoud Barzani, will head to Baghdad to discuss a number of issues over the Iraqi government formation.

The new cabinet misses nine members including four security positions. The posts were suspended for allocation of a share to women in the 42-member administration. The major blocs all deem one of the security posts their right.

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Considered the parliamentarians that the Iraqi foreign policy is beginning to reap the benefits of openness to regional and international levels, pointing out that the formation of new government, which saw the participation of most of the forces and political parties led to reassure the Arab world that resulted in the Declaration of most of these countries their participation in the Arab summit to be held in Baghdad in March ( March) next .

A member of the Liberal bloc internalized within the National Alliance, Ali al-Tamimi, “The political blocs have worked hard to return to Iraq and his Arab and regional levels through efforts in the last stage “.

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Government ministers are looking for

After more than three weeks to give the House of Representatives of confidence for the new government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is still about 12 positions vacant for lack of agreement of the political blocs around with conflicting reports about the reason for delaying the resolution of these positions so far .

There are nine ministries and three security service proxy managed by the new ministers or agents within the ministries or by the Prime Minister himself.

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Iraq is seeking to own a fleet of maritime trade during the four years

Baghdad, January 14 (Rn) – An adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for Economic Affairs, on Friday, that Iraq is about to build a fleet of maritime trade of nine ships totaling nearly $ 110 million, indicating that the building of the fleet will be presented to the investment companies in early March next March.

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Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Member of the National Alliance, on Thursday, strongly approach the Governments of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iran on Iraq, describing it without equal and is based on the views of the extremist and backward, calling on the Iraqi government to seriously stand in front of “exceeding” on the Iraqis.

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