Archive for February 5, 2011

The Obama administration declined to name China a currency manipulator on Friday, even though it said the yuan was “substantially undervalued,” sparking fresh calls for legislative retaliation to try to reduce a swelling US trade deficit.

Treasury said China’s yuan should rise more quickly but said it lacked evidence to label Beijing a manipulator, a designation that could trigger trade action.

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Iraqi List said Saturday that its leader, Iyad Allawi, will hold a meeting with members of the list and its leaders on Sunday to reach a common position and before the formal meeting of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The MP said Iskandar, Tut, Vice Chairman of the Commission on Security and Defence Parliamentary Kurdistan News Agency (Rn) that “the existing Iraqi President Iyad Allawi held an important meeting with the members of the list on Sunday to discuss the position of the National Alliance of the issue of forming the Political Council for National Security and the candidate of the Department of Defense Iraqi List” .

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Baghdad, February 5 (Rn) – A coalition of Kurdish blocs Saturday he will hold a meeting in Baghdad on Sunday with the National Alliance to resolve the position of the intelligence service or the Department of Homeland Security, noting that the candidate for the position will be disclosed after clinching it.

The leader of the coalition of Kurdish blocs Fuad Masum, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that the coalition “will be held on Sunday a meeting with the National Alliance to negotiate with him about giving the Kurdish intelligence service office or the Ministry of National Security.”

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Source within the Iraqi reveals agreement between the national and bloc to take over defense of the Captain and Mr. Chalabi of the Interior

A source at the Iraqi National List for a political agreement between the list and the National Alliance to take Thaer al-Naqib of the Ministry of Defence.

The source said in a press statement on Saturday: The Thaer al-Naqib is the strongest candidate to take over the defense of Falah al-Naqib, Salem Daly nominated by the Iraqi List.

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Announced that the Iraqi market for securities, Saturday, that the banking sector is the most heavily traded issue, with the hotel sector is attracting the top price of shares traded.

The executive director of the Iraqi market for securities, Taha Ahmed Abdul Salam said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “The seven sectors are traded in the market for securities Iraq by Iraqi investors and foreigners,” adding that “the banking sector is the most heavily traded stock, followed by industrial, hotel and tourism, “noting that” the hotel sector is attracting the top price of the shares that are traded. “

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The Kurds are moving back on the crisis in the Strategic Policy Council, which assigned to the coalition, the Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi at a time when the National Alliance is still opposed to the naming Allawi as president of the Council and demand that the Secretary-General.

The MP said the coalition of Kurdish blocs Fuad Masum, the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that the coalition “is currently working to dampen the atmosphere and end the differences between the Iraqi List and the National Alliance is a radical and final service to the security situation in Iraq.”

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Araji: invitation to Allawi, Barzani, to intervene to resolve the problem of natural Policy Council

Description of the Deputy for the National Alliance, Saturday, to invite the leader of the Iraqi List, the President of the Kurdistan region to intervene in resolving the problem of the formation of the National Council for the strategic policies of the Supreme and other things Batabieip, indicating that in the absence of a solution to the positions of different blocs Sttkhadd.

Said Bahaa al in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “call the leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, the Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, to intervene in resolving the problem of the formation of the National Council for the strategic policy of Upper and other things stuck normal because the other parties did not adhere to commitments.”

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Iraqi lawmaker called for an independent, Saturday, the Iraqi government to distribute 25% of oil revenues to people directly, while the prime minister also called using his powers to dismiss conservatives “losers” dissolution of poor provinces.

The MP said Sabah al-Saadi told a press conference at the parliament building and attended “Alsumaria News”, “The Iraqi government allocated 25% of oil imports to be distributed directly to citizens,” adding that “the oil belongs to the people and their right to obtain and imports,” referring to the “This measure will reduce poverty and change the reality of people’s tragic.”

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This United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) has been prepared by the United Nations Country Team in Iraq in consultation with the Government of Iraq and other partners, with the aim of improving the lives of the people of Iraq, and particularly the most vulnerable, in alignment with the national priorities and Millennium Development Goals.

Five UNDAF priorities have been identified, providing the scope and strategic direction of the UN system’s support to Iraq in the next four years, namely: (more…)

National Alliance met with Ibrahim Jaafari in Baghdad Library head list of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to discuss the Supreme policies Council file.

Said Office Jaafari that during the meeting discussed ways to expedite completion of Cabinet, in addition to discussing a strategic policy Council and its role in supporting and improving the performance of Government.
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A source close to the decision-making that a meeting of the political blocs with the Prime Minister will be held this evening.

The source (of the Agency news): that the meeting would include representatives from the political blocs and the Prime Minister to search and access to the names to be agreed upon to fill the security ministries.

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Agencies – with the Iraq sought to restore the economic position as the state oil have an impact on the economies of the region, and to coincide with his efforts to get out from under Chapter VII are final, warned interested in economic affairs of the consequences of turning Iraq into an arena for money laundering of some neighboring countries, especially the money the drug trade and arms smuggling embezzlement and bribery as well as those used to finance terrorist operations.

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Baghdad, Feb. 5 (AKnews) – The Chairman of the Security and Defense parliamentary Committee said on Saturday that the committee’s meeting with Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi was positive, indicating that a number of security recommendations were made.

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Iraqi state television today quotes Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as saying he won’t run for a third time when his current term is up in 2014.

Today’s announcement came a day after his decision to return half his annual pay to the government treasury, saying it would help ease disparities between rich and poor.

Clerics across the country said during Friday sermons that Iraqi leaders must do more to fight corruption and promote social justice to avert Tunisia- or Egypt-style uprisings.

Commenting on the antigovernment protests in Egypt, the French news agency AFP today quotes Maliki as saying, “I wish the Egyptian people to achieve democracy.”

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Maliki confirms the approval of Baghdad on oil contracts in Kurdistan, Iraq

In an interview with the agency, “Agence France Presse,” Maliki said that “Kurdistan has signed contracts with the companies produced oil, and these companies have a benefit under the contracts, there is an agreement that the government bears so and receive the oil sold by SOMO (the marketing company of the Ministry of Oil) “.

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Shahristani: Karbala need to develop and urban planning to accommodate a new influx of millions annually to

The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein al-Shahristani, the city of Karbala that the need to develop a new urban planning and to accommodate millions of visitors annually.

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VietFinanceNews.com – Believing that uncontrolled inflation will badly affect the macro economy, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh emphasizes that curbing the inflation will be the top priority in 2011.

Obtaining high GDP growth rate of 7-7.5 percent, stabilizing the macro economy and curbing the inflation are the targets the Government has set up for 2011. What is the basis for choosing these targets?

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Jeffrey warns of reducing U.S. diplomat in Iraq

Urged the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey Congress not to “cut” diplomatic presence after the war in Iraq in the wake of the report of the Committee of the Senate and urged Washington to consider the reduction of the large civilian presence there for security reasons.

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Block said the Liberal of the Sadrist movement, that the bloc will not vote on the budget unless it allocates 15 percent of oil revenues, salaries for the Iraqi people.

The leader of the bloc Bahaa al in a press conference today attended by the correspondent of the Agency for News News (et): we have 140 to 160 signatures from House members to support this demand, promising “the Iraqi people that we will not vote on the budget unless this is achieved demands.”

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House of Representatives ended its regular Twenty-ninth, which was held under the chairmanship of Mr. Osama al-Chairman of the Board of Deputies on Saturday, 522 011, the first reading of the draft law of the Federal Court, voting unanimously to provide material support to the success of the Gulf Cup 21, which will take place in Basra.

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House opens today the first reading of the draft law the Federal Court.

According to a parliamentary source for »morning», the today’s meeting will host the governor of Basra province to discuss the preparations to host the Gulf Cup 21.

Will also be examined during the meeting the subject of squatters on state property, which will add the

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Scheduled to be working to increase the salaries of all employees of the Internal Security Forces during the two months. A parliamentary source said that the beginning of the “morning”, stressing that the Commission on Security and Defense Council of Representatives agreed to speed up the increase in the provision of law to the presidency of the parliament during a period of not less than a month.

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The start of the parliamentary session under the chairmanship of the 29 Nujaifi and the presence of 225 deputies

The Council of Representatives, Saturday, its the 29, headed by Speaker Osama Najafi and the presence of 225 deputies, while the source confirmed in parliament that the meeting will include the first reading of the bill the Federal Court and the host governor of Basra Cltag Abboud to discuss preparations for the Gulf Cup (21) and to discuss the deteriorating security situation in the provinces of Diyala and Anbar.

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Chairman of the Committee of Finance of the House of Representatives Haider al-Abadi, there are more than 180 thousand degrees and career have been approved in the general budget for 2011.

Ebadi said in a press conference in Baghdad, said the jobs will be launched if the budget approval.

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Angry citizens in Basra province are planning to take to the streets on Tuesday in protest over poor services, high unemployment and cuts in government food subsidies.

Lieut. Mohammed Abbas of Basra security services told AKnews that the security forces in the province are making preventative preparations to curb any incidents of violence.

“We have increased security around vital institutions and government departments, including banks and government buildings,” he said, “in anticipation of any riots.”

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Assem Jihad, Oil, Friday, that the level of current prices for crude oil, which now rise above the record level of $ 100 a barrel will go down in the event of continuing increases in revenue above what is estimated in the federal budget.

He said Jihad told (Voices of Iraq) that “current levels of prices are additional revenues would fill a large part of the budget deficit if it continues in the same levels.”

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The central bank warned Iraqi political blocs of the delay in approving the budget of 2011 being a negative affect on the reality of economic development in the country.

The adviser said the Central Bank of Iraq the appearance of Mohammed Saleh told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the delay in the budget in 2011 more than this time will weaken the country’s economic development is a large and particularly affect the rates of growth.”

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The Board of Nineveh province, Saturday, Cabinet approval for the payment of receivables contracts assigned or Rabiein for a period of six months after a break of more than a year, invited the Commission on the cross to set up committees to verification of payment of salaries coming within the terms and specific controls, called the contract-holders them confirmation on the permanent staffing.

The chairwoman of the Finance Committee in the Nineveh pros Hamadoun Hamid in an interview with “Alsumaria News”, “The Council of Ministers approved the payment of receivables contracts assigned or Rabiein for a period of six months after a break of more than a year,” indicating that “the Board instructed the Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi to take necessary for the disbursement of salaries as soon as possible. “

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The head of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Dr. Fuad Masum, that «the first phase of the initiative of the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani on the National Council of the Supreme policies ended, and could soon begin the second phase».

Massoum said in a statement to the newspaper Middle East, published in its issue dated Saturday, said that «there are ideas on the start of the second phase of the initiative of Mr. Massoud Barzani after the end of the first phase of which was represented in what has been agreed upon between Massoud Barzani, Nuri al-Maliki, Ayad Allawi , which was announced at the time was not only includes the agreement on the formation of the Council on policy-making of the nation ».

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Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Brigade Sumaisem The head of the Holy See in the Vatican’s ambassador to the transfer of Iraqi There Habib Sadr, the desire of Pope Benedict XVI visited the ancient city of Ur in Nasiriyah that contain the house of the Prophet Ibrahim, “peace be upon him.”

He Sumaisem told the daily “morning,” said Ambassador Sadr transfer this desire to the Ministry of Tourism, which had approached the prime minister to secure the requirements of the success of the visit.

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