Archive for March 23, 2011

A parliamentary source said on Wednesday that the next meeting of the Council of Representatives will discuss a number of laws including the legal integrity and housing, and vote on other draft laws, including the Convention on the oil pipeline with Turkey and the abolition of the ratification of the contract Ahdab oil.

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Iyad Allawi

Baghdad, 23 March (Rn) – The Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi, former President, on Wednesday, for agreeing on an internal system to the list during the next phase to ensure the gravity of the construction procedure, confirmed a series of measures taken are in the strengthening of interdependence of their components.

A spokesman for the list Shaker Book of the Kurdistan News Agency (Rn), said that “the Iraqi List, discussed the steps necessary to build the internal cemented between the components,” noting that “it was agreed that an internal system organizes the work within the list.”

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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq – The draft-law, presented to the Iraqi Parliament recently, includes several positive articles that will serve the political process in the country, an Iraqi Legislature said on Wednesday.

“Among the important articles in the draft-law on the political parties, presented to the Parliament for approval, had reaffirmed necessity that the parties must keep away from multi-party formations, that enable any small group to form a party,” the Legislature, representing the newly-formed White al-Iraqiya Bloc, Aliya Nusief told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

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State Department and the Iraqi government Hosted the first meeting within the Strategic Framework Agreement

Baghdad, 23 March (Rn) – The U.S. Embassy in Iraq on Wednesday, held for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Iraqi government’s first meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee for cooperation of cultural, educational and scientific cooperation between the two countries, within the Strategic Framework Agreement.

A spokesman for the United States Embassy in Baghdad Aaron Snape told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the State Department held its first meeting within the strategic framework agreement with the Iraqi government represented by the Minister of Education Mohammed Tamim,” adding that “the meeting was attended by the heads and representatives of groups of the Commission’s work on the American side “.

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Jalal Talabani

Baghdad, March 23 (AKnews) – The National Coalition (NC) said Wednesday that the delay in voting for the deputies of the president was due to political necessities that emerged from the previous stage, while the Iraqiya list headed by Allawi assure that it didn’t cause any delay in voting for the deputies.

The Iraqi parliament postponed last month voting for the deputies of the president of the Republic because of the dispute over Khudair al-Khuzaie who was nominated for the post by Maliki’s coalition.
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The Prime Minister of the Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh, Iraq’s cabinet approved the draft law on first amendment to the customs tariff law and forwarded to the House of Representatives.

A statement by the Office of Skinner, today: “The Council of Ministers approved at its 14 on the bill the first amendment to the law of customs tariff number (22) for the year 2010 and forwarded to the House of Representatives based on the provisions of Articles (61) and (80) of the Constitution “.

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Minister of State and government spokesman, that the Iraqi Council of Ministers decided to approve the document and the proposed national employment policy by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
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Iraq and the new geopolitical calculusBy Tariq Abdell, Iraq’s political risk analyst, and Founder & CEO of Mesopotamia Insight.

In light of ongoing socio-political changes in MENA region, Iraq’s massive protests, from Zakho to al-Faw, accentuate the political astuteness and the frustration of the Iraqi people with their elected officials.
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Baghdad International FairBaghdad, 23 March (Rn) – The Iraqi Ministry of Trade, on Wednesday, announced that it has issued 50 export license, industrial materials and food, and renewed 633 import license in the month of February last.

The general director of company exhibits at the ministry approved Hussain Sultan, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) “The General Company for Exhibitions granted 50 licenses for export to companies interested in dates, and inks industry, leather and plastic materials.”

Iraq has suffered from weak exports due to the flow of goods imported from abroad and the loss of government strategy for private sector development.

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Baghdad, 23 March (Rn) – The Federal Ministry of Finance on Wednesday, that the proceeds of border crossing points for the year 2010 amounted to 431 billion dinars.

The Director General of the Directorate General of Customs Nofal Khalil told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the financial revenues of the border ports in 2010 amounted to 421 billion Iraqi dinars after it was established a new mechanism for regulating the borders.”

And announced the Directorate General of Customs border that Iraq’s revenues from the customs border and arrived in the month of January last up to 34 billion dinars.

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Discussed the advisers in the Cabinet with the UN coordinator stages of progress achieved in the plans, programs and output set for the implementation of the strategy of economic reform and improve performance in the Iraqi governmental institutions.

The head of the Al Thamer Ghadhban said in a statement singled out the “morning”, said discussions included a thorough review of progress in private sector development program for the current year 2011, prepared by the program management team and unity of the tasks of economic reform, and signaling constraints and challenges facing the implementation and mechanism of the launch of the third installment of The budget allocated for this purpose.

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The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 23-MAR-2011. The results were as follows:

DETAILS NOTES
Number of banks 17
Auction price selling dinar / US$ 1170
Auction price buying dinar / US$ —–
Amount sold at auction price (US$) 157,205,000
Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) —–
Total offers for buying (US$) 157,205,000
Total offers for selling (US$) —–

Source: CBI

BAGHDAD (Iba) … Research Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, during a meeting with U.S. ambassador in Iraq, James Jeffrey, the bilateral relations and ways of strengthening them to serve the interests of both countries, and emphasizing the need to adhere to the agreements concluded between the two sides in all fields.

A statement by the Office of the Vice President of the Republic received the independent press (Iba) a copy of the two sides reviewed the latest developments in the Iraqi arena and the democratic transformations in the country, stressing the importance of moving in the process of reconstruction and economic development.

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BAGHDAD (Iba) … Research Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi with the representative of the Secretary-General of the UN Ad Melkert role should be played by the United Nations to stand by the Iraqi people.

A statement by the Office of the Vice President of the Republic received the independent press (Iba) a copy of which was during the meeting to discuss developments in the Iraqi scene and the march of the political transformations taking place in the country.

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  • Also to have second reading of the draft law of the First Amendment on the Law of private investment in crude oil refining No. 64 of 2007.

BAGHDAD (Iba) … Confirmed member of the Commission on oil and energy and natural resources deputy Susan Saad declared that the House of Representatives will vote in its meeting will be convened next Sunday on the draft law to cancel the ratification contract to develop and produce the Ahdab oil field, and the draft law on ratification of the Republic of Iraq to amend the Convention on the pipeline of crude oil was signed in 1973 between Iraq and Turkey.

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Banker criticizes the Supreme Judicial Council of the Judiciary for not formed the Financial Services Tribunal

BAGHDAD (Iba) – Iraq criticized the bank delayed the Supreme Judicial Council in the formation of the Financial Services Tribunal, which ruled that the law of the Iraqi Central Bank established, despite the passage of more than seven years to pass a law for the bank and many of the differences and conflicts banking.

The banker said Nasr Abdul Kareem, who works in a bank, civil in a telephone interview with the independent press (Iba) that the Central Bank Law, enacted in 2004 stipulated the need to establish a special tribunal issues of fiscal and monetary consists of five members who are working in the judiciary are appointed according to law.

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The Iraqi National Alliance, the largest political bloc the “Shiite”, Wednesday, for a near agreement on candidates to fill security positions in the interior and national security, as confirmed Iraqi List led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi disagreed on the nomination of a candidate One of the defense portfolio.

And form the National Alliance of the five political blocs, is the party of the call, and the Supreme Islamic Council, the Sadrists, the Islamic Virtue Party, the Iraqi National Congress, a small committee composed of five people out of a shared vision to nominate two names for the interior ministry and national security.

A member of the coalition of state law Alfalh to the Kurdistan News Agency (Rn), the “mini-committee of the National Alliance held after its formation last week’s meeting to discuss mechanisms out candidates only for the key defense and national security, which are the share of the National Alliance,” noting that “the leadership the coalition of state law is Hasan al-Dawa Party in the smaller committee. “

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Iraq does not need to borrow from the World Bank to the high price of oil

MP confirmed that the Iraqi List, Suhad al-Obeidi said Borrowing from the World Bank was one of the paragraphs  installed in 2011.

Obeidi said in a telephone conversation with (the Iraqi Media News Agency / INA) I am from Objectors to this paragraph because it is inconsistent with the paragraph in the Iraqi Constitution, which states that the religion of Islam is the religion of the state, pointing to the Islamic religion prohibits usury and the World Bank by the benefits of very large and this means sharee’ah Usury. “

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Iraq’s Council of Ministers has approved, in its Tuesday session, the draft-law on the “Settlement of Claims” between Iraq and the United States, the Official Spokesman for the Iraqi government said on Wednesday.

“The Council of Ministers has approved the draft-law on the promulgation of the Settlement of Claims between the Iraqi government and the government of the United States of America, raising it to the Parliament for final approval according to the Iraqi constitution,” Ali al-Dabbagh told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

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