Archive for August 3, 2011

KannaBaghdad, August 3 (AKnews) – Iraq’s political leaders agreed in a meeting last night at Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s home, to put an end to an intense month of political disputes.

For the past few weeks, Iraq’s political process has ground to a standstill because of heated debates over the allocation of three key security ministries and the application of the power-sharing deal signed by the political blocs in December last year.

Though intensified of late, the frictions between the main players on Iraq’s political arena stretch back to the March 2010 legislative polls.

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August 3 2011

Baghdad (news) .. The Deputy Prime Minister for Services Affairs Saleh al-Mutlaq Ambassralamaratne during a meeting in Iraq, Abdullah Shehhi, the importance of deepening the relations between Iraq and his brothers in the GCC.

The statement quoted al-Mutlaq of the Office has received the Agency (news) a copy of it with him he stressed the “necessity of continuing relations between the brothers in the framework of calm and mutual respect and non interference in internal affairs and concern for the common interests..”

For his part, the statement quoted Al-Shehhi to confirm his country’s keenness on Iraq’s security, unity and territorial integrity, expressing his pleasure of progress in the political process and the agreements reached by the parliamentary blocs during the meeting called by President Jalal Talabani.

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Congress for the “morning”: the extension of UNAMI important task at the present
August 4 2011

World Congress (UNSC) to extend the mandate of the UN mission for its work in Iraq another year, “be good and necessary” under the conditions experienced by the country, stressing that this mission has significance in resolving the many outstanding issues. The MPs said in their statements, the “morning”: that the work of this mission had existed before 2003 in helping the Iraqi people, and now its largest and relevant.

The Zkralnaúb the Iraqi List, Salman Jumaili that “the United Nations play a positive role in helping the Iraqi people by the year 2003, and now and in the light of the political situation, I think the UN role could take him to ease political conflicts, especially in areas with problems, so we need to extend the mandate of the UN mission for another year. “He announced Jumaili that his list with” extension in particular, that there are conflicts in some disputed areas, and will be for the mission’s role in resolving disputes and resolve some outstanding issues, including the files of human rights, education and others. “

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2011-08-03

Iraqi Central Bank has registered a remarkable increase in sales of the dollar during a tour of his dealings on Tuesday.

The value of sales to about 170 million dollars, with payment of the needs of government and private banks, said adviser to the CBI for the appearance of Mohammed’s “Radio Sawa”.

He denied the rumors in favor of money-men and speculators on the decline of foreign exchange reserves in the Iraqi market, pointing to price stability, covering the commercial transactions taking place in the country.

The central bank had announced earlier that its reserves reached $ 50 billion last year, which proved the efficiency of monetary policy adopted by the central bank to protect the Iraqi dinar.

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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister, Roz Nouri Shawes, has defined a two-week period for al-Iraqiya and the State of Law Coalitions to present their candidates for the Defense and Interior Ministers posts, according to a Presidential statement on Wednesday.

“Shawes had read a Presidential statement, after the meeting of the Political Leaders on Tuesday, saying that, in order to implement Kurdistan President, Massoud Barzani’s initiative, agreement had been reached that al-Iraqiya to present its candidates for the Defense Ministry and the National Coalition for the Interior Ministry, within 2 weeks, according to CVs, to be agreed upon by the leading three blocs,” the statement reported.

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State law: any addition to the Board policies will hinder its law passed in parliament

Said a representative for a coalition of state law, Wednesday, that the addition of any clause on agreements Arbil, including the failure to make the Council senior policy consultant will hamper passed its law in the House of Representatives, as pointed out that the leaders of political blocs agreed to provide the Iraqi List, three candidates for the Ministry of Defence during the next week, and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to accept one or reject all.

The MP said the coalition of state law, Khalid al-Asadi said in an interview for “Alsumaria News,” The leaders of political blocs agreed, yesterday, at their meeting to present the law of the Council of strategic policies the Supreme Council House of Representatives, to be discussed and passed in parliament, “noting that” the vote will be if they committed themselves to read agreements Erbil, in the sense that the advisory council. “

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Chihod calls for the Committee shall be the port of Kuwait’s Mubarak professional and far from the external influences

MP from the coalition of state law Mohammed Saadoun Chihod that the Committee shall be of understanding and dialogue with the Kuwaiti side on the file Minaúe Mubarak, Kuwaiti professional, impartial and free from external influences and said Chihod to previous reports in this regard refers to the port of Mubarak will kill the Iraqi economy in the event of its establishment and that the ships and commercial vessels will not be able to enter the Iraqi ports

Therefore, the Committee must have experience in ports and can even be a professional diagnosis of the port of Kuwait after the Iraqi ports.

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Washington may have averted a debt default by compromising on how to cut the US budget deficit, but underlying problems remain and those economic woes are driving a global search for an alternative reserve currency.

Officials, from the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the Philippines finance minister, have warned that the US dollar may lose its reserve status.

For China, the largest lender to the US and the world’s second biggest economy, the answer is close to home.

Read More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14370788

Iraq agreed to send a bill to the Council strategic policies of Representatives for approvalbarzani, talabani, alawi, maliki

Baghdad, July 3 (Rn) – The mass of Mesopotamia, led by Kanna today, Wednesday, leaders of political blocs agreed to form committees and Zareeten committees to apply the principle of balance in government institutions, and the other shall prepare rules of procedure of the Iraqi Council of Ministers and forwarded to the Parliament for a vote in no later than 14 a day, as was agreed to send the law of the Policy Board as soon as the strategy of the Presidency to the Council of Representatives for approval.

He said we were, who took part in the meeting of leaders of political blocs in the house of President Jalal Talabani said yesterday that “the leaders of political blocs agreed to form committees and Zareeten one to apply the principle of balance in government institutions, and the other to prepare the internal system of the Council of Ministers.”

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Moody’s Affirms U.S. Rating, Warns of Downgrades

Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings affirmed their AAA credit ratings for the U.S. while warning that downgrades were possible if lawmakers fail to enact debt reduction measures and the economy weakens.

The outlook for the U.S. grade is now negative, Moody’s said in a statement yesterday after President Barack Obama signed into law a plan to lift the nation’s borrowing limit and cut spending following months of wrangling between Democratic leaders and Republican lawmakers.

Read More: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-02/u-s-aaa-rating-faces-moody-s-downgrade-on-debt-economic-slowdown-concern.html

Iraqi leaders agree on a solution to the four disputed issues: the U.S. presence, the Policy Board, Minister of national security and balance

Sources from within the corridors of political leaders meeting on Tuesday evening at the headquarters of President Jalal Talabani said the Iraqi leaders agreed to solve the four controversial issues: the U.S. presence, the Policy Board, Minister of national security and balance.

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VietFinanceNews.com – Monetary policies need to be further tightened. But they need to conform to the business development cycle with an aim to gradually revive macroeconomic stability, National Financial Supervisory Commission deputy chairman Dr. Le Xuan Nghia tells VIR.

The National Assembly’s Economic Committee recently submitted to the government a 10-point proposal to help restore the local monetary market and lower inflation. In your view, what more is needed to help achieve these goals?

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BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (KUNA) — Iraqi political blocs gave the green light late Tuesday to the Iraqi government to sign a new agreement with the United States to Keep some of its troops, for military training purposes, beyond their departure date at the end of 2011.

This decision came as an outcome of a meeting held, late Tuesday, by Iraqi lawmakers and the Iraqi government to discuss the US troop’s presence in the country.

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Erbil, August 3 / August (Rn) – The political leaders, heads of blocs in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, held a meeting at the invitation of President Jalal Talabani at the Peace Palace in Baghdad.

It was agreed that the leaders and heads of political blocs during the meeting on a number of important decisions.
At the conclusion of the meeting, said President Jalal Talabani told a news conference that “the meeting was very successful, and we have reached understandings on all issues and the majority of the votes were not there any comments with the exception of observations of representatives of the Sadrist movement on the issue of U.S. troops are trained for members of the Iraqi army.”

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Iraq: Agreement on the Council’s political blocs to ensure its decisions bind the government

Posted 03/08/2011 10:13 AM

Baghdad (where) confirmed the Iraqi List, announced today that “agreement of the political blocs in Ajtmaha Tuesday ensure that the decisions of the National Council for the strategic policy binding on the government after a vote in the House of Representatives.”

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Political blocs to determine the duration of two weeks to submit new names for the security ministries
Wednesday, August 03 / August 2011 01:11

Announced that a leading figure in the center coalition Iyad Samarrai, “determine the political blocs have two weeks to submit new names for the security ministries.”

He told all of Iraq [where] said: “Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki objected to all the names submitted by the Iraqi List, was agreed to submit new names during the two weeks and that the nomination by the Iraqi List and the National Alliance.”

The Samurai, “was to set terms for a Minister to be the owners of the efficient and professional and non-inclusion in the law of accountability, justice and other conditions”

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Described Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi, on Wednesday, meeting leaders of political blocs, which was held yesterday at the home of President Jalal Talabani, the positive, affirming that she learned first-hand the flexibility not pledge by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has resulted in agreement on many issues.

The spokesman said on behalf of the Iraqi List Haider Mulla said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “Meeting of the political blocs, which was held at the home of President Jalal Talabani on Sunday, was positive,” noting that “Iraq has not learned first-hand the flexibility of the pledge by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, resulting in agreement on the five files key. “

Spokesman for the Iraqi List, that “the political blocs entrusted the prime minister to negotiate with the U.S. administration as to whether there was a presentation to the survival of forces specific after 2011.”

The leaders of political blocs held on Tuesday (2 August 2011), held a meeting at the home of President Jalal Talabani, the presence of Prime Ministers Nouri al-Maliki and parliament Osama Najafi and the Iraqi leader Ayad Allawi. and reached the political blocs in the meeting, according to a statement the presidency to agree on the formation of a ministerial committee based the results of talks agreement Erbil to agree on the rules of procedure of the Council of Ministers, as agreed that is the passage of the National Council for the policies of the Supreme, which is expected to be headed by the Iraqi leader Ayad Allawi, in parliament after the submission by the President of the Republic.

Blocs agreed also on the formation of a committee of Deputy Prime Minister, pledged to the task of determining the weak points in the balance constitutional in regard to staff of the categories above the Director General and in the security ministries, and within two months, in addition to setting up a mechanism to raise the defect and is not detrimental to asset management.

Also resulted in a meeting blocs agree to provide the Iraqi candidates to the Ministry of Defense and to submit the National Alliance candidates for the Ministry of Interior within two weeks specifications approved by the three blocs of Iraq and the Kurdistan Alliance and the National Alliance.

And agreed political blocs during the meeting the government’s mandate to start talks with the U.S. on keeping the number of U.S. troops to train Iraqi forces until after the deadline for full withdrawal end of the year 2011, while met with delegation oppose the current Sadr, who refused any kind of talks within the framework of keeping the Americans in the country after the end of the year 2011.

Talabani and the meeting is held, Tuesday (02/08/2011), complementary to the meetings hosted over the past month in order to bring the views and resolve differences between the existing Iraqi and coalition of state law, but these meetings did not result in any significant progress in that framework because of adherence to each of the poles of the political process, his positions, especially in relation to the implementation of the terms of the Erbil and the achievement of political partnership. and spin differences between the Iraqi List and the National Alliance on some of the terms of the Erbil including the draft Law on the Council strategic policies supreme, and most important of these differences the mechanism to select the President of the Council, as the demands of the Iraqi List to be the mechanism of choice in the House of Representatives, which rejected the National Alliance and demanded to be inside the body that are within the National Council for strategic policy and capacity, where it has the person who chairs the Council and whether his powers are described as general secretary or president.

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Ayad Allawi

Ayad Allawi

  • Political Blocs agree to send National Council for Strategic Policies to Parliament for Approval
  • Political Blocs agree to form a committee to determine agenda for National Council.  Committee to vote on Council Chairman (Allawi is expected)
  • Political Blocs agree to submit new list of candidates for Defense Minister (Iraqi List) and Interior Minister (National Alliance) within two weeks in order for parliament approval.

Announced that Iraqi political blocs, on Wednesday, agreeing to be the passage of the National Council for the policies of the Supreme, which is expected to be headed by the Iraqi leader Ayad Allawi, in parliament after its submission by the President of the Republic. Blocs agreed also to form a committee ministerial support the results of talks agreement Erbil to agree on the rules of procedure of the Council of Ministers.

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The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 3-AUG-2011. The results were as follows:

DETAILS NOTES
Number of banks 18
Auction price selling dinar / US$ 1170
Auction price buying dinar / US$ —–
Amount sold at auction price (US$) 182,758,000
Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) —–
Total offers for buying (US$) 182,758,000
Total offers for selling (US$) —–

belgium-trainBaghdad, August 3 / August (Rn) – An economic adviser in the Iraqi government, Wednesday, the NOC of Iraq, Kuwait, link in the channel dry, as agreed internationally.

He said peace Algarisa of Kurdistan News Agency (Rn) that “Iraq will not hinder the canal system to link Kuwait to activate the dry trade and bolster the economy between the two countries because of the crisis, Mubarak port between the two countries.”

He added that “international law does not allow the railway to Kuwait to Iraq to prevent the railway link to the channel dry because of international conventions on that.”

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