Archive for September 22, 2011

World Bank, International Monetary Fund Meetings September 23-25 2011

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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About the Annual Meetings

The Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (Fund) and the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (Bank) normally meet once a year to discuss the work of their respective institutions. The Annual Meetings, which generally take place in September-October, have customarily been held in Washington for two consecutive years and in another member country in the third year.

The Inaugural Meeting of the Boards of Governors was held in Savannah, Georgia, USA in March 1946. The first Annual Meetings were held in Washington in 1946.

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Media reports: Iraqi parliament speaker to visit Kuwait soon

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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21/09/2011 15:14
Erbil, Sept. 21 (AKnews) – Iraq’s Parliament speaker Osama Nujaifi is expected to visit Kuwait for talks over pending issues.

Kuwait’s al-Dar Newspaper reported that Nujaifi will visit several countries, including Iran, but his main focus will be Kuwait. The newspaper did not report when this trip is going to be.

There are several issues lingering between Kuwait and Iraq that frequently spark tensions between the two neighbors: shared oil fields, land and water border demarcations, and the controversial Kuwaiti Mubarak Port which Iraqis believe will take business away from their ports and effect fishermen working in the Gulf.

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Friday, Talabani will speek to UN General Assembly and attend meetings

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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09/21/2011 22:25

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: a statement for the presidency, on Wednesday, President Jalal Talabani attended the opening of the meetings of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York and deliver a speech, Iraq on Friday, noting that Talabani obtain the approval of a UN support of statehood.

The statement received by the agency (Voices of Iraq) a copy of President Talabani attended the Wednesday opening of the meetings of the General Assembly of the United Nations its session sixty-sixth, noting that “it is scheduled to give the president the word Iraq in meetings the day after tomorrow, Friday (23 September this month).”

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CBI Daily Currency Auction; Sept 22, 2011: $175.4 million

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 22-SEP-2011. The results were as follows:

DETAILS NOTES
Number of banks 21
Auction price selling dinar / US$ 1170
Auction price buying dinar / US$ —–
Amount sold at auction price (US$) 175,410,000
Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) —–
Total offers for buying (US$) 175,410,000
Total offers for selling (US$) —–

Najafi: Parliament would agree to give the people a share of the oil if requested by the government

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The Chief of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Thursday, that the invitation to the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to give the people a share of the oil is an issue between the government and the chest, but he stressed that the Parliament would agree to such a call, if requested by the government that legally.

Osama al-Najafi, during a press conference held at Parliament House and attended by “Alsumaria News”, “as called for by the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, giving people a share of the oil is the subject between the government and Sadr,” asserting that “the House of Representatives be approved if the government has made a request law does not conflict with the Constitution. “

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Maliki and Biden discuss the U.S. military presence after 2011

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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22/09/2011 12:57

Baghdad, September 22 / September (Rn) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday, with Vice President Joe Biden in a telephone interview conducted by the latter conditions the survival of U.S. experts to train Iraqi forces after the due date for the withdrawal of the U.S. Army at the end of this year.

The political blocs, Maliki’s government has authorized to conduct negotiations with the United States to keep the American military trainers after the date of withdrawal, but the two sides have yet to reach agreement in this regard.

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Iraq Foreign Minister meets with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister at UN

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Met with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari at the UN headquarters in New York on 09/21/2011 His Highness Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait, during the meeting emphasized the importance of strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries in various fields, which serve the common interests of both brotherly peoples , and avoid anything that would impede the building of confidence in this important stage of their history, and emphasize the mutual benefit derived by countries through economic cooperation.

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The Parliament Legal Committee defers discussion of draft law of the NSCSP and legal amnesty to the next Sunday.

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD / Nina /– Member of the Parliamentary Legal Comm ittee MP ,Hassoun Fatlawi announced today that the committee postponed discussion of the draft law of the National Suprem Council for Strategic Policies and legal amnesty to the next Sunday.

He said in a statement to NINA : “It is likely that the articles of the NSCSP will be subjected to amendment after studying the terms of its draft law whether they are in consistent with the Constitution or not , to develop either a modifications or cancellation in full.”

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Talabani agrees to the settlement of outstanding issues between the two countries through dialogue

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Agreed by President Jalal Talabani with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on the importance of sustaining the dialogue between the two countries to resolve all outstanding issues and the development of bilateral relations.

The political source had told the “morning” on Saturday, said that President Jalal Talabani will discuss the outstanding issues during the meetings Stgmah with leaders and Heads of Government, noting that “President Talabani will meet Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to discuss among other files with a port Mubarak of Kuwait,” noting that “the goal of these meetings is to strengthen the ties between Iraq and neighboring countries and resolve dilemmas.”

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Iraq House of Representatives convened Thursday

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Parliament held its the 31 in the presence of 200 deputies

The Council of Representatives, Thursday, its the 31 of the legislative year the second, headed by Speaker Osama Najafi and the presence of 200 deputies, while the parliamentary source that the meeting will host the governors of Baghdad, Basra and Mosul as well as first and second readings of a number of draft laws, the most important law of the Anti-Terrorism and the Law of the Ministry of Interior.

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Committee on Oil and Energy: We have completed the tenth materials in fiftieth of material Acanon oil and gas for the submission of the first reading

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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According to a member of the Commission on oil and energy in the Iraqi Council of Representatives Awad al-Awadi, he was presented the mechanism of the special draft law on oil and gas law and the proposed oil and gas to the oil and energy for a vote and received a consensus on this mechanism.

He added “al-Awadi,” This mechanism must be a mechanism to study the articles of the draft law timetable given for the fiftieth article on members of the Commission on oil and energy present day is the time of the committee to study the articles of the draft oil and gas and the proposed oil and gas in order to come up with a draft law of oil and gas, and the bill out of the draft integrated law.

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Advisor: Government and provided the headquarters for the Kuwaiti Embassy in Baghdad

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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22/09/2011 12:49

Baghdad / Orr News
Revealed adviser in the Iraqi government that the Iraqi government headquarters and provided appropriate for the Kuwaiti Embassy in Iraq. Said Abdul-Hussein Al Jabri said that “the Iraqi government has allocated the appropriate place for the headquarters of the Kuwaiti embassy in Iraq in the International Zone and will send a formal letter through the Foreign Ministry to resume the work of the Kuwaiti ambassador in Baghdad.”

He added that “the Iraqi government does not wish for the withdrawal of the Kuwaiti ambassador and that the exercise of his work yet because he was in Iraq, reduces spasms especially with regard to the file of the port of Kuwait’s Mubarak.”

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Vietnam: Exchange rates predicted to keep rising

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Asian Currency Markets
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VietFinanceNews.com – The big differential between local and international gold prices – at some US$1 million a tael now – has exerted little pressure on the exchange rate at home, but many experts still predict forex volatility at the year’s end.

The inter-bank exchange rate on Monday was still maintained by the central bank at VND20,628, allowing banks to quote the U.S. dollar at a maximum VND20,834 given the trading band of 1%. The dollar on the unofficial market on Monday afternoon traded at VND21,040-VND21,090, a slight fall of VND10 against last weekend.

However, experts all agreed that the pressure on the exchange rate will be high at the end of the year due to the rising need for the greenback among enterprises at the time coupled with a possible rise in trade deficit.

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Iraq: A committee of 50 MPs to review constitution

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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A member of the House of Representatives for the state of law Ibrahim Rikabi the formation of a committee consisting of 50 MPs to reconsider the laws of the Constitution where there is a lot of errors and give rise to differences between the political blocs to overcome because of the future.

He said in a statement singled out the “morning” that most of the political blocs in parliament, has directed to amend clauses in the Constitution and between these blocs of state law, explaining that the House of Representatives and on this basis to form a committee from the 50-member mission to review the laws of the Constitution without prejudice Balmkzbat fundamental to the Constitution to override the Many of the lapses that are meant to strengthen beyond the political differences that you get there.

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Parliamentary Security: Iraq will take over all military bases of the Americans in two months

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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At a time announced by the Committee on Defense and Security Parliamentary that Iraq will take over all military bases where there are U.S. troops by the end of the year, Deputy President of the Republic Khodair al, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey said U.S. forces will withdraw from Iraq as scheduled.

During the meeting bring them yesterday, discussed the Khuzaie and Jeffrey are many matters of common interest, the most important phase of the withdrawal of U.S. forces end this year and one training Iraqi forces, where he stressed the Vice President of the Republic according to a statement received “morning,” a copy of it, that “Iraq has seen a major shift in the course of the rule of dictatorship to the rule of a democratic and pluralistic. This shift over the great difficulties, but with wisdom and patience of the Iraqi people, politicians, philanthropists, he was able to cross the danger, and what is happening now from accidents and crimes of a terrorist is the end all the features of terrorism and sectarianism in the country. “

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Pres. Najafi emphasizes the need to open the door to European investment in Iraq

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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09/21/2011 17:53

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The President of the House of Representatives Osama Najafi, Wednesday, during a meeting with a member of the European Parliament, Emma Nicholson, the need to open areas in front of all European investment in Iraq.

This came in a statement of the Presidency of the Council of Representatives, received by the agency (Voices of Iraq) a copy of it, and explained that Najafi received today in his office a member of the European Parliament Baroness Emma Nicholson, During the meeting, “discuss the economic relations, trade and regional and international issues of common interest.”

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Iraqi Finance Ministry unveils the 2012 budget debate in the House next Sunday

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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22/09/2011 12:07

Erbil, September 22 (Rn) – U.S. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance said Thursday that he hoped to discuss the Iraqi Council of Representatives budget for fiscal year 2012 amounting to more than 130 trillion dinars Sunday, noting that the share of the Kurdistan region of 17% of the total Iraqi budget as it was during the previous years.

The Prophet said Fadel told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “it is scheduled to discuss the Iraqi Council of Representatives during its upcoming Sunday, the draft federal budget law for 2012 discretionary.”

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U.S. expert: Politics source of bad news in Iraq

Posted: September 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Policy in Iraq is the perfect place if you want to look for bad news in Iraq, and if the country has witnessed an improvement relative steady over the past years, the policy in that country has seen a noticeable decline, it remained the files stuck and stalled government partnership and increased foreign intervention, according to see what an American expert.

The Director of Defense Research on the initiative of the twenty-first century at the Brookings Institution, Michael Ouhanlun, in a study published, the current month, at the site of The National Interest, said that Iraq is still far less violent than before. Of course, everyone knows that the levels of violence in Iraq is much less than it was in 2004, and until the year 2007. But with the high-profile attacks during the summer of this year, some people have the impression that things had worsened significantly, and contributed to confusion in the press, sometimes by talking about a major upsurge in violence that seems to have undermined much of the gains of the past four years.

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