Archive for October 4, 2011

BREAKING NEWS
04/10/2011 21:51:00
Baghdad (NINA) – President Jalal Talabani will hold a press conference later in the evening, after leaders of political blocs have concluded their meeting.

Source at the President’s Office told NINA, “Talabani will announce the meeting’s results and the reasons for postpone making decisions concerning important political issues.”

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04/10/2011

D. Mehdi Hafedh
Past week has seen an upsurge in competition on the right monetary and fiscal policy in Iraq.

It is worthwhile as long as the faltering observed in these policy was still a factor impeding development and economic reform and improve the desired standard of living of the population. There is no true dependence on oil revenues only an introduction to overlook the great dilemmas facing the proper functioning of economic life in all its branches.

I did not want to talk about this subject, about the collision of political, media, which appeared here and there. It’s not a formality, as some people imagine, and the national interest requires that the controversy is the construction of obstacles, Iraq built on a new economic environment, or it is building on this experience in the skies of a new renaissance of the Interior and the major shifts in the region and the world.

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Union of Arab Banks signed with the Association of Iraqi private banks memorandum of understanding on future cooperation plan on Saturday at the Union House, Beirut Arab banking.

Signed this Convention for the Association, its president Mustapha Hillawi appearance in the presence of Vice-President Abdel-Aziz Hassouna, and the Union of Arab Banks, the Secretary General and Sam Hassan Fattouh.

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Start of the meeting of leaders of political blocs in the presence of al-Maliki, Allawi

Alsumaria News / Baghdad began meeting leaders of political blocs, Tuesday, in Baghdad, attended by leaders and representatives of political blocs and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Iraqi leader Ayad Allawi and President of the House of Representatives Osama Najafi.

A source at the presidency in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “Meeting leaders of political blocs began, on Thursday evening, at the residence of President Jalal Talabani, the presence of all leaders of political blocs, “noting that” Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Iraqi leader Ayad Allawi and President of the Parliament Osama Najafi, who attended the meeting. “

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04/10/2011 16:56

Baghdad, 4 October / October (Rn) – Raising the Iraqi Council of Representatives on Tuesday, its 34th to Thursday next after the vote to repeal the decision of the dissolved Revolutionary Command Council, as well as read eight draft laws.

The decision of Parliament Mohammed al-Khalidi told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the Presidency of the Council of Representatives meeting rose at the 34-to-day next Thursday after the Council voted to cancel the decision of dissolved Revolutionary Command Council No. 55 of 1999 and the report of the Legal Committee in order to resolve the cases of loss, families of employees of State departments and the public sector in the Iraq war – Iran and the Gulf War. “

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allawi maliki baghdadAllawi amend its boycott of the leaders’ meeting “in response to public opinion”
04/10/2011 17:30

Baghdad, 4 October / October (Rn) – The Iraqi National Accord Movement, led by Iyad Allawi, that the latter decided to participate in the meeting of leaders of political blocs, which will be held Tuesday evening, indicating that the decision was taken “in response to public opinion.”

The group said that the Iraqi List headed by Allawi, is optimistic of resolving the issues of national partnership in the meeting to be held at the invitation of President Jalal Talabani and held in his office.

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04/10/2011 13:20
Baghdad, Oct. 4 (AKnews) – Former Iraqi Prime Minister and leader of the Iraqi National Accord Movement (INA) will not attend today’s meeting of the leaders of the political blocs, since he misses a committment to the Erbil Agreement by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The leaders of Iraqi political blocs are supposed to meet today for a fourth time to discuss U.S. military presence in the country beyong December 31, 2011.

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Baghdad (news) .. Search by President Jalal Talabani at his Baghdad office on Tuesday, with Ssadoralolayat United States in Iraq, James Jeffrey and his accompanying delegation, Msarttor bilateral relations between Iraq and the United States and ways to expand and Tedeidha and what he believes the common interests of the peoples of the two countries.

This will be held during the coming hours, a meeting of leaders of political blocs, the house of President Talabani about the political differences between them.

A statement by the Presidency of the Republic received the Agency (news) copy of it: President Talabani pointed out the importance of consolidating Ataraltoasl, friendship and expand the horizons of future cooperation between the parties, through the strategic framework agreement between the two countries.

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Foreign Relations Committee looking partnership parliamentary democracy with a delegation of U.S. Congress

Baghdad (news) .. Discussed the Foreign Relations Committee, the parliamentary delegation of the U.S. Congress, democratic partnership between the Iraqi Council of Representatives and the U.S. Congress.

A statement of the Commission received the Agency (news) a copy of it on Tuesday that “the Committee discussed with the U.S. delegation to promote democracy in Iraq and democratic partnership between Congress and the Iraqi Council of Representatives In addition to bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of enhancing the political situation in Iraq and the region and start a relationship civilian economic, cultural between the two countries at some point after the U.S. withdrawal end of the year. “

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Baghdad (news) .. carrying member of the Committee on Energy and Oil and parliamentary deputy / National Alliance / Awad al-Awadi, the Kurdistan Alliance, the responsibility for delaying the adoption of the law of oil and gas, pointing out that the Kurdistan Alliance wants partnership in everything.

He said al-Awadi said in a statement (for the Agency news ) today Aalthelathae: that the main reason for not adopting the law of oil and gas, and delayed by the House of Representatives is due to the lack of conviction of the Kurdish bloc’s parliamentary him, because he gives full authority to the central government, noting that they have a vision to participate in the resolution and management and everything, and this leads to weakening the federal government in making its decisions.

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Osama Husseini / With: A source at the National Alliance, on Tuesday, the arrival of the answer by all leaders attend the upcoming meeting, including the leader of the coalition in Iraq, Iyad Allawi, indicating that the meeting will discuss four important files.

The source added in a statement to the correspondent of news agency the future (and with) that “all leaders of political blocs to attend a meeting called by President Jalal Talabani,” noting that “the conferees will discuss four important files is a matter of survival coaches after the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of this year” He pointed out that “the attitude of most of the political blocs positive.”

He added that “the file before the second meeting of the blocks is the issue of immunity for trainers, which varied opinions about it in advance to give immunity or cancel” following up “The National Alliance against either the issue of immunity and a coalition of Iraqi Kurdistan have no clear position in this regard.”

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Announced that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani held a meeting for leaders of political blocs on Tuesday evening in Baghdad, saying the invitation to all Iraqi leaders.

A statement issued by Talabani’s office, and got “Alsumaria News,” a copy of it, that “the face of calls to the office all the leaders of blocs and political parties represented in the House of Representatives to attend the meeting called by the President of the Republic.”

The statement said that “the meeting will be held as scheduled in the six o’clock this evening, Tuesday the fourth of October of this at the Peace Palace in Baghdad.”

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crossed the Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi, Tuesday, for not optimistic the outcome of the political blocs to be held today under the auspices of President Jalal Talabani, emphasizing the lack of access to any guarantees of a coalition of state law to implement the demands of the Iraqi List.

It is due to meet leaders of political blocs, on Tuesday evening, to discuss the withdrawal of U.S. forces and to keep trained and resolve outstanding issues and differences between the blocks.

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Baghdad (news) .. most likely the deputy governor of the Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, the continued increase in inflation rates in Iraq, in the event of failure to take fiscal and monetary policy actions necessary to reduce this phenomenon, citing the reasons for growing, ongoing for months in a row to higher prices for imported foodstuffs.

said Saleh in a statement to the Agency (news) on Tuesday: that inflation in Iraq will continue to increase if it continues policies have the monetary and financial of Iraq to develop the steps necessary and decisive action to curb this dangerous phenomenon, pointing to this type of inflation, which is called (transition or importer ) if left without treatment would cause damage, “chronic”, through pressure on the cost decimal continuously, leading to increased rental rates for real estate and food in local markets.

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Economic parliamentary: the deletion of three zeroes from the Iraqi currency will increase the confidence internationally

The decision of the Economic Committee in the Iraqi parliament on Saturday that the deletion of three zeros from the Iraqi currency will increase the confidence and international credibility in Iraqi currency, noting that the Central Bank of Iraq has a real strategy on the matter, adding that the dinar Iraq will be the strongest in the Middle East.

The Mahma Khalil told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), announced today that “the Iraqi government go really about the process of removing the zeros from the Iraqi currency and giving the fundamental pillars of it, so that there is a balance between the value in the hands of the citizen with the appropriate and value of the real exchange rate in the market.” . Noting that “the deletion of zeros will increase the confidence and international credibility in Iraqi currency, particularly that Iraq possesses huge economic resources.”

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Central Bank of Iraq, Friday, stressing the need to delete the zeros and the issuance of new currency, saying that there is a need for large cash categories to fill large transactions in addition to the existence of small currencies, he noted that the new currency will be in three languages.

Deputy Governor Central Bank of Iraq the appearance of Mohamed Saleh said in an interview for “Sumerian news”, “installation of faulty currency, as the largest category of Iraqi currency now equals $ 21, and therefore used by traders and dealers to deal with the United States banknotes and 100 dollars, for example if I gave them $ 10 class, they do not accept them”.

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04/10/2011 13:24

Baghdad, October 4 (Rn) – Iraqi Central Bank announced on Tuesday that the budget in 2011 has made development in the oil sector in the country.

The deputy governor of the Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed Saleh told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the budget in 2011 has achieved the desired development in the oil sector and was able to promote in its projects well.”

He added that “the budget in 2011 was a preliminary budget to balance in 2012 and was able to attract international contractors and international companies known to operate in Iraq and break the economic blockade.”

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On: Saturday 03/09/2011 10:18

Baghdad (news) .. The director of the Association of private banks Abdul Aziz Hassoun that the project to delete the three zeroes from the Iraqi currency is simply a modification of the categories of cash and is not intended to raise the Iraqi dinar exchange rate against the dollar or other currencies, pointing out that the strengthening of the currency comes through security and stability and increasing domestic production in the country.

He said Hassoun, a reporter for the Agency (news) on Saturday: the project to delete the three zeroes from the Iraqi currency intended to modify the denominations do not is not to raise the price of the Iraqi dinar exchange and support, and continued as long as there is no local production is real and security stability in the country it is difficult to raise the price of exchange of the dinar.

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The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 4-OCT-2011. The results were as follows:

DETAILS NOTES
Number of banks 25
Auction price selling dinar / US$ 1170
Auction price buying dinar / US$ —–
Amount sold at auction price (US$) 199,498,000
Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) —–
Total offers for buying (US$) 199,498,000
Total offers for selling (US$) —–

Baghdad (news) .. A member of a coalition of state law and the MP / National Alliance / Abbas al-Bayati, the House of Representatives seeks to resolve a federal budget before the middle of this month that the legislative term he will end the middle of this month and will be the House in authorizing’s (30) days.

Al-Bayati said (of the Agency news) on Tuesday: that the budget is still in the Cabinet and it is hoped that up to the House of Representatives during the (48) hours ahead.

The al-Bayati said all parliamentary blocs are designed to read going forward and voted upon, the fact that the delay is a violation of the constitution and will reflect negatively on all infrastructure projects and investment projects.

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Twilight News / confirmed for Security and Defense Committee representative, Tuesday, that “monopoly” the prime minister of security positions, he can not get out of the red circle of danger, calling for Maliki to involve the political blocs in the security file to get Iraq out of its crisis of security.

A member of the Commission on Security and Defense Council of Representatives Hamid al-Mutlaq’s “Twilight News” “The takeover of the security positions of Prime Minister can not get out of danger” red.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki stressed earlier this week that Iraq is still in the “red peril”, and he looked forward to time in the integrative movement upward.

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House of Representatives begins its 34 th led by Osama Najafi and the presence of 225 deputies
2011-10-04 11:41:14

BAGHDAD (Iba) … House of Representatives began before noon on the day of 34 of its second legislative term under the chairmanship of President of the Council Najafi and the presence of 225 deputies.

A source in the information department, told the independent press (Iba) The agenda of the meeting 34 for the day to listen to the report of the verification from the failures of electrical power and the first readings of bills to join the Republic of Iraq to the Convention establishing the International Islamic Trade Finance. The report of the Foreign Relations Committee and the Committee on the economy and investment. And ratification by the Republic of Iraq to the Charter of the Organization of Islamic Conference and the report of the Committee of Awqaf and Religious Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Legal Committee.

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MP predicted a coalition of state law WIN in the National Alliance to be settled Alfalh file security ministries in the meeting of leaders of political blocs evening.

The Alfalh told all of Iraq [where] “The meeting of leaders of political blocs, which will be held later in the day is expected to be discussed to resolve the nomination of candidates for the ministries of security, particularly the Ministry of Defence, which is concentrated unlike the political blocs on the candidates’ names to them.”

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2011-10-04 11:25
Kuwait Times daily said in an article under the title “al-Maliki turn the port file and recognizes the right of Kuwait” that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to resolve the situation and recognized the right of Kuwait.

The newspaper said the Iraqi government predominantly, and the Iraqi parliament overwhelmingly, may Rca convinced that the port of Kuwait does not harm the interests of Iraq, is no longer a trend counter for the time being able to shake this conviction after the adoption of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi committee is the second headed by the Chief his advisers put on her return from Kuwait, who is serving her not to cause harm to the interests of the Iraqi port.

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called MP / coalition of Kurdish blocs / Farhad Messenger, to the need to implement the Convention on Arbil Iraq out of the impasse.

He was President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, had discussed the most important issues to be discussed during the next meeting of the leaders and heads of political blocs At the invitation of President Talabani, who decided to hold this evening at the Office of the President of the Republic.

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Iraq’s Maliki calls for White filed a lawsuit in court against the International Maritime Kuwait

Demanded that the Iraqi bloc white, Tuesday, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to bring legal proceedings in the courts of the International Maritime on Kuwait’s insistence on building the port of Mubarak, loaded with al-Maliki personally responsible for a port as chairman of the executive power. spokeswoman said the Iraqi bloc white high-Nassif, in a statement issued today, and received “Alsumaria News”, a copy of it,

“Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki should bear the responsibility for the file port Mubarak personally, as head of the executive branch,” Maliki’s claims “of a lawsuit in the courts of the International Maritime Due to the fact that the regional water between Iraq and Kuwait is clearly defined to this day. ” and she said Nassif that “determine the ownership of territorial waters, which are created Port Mubarak near them will determine the extent of over Kuwait on the Iraqi border,” calling that “have the final say in this crisis of the international courts.”

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KUWAIT: Iraq’s parliamentary services committee revealed yesterday that the Iraqi government report on Kuwait’s Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port will be discussed in the parliament today (Tuesday) during an open session.

Committee member MP Ihsan Al-Awadhi said that the decision to discuss the report submitted by a technical team following its recent visit to Kuwait to inspect and be briefed on the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port site in open session was taken to allow the Iraqi people to find out about the details of the stages of the port’s construction and its potential effects on Iraqi maritime activities.

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History 10/4/2011 9:02:00 AM

KUWAIT, Oct 4 (KUNA) — 1963 — Iraq recognizes Kuwait’s independence, sovereignty and borders as outlined in a letter by the Iraqi Prime Minister on July 21, 1932, which was accepted by Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber on August 10, 1932. Ambassadors were then exchanged. The agreement was registered by Kuwait at the Arab League and the United Nations.

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