Archive for December, 2011

Just hours away many of you will gather with friends and family or maybe just sit quietly as the New Year draws near. If among friends or in solitude “Auld Lang Syne” will cross your mind as the clock strikes midnight.

It’s a song that is sung every New Years Eve as we say good bye to the old and we welcome in the new but what does this song really mean?

The song was written by poet Robert Burns in Scotland around the late 1700’s. Many say the words are from an even earlier Scottish folk song sung at New Years speaking of friendship. The song soon became tradition in Scotland and as Scots immigrated to the United States this tradition continued.

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Politics 12/31/2011 12:01:00 PM

BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (KUNA) — Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and Arab League Chief Nabil Al-Arabi discussed via phone the efforts on finding a solution to the political turmoil in Iraq within an Arab context.

A statement by Maliki’s office said Saturday that the Arab League Secretary General lauded Iraq on its efforts to resolve internal problems within the Arab context, adding that the league and Iraq would coordinate on the matter.

Iraqi politicians are continuing their efforts to resolve the turmoil in the country after a court order was issued to arrest Vice President Tareq Al-Hashimi on charges related to supporting terrorism.

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Saturday, 31 December 2011

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday that Iraq regained its health, economic and political security in a short period, while calling on Iraqis to take responsibility to enhance the legitimacy of national unity and the rejection of the differences and to accelerate the building of state institutions.

Said Nuri al-Maliki during a ceremony today to mark the end of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq that “the atheist and the thirtieth of December, which marks the end of the process of withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq all the national day as a day of Iraq,” stressing that “Iraq is recovered politically, economically and security during the short period of time and in the presence of foreign troops on its territory. ” (more…)

MP for the coalition of state law, Ihsan Al-Awadi said U.S. President Barack Obama promised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Bagara necessary for the protection of overseas funds of Iraq after the end of the year.

He said Al-Awadi told all of Iraq [where] today, “al-Maliki during his recent visit to discuss the protection of Iraqi funds deposited outside the country of Iraq being indebted to many countries of the world due to the hostile policy of the former regime and there is fear from the control of the creditor countries on the money.” (more…)

BAGHDAD – “arenas of Liberation” Days before the expected visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for a neighbor of his country’s south, said devices Kuwaiti Thursday it had dealt with the threat was received for the port project Mubarak Al-Kabeer and tied to the threat already launched by the group “Hezbollah” of Iraq months before the launch of rockets at the project site.

The newspaper “home” Kuwait on Friday that “the General Administration of Civil Defense, asked yesterday (Thursday) of the Fire Department to take all preparations after receiving a signal from the security services that it had received information on the planning of Iraqi groups to infiltrate the project in order to carry out a terrorist that was not bombed with missiles from Iraqi territory. ” The sources added that “on the basis of that information, the forces mobilized in the Ministry of Defense and was ready to deal with any emergency, taking that information into the serious and the Ministry of Interior with its information.” (more…)

Revealed the source of political, that the day of the parliament session will be the surprise inside Iraq if they continue to suspend the audience, through the presence of a large number of its members to the meeting.

The source said in a statement (of the Agency news) said on Saturday that the day of the parliamentary session encountered a third day of next month, will be a surprise inside the Iraqi List, in the event list has continued to suspend its work within the House and the Minister, through the presence of many members of Parliament, including the whole block for the next session. (more…)

Committee revealed the economy and investment representative, Saturday, for the weak purchasing power in the country in 2012, giving the reasons not to increase the salaries of employees, retirees and increase the budget Alchglah on investment in the budget in 2012.

The Ministry of Finance has announced that, beginning this month, the budget for 2012 will not see any increase on the salaries of employees or retirees to intercept the International Monetary Fund on this matter.

A member of the Committee of Economy and Investment Amer winner in an interview with ” Twilight News “that” increase the budget Alchglah caused the prevention of increased salaries of employees and retirees, and also lower investment budget will stop providing jobs for the unemployed, which will lead to the weak purchasing power in 2012, “explaining that” in If you do not enter the investing companies and investors to the country, will increase the unemployment rate within the community. ” (more…)

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Baghdad (news) .. Reasoned expert economic peace Sumaisem reasons for the high index of inflation in Iraq to increase the liquidity in the domestic market and the emergence of patterns of new consumer to the Iraqi citizens.

The Sumaisem in a statement to the Agency (news) on Saturday: that the reason for the increase rates of inflation in Iraq during the current period due to pump large amounts of cash into local markets through the distribution of loans and advances and salary increases, in addition to the existence of deficiencies in the local productive, ie, there is great demand for the goods against the limited offer in the market, this leads to increased rates of inflation in the Iraqi market. (more…)

31/12/2011

Yasser Mutawalli
hours the number of fingers and spin clockwise to turn the last page of the year 2011, which culminated in tangible successes against the results of a shy but hopeful and encouraging to move forward towards economic reform is required.

Renewed hope and consensus suggests that the year 2012 will be between Faisal went on stage and the stage hastily draw the desired path to overcome the economic challenges diagnosed paint a road map after the identified weaknesses. Combines most of the economists in the world that Iraq will emerge as the largest economic power, and these expectations loomed Ptbachireha in the headlines newspapers global economic quoted insights of experts and interested parties and stakeholders and their expectations for this role is expected. (more…)

31.12.2011 | (Voice of Iraq) Baghdad (news) warned a member of the Economic and MP / coalition in Iraq / Nora Salem from Iraq has been affected by the global recession that the economy unilaterally, citing the need to develop solutions to avoid them.

The Salem a statement to the Agency (news) on Saturday: It is likely that the world is experiencing economic crisis, new and be stronger than the previous and Iraq will be affected by being a certified Baaradath annual oil only, noting that the global economic crisis resulting from the low price of oil in the oil markets, global and this is what will affect the Iraqi economy as a yield. (more…)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday, the political leaders to unite in response to the desire of the Iraqi people, while stressing that the national reconciliation project has contributed to support the political process and install the security and stability, he noted that the government is proceeding to complete the success of this project in order to achieve Full national goals.

said Nuri al-Maliki during a ceremonial central to “on Iraq,” which was held in Baghdad on the occasion of the U.S. withdrawal and attended “Alsumaria News”, “political leaders to unite in response to the desire of the Iraqi people who came out,” adding that “the national reconciliation project contributed to support the political process and install the security and stability. ” Maliki said that “this project, we considered the lifeboat to all Iraqis is a strategic choice continuously helped greatly to strengthen national unity,” adding, “We are involved in the complete success of this project in order to achieve full national goals after it succeeded in uniting the masses of the people. ” (more…)

Saturday, December 31 / 1 December 2011 16:36

New Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq’s commitment to the strategic framework agreement with the United States and the government’s commitment to a project of national reconciliation after 2011.

Maliki said during the ceremony the central occasion [on Iraq], which was held Saturday in the capital Baghdad and attended by a number of officials, dignitaries and tribal elders and a group of citizens that “Iraq has renewed its commitment to the firm and his commitment to the implementation of the strategic framework agreement that was signed with the United States in 2008 because it represents national interest of Iraq, under which after the end of this year to move the relationship between the two countries to cooperate in the political, military, economic, cultural and other projects to achieve common interests and non-interference in internal affairs. ” (more…)

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Baghdad (news) .. Prime Minister General Commander of the Armed Forces Nuri Kamal al-Maliki during the celebration of the large central, which was held in Baghdad, a label on atheist and the thirtieth of December, which marks the end of the withdrawal of foreign forces from all of Iraq, a national day as “on Iraq.” .

Addressing the Prime Minister, according to his speech, and received the Agency (news) a copy of which on Saturday: the Iraqi people, saying: Blessed are you and you you raise the flag of Iraq on every inch of the soil pure and Taatouhdon under its banner, and Cesedkm this day pride and glory and pride, describing Iraq that is free and you are the masters deserve, and not on the people of Iraq loyal only to maintain the sovereignty, unity and independence.

Maliki said that Iraq was able to get out of several difficult stages, the first dark period of the regime’s dictatorial former Baathist and second, sectarian civil war .. and the third, the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, and the fourth Maamadana strongly by a reconstruction, construction and Ttoiralaguetsad and services.

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The independent Iraqi news agency / Baghdad / p. K … Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday December 31 a national day reflects the U.S. withdrawal from the country, dubbed “on Iraq.”

Maliki said at the ceremony the central occasion of the U.S. withdrawal, which was held in the Hall of the People in central Baghdad in a speech transfer reporter (and the Iraqi news agency, independent) announced today atheist thirty (of December), which marks the end of the withdrawal of all U.S. national day as “day Iraq “. (more…)

Baghdad (CNN) — Television stations in Baghdad are calling it “Iraq Day,” the Saturday deadline for American troops to completely withdraw from the country under a U.S.-Iraqi security pact.

Stations aligned with Sunni and Shiite extremist groups, many of whom attacked U.S. troops, have dubbed it the “Day of Defeating the Occupier” — others have called it the “Day of Fullfillment” or “Day of Evacuation.” (more…)

VietFinanceNews.com – Managing tight monetary and financial policies to reign in inflation remained a key task for 2012, Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue has said.

Hue said this was being done to stabilise the macro-economy while helping enterprises overcome their difficulties.

At a press conference earlier this week, Hue said that if the situation warranted, the ministry would ask the Government to delay and exempt tax for enterprises as it did this year. (more…)

On: Friday 30/12/2011 11:48

Baghdad (news) .. Emphasized the economic expert Ikram Abdul Aziz said the project to delete three zeros from the currency has no effect on the Iraqi dinar and the economy, just switch the external form of currency, saying it would cost the state large sums of money when implemented.

Said Abdul Aziz told the reporter Agency (news) Friday: that the strength of the Iraqi dinar depends on the strength of the Iraqi economy and its diversity, ie diversity of revenue annual State through the activation of all economic sectors, and the Iraqi economy diversified revenue rather than a yield economy single- side dependent on oil. (more…)

U.S. investment and other business in Iraq has quadrupled this year despite concerns over violence and sectarian rivalry as the last American troops withdrew from Iraq.

U.S. companies reached deals worth $8.1 billion through Dec. 1, up from $2 billion last year, according to Dunia Frontier Consultants, which studies emerging markets.

The surge follows a number of years in which U.S. companies were fearful of entering Iraq and have lagged behind some European and regional countries.

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Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Iraq the appearance of Mohammed Saleh in an interview to «life», said the persistence of dollarization of the Iraqi market and the duplication of transactions in different currencies, something negative needs to implement the program is able to restore confidence in dinars, adding that the dollar accounts for 40 percent of local trading.

He said: «the Iraqi market is not removed from the market Almdolrh, and this negative phenomenon means that there are flaws in the domestic economy and international relations, and thus lead to a deterioration of the currency market locally and abroad». (more…)

Denied Iraq’s Ambassador to Kuwait, Mohammad Bahr al-Ulum the accuracy of the reports by some media and websites for “the arrival of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Kuwait Sunday on an official visit to discuss relations and a number of outstanding issues between the two countries.”

The Sea of Science in connection with the “Kuwaiti newspaper” yesterday that he “did not specify after the date of the visit intended to al-Maliki do to Kuwait at the invitation he received from His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak during the phone call that was between them a few days ago,” pointing to the that “al-Maliki promised to meet the call and visit Kuwait at the earliest possible opportunity.”

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On: Wed, 29/12/2011 17:57

Baghdad (news) .. Research and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, with James Jeffrey, U.S. Ambassador in Iraq, relations, Iraq – U.S. stage after the withdrawal of U.S. forces and the activation of the bilateral committees in accordance with the strategic framework agreement.

A statement of Foreign Affairs received by the Agency (news) on Wednesday: it was during the meeting Search relations, Iraq – U.S. stage after the withdrawal of U.S. forces and the activation of the bilateral committees in accordance with the strategic framework agreement, also discussed the needs of the U.S. embassy to perform its functions and its role in the implementation of the strategic framework agreement for cooperation and friendship. (more…)

BAGHDAD / With: MP called for high-mass white Nassif government pressure on the U.S. administration to remove Iraq from Chapter VII of money to preserve the Iraqi-US relations in the post-withdrawal.

Nassif explained in a statement moved its press office today, and received the news agency the future (and with) a copy of it “must be Iraqi-US relations in the post-withdrawal depended on the response to the demand of the U.S. administration of Iraq was pulled from Chapter VII. (more…)

On: Friday 30/12/2011 5:33

The Iraqi government said that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Kuwait next Sunday to discuss the outstanding issues between the two countries, after talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the most important files between the two countries in a telephone interview Monday.

It is expected that this visit will be crucial for the completion of the files out of Iraq from Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations as well as end the differences caused by the intention of establishing Port Kuwait Mubarak.

The adviser said the Prime Minister Hamid Hussain Al Jabri told a news briefing that al-Maliki will discuss the problem of the port in Kuwait, Mubarak Al-Kabeer and the closure of outstanding issues. (more…)

Schedule of work session (11) Tuesday (3) January 2012

  1. read verses from the Koran. Second, the first reading of the draft law of the Republic of Iraq’s accession to the Convention establishing the Organization of Plant Protection in the Near East. (Committee on Agriculture, Committee on Foreign Relations).
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  3. the first reading of a bill of seeds and seeds. (COAG). (38 items). (more…)

Thursday, December 29 2011

{Baghdad} Euphrates News MP on the mass of citizens Qasim al-Araji, the inclusion of the second reading of the law of the financial budget at a meeting next Tuesday.

He told the News} {Euphrates that “In order to speed up passage of the federal budget will be the second reading of the budget next Tuesday.” (more…)

IQPCFocus: Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon

Note:  CBI’s Shabibi is scheduled to speak on January 22 and 23, 2012

Note: January 22, 2012 will focus on Iraq’s banking sector

Maximising security & customer experience through innovative technologies to empower your banking business

Rapidly changing business environment and economic instability are stimulating financial institutions to reshape their business strategies, look for innovative products and services, improve their risk management tools and strengthen customer trust. The last 3 years has seen the Jordanian banking sector invest around USD $110 million into developing it’s IT infrastructure and the interest and focus on advancing it’s IT capabilities is showing no sign of slowing down. (more…)

Thursday, 29 December 2011

Baghdad / babysit – A member of the National Alliance MP gift of hope that the visit of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the next will be dedicated to discussion of more than one subject, namely the political scene and the latest developments in the political process.

And Mpent gift in a statement summed up by the news agency of public opinion (and babysit) on Thursday that Biden will discuss with the Iraqi government relations strategy and the issue of the American Embassy and the number of employees and whether it will be 15 000 or more or less, in addition to the selection of another site of the embassy or to remain in place.
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12/29/2011 1:05 PM

NEW YORK / Aswat al-Iraq: The Leaders of al-Iraqiya Alliance, its Chairman Iyad Allawi, the Parliament’s Speaker, Usama al-Nujeify and Finance Minister, Rafi’a al-Issawi, have published a message in the New York Times newspaper on Monday, demanding the US Administration to “link its support for Prime Minister, Nouri al-Malliky, with his implementation of the Arbil Agreement, issued by Iraqi Kurdistan President, Massoud Barzani, calling on the Iraqi political forces to abandon their differences and agree on a common plan to settle those differences.

The message demanded that the US assistance for the Iraqi Army, police and security forces, include a condition that they serve the whole Iraqi Nation and not a single sectarian group or party.

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28/12/2011 18:28

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday, the existence of a plan to convert all the powers of the central government to local governments, except those related to sovereignty, security and foreign policy and the distribution of wealth that must be centralized so that is distributed to all citizens equally.

A statement by the Prime Minister’s Office that it came during a meeting with Maliki in his office today, the official number of the elders and chiefs of Anbar province. (more…)

On: Wed, 29/12/2011 13:10

Baghdad (news) .. most likely member of a coalition of state law MP / National Alliance / approved chewing gum, to be next week-week hotline between the political blocs to resolve the current crisis on the political issues.

He was president Jalal Talabani and parliament Osama Najafi, have agreed to resolve the issue of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi through the judicial process, and a national conference of all political forces to address issues. (more…)