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Vote on the candidates of the defense and interior ministers after Eid holiday

Posted: August 13, 2011 by THE CURRENCY NEWSHOUND - Just Hopin in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

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According to senior political sources that the House will vote on the defense and interior ministers after Eid al-Fitr.

The sources said the “morning”: that “the crisis held the posts of defense and interior ministers on its way to completion with the show all the parties flexibility in this file.”

For his part, said leadership of the coalition of state law Hassan Sinead, said Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, studying the names provided by the existing Iraqi Ministry of Defense. Senaid said in a statement quoted by news agency Nina: “The al-Maliki had no prior intention to reject any one of them, including Jawad al.”

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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, there are no current alternatives to the dollar as the main currency in the world within the global monetary policies, both for of cash reserves or to cover the cash, noting that the global crisis led to high rates of inflation in Iraq, pointing to the existence of concern, but he stopped short of fear on the Iraqi economy, despite the low dollar exchange rates, because this coincided with the rise in oil prices.

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AllawiBaghdad, August 13 / August (Rn) - The Iraqi National Accord Movement, led by the existing Iraqi President Iyad Allawi, on Saturday, it is eager to be the terms of the draft law of the Supreme Council policy in line with the Constitution that does not use the latter as a political means to question the legality of the Council.

Revealed a coalition of state law, led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the opposition to the principle of the formation of the National Council of the policies Alastrutbejah that the draft Council Act which was transmitted from the presidency of the Republic, 80% of its clauses contrary to the Constitution, as agreed with a coalition of Kurdish blocs of opinion by saying that some items of the project in violation of the Constitution.

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Iraqi Parliament, Parlamani IraqNational Alliance is demanding (50%) of the seats (20) of the National Council of the Supreme policies

Baghdad, August 13 (AKnews) - A member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives for the National Alliance on Saturday, the coalition demanded a share of 50% of its representation in the bill of the National Council for the strategic policies the Supreme, to be in the project (20) seats.

The MP said Ammar Tohme at a news conference building, the House of Representatives and was attended by the correspondent of news agency Kurdistan (Rn) announced today that “the representation of the proposal of the political blocs in the bill of the National Council for the strategic policy of Supreme Ainsjm with the constitutional balance which refer to adoption.”

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Posted 13/08/2011 10:10 AM

Baghdad (Kllat) said the Kurdistan Alliance, today announced that his deputies would vote on a candidate list for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense Bolani being a national figure, indicating that Bolani has Bmqpolh all the political blocs.

The MP said the Kurdistan Alliance, Hassan Jihad, “The nomination of the Iraqi List MP and unity of Iraq, Jawad al-Ministry of Defence properly, being a moderate and acceptable to all political blocs,” noting that “the Kurdistan Alliance will vote to take Bolani as defense minister.”

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Supreme Council welcomes the nomination of the Department of Defense Bolani
Saturday, August 13 / August 2011

Ahmad Shammari / With: expressed the Islamic Supreme Council which is headed by Ammar al-Hakim, on Saturday, welcomed the nomination of Jawad al-Iraqi to take over as defense minister.

The leader of the Supreme Council Fri Atwani told the future (and with) that “the Supreme Council welcomes the nomination of the Iraqi Jawad al to take over the defense portfolio,” noting that “Bolani enjoy the experience of security management as was the former Minister of the Interior, as well as that regaining the admissibility of most of the political blocs to neutrality” .

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Iraqi reveal a list of ten names sent to defend the owners of four of them
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13

Revealed the Iraqi List, Saturday, from the end of its leaders to prepare a list of ten candidates for the Ministry of Defense sends four of which Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki later than Sunday, indicating that the increasing number of candidates came to give alternatives in case the refusal of any person from the senders to the concerned authorities .

He is Nuri al-Maliki, the three security ministries, Defense and Interior and National Security Agency since the grant of confidence that the House of Representatives in the 21 of last December, pending submission of the political blocs candidates obtain his conviction.

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Technical Team Due In Kuwait On Sunday
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 12, (Agencies): In a new escalation in tensions between Kuwait and Iraq on the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki has threatened that Iraq would resort to the United Nations to stop Kuwait from continuing the construction process, reports Al-Anba daily.

Al-Maliki alleged that Iraq has officially asked Kuwait to halt all construction work and claimed that Kuwait has not responded yet to the request. Al-Maliki’s statements, which were aired on Iraq’s Al-Sumariya satellite TV channel, were in contradiction to statements made by his foreign minister Hoshyar Zibari who said Kuwait has the right to construct the port.

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On: Saturday 13/08/2011 10:32

Baghdad (news) .. The Central Bank of Iraq to the new currency that will be the deletion of zeros will be printed in three languages, Arabic, Kurdish, English as indicated by the application of the Constitution, pointing out that the old currency will be dispensed gradually.

The central bank adviser said the appearance of Mohammed Saleh in a statement to the Agency (news) on Saturday: the new currency will be printed in three languages: Arabic, Kurdish and English, the real opportunity to apply what was referring to the Iraqi constitution, stressing that the aunt of old will not be canceled immediately after issuance of the new, but will be dispensed gradually.

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Mohammed Saleh, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, highlighted his fears for Iraqi revenues due to the second leg of the financial crisis in the U.S.A., which was kickstarted by a credit-rating downgrade.

With oil prices moving between $80 and $90, they are down from the $100 to $115 range they were trading in before the renewed crisis. The budget for 2011 allows for an average price of $85.

Saleh said that the two key factors affecting Iraq’s economy cannot be influenced by the state: oil prices and the dollar. The Central Bank attempts to hedge against these risks.

Economists have called for the government to diversify away from oil and find other sources of income, according to Al-Sabaah.

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13/08/2011 12:59

Basra portsBaghdad, August 13 / August (Rn) - The head of the Technical Committee set up by the Iraqi government, that his committee will travel tomorrow to Kuwait to visit the port of Mubarak on site in order to provide a technical study on the effects of negative consequences of the construction of the port.

The lining its troops near the Kuwaiti island of Bubiyan, which will hopefully set up the port of Mubarak, the fear of attack by some extremist groups in Iraq, according Macd its ambassador in Iraq to the insured in a press statement on Friday.

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House of Representatives held its the 20 headed by Najafi and the presence of 227 deputies

Iraqi Council of Representatives held on Saturday, its the 20 of the second legislative year, headed by Osama Najafi and the presence of 227 deputies, with a parliamentary source said that the meeting will complete the discussion of the government program in the presence of ministers of higher education, finance, trade and planning.

The source said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “The Iraqi Council of Representatives held this morning, its the 20 of the legislative year the second, headed by Speaker Osama Najafi and the presence of 227 deputies,” noting that “the session will complete the discussion of the government program with the Ministers of Higher Education and Research The scientific and financial writer Rafie al-Issawi and trade Khairallah Hassan Babiker Ali Shukri and planning. “

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On: Sat 13/08/2011 8:58

Baghdad (news) .. said the Finance Committee parliamentary possibility of changing the balance in 2012 if oil prices fell below the required level. A member of the Finance Committee Alberlmainh Najiba Najib told the reporter Agency (news) on Saturday: “If oil prices fell below the level required it is possible to change the doors and paragraphs of the budget and the reorganization of a new order to maintain the economy of Iraq damage.

She added: “The Ministry of Finance in the budget on oil revenue and that considering the price of a barrel (85) dollars, where this number comes to strategic visions objective by the Commission on this side and with the support of Alsndjelk and the World Bank, noting that in the event of a decline will change the budget until the Atzer the interest of the Iraqi economy.

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8/13/2011 12:58 PM

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A legislature from the National Alliance, led by Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, has described the majority of articles in the proposed National Council of Strategic Policies (NCSP) as “being counter to the Constitution, that cannot be accepted,” proposing to adjust its articles legally and constitutionally.

“Most of the NCSP’s articles are nothing other than a strong constitutional violation, that cannot be accepted as they undermine the Iraqi Constitution.

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Negotiations, military cooperation agreement with Washington will start next week
Friday, August 12 - August 2011 15:05

A source of a coalition of state law that the negotiations between Iraq and the United States about the survival of some U.S. trainers will begin next week that is to be signed after the Eid holiday, the source said such negotiations would begin in two phases the first of the military commissions set up by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki U.S. military commanders,

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Coalition of law: Iraq did not inform us officially nominated for the defense portfolio Bolani

13/08/2011 10:48

Baghdad, August 13 / August (Rn) - A coalition led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday, the Iraqi List, did not inform the candidacy of former interior minister Jawad al to take over the defense portfolio, indicating that the talk about the nomination of Bolani just personal opinions of a number of members of the Iraq.

The Iraqi spokesman Haidar al-Mulla, told a number of local media on Friday that the list nominated by the Minister of Interior Jawad al-former government official to take over the defense portfolio.

The al-Maliki and his government since the granting of confidence in the House of Representatives last year, the administration and defense and interior ministries and the agency in spite of his pledge to give him confidence in the session to provide names of the ministers of security within two weeks but that did not happen because each side refused the other party’s candidates.

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13/08/2011

Council of Ministers confirmed receiving the documents and information on Iraqi money around the former regime to the outside the names of people and contributed to the comp, and that the government was working to restore these funds in coordination with the International Police.

The secretary general of the Council of Ministers on the Keywords in a statement singled out the “morning”: that the file retrieved is smuggled Iraqi funds of large files, which seeks to accomplish the Integrity Commission as the body that have signed agreements with a number of States on the recovery of the stolen money.

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VietFinanceNews.com - International rating agency Fitch has retained Vietnam’s long-term debt rating at ‘B+’ and said this grade would be maintained if the Vietnamese government continues to tighten monetary policy.

Vietnam’s national ratings were also unchanged at B+ and the country’s short-term debt rating in foreign currencies also remained unchanged at B.

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Most economists see the importance that Iraq could move towards activating the productive sectors other than oil, as they assert that they are at the same time point to the significant economic risks that could arise as a result keep the rentier economy, which depends mainly on oil imports in Moisnath financial support, the Economists urged the need for Iraq to take advantage of tens of thousands of unused land and arable, revealing that this sector of the utmost importance and role in reviving the very fact of development in Iraq as well as its ability to reduce dependence on oil revenues,

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13/08/2011

Ended the House of Representatives first reading the draft law to the National Council of the Supreme policies, scheduled to continue in the legislation, this law despite the opposition of many of the deputies to him. In the regular session 19 of the parliament, which convened under the chairmanship of Osama Najafi, President of the Council and attended by 187 deputies, the parliament voted on the House Oversight Committee members to Article 140 of the Constitution .

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12.08.2011

Oil field in Kirkuk

Despite the importance of a oil and gas, Iraq still does not have a law regulating this vital sector.

The push to postpone the adoption of this law for four years, the Energy Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives to submit a draft of a new law, hoping to contribute to raising the level of Iraq’s production of crude oil, and solve many problems, most notably the dispute between the KRG and the federal government on oil investment in the region .

Iraqi Council of Representatives and during Thursday’s meeting decided to postpone the first reading of the draft of the new law, and expect Congress to be discussed next week. The House of Representatives warned the government earlier this month that he would approve a new oil law has been delayed considerably if the government continued to impede the primary legislation, which sees investors basic guarantee of stability.

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Arbil meeting in November 2010Renewal of the differences between the blocks about the law of the Policy Board

12.08.2011
Returned the draft of the National Council of the Supreme policies, start with I read the first in Parliament, to raise the differences again between the political blocs, which unanimously agreed that its provisions intersect with the principles of the Iraqi Constitution.

The Presidency of the Council of Representatives included a draft law that he arrived from the presidency of the republic on the agenda of the session on Thursday for discussion by the members of the Council, has got the law on the approval of parliament in principle to be modified.

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Baghdad (news) .. declared leader of the movement of the solution and MP / coalition in Iraq / Ziyad Tariq worldwide abolition, that the coalition will send a list of candidates, and the Department of Defense, through (48) hours, and the Alsjeri is not among them.

The worldwide abolition in the statement (of the Agency news ) Friday: has not been raised during the meeting of leaders of Iraq, the name of former Minister of State Ali Alsjeri, and that what was talked about (10) names will be sent to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (48) hours.

He noted that the list of names containing the (5) candidates military and (5) civilians, confirming the worldwide abolition nominate Jawad al-Ministry of Defence.

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Allawi’s office: the birth of the Policy Board is a victory for all parties

12/08/2011 10:23
Baghdad, August 12 / August (Rn) -

The Iraqi National Accord Movement, headed by Iyad Allawi, on Friday, the House vote in principle on the adoption of the National Council of the Supreme policies is an expression of care to spend the political consensus, indicating that the birth of the Council is a victory for all the political parties.

The Iraqi Council of Representatives during its meeting held on the first reading of the draft Law on the Council strategic policies assigned by the Presidency and the sound in principle.

It was agreed that leaders of political blocs, the second of August / August, during the meeting which was held at the home of President Jalal Talabani, 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.

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Iraq List denies the names of new candidates to fill the defense portfolio
11/08/2011 17:29

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi List, denied on Thursday the nomination of new names officially to fill the defense portfolio, according to a statement of the list.

The statement has been received by the agency (Voices of Iraq) a copy of it on the mouthpiece of the Iraqi Maysoon al saying that “what has been leaked from the names to the media for candidates of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense is not sound,” denied “the nomination of mass of new names for the post of defense minister.”

She Damluji, according to the statement that Iraq “has yet to arrive to the candidates once and it is still in the process of research with the political blocs and figures to find official candidates,” pointing out that the list “will soon present their candidates to the Ministry of Defence formally.”

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Nominate Jawad al-Iraqi defense official denies the statement Alsjeri

Said the Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi, on Friday, on the nomination of former Interior Minister Jawad al-formally for the post of defense minister, while denied the nomination Alsjeri for the post.

A spokesman for the list Haider Mulla said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “Iraq List, met all their leaders and sent a letter signed by its leader, Iyad Allawi is the nomination of Jawad al-(MP for the unity of Iraq) to the Ministry of Defense, “noting that” this decision was the belief of the Iraqi national project, in order to provide national figures and professional, as well as the launch of a painful blow to the project sectarian ” .

Al Mulla said that “the meeting of the political blocs in the office of President Jalal Talabani put points on the characters that the defense portfolio is the share of Iraq.” As for the declaration of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ali Alsjeri for his nomination by Iraq to the post of defense, asserted that “his list did not nominate the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs article on Alsjeri for the job.”

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Maliki reveals the involvement of one of candidates of the defense planning of the coup in a prior period

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said Friday that the Ministries of Interior and Defense have become institutions of self-managed and where there is any defect, while stressing that the security situation is not affected even if it stayed the security ministries vacant, revealed the involvement of one of candidates to the Ministry of Defense planning of the coup in a prior period. Maliki said in an interview with the satellite “Sumerian”,

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Kurdish coalition: formation of the blocks bound by the Policy Board for being one of the agreements Erbil
12/08/2011 12:09

Baghdad, August 12 / August (Rn) - The Kurdistan Alliance bloc, on Friday, the political parties objecting to the terms of the draft Law on the Council senior policy referred by the President of the Republic to show their proposals in the second reading of the project and was not to reject out of hand, noting that the blocks bound by the formation of the Council being one of the conventions of Arbil, which led to the formation of the current government.

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Baghdad, August 11 / August (Rn) - The Central Bank of Iraq on Friday, said he agreed with the Finance Ministry to build the budget in 2012 without taking the high oil prices into account to ward off financial problems at low prices on a sudden.

And usually delayed the preparation of financial budgets in Iraq and also rated in the House of Representatives, but the Iraqi Finance Ministry confirmed earlier that it will file the budget in 2012 to the Council of Ministers in September / September and are free of the fiscal deficit.

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Iraqi al-Maliki rejected the four candidates for the defense portfolio

Posted 12/08/2011 09:30 AM

BAGHDAD (Agencies): A member of the state of law and deputy / National Alliance / Ibrahim stirrup for the refusal of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi List, the four candidates to the Ministry of Defence.

The leaders of political blocs have agreed at a meeting held at the home of President Jalal Talabani, to form a ministerial committee to implement all the terms of the Irbil, including the security ministries to be resolved within two weeks, and the Iraqi List, nominated four candidates to take over the Defence Ministry and they (MP Jawad al, and Brigadier General Hamid Dawood al-Obeidi, and Army Maj. Gen. Medhat al-Obeidi current and retired Major General Naji Loay Tbakjla).

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