*Economic Improvement Next Stage ~ Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi Meets With Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ...

November 30, 2010

Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi to discuss with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Political and economic conditions and service

Visited Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi on Tuesday evening 11/30/2010 Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at his residence and gave him congratulations on the occasion of Eid Ghadir, as well as on the occasion of the new government.

During the visit, review the general situation in the country, particularly the political, economic and services.

Messrs. Abdul-Mahdi and al-Maliki stressed the importance of providing all the requirements of the success of the government of national partnership which contribute all the political blocs, including the people to achieve their aspirations and hopes of access to services, security and prosperity.

Vice President of the Republic said in a press statement after the visit he reviewed with the Prime Minister stages of the work and the importance of ranks and national partnership and clarity of vision, stressing that “We may disagree, but we do not disagree, where we are in the same boat, and Iraq, cut has made significant progress in the great successes achieved, there are also difficulties to be overcome through unity and unity.

He pointed out that the atmosphere now is good and there is great optimism among the political forces for the success of the task of forming the government. He wished success to the Government of His Excellency Mr. Maliki, expressing his strong support for this government.

For his part, Prime Minister said that during the meeting, they discussed the entire political process, particularly the formation of the government and the views were close, stressing the need for everyone to participate in a government of national unity and responsibility, and ...

He was also addressed some issues related to the economy and the budget and services, stressing the need to preserve what has been achieved in the economic field, pointing out that the duties and logos government of national partnership for the next stage is to provide services and establish security and improve the economic situation.

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***Iraq participates in meetings of the Euro-Asian Stock Exchange ...

remember this? link http://articlesofinterest-kelley.blogspot.com/2010/06/iraq-returning-to-international.html

December 1, 2010

Iraq participates in meetings of the Euro-Asian Stock Exchange

بغداد – الصباح BAGHDAD - morning

Involved the Iraqi market for securities in the meetings of the General Assembly of the European Union, the Asian stock exchanges to be held in Istanbul next week.

Iraq is represented by a delegation comprising the managing director of market Taha Ahmed Abdul Salam, and a member of the Board of Governors of the market.

Abdel-Salam said the (morning) meetings that will address the balance sheet for fiscal year 2010 and planning 2011 to the Federation Council.

They will also make the process of electing a new secretary general of the European Union, the Asian stock exchanges as well as election of the President, members of the business managers and the Commission of the Union.

On the sidelines of the meetings will be allocated on a training workshop on the procedures and mechanism of the market and the initial subscription, which is done through the Stock Exchange at the founding of companies known as (IPO).

There will also be an annual exhibit to publicize the work exchanges.

It should be noted that the Iraqi market for securities is a member of the committees of business and managers in the European Union since 2007.

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Member The Iraqi List, said on her way to make law the National Council for the strategic policies to the political blocs in the coming hours ...

December 1, 2010

Iraq is going to introduce legislation that Council policies to the masses .. and the coalition is expected difficulty in passing

The Iraqi List, said on her way to make law the National Council for the strategic policies to the political blocs.

بغداد - الصباح BAGHDAD - morning

Member of the Iraqi MP Nahida Daini said: "The draft law will be completed in the coming hours." She explained that "the draft law includes some of the powers of the Political Council,

Them to end the de-Baathification committee functions two years after the cases are referred to the courts, and that the Board shall be responsible for national reconciliation and the balance iPods army, police and distribution of energy which must be equitable, "pointing out that" the Council will also be following up the issue of detainees and the policy of Iraq's internal and external and the relationship of Iraq his environment, "according to what she said. Daini also indicated," The Council will consist of a chairman and his deputies and heads of the Republic and the House of Representatives, Ministers and their deputies and leaders of the blocks, the rank of minister consultant."

The National Council for the strategic policy formation of a new agreement was reached on its development during the negotiations of the political blocs and allocated to the Iraqi list. It is said that President Jalal Talabani announced recently that the National Council will be representative of all the actors and actress in the parliament and its decisions, which made unanimously or by majority the overwhelming will be binding and enforceable implementation, ie, that "the decisions taken unanimously or by a majority of two-thirds binding decisions, I mean with this Council executive powers", in a time when the Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki's commitment to the agreements related to the powers of the National Council policy strategy, despite saying that the council disregards the existence of a constitutional, But we are sticking to any decision issued if the decision had the majority in the House vote. But the MP for the National Alliance Prince Kanani said: "It is difficult to issue the House of Representatives Law Council high-level policy on the grounds that the establishment of this Council is contrary to the Constitution," indicating that the House of Representatives "are not authorized to release bodies not provided for by the constitution." continued Kanani: "If you had not been enacted Law Policy Council will be his powers, advisory and not operational and will determine the law powers of the Council." was the legal expert Tareq Harb said in an earlier statement the "morning" : The presence of such a view is very necessary to make decisions that benefit the country and citizens, and correct some of the tracks wrong, noting that despite the lack of characterization or support a constitutional council, but that does not mean that it is unconstitutional or illegal. Description of the War Council that «like U.S. National Security Council, which lacks constitutional support, but its decisions are binding and applicable », indicating that most of the decisions the American political, economic and security sectors and in various publications for the National Council and the U.S. was in the interest of the United States.

Council of Ministers: to forward the (revised and passed) draft budget 2011 to Parliament ...

Related article ~ Budget Passed ~ The Iraqi government recognizes the budget of 2011 at 79.6 billion dollars deficit of 11.99 billion

Wednesday December 1, 2010

Council of Ministers: to forward the draft budget 2011 to Parliament

Contentious areas postpone the census of new

بغداد - الصباح BAGHDAD - morning

Council of Ministers decided to migrate to decide to conduct the general census of the population until after the meeting to be held soon between the leaders of political blocs, while agreeing on the draft general budget bill for fiscal 2011, as last amended, And forwarded to the House of Representatives.

This was announced by government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, adding in a statement received "morning," a copy of it, "The cabinet praised the level of readiness of the Ministry of Planning and the supreme body of the General Census of Population and decided to convene a meeting attended by the Prime Minister and leaders of political blocs and the Ministry of Planning in the center and the region and governor of Nineveh, Kirkuk and representatives of the social components involved to make the final decision on the completion of the process of counting the population, and sets in the light of the deadline to conduct the census.

It was scheduled to hold census participation of 250 thousand meters in different parts of the country on Sunday, having been postponed several times because of political differences, particularly with regard to the territories in dispute in the provinces of Nineveh and Kirkuk. For his part, media advisor to the Prime Minister Ali al-Moussawi said the cabinet decided to convene a meeting of heads of political blocs, such as fixing a new date for the general census of the population.

He said al-Moussawi said in a statement reported by the agency (Voices of Iraq) that the Council of Ministers decided to "convene a meeting of the heads of the blocks before the census to discuss issues concerning the political aspect," indicating that the meeting would discuss "political issues that could impede the process of the census, such as scheduling the vote." predicted Moussawi that "the limited time of the census this year," pointing out that the Ministry of Planning completed the technical procedures for the enumeration process, pending the completion of the discussion of issues policy which does not fall within the jurisdiction of the ministry.

In another matter, the Cabinet decided to amend the resolution No. (63) for the year 2010 issued by the Council increase the amount of the advance of the public sector to 100 percent of the value of supply contracts, in addition to the approval of the request of the Ministry of Electricity included referral POWER STATION PROJECT goods invasive manner ready custody of one of the key Turkish companies and the total amount of (445.5) million and the duration of the implementation of (24) months, according to the words of government spokesman.

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What are we looking for? We're almost at the end of that golden highway ... stay positive and stay informed ... knowledge is power ... updates ...

1. Need the government - moving right along

2. Need the Budget ~

3. Chapter 7 - moving right along

Link with updates ~ What are we looking for? We're almost at the end of that golden highway ... stay positive and stay informed ... knowledge is power ... update ...

Here we go ~ Government Controls the Food ~ Senate passes sweeping food safety bill ...

And this is what the bill is for Link~ Senate Bill S 510 Food Safety Modernization Act vote imminent: Would outlaw gardening and saving seeds

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Senate passes sweeping food safety bill

The Senate on Tuesday approved the biggest overhaul to the nation's food safety laws since the 1930s. The 73-to-25 vote gives vast new authorities to the Food and Drug Administration, places new responsibilities on farmers and food companies to prevent contamination, and -- for the first time - sets safety standards for imported foods, a growing part of the American diet.

The legislation follows a spate of national outbreaks of food poisoning involving products as varied as eggs, peanuts and spinach in which thousands of people were sickened and more than a dozen died.

The measure passed with support from Democrats and Republicans, one of the few pieces of legislation to bridge differences in an otherwise sharply divided body. The House approved a more stringent version of the bill more than a year ago.

"It's an unusual and shining example of how bipartisanship can work in Congress," said Erik Olson, director of the Pew Health Group food programs, which led a coalition of consumer groups that backed the bill. "It is a major step forward protecting the food that everyone eats every day."

House leaders have indicated that they would accept the Senate version of the bill to avoid the time-consuming conference process and quickly send the legislation to President Obama's desk. Proponents hope to have the legislation signed into law by the end of the lame-duck session.

For Jeff Almer, whose mother, Shirley, died in 2008 after eating peanut butter contaminated with Salmonella, the Senate vote came as a salve to a family still in mourning.

"I think about her every day," said Almer, a Minnesota resident who has traveled to Washington six times to lobby for the passage of the bill. The legislation "is not perfect, but it's very satisfying to see something of this magnitude has made its way through."

Despite strong bipartisan support and backing from a diverse coalition of major business and consumer groups, the bill was buffeted by politics in recent weeks.

It drew fire from some tea party activists, who see it as government overreach. On his television program this month, talk show host Glenn Beck suggested that the measure was a government ruse to raise the price of meat and convert more consumers to vegetarianism.

The bill has also revealed a divide between the burgeoning local-food movement and major agriculture businesses. Small farmers concerned about the cost of new federal regulation were initially opposed to the bill and argued that since most cases of national food-borne illness are caused by large companies, small producers should not be required to meet the same standards.

Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), a farmer, added an amendment before Thanksgiving that would exempt small farmers and those who sell directly to consumers at farmers markets and farm stands.

But the Tester amendment has angered large agriculture groups, which argue that no one should be exempted from producing safe food. The Produce Marketing Association and the United Fresh Produce Association withdrew their support for the bill in light of the Tester amendment.

Robert Guenther, senior vice president of public policy at United Fresh, said in a statement the exemptions amounted to "egregious loopholes" that will erode consumer confidence.

"Now, when going to a supermarket, restaurant, farmers market or roadside stand, consumers will be faced with the question of whether the fruits and vegetables offered for sale adhere to basic food safety standards or not," Guenther said.

The most vocal opponent of the food safety bill, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), argued it would create new layers of bureaucracy without making food safer. He said a better solution would be to ensure that FDA and other federal agencies do their jobs more effectively.

"The problem with food safety is the agencies don't do what they're supposed to be doing now," Coburn said. "They don't need more regulations. They need less."

Coburn also objected to the cost of the new regulations, estimated to total about $1.4 billion over four years. The Congressional Budget Office has said that will have a negligible effect on the federal deficit.

Food illnesses affect one in four Americans and kill 5,000 of them each year, according to government statistics. Tainted food has cost the industry billions of dollars in recalls, lost sales and legal expenses.

The bill places greater responsibility on manufacturers and farmers to prevent contamination - a departure from the current system, which relies on government inspectors to catch contamination after the fact.

The measure also gives the FDA authority to recall food; now, it must rely on food companies to voluntarily pull products off the shelves. And it gives the FDA access to internal records at farms and food production facilities.

The bill sets standards for imported foods, requiring importers to verify that products grown and processed overseas meet safety standards. Public health experts say this is urgently needed, given the increase in imported foods. The FDA has been inspecting only about one percent of imported food products.

The bill would also require the FDA to regularly inspect farms and food processing facilities, something it does not currently do.

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OMG ~ Thanks for the Heads Up ~

Nov. 29-Dec.1 ~ Iraq Petroleum 2010 in London ...

Bumped ~

Maximising the Future Growth of the Iraqi Oil & Gas Industry and building strategic relationships

Iraq Petroleum 2010 will bring together high profile speakers, senior decision makers, leading businessmen, policy makers and advisors to debate key strategic issues, share expertise and exchange views. As Iraq plans to quadruple its oil production and the second round of bidding is complete, this year we will be focusing on longer term objectives and building strategic relationships to ensure targets are met.

The current oil reserve is from 66 discovered oilfields in Iraq, and there are many others that are to be discovered, this figure is expected to increase when more oilfields are discovered." Reuters quote Oil Minister Hussain Shahristani. Most global oil companies have been moving ahead with a series of deals to unlock vast Iraqi reserves, which officials say could boost capacity to Saudi Arabia's levels of 12 million barrels per day from the current 2.5 million barrels per day.

This is the landmark event for the Iraqi oil and gas industry and will focus on exploration and production of oil and gas , new ventures , bid rounds and corporate oil and gas players in industry. Click here to register for the Conference There has never been a better time to be a part of these exciting opportunities. For more information call Phillip Clarke on +44 20 7978 0056 or email pclarke@thecwcgroup.com

Click here to view the 2010 Brochure

Conference Key Topics

• Share of Iraq’s production in total world production , OPEC and OAPEC • Iraq’s oil and gas strategy for next decade and beyond • Iraq’s oil and gas contracts; field development; oil production and upstream expansion • Iraq plans to increase reserves and compensate for the planned high production rates • Iraq’s upstream landscape • Share of Iraq’s oil reserves in the world oil reserves • Iraq’s crude oil revenues • Socio-economic impacts of oil & gas development on the Iraqi people • Iraq’s gas development plans , new upstream gas projects • Lessons learned from the license round implementation and how these can be applied to other projects • What are the barriers to progress?

Distinguished speakers and participants include :

_Rt. Lord Howell of Guildford, Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK H.E. _Thamir Ghadhban, Chairman of the Advisory Commission to the Iraqi Prime Minister and Former Oil Minister, Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office Her Majesty's Ambassador to Baghdad H.E. John Jenkins, HM Ambassador,British Embassy Baghdad
_Dr Ali Al Dabbagh, Iraqi Government Spokesman, Iraq
_H.E. Ibrahim Baher Al Olom, Former Iraq Oil MinisterH.E. Peter Van Leeuwen, The _Netherlands Ambassador to Iraq Nadhim Zahawi, MP, UK Parliament Mounir Bouaziz, Vice President of Middle East and North Africa, ShellAbdulilah Qasim Al Amir, Oil Advisor, Advisory _Commission, Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office Jabbar Allibi, Former D.G. of the South Oil Company and Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Minister’s Former Advisor for the South Oil Fields, _Iraqi Ministry of Oil Shiltagh Aboud , Governor of Basra Dr Abdul Hadi Al Hassani, MP, Iraqi Parliament

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Iraqi Kurds: Oil Laws By June 2011 Or Won't Join Government ...

November 30, 2010

Iraqi Kurds: Oil Laws By June 2011 Or Won't Join Government

The semi-autonomous government of Iraq's Kurdistan region wants new hydrocarbon and revenue-sharing laws by June 2011 as a condition of its participation in a new Iraqi administration, the Kurdistan Regional Government's minister for natural resources said Tuesday.

Speaking at an Iraqi oil conference here, Ashti Hawrami also said there should be no more blacklisting by the Baghdad government of oil companies working in the KRG region, and criticized the Baghdad government's new oil production target.

Baghdad and the KRG are at loggerheads over production-sharing agreements signed by the Kurds. The federal government argues these deals are illegal because they haven't been approved, while the Kurds say they are in line with the constitution.

Hawrami said eight new oil discoveries have been made in the KRG region in the past two-to-three years, and said the KRG has signed 37 contracts with 40 companies, resulting in $10 billion investment in the oil sector, notably in exploration and production. He also said three refineries have been commissioned, with a total capacity of 200,000 barrels a day, and three power plants have been built, providing over 80% of the region's power needs.

Kurdish oil production "can reach 1 million barrels a day by January 2014," Hawrami said, adding there is "between 100-200 billion cubic feet of [non-associated] natural gas in the KRG." However, he criticized Iraq's oil production target of 12 million barrels a day in the next 10 years

"Let's be mindful of the market, let's be mindful of our OPEC partners," he said. "Let's make it 4 million, let's make it 6 million."

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2010/11/30/iraqi-kurds-oil-laws-june-wont-join-government/

Budget Passed ~ The Iraqi government recognizes the budget of 2011 at 79.6 billion dollars deficit of 11.99 billion

30/11/2010 12:00 p.m.

The Iraqi government recognizes the budget of 2011 at 79.6 billion dollars deficit of 11.99 billion

BAGHDAD, Vice Minister of Finance of Iraq Iraq's government has approved on Tuesday a proposed budget for 2011 size of 92.98 trillion dinars (79.6 billion dollars) assumes an oil price of 73 dollars per barrel.

Fadel said Abdul Nabi, told Reuters after the weekly cabinet meeting that the budget anticipates a deficit of $ 14 trillion dinars (11.99 billion dollars) and to inform the oil exports 2.25 million barrels per day next year. ومن المتوقع أن يبلغ الانفاق 64 تريليون دينار (54.79 مليار دولار). Is expected to be spending 64 trillion dinars (54.79 billion U.S. dollars).

Iraq relies on the OPEC member's oil revenues to finance about 95 percent of its budget which still needs parliamentary approval.

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Four Letter Word "Soon" ~ Ministry of Finance in Kurdistan end of next year's budget preparation ...

2010-11-30

Ministry of Finance in Kurdistan end of next year's budget preparation

بغداد ( إيبا )... BAGHDAD (Iba) ..

Ended and the Ministry of Finance in the Kurdistan region from the preparation of the budget for the year 2011.

And the transfer of the National Media Center, told the independent press (Iba) for the coordinator of the territorial Government with the Parliament of Kurdistan, Saad Khalid, said that the Ministry of Finance in the region will send a budget in two weeks to the cabinet for discussion before being sent to parliament for approval, and that the preparation of the budget in its final stages and is expected Completed soon ..

Khalid did not disclose the total amount of the Territory's budget for next year, saying only that it will be more than last year's budget, which amounted to more than (11) trillion, (200) billion dinars.

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World Bank: Recession Return Unlikely! ...

30 November 2010

World Bank: Recession return unlikely

The global recovery continues to be “very uncertain,” but a double-dip recession is unlikely, the World Bank president said in an interview to an Indian news channel.

In June, the World Bank had warned of a possible double-dip recession in some countries if investors lost faith in efforts in Europe and elsewhere to tackle rising debt levels.

“I don’t think that there will be a double dip and I would not say a percentage figure because I think it’s not likely,” Robert Zoellick told NDTV channel.

“But, what I would say is this, we are far from finished…I think that there is a problem with confidence.”

In the aftermath of the European debt crisis, the World Bank had called for “significant” fiscal consolidation in advanced economies, adding the quicker it happened, the better it would be for developing economies.

“…there are definitely risks out there and this is still a very uncertain recovery and therefore it’s important for government to try to focus on the structural policies,” Zoellick said.

Zoellick advocated the need for a flexible exchange rate policy but downplayed the importance of currency appreciation in addressing global trade imbalances.

The United States has been cajoling China to allow its yuan currency to rise faster, and accuses it of keeping it undervalued to gain a trade advantage.

Foreign exchange rates are central to the current account imbalances debate, with the United States initially
advocating the need for numerical targets as a tool to iron out rifts between export-rich countries and debt-laden consumer nations.

“I believe that currency should appreciate but I also don’t believe that it is the only available solution,” Zoellick said.

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Kuwaiti company gets 2 investment licenses in Muthanna ...

November 30, 2010

Kuwaiti company gets 2 investment licenses in Muthanna

MUTHANNA / Aswat al-Iraq: A Kuwaiti company received two investment licenses in Muthanna, according to a media official of the Muthanna Investment Commission.

“Kuwait’s al-Mahamed company received two investment licenses to implement a residential compound, which contains 2,000 apartments, in addition to the establishment of a cement factory in Badiya al-Samawa region,” Ali Hanoun told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, noting that the commission is resolved to implement the agreed projects with the Kuwaiti company to contribute in supporting the Kuwaiti investment activity in the province.

Samawa, the capital of Muthanna, is 280 km south of Baghdad.

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Plan to employ 250,000 workers in Iraq

November 30, 2010

Plan to employ 250,000 workers in Iraq

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs has announced a plan to employ 250,000 unemployed workers with the help of a number of foreign states, the Ministry’s media official said on Tuesday.

“The Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs has published a document, aimed at the employment of 250,000 unemployed workers, with the assistance of a number of foreign states, including the United States, Japan, China, and South-Korea,” Dara Ahmed told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He pointed out that the announcement was made in a “ministry conference, chaired by Labor & Social Affairs Minister, Mahmoud al-Sheikh Radhi, attended by representatives of several foreign states and world organizations,” adding that the program would be officially announced within the forthcoming few days.

SKH/SR

Council of Ministers decides to postpone General Census (different source) ...

related article ~ link ~ Postponed Again ~ Council of Ministers decided to postpone the census to date to be agreed upon later

November 30, 2010

Council of Ministers decides to postpone General Census

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Council of Ministers has decided to postpone the General Census in Iraq for next week, to take place after the scheduled meeting of the political blocs, according to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday.

“The Council of Ministers has decided to postpone the ordinary session, carrying No. 47 of Oct. 30, 2010, to define a new date for the General Census ...

Instead of Dec. 5, 2010, i.e. to take place after the scheduled meeting of the political blocs next week,” the Spokesman for the General Secretariat told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, but gave no further details.

The General Census was scheduled to take place, with the participation of 250,000 counting employees in different parts of Iraq on Oct. 5, 2010.

This is the 9th General Census in Iraq since the first Census that took place on June 5, 1927, whilst the last and 8th Census took place on Oct. 16, 1997, which had accomplished a general data for all housing, economic and social transformations, but the Census did not cover Kurdistan Region.

The Council of Minister’s meeting was held after the agreement on adding the expression “Nationalism” on the Census document, following an agreement by representatives of Kirkuk and Ninewa provinces, as well as members of the Kurdistan Parliament, al-Iraqiya Bloc and other blocs to add the expression.

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Al-Iraqiya to occupy 12 posts in next cabinet - spokesman ...

November 30, 2010

Al-Iraqiya to occupy 12 posts in next cabinet - spokesman

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Al-Iraqiya Bloc, led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, is expected to occupy 12 cabinet posts in the new Iraqi government, its spokesman, Shaker Kattab, said on Tuesday.

Kattab noted that his blocs main target is to occupy the oil and finance ministries.

“Al-Iraqiya Bloc is to occupy 12 ministerial posts in the next government, which is our electoral right, in addition to the posts of deputy president, deputy prime minister and the Chairmanship of the Supreme National Council for Strategic Studies,” Kattab told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Our thoughts are now concentrated on holding the posts of oil and finance ministers, although this has yet to be settled,” he said.

http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=139357

Postponed Again ~ Council of Ministers decided to postpone the census to date to be agreed upon later

2010-11-30

Council of Ministers decided to postpone the census to date to be agreed upon later

بغداد ( إيبا ).. BAGHDAD (Iba) ..

Cabinet decided in its session today to postpone a general census of population-to-date to be determined by agreement between the political blocs.

A media adviser to Prime Minister Ali al-Moussawi told a news briefing on Tuesday, said the decision came because of the problems encountered in the census, stressing that it was originally a political and not technical.

Moussawi said that there are fears among Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen, from the census can not the Ministry of Planning dissipate only through the meeting of the political blocs.

The number of members of the Nineveh province, had renewed last Friday, demanding postponement of the date the census scheduled to take place in December next to the lack of the appropriate atmosphere for the vote in a timely manner according to the saying, while he expressed the Arabs and Turkmen in Kirkuk, the same desire.

It was due to hold general census of the population in the fifth of December next after the adjournment of the scheduled date for the fifteenth of October last.

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Dec. 16th ~ Iraq is hosting the Tenth Arab Conference for Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy next month

2010-11-30

Iraq is hosting the Tenth Arab Conference for Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy next month

BAGHDAD (Iba) ...

Preparing the Ministry of Science and Technology for the holding of the Tenth Conference of the Arab for the peaceful uses of atomic energy in Arbil next month and in cooperation with the Arab Atomic Energy Agency ..

An official source in Ministry of Science and Technology, told the independent press (Iba) that the conference will be held for the first time in Iraq, and for the period from 12-16/12/2010.

The source said the conference will participate in the many scientists and researchers Arabs and Iraqis, and special topics will be discussed in the field of peaceful applications of atomic energy, and legislative and regulatory frameworks for nuclear and radiological activities.

He explained that the conference represents a significant milestone that brings together Arab scientists and researchers to view the results of their scientific and applied, and Tbadalaltjarb and knowledge and promote joint cooperation.

CBI Advisor: Reserves is not sufficient to raise the value of the Iraqi dinar

Note: This contradicts articles that have come from the finance minister himself. IMO, Dinar looks ready to go and will be well supported.

30/11/2010

Adviser of the Central Bank reserve is not sufficient to raise the value of the Iraqi dinar

Central bank adviser said the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, said that the Iraqi dinar force depends on two factors the first of what is owned bank reserves amounting to less than 50 Mlyar (billion?) dinar and the second is inflation

The added benefit of the reporter (news agency, media / INA) that inflation, which hit the Iraqi economy, which was reached today to Less than 3% Foundation with inflation exchange rate stability.

Indicating that the central bank’s target is to reduce inflation and increase in Prices and that this low inflation has led to increased purchasing power of the Iraqi dinar and explained that Reasons that led to the high level of inflation due to the absence of the type of export products and our dependence on one type of export and this makes the Iraqi economy, unilateral and non-qualified to work on raising the real apical of the Iraqi dinar.

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Iraq and UN ~ In December 3 things ~ How U.S. Can Help Iraq at the U.N.: An Envoy’s View ...

November 29, 2010

How U.S. Can Help Iraq at the U.N.: An Envoy’s View

I was heartened to read “What We Must Do for Iraq Now,” by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (see article below), demonstrating this administration’s commitment to develop relations with Iraq into a “dynamic partnership” with a “pivotal” ally.

Mr. Biden highlighted ways the United States can help Iraq advance, including by “bringing to a close its post-Gulf war obligations to the United Nations.” This suggestion can be acted on immediately.

During its presidency of the Security Council in December, the United States can do three important things for Iraq:

_First, move to extend the immunities of the Development Fund for Iraq set to expire on Dec. 31. Iraq has $39 billion of debt to negotiate with 14 countries, and hundreds of millions in commercial debt that could cripple the economy.

_Second, the Oil for Food contracts should be closed and settled.

_Finally, crucially, the sanctions imposed for the crimes of Saddam Hussein must be lifted. Although Iraq has fulfilled all requirements, it still suffers with limited imports and financial burdens.

Iraq, as Mr. Biden said, is a success story, despite continuing challenges. With the United States’ support, Iraq will strengthen into a thriving democracy. Thus, I call on the United States to take the needed actions at the United Nations in December.

T. Hamid al-Bayati
Ambassador and Permanent
Representative of Iraq to the U.N.
New York, Nov. 29, 2010
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What We Must Do for Iraq Now

By JOSEPH R. BIDEN Jr.
Published: November 20, 2010
Washington

EIGHT days ago, Iraqi political leaders agreed on a framework for a new government to guide their country through the crucial coming years. Since the elections there in March, our administration has said that the Iraqi people deserve a government that reflects the results of those elections, that includes all the major blocs representing Iraq’s various communities and that does not exclude or marginalize anyone. That is what they will now have.

While President Obama and I — and an outstanding team of American officials in Washington and Baghdad — played an active role in supporting this effort, the most important steps were taken in Iraq, by the leaders of Iraq’s largest political parties. Their accomplishment is the latest and strongest evidence of a key development in Iraq: over the past two years, politics has emerged as the dominant means for settling differences and advancing interests.

Time and time again in recent months, Iraqi leaders have painstakingly worked through thorny issues — including disputes over who is eligible to run for office or serve in government, challenges to the election results and power-sharing arrangements — without resorting to violence. It hasn’t always been pretty, but politics rarely is, in Iraq, in America or anywhere else. By agreeing to form a national partnership government, however, Iraqi leaders have sent an unmistakable message to their fellow citizens, their region and the world: after more than seven years of war and decades of dictatorship, Iraqis seek a nation where the rights of all citizens are recognized and the talents of all are harnessed to unlock the country’s full potential.

In a country that still faces enormous challenges on the road to security and prosperity, that goal has never been more essential. The next step is for the leaders of Iraq’s new government to honor their landmark commitment to share power — a pledge embodied in the new National Council for Higher Policies, whose responsibilities and authority are still being determined but will eventually be enshrined into law.

The United States must also continue to do its part to reinforce Iraq’s progress. That is why we are not disengaging from Iraq — rather, the nature of our engagement is changing from a military to a civilian lead.

Since taking office, the Obama administration has withdrawn nearly 100,000 troops from Iraq and ended our combat operations. The 50,000 troops who will remain until the end of 2011 have a new mission: to advise and assist their Iraqi counterparts, protect our personnel and property and participate in counterterrorist operations. Meanwhile, we are establishing a diplomatic presence throughout the country and, under the terms of our Strategic Framework Agreement, building a dynamic partnership across a range of government sectors, including education, energy, trade, health, culture, information technology, law enforcement and the judiciary.

In a country where extremists remain bent on sowing chaos, and where innocent civilians still suffer unspeakable hardship, the transition to a safer society depends on the continued development of Iraq’s security forces, now more than 650,000strong.

Over the six visits I have made to Iraq since January 2009, I have seen the remarkable progress its police and soldiers have made. Iraq today is far safer and more stable than at any time since the outbreak of war in 2003. More than a year ago, Iraqi forces took charge of security in major cities, and last August, when the American combat mission ended, they assumed primary responsibility nationwide. In recent months, using their own intelligence, Iraqi forces have killed or captured dozens of senior leaders of Al Qaeda in Iraq and other terrorist groups. The weekly tally of violent incidents throughout Iraq has dropped to about 160, from nearly 1,600 in 2007.

Nevertheless, Iraq’s security forces are not yet ready to operate fully on their own, and we must continue to support them. We must also help Iraq’s leaders with a range of challenges that lie ahead: conducting a census; further integrating Kurdish security forces into the Iraqi security forces; maintaining commitments to the Sons of Iraq, the Sunni groups that banded together against insurgents; resolving disputed internal boundaries and the future of the northern city of Kirkuk, which is claimed by both Arabs and Kurds; passing a hydrocarbon law that would distribute oil revenues and maximize the benefit to all Iraqis; stabilizing the economy through foreign investment, private sector development and new sources of revenue beyond oil; passing a fiscally responsible budget; and bringing to a close its post-Gulf war obligations to the United Nations.

While the day will come when Iraq’s vast natural wealth can fully finance its security and investment needs, and when its civilian institutions no longer require such intensive support, it has not yet arrived. Iraq has increased its own spending in these areas, and with sustained American engagement, it will emerge from generations of trauma to become a stable and self-reliant nation.

That is why, even at this difficult economic time, we are asking Congress to fulfill our budget requests to support America’s continued engagement, including our broader diplomatic presence, a modernization plan for the Iraqi security forces and financing for a police development program. The drawdown of American troops will save $15 billion in the coming fiscal year — we seek to direct less than one-third of that amount to provide needed assistance to Iraq’s security forces and to our State Department’s civilian-led efforts.

The Iraq war has cost our nation dearly, with the greatest price of all paid by the 4,430 heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Now it is in America’s fundamental interest to help preserve the gains Iraq has made, prevent the re-emergence of violent extremists and encourage Iraq to become a pivotal American ally in a strategically critical region, and a responsible regional actor in its own right.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/opinion/l30iraq.html?src=twrhp

Ding Dong ~ Dong Likely to Go Up From 2012, Says Banker ...

November 29, 2010

Dong likely to go up from 2012, says banker

"Strengthen from 2012", the incoming CEO of Standard Chartered Bank in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia told Thoi Bao Kinh Te Sai Gon (Saigon Economic Times) newspaper last week.

The exchange rate on the unofficial market surged to VND21,450 a dollar Monday from VND21,300 last week.

Louis Taylor forecast the fall in the dong’s value to slow down next year, staying at around VND20,800 to the dollar by year-end.

However, with Vietnam’s rapid economic growth likely to bring back foreign investors, the dong will strengthen from 2012, he said.

Asked about the dong’s weakness against the greenback, he said countries consistently suffering trade deficits see their currencies depreciate.

Though Vietnam’s trade deficit has been offset by foreign investment and remittances, the dong is expected to stay flat or even fall further in the next year since the country is in the middle of building its infrastructure, he said.

This is the key factor for the pressure on the country’s currency along with expectations of high inflation, he explained.

Regarding the State Bank of Vietnam’s measures to stabilize the currency, he said the central bank has made a big effort to alter interest rates to reflect market conditions, which is a key policy in easing pressure on the currency.

The SBV is also trying to discourage hoarding of dollars and gold, and if the central bank succeeds in reducing public expectations of a weaker currency and higher inflation, the dong is likely to be stable, he said.

He approved of the monetary tightening, saying the massive interest rate hikes are among the SBV’s measures to ensure a safe and healthy banking system.

Its move to raise key interest rates will partly help stabilize exchange rates and tackle inflation, he said.

The rate hikes by the SBV also partially addresses the exchange rate issue -- low interest rates make it cheap for people to buy and hold on to the dollar, thus undermining the dong – he added.

http://www.dztimes.net/post/business/dong-likely-to-go-up-from-2012-says-banker.aspx

Making Mischief on the Web - more words ... "Newbie", "Troll", "Concern troll", "Sock puppet", "Sex bait", "Author Avatar" ....

Making Mischief on the Web

You've been warned about the true dangers that lurk online: stalkers, predators, identity thieves. You probably have taken the appropriate steps to guard against them, just as law enforcement agencies certainly have. But what about the lesser evils out there on the Web — those whose behavior online doesn't cross a legal line but does have the potential to ruin the experience for everyone.

Newbie: Noun; the oldest known form of internet troublemaker, there have been newbies since the second day anyone went online, or shortly thereafter, when the first person ever online told the second person ever online that he was screwing things up for everyone else. Newbies usually don't mean any harm, but their missteps (POSTING ALL CAPS FOR INSTANCE) are still a real pain.

Troll, also Internet Troll: Noun; a person who posts incendiary comments with the express purpose of provoking an argument. Trolls can turn up in discussions of all sorts; a troll might pick a fight over NASCAR in a stock car racing chatroom ("NASCAR is about as much a sport as cheerleading."), or tout open borders in a Lou Dobbs fan club.

Concern troll: Noun, derived from "internet troll." A more subtle beast than your standard troll, this species posts comments that appear to be sympathetic to the topic being discussed but who, in reality, wishes to sow doubt in the minds of readers. In a 2006 New Hampshire Congressional campaign, a Republican staffer resigned after reports that he had posted to liberal blogs claiming to be a Democrat who thought the party should give up on the race.

Sock puppet: Noun; a writer who uses a pseudonym to add friendly comments to his own blog posts; the sock puppet will rise to the defense of the author, pick fights with those who disagree with the author, and frequently praise the brilliance of the author. The New Republic's television critic, Lee Siegel, was recently found to have created a sock puppet to defend himself from criticism concerning an essay about Jon Stewart. Siegel wrote of himself, "Siegel is brave, brilliant, and wittier than Stewart will ever be. Take that, you bunch of immature, abusive sheep."

Sex bait: Verb; to solicit personal information from others by pretending to be interested in a sexual encounter. In September, Jason Fortuny, a graphic artist outside Seattle, posted a personal ad to the popular online bulletin board "Craigslist." The ad purported to be from a submissive woman seeking a dominant male. Fortuny then posted every single one of the 178 responses, in their entirety, including explicit photos, to a public forum. Many of the responders were easily identified; Fortuny received death threats, voluminous hate male and dozens of prank calls, but broke no known law and has not been sued.

Author avatar: Noun; those who pose as the author of a website or blog post to discredit the real person. This does not quite rise to the level of identity theft — the only thing damaged, usually, is an ego — but it's remarkably easy to do. Just create a plausible-sounding email address or user name (ana_marie_cox@free.email.service.com), and start irritating. The most famous victim of this ploy is none other than the perennially grumpy 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney, who had his name attached to a well-circulated racist rant.

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Baghdad Needs $100 Billion for New Homes ...

November 30, 2010

Baghdad needs $100 billion for new homes

BAGHDAD: Iraq needs an investment of $100 billion under a plan to build a million new homes in the capital and meet a shortfall in residential property for its growing population, Baghdad's mayor said yesterday. An eight-month delay in forming a government after a March election has deterred many foreign developers from entering Iraq to take advantage of efforts to rebuild its capital, Saber al-Issawi told Reuters in an interview.

They were afraid of the critical political situation, so there was some inaction, anticipation and waiting until the government is formed," Issawi said. Last week President Jalal Talabani formally asked Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to form a government, giving him 30 days to choose a cabinet from Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish factions. Issawi said that around 80 percent of the total figure would come from investors and 20 percent from the government.

Baghdad has earmarked $1.5 billion for residential and infrastructure spending in 2011 but this figure has yet to be approved by the government and could be revised lower, he said. Iraq faces an acute shortage of houses after years of war and sanctions and needs 2-3 million new homes. Of the country's estimated 30 million population, some 7 million live in Baghdad.

Baghdad will invest $10 billion over 10 years to build 150,000 homes in the capital's sprawling Sadr City slum, one of the main projects the government is focusing on. Sadr City is home to almost half of Baghdad's population. Issawi said the government would hold a tender on Dec 9 to build 82,000 homes in the district from 11 short-listed foreign developers.

Issawi said the government is also looking to spend around $850 million on giving the city a facelift ahead of the Arab League Summit to be held in March 2011, the first major event Iraq is to host since the invasion. "It is a chance to develop some of Baghdad's face," he said. Some $350 million will be spent on renovating seven former luxury hotels in the city, $300 million on streets and $200 million on the main road into the city from Baghdad's international airport, Issawi said.

The road, known by many Iraqis as the "Route of Death," was frequently targeted by militias during the height of the country's sectarian violence in 2006-07. The government hopes a sharp fall in violence in the past two years, and a new investment law allowing foreigners to own land for housing projects, will entice foreign investors. Iraq's National Investment Commission said earlier in November it had signed a memorandum of understanding with a South Korean group to build 500,000 homes all over Iraq.

Executives from Gulf Arab companies told the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit in October that while they see growing opportunities in Iraq, they retained a degree of cautiousness that slows plan execution.

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*** Oil law tops Baghdad agenda ...

November 29, 2010

Oil law tops Baghdad agenda

Iraq's new government will prioritise work on new hydrocarbon legislation to reassure international oil companies and integrate oil contracts signed in Kurdistan, a government spokesman said today.

"Among the next government's priorities will be to approve legislation of long-awaited oil and gas law through parliament," Reuters quoted Ali al-Dabbagh as telling a news conference in London.

"This will provide a legal environment that reassures international oil companies (IOCs). Such legislation should also bring oil contracts signed by the Kurdistan region in line with the central government process."

Separately, former Iraq Iraqi Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban said the country could more than triple oil output by 2017, effectively cutting previous estimates but giving a figure which would nevertheless make Iraq one of the world's top producers.

Iraq has signed deals with international oil companies following auctions last year that could in theory take capacity to 12 million bpd by 2017 - a figure that most analysts view as unrealistic.

"I expect we will reach a capacity of 8 million barrels per day within the next six-seven years," Reuters quoted Ghadhban as saying today.

Analysts have cited undeveloped infrastructure and security concerns as the key obstacles preventing Iraq from reaching output of 12 million bpd - which would make it the world's largest oil nation or put it at par with current leader Saudi Arabia.

The country, which sits on some of the world's largest oil reserves, has struggled in the past years to push its output even close to 3 million bpd it saw in late 1980 before it invaded Kuwait and saw a US military retaliation.

A Reuters poll showed last month Iraq's crude oil output would rise to 2.8 million barrels per day by 2011 from roughly 2.5 million bpd now and reach only 4.6 million bpd by 2015.

Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani's has said he expects 4 million bpd in three years' time and that there is no need for Iraq - for now the only Opec member exempt from its system of output curbs - to have a production target until then.

http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article237964.ece

A New Draft Law for the Distribution of Housing Units For Each Family

November 30, 2010

A New Draft Law for the Distribution of Housing Units For Each Family

Calls for a representative to increase the salaries of social protection network

BAGHDAD - morning

Seeks a number of deputies to the introduction of a new draft law for the distribution of housing units for each family to not possess a home.

Source for a special parliamentary «morning» detect efforts by Rep. Maha league now by collecting signatures to put a huge housing project on the House of Representatives for approval, to compel the government to implement it.

The source said: "The law is designed to address the housing crisis, especially in Baghdad and other cities, pointing out that he will raise the bill to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives.

The government has carried out important amendments to the Investment Law allows the investor to own land for the purposes of housing projects, in step with a mission to provide housing units for citizens in installments.

The source, who requested anonymity: it will be «host municipalities and the Minister of Finance, Planning and Reconstruction after the formation of the new government to agree on mechanisms for the implementation of this project through local companies, whether public or private and by foreign investment companies».

It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had announced earlier, the existence of government plans to provide housing units for each citizen, while the Council of Ministers decided to form a committee to prepare recommendations on the treatment of land to be allocated to investors in order to build residential units.

In addition, consider the House of Representatives at its salaries on the issues of social protection network, and the phenomenon of unemployment and ways to address them, where he called deputies from different blocks to increase the salaries of network protection with the names of eligible audit.

The meeting also saw the invitations to the development of a new body to tackle unemployment and to develop strategic plans for that, and quickly activate the Social Security Act.

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Central Bank: The Foreign Banks Operating in Iraq Under the Umbrella of the Iraqi Civil Banks

Monday, November 29, 2010

Central Bank: The Foreign Banks Operating in Iraq Under the Umbrella of the Iraqi Civil Banks

The Central Bank of Iraq, Monday, that foreign banks operating in Iraq do not work independently, but under the umbrella of the local community banks, indicating that the investments of the regional countries in Iraq with a commercial character and lacks the international standards.

The adviser said the Central Bank of Iraq, the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", Monday, that "the investment bank foreign troops in Iraq operating under the umbrella of the banks, Iraqi civil," noting that it "does not work explicitly sinks foreign, which, if any, actual the form of branches of foreign banking companies is not strong compared to corporate banking world. "

The number of Arab and foreign banks made after the issuance of the Banking Act No. 94 of 2004 to get licenses for the establishment of private banks in Iraq, whether by 100%, or in partnership with banks, a local Iraqi, or to open branches to work in Iraq, but security conditions have prevented it , with the exception of some few posts that have been made with a number of national banks.

And Saleh, said that "all the investments coming from the regional countries and dominated by Turkish investments in the first place, and Iranian second class are of a nature purely commercial, and depend for their work on manufacturing outside the border, and assembly within the country, decreases thus the possibility of running labor Iraqi them," adding that "Investing in Iraq is similar or identical to a normal commercial activity," he says.

He attributed the benefit of "the reason that to attract well known international companies to invest in Iraq, internal and external factors, are external ones that Iraq is still under Chapter VII, which is considered threatened state of peace, the opposite of the truth as he looked forward to development and economic progress, while the internal factors is that the environment investment also remains unattractive, since the majority of the investment laws are incomplete, as well as the difficulties faced by large investors such as the allocation of plots of land for projects and a lot of other obstacles. "

He also called for "to provide an incubator at the economic, legal, and at the level of international relations, to attract international investments to Iraq."

The Iraqi parliament approved in October 2006, the investment law, but he did not give investors the right to ownership of the property the project, Fassaoy between Iraqi investors and foreign investment in each concession, with the exception of real estate ownership, while giving foreign investors the right to lease land for 50 years subject to renewal.

The Council amended the House of Representatives on 13 October 2009, so that gave the right of the investor Iraqi and foreign ownership of land and property belonging to the State allowance determined in accordance with special regulations, as well as give him the right to own land and property belonging to the mixed and private sectors to establish housing projects exclusively.

Iraq had announced in October of this year that will facilitate the work of companies wishing to invest in Iraq through legislation a set of laws, with the Investment Authority confirmed it was considering 600 projects $ 600 billion Iraqi dinars, will be the priority sectors of education and housing

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*Iraq Chapter 7 ~ CBI ~ Central: Investing in four years, Gone with the Wind ...

Tuesday 11/30/2010

Central: Investing in four years, Gone with the Wind

Revealed a senior official at the Central Bank of Iraq to foreign investment in Iraq has not achieved the desired results since the adoption of the Investment Law in 2006

The central bank adviser said the appearance of Mohammed Saleh said that since the enactment of the Investment Law No. 13 of 2006 where we have not seen any progress in attracting foreign investment so far

The reason is due to internal and external factors are an obstacle to the foreign investor, on the grounds that Iraq is still under Chapter VII, which is the biggest impediment to investment.

Saleh added that Chapter VII is an international threat to the Iraqi economy because it allows the use of force and injustice of this is Iraq, which seeks good relations at the international level.

And on internal factors is that the investment environment also remains unattractive, since the majority of the investment laws are incomplete, as well as the difficulties faced by large investors such as the allocation of plots of land for projects and a lot of other obstacles.

http://www.almadapaper.net/news.php?action=view&id=31029

Kurdistan Alliance presents a new mechanism for the distribution of ministerial portfolios ...

2010-11-29

Kurdistan Alliance presents a new mechanism for the distribution of ministerial portfolios

Irbil (Iba) .. MP from the Kurdistan Alliance Mahma Khalil for a new mechanism for the distribution of ministerial portfolios according to the scores and insisted that the political blocs now struggling to provide the names and curricula vitae to make each block of three candidates to the ministry concerned that the Prime Minister chooses someone on the basis of competence and professional .

Khalil said in a press statement that the new mechanism provides for calculating the shares of the blocks according to the equation (the number of deputies ÷ the number of ministries × seating blocks), and under this formula must be agreed on a number of ministerial portfolios before after points Khelil predicted that the present Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki Bags and ministry within 30 days to the House of Representatives for approval.

e said the state needs to reduce the number of ministries, giving powers to local governments and regions, noting that 80% of the overall budget goes to the presidency and the operational and 20% investment.

Khalil said the Kurdistan Alliance's desire to get the Foreign Ministry, describing the minister Hoshyar Zebari that he returned from Iraq's relations with the world.

Al-Maliki said at a news conference to make the number of ministries 38 instead of 37 in addition to the creation of a third deputy prime minister, urged the president to create the post of vice with a third.

http://www.ipairaq.com/index.php

A large share of Iraq will participate in the Allawi government and the president of the senior policy executive authority ...

related article link ~ Allawi formally agree to preside over the Supreme Council policies

2010-11-28

A large share of Iraq will participate in the Allawi government and the president of the senior policy executive authority

An advisor of the Iraqi List, Dr. Hani Ashour said the list will share a large and effectively in the next government to implement its election manifesto and the fulfillment of the vows they made to the constituents, and Dr. Iyad Allawi will be the president of the National Council of the policies of the upper and has executive powers and the Council will be constitutional and lawmakers law and has the authority to decide to vote and rate will be identified in addition to the special budget.

Ashour said, told the independent press (Iba) that the Iraqi List, in addition to their large size and active in the Iraqi parliament, consisting of 91 MP's, as well as assuming the presidency of the parliament will have the position of Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister and Mastan Siadtian nominate an independent one and a member of the Iraqi List, for the second addition to the ten ministries . . .

He added that the Iraqi List, designed to change and development in the establishment and promotion of national reconciliation and to participate in restoring security and stability and rebuild Iraq and strengthening foreign relations with the countries of the world and affirm the autonomy and sovereignty of Iraq and out of the abyss agendas of State, regional, and will be faithful to the voters who voted in the last election, and will contribute in the implementation of its program, which launched it, and which confirms the Government of a national partnership without marginalization or exclusion, and the application of the principle of citizenship, passed by the Iraqi Constitution to ensure the right of every Iraqi to live in dignity.

Ashour explained that the decision was unanimous participation of the Iraqi members of the list in order to activate the state's performance in the next phase, and the achievement of the principle of partnership and activation of national performance, and will be accurate in the selection of ministers and senior men Atpalven nominated by the adoption of competencies, because that the best way to serve Iraq.

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Schlumberger wins contract in the West Qurna oil field ...

previous article Iraq ~ ExxonMobil to lead a multibillion-dollar Iraq water injection project ~ ExxonMobil Denies?

November 29, 2010

Schlumberger wins contract in the West Qurna oil field

Informed sources said the Exxon Mobil U.S. oil giant and its partners have been granted a contract for the company Schlumberger oil services company to drill ten wells in the first phase of West Qurna field in Iraq.

The sources told that the contract was awarded in the past few days but the final contract has yet to sign with Schlumberger.

The new wells is part of a consortium led by Exxon plan to rehabilitate the West Qurna field, which signed a contract to develop a 20-year-old earlier in the year.

The sources added that the invitation had been extended to large service companies including Weatherford International and Halliburton and Schlumberger to participate in a new tender for the drilling of 15 wells were again being awarded this contract at the beginning of next year.

Also invited to the Iraqi Drilling Company-owned for the government to participate in the auction.

Won the Exxon and Shell deal to develop the first phase of West Qurna field, with an estimated reserves of about 8.7 billion barrels during the bidding conducted by Iraq last year on contracts for the development of oil fields.

http://www.alfayhaa.tv/news/economy/22213.html

Jaafari and al-Hashemi agree on the need to open up to all the lists

previous article ~ Who Will It Be? ~ Abdul-Mahdi and al-Jaafari or al-Hashemi, the most prominent candidates for the post of Vice-President of the Republic

29 November, 2010

Jaafari and al-Hashemi agree on the need to open up to all the lists

Search the National Reform Movement's chairman Ibrahim Jaafari, leader of the menu with Tariq al-Hashemi Iraqi government formation process.

According to a statement from Jaafari's office received a copy of the Fayhaa that the two sides stressed the need to form a government as soon as possible according to the principle of broad national participation, and stressed the need for openness on all the lists participating in the political process and benefit from the competencies and capabilities in the next cabinet reshuffle.

http://www.alfayhaa.tv/news/economy/22213.html

Deputy Prime Minister meets Japanese Ambassador ways to enhance bilateral relations between Iraq and Japan ...

29 November, 2010

Deputy Prime Minister meets Japanese Ambassador ways to enhance bilateral relations between Iraq and Japan

Deputy Prime Minister Nuri al-Rose Shaways with the Japanese ambassador Susumu Ha Singhao ways of strengthening bilateral relations between Iraq and Japan and developed.

The Shaways during the meeting that Iraq and Japan ties with friendship and mutual cooperation based on solid foundations and that Japan is a country friendly to Iraq and has always been supportive of the stability and development.

For his part, Singhao his country's keenness on strengthening bilateral relations between Iraq and Japan and develop the interest of the two friendly countries, adding that Japan is looking to build a solid economic ties and long-term relationship with Iraq.

He pointed out that Japanese companies have committed a number of vital projects and mission projects such as the development of water and electricity networks in the province of Kurdistan and the support and financing of loans, irrigation projects in central and southern Iraq, roads and bridges in the province of Muthanna, and other other projects to develop the infrastructure of the Iraqi economy.

http://www.alfayhaa.tv/news/economy/22213.html

House of Representatives is hosting the Minister of Communications and discusses a number of important paragraphs

November 29, 2010

House of Representatives is hosting the Minister of Communications and discusses a number of important paragraphs

View and Communications Minister Farouk Abdel Kader nature of the work of the ministry and his vision for the development of the telecom sector, calling for legislation of laws needed by the ministry and submitted to the House of Representatives.

This came during a House of Representatives hosted at its seventh regular Bdorth election of the second legislative year of the first under the chairmanship of the President of the House of Representatives Osama Nujaifi Monday to Minister of Communications.

And Abdel-Kader said the achievements of the ministry-level link cable and microwave and optical switches and the evolution of the event boasted by the neighboring countries, as the ministry is currently working towards linking with neighboring countries in addition to many important projects were completed and the other in the process of completion.

The Minister of Communications, "The Ministry is not related to contracts signed between the companies, mobile communications and the Telecommunications Authority," stressing the need to pass these companies for international calls through the gates of influence of the International pointed out that the difficulties regarding the cable light and the Internet great because of systematic sabotage and carry out the excavation by some contractors without reference to the Ministry.

He noted that there were delays in the implementation of the Council of Ministers decision on the draft license-fourth of the mobile phone of the Ministry of Communications.

In the second paragraph during the meeting, read, deputy coalition Iraqi Haider Mulla statement condemning the targeting of U.S. forces to one of the citizens in the Airport Road on Sunday because it is a clear violation of the Convention on the withdrawal of these troops from the country and demanded the Prime Minister to open an investigation to uncover the circumstances of the subject and compensate the victim's family it.

In response to the statement, Mr. President of the Council announced that the Presidency will be a book for Mr. Prime Minister to find out the circumstances and an investigation into this incident and take appropriate measures to reduce the recurrence of such acts again.

In the paragraph concerning the salaries of social protection network indicated MP Iqbal Ali to the existence of obstacles and neglect, and that wages were low Latvian purpose for which established, for him, as deputy proposed Rafi Abd al-Jabbar solve the problem of the network through coordination between the Bank of Mesopotamia and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, while the MP Riad al-Zaidi Astmrreetml to the social protection network and the development of strict controls in addition to the increase in the amounts allocated.

MP Mohammed commendable has called for a law network in the hierarchy of the priorities of the work of the House of Representatives as a matter a large segment of society, while demanding the Attorney Magda Abdel Latif inclusion of children with disabilities salaries of social protection and the development of an accurate database to find out the number of covered according to the groups covered by the salaries of the network as proposed MP is full of Saadi, giving priority to widows and divorced women to work in state institutions and the allocation of a share of the housing projects for this segment.

For his part, MP Abdul Rahman Alloizi approached the Ministry of Labour to give the province of Nineveh share of the allocation and release of salaries of $ 44 billion dinars among MP Hamid Badji the province of Dohuk in dire need to increase allocations include families displaced many start the needy and orphans who are in the province, while called MP Salah Muzahim reform and the reality of the social protection network and the development of their performance.

He criticized the deputy Osman Aljehici routine that accompanies the process of promotion and salaries of the beneficiaries of the network proposal to form a committee in each province under the chairmanship of Edumajls House of Representatives for the purpose of audit covered, while the Rat MP Kamilp Moussawi, the need to adopt mechanisms to search for families that need for the salaries of social protection network, while MP Mutashar Samurai to issue strict laws against abusers of human Almsthakiq Technology and modern methods to reduce corruption.

For his part, MP Ali inch of the importance of providing salaries to beneficiaries in a civilized way and not presented amaurosis offered them a buyout, health care, also stressed the Attorney hope gift to increase the number of inclusion students, unemployed graduates salaries of social welfare with drew MP Fatima Hamidi to stop the salaries of the network from time to time because of weak legal and administrative mechanism in place and the importance of a review mechanism that, through a committee comprising various stakeholders while stressed MP unit Jumaili the importance of activating the network protection Alajtaip in various governorates to develop a database of those involved and the beneficiaries.

In the paragraph concerning the discussion of unemployment and methods of treatment, MP Ahmad al-Ureybi that unemployment a serious pest threatening the community claim PAUSE real discussion of the file seriously by working to encourage the private sector and encourage investors and the privatization of factories, while MP Yousef al-Tai on the importance of diagnostics roots of the main problem of unemployment and addressed in MP Qassem Rizgar to address the hidden unemployment and financial and administrative corruption, urging the revival of foreign trade and raise economic awareness among the people.

MP Hassan al-Jubouri has reviewed a number of reasons that led to the expansion of unemployment and the lack of a clear strategy to address the issue, calling for the formation of a supreme body competent to develop solutions to the problem of unemployment, also drew MP Hamid vegetation that activating the private sector and the development of national capital will lead to job creation and will reflect positively on the security situation, the MP, just Hurcab has felt it necessary to focus on sectors of industrial, agricultural, commercial, while stressed MP to meet the Yassin on the need for a balance between raising the retirement age and youth participation in development and construction needed by the country.

And focused Deputy Mohammad Iqbal, the importance of expansion in the subject of privatization in non-productive and create jobs for the largest possible number, and called for restoring the service mandatory in MP Ahmed Hassan said that underemployment has become subject to political considerations or social or within cronyism caused a big waste of human and financial resources to the community, called on his deputy Amer Khuzaie to speed for activating the Social Security Act, in turn, MP Omar Jubouri need to develop quick solutions and develop strategic plans and classification of the unemployed to coincide with the importance of a radical solutions to the problem of unemployment.

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