Monthly Archives: October 2010
Iraq Among the Four Countries Most Corrupt in the World
| October 31, 2010 | Filled under Uncategorized |
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq was ranked 175 in the list of Corruption Perception Index for 2010, which included 178 countries and the middle of last week, the Organization for Transparency International to be among the four countries most corrupt in the world, ahead of Afghanistan, Myanmar and Somalia, which occupied the bottom of the list. A report by Transparency International, “according…
Vietnam in a Bid to Help Stabilise the Foreign Exchange Market Will Ban Gold Deposit Conversion Into Dong-Paper
| October 30, 2010 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Vietnam to ban gold deposit conversion into dong-paper. Vietnam’s central bank will ban the conversion of gold deposits into the Vietnamese dong VND=VN for loans in a bid to help stabilise the foreign exchange market, a state-run newspaper reported on Friday. The State Bank of Vietnam is expected to issue on Friday a circular which would also ban banks from lending…
Iraq Province Says Foreign Gas Firms Are Unwelcome
| October 22, 2010 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Authorities in a western Iraqi province rejected the results of this week’s government-organised gas auction, which allowed a pair of foreign companies to develop a big deposit on its territory. The warning puts Anbar province on a collision course with the government in Baghdad, keen to allow foreign firms to tap its oil and gas reserves, and adds to a sense…
Iraqis Angry as Billions Fail to Repair Public Works
| October 20, 2010 | Filled under Uncategorized |
An air of decay hangs heavily among the gutted facades leaning over into al-Rasheed street, Baghdad’s oldest merchant street, strewn with heaps of trash and broken concrete. Violence may be fading compared with the dark days of sectarian carnage two years ago, and a series of oilfield development deals already signed and gas field tenders up for auction this week hold…
Al-Maliki Appears Likely to Remain Iraq Premier
| October 12, 2010 | Filled under Uncategorized |
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra – The Sunni-backed political coalition that narrowly won the most votes in Iraq’s parliamentary election appeared Sunday to be giving up its demand for the premiership, boosting the Shiite prime minister’s drive to keep his job. The stunning turnabout is sure to inflame Iraq’s minority Sunnis, whose crucial support helped the secular Iraqiya movement edge ahead of Prime…
Iraq Loses Sleep After Torah Finds Its Way Into Israel
| October 8, 2010 | Filled under Uncategorized |
The Iraqi authorities say it was never part of their state museum and that there is no record of it in the archive for artefacts. By Jumana Al Tamimi – Dubai: An ancient handwritten Torah scroll has mysteriously been sent to Israel from Iraq. The Israeli media reported how the scroll arrived in the country, but do not seem to know…
US Forces Violate Security Pact in Iraq
| October 8, 2010 | Filled under Uncategorized |
US troops are traveling across Baghdad in Iraqi army vehicles and uniforms in violation of a security agreement between Baghdad and Washington. At the end of August, the US announced an end to its combat mission in Iraq after seven years of active military presence beginning with the invasion of the country in 2003. Washington has, however, left behind some 50,000…
Kurds Ready to Talk With Maliki on Iraq Government
| October 4, 2010 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Baghdad (Reuters) — Kurdish lawmakers said they would begin their quest to play kingmaker in the formation of a new Iraqi government on Monday with a possible alliance with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at the top of the agenda. But the Kurds, whose support could give Maliki the seats he needs for a governing majority, said they would press demands that…
Iraqi Security Officials Arrested Over Plot
| October 4, 2010 | Filled under Uncategorized |
By Muhanad Mohammed / Baghdad (Reuters) – – Two senior security officials in Iraq’s northern Diyala province were arrested in connection with a plot to bomb the provincial government building, officials said Sunday. A special forces counter-terrorism unit arrested Brigadier General Amir al-Taie, security adviser to Diyala Governor Abdul-Nassir al-Mahdawi, and Lieutenant Mahana al-Jubouri, chief of the building’s security unit, Sunday,…
Recent Comments