Monthly Archives: March 2011
Four Iraqi Provinces Participates in Mineral Investment Conference in Karbala
| March 31, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Karbala – Karbala province ,108 km southwest of Baghdad witnessed on Wednesday holding conference alongside three other provinces ; Babel, Anbar and Najaf to discuss the mineral investment in Karbala, while the Deputy Chairman of Babel Investment said that the foreign investment with Iraq is going very slowly. The official of mineral investment Department in the Geological Survey company in the…
Ugandan Women Tricked Into Domestic Slavery in Iraq
| March 31, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
The BBC has the first detailed accounts of how Ugandan women ended up in domestic slavery in Iraq, and the extraordinary story of their rescue. Prossie was working as a schoolteacher when she heard an attractive advert on Ugandan radio. A Kampala company called Uganda Veterans Development Ltd was recruiting women to work for high wages in shops in US Army…
Water Resources Develop a Final Study to Address the Cracks Mosul Dam
| March 30, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Baghdad, (Rn) – The Ministry of Water Resources on Wednesday, it will negotiate with the German company Bauer and Trevi Italian for a final study to address the cracks in the foundations of the Mosul Dam. The Ministry of Water Resources has been brought in February 22 last to 60 companies worldwide technical problems of the Mosul Dam on the pillars…
Direct Construction of a Residential Compound in Mosul, at a Cost of 40 Billion Dinars
| March 30, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Nineveh, (Rn) – The Nineveh province on Tuesday, for the direct construction of a residential complex in the eastern city of Mosul is the fourth of its kind at a cost of nearly $ 40 billion Iraqi dinars. The governor of Nineveh Ethel Nujaifi of Kurdistan News Agency (Rn) “has direct today (Tuesday) to build the apartment complex east of the…
Exclusive Private Jet Handling Company at Erbil International Airport Opens in Erbil, Iraq
| March 29, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Macair, Inc. announced today the launch of their affiliate company, Macair Flight Support, the exclusive private jet handling company at the Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Iraq. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 29, 2011 – The First FBO in Iraq and Exclusive Private Jet Handling Company at Erbil International Airport Opens in Erbil, Iraq. Erbil, Iraq…
Compensation for Internally Displaced Iraqis Rose
| March 29, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Sulaimaniya, (AKnews)- The Iraqi minister for Immigrations and Immigrants said government has decided to increase reimbursement for the internally displaced families. The sectarian violence that prevailed Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein regime in 2003, led many Shia and Sunni families, mostly from the central Iraqi provinces, leave their properties and homes behind to resettle in other areas across the…
Opening Two New Lines of Dairy Products in Qadisiyah
| March 29, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Qadisiyah, (AKnews) – The Scientific Adviser of the Iraqi Industry and Minerals Minister opened, on Tuesday two new lines of producing sterilized milk and ice cream in Qadisiyah dairy plant. The Scientific Adviser of the Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals , Hamoudi Abbas told AKnews that ” food security is from the priorities of the Iraqi government, and the efforts…
IMF Skeptical of Iraq Oil Targets
| March 29, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund Monday expressed doubts over Iraq’s ability to meet its long-term targets for oil production, currently the source of nearly 90 percent of government income. The IMF said infrastructure constraints were likely to prevent Iraq from boosting production from 2.5 million barrels now to its goal of 13 million barrels by 2017 — more than…
Kurdistan Building 11 Dams, Plans 28 More
| March 28, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
In a move that could increase tensions over water supplies, the Kurdistan region’s minister for agriculture has announced that the Region is building 11 dams and plan dozens more. “There are 11 dams now under construction,” Jameel Sulaiman told AFP. “We have studies and designs to build 28 more,” he added. He said that the dams currently under construction in Kurdistan…
Jordan Invites Bulgaria to Help It Rebuild Iraq
| March 28, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Jordan’s Minister of Industry and Trade Hani El-Mulki has invited Bulgarian businesses to help the reconstruction of the Iraqi economy together with Jordanian companies. El-Mulki met with Bulgaria’s Deputy Minister of Economy Evgeni Angelov during a visit of a Bulgarian delegation in Amman. Angelov invited Jordan’s Minister of Industry and Trade to visit Bulgaria. According to him and El-Mulki, there are…
Exxon Mobil Reaches Milestone in Iraq
| March 28, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
BASRA, Iraq, (UPI) — Exxon Mobil and its Iraqi partners reached “a major milestone” for oil production at the West Qurna oil field in southern Iraq, an Iraqi executive said. West Qurna is about 40 miles northwest of Basra near outlets to the Persian Gulf. Exxon Mobil announced field production at West Qurna-1 rose from 244,000 barrels of oil per day…
US Firm to Build Airport in Iraq
| March 27, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
An American company has won a tender to build an international airport in the northern Iraqi province of Salahuddin, Iraqi officials say. Under the $50-million contract, the California-based Unlisted Leedco Engineers Inc. will construct the airport within a two-year period. The new airport, with an initial capacity of 2 million passengers a year, is considered as an alternative…
Japan Radiation Levels Have Tested 10 Million Times Higher Than Normal
| March 27, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
SENDAI, Japan -The radioactivity in water in one unit of a hobbled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan has tested 10 million times higher than normal, the plant’s operator said Sunday. Leaked water in Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant measured 10 million times higher than usual radioactivity levels when the reactor is operating normally, Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman…
Iraq Money
| March 27, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Currency Iraqi Dinar (IQD; symbol ID) = 20 dirhams = 1,000 fils. Notes are in denominations of ID25,000, 10,000, 5,000, 1,000, 500, 250 and 50. Coins are in denominations of ID100 and 25. Note: This information is subject to frequent change in the current conditions. Currency Exchange Foreign currency can be used at special duty-free shops in Baghdad up to a…
Erbil Distributes Food Ration Compensation
| March 27, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Erbil – Media and relation secretary of Erbil governorate said this week the food ration compensation will be issued to the residents in the province. Some 15,000 Iraqi Dinars (IQD)- almost $12 will be issued per capita. This follows an order by the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki early 2011 to compensate the Iraqi citizens for the shortcomings and the low…
Baghdad Alloactes Big Budget for Asphalting Streets
| March 26, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Baghdad, (AKnews) – The Services Commission of the outskirts of Baghdad said Thursday that 60 billion dinars were allocated for the pavement of six streets inside and outside its centers in addition to the rural roads within an emergency plan that must be completed within three months. The head of the commission Taha Hatef al-Difaei told AKnews that after the council…
ISX Caps Week With 0.5% Up
| March 26, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) index rose by 0.5% at the end of the week to close at 127 points as rates of shares of 11 out of a total 45 traded companies went up. “More than 1.9 billion shares worth 2.6 billion Iraqi dinars (roughly $2.3 million) exchanged hands through 526 deals during Thursday’s session that…
Gulf’s Wealthy Move More Capital Offshore
| March 26, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
The wave of political strife enveloping the Arab world has rattled Gulf merchant families, businessmen and royals, leading many to move more of their personal wealth into offshore havens and assets. Aside from Bahrain, where the government has bloodily suppressed an uprising by its Shia majority, and Oman, the Gulf has not seen significant unrest. Nonetheless, those investing the wealth of…
Trade Opens an Electronic System to Issue Import and Export Licenses
| March 26, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
The Ministry of Trade of Iraq, Thursday, the opening of the electronic system for issuing import and export licenses, in order to provide the speed factor in this and to ensure greater transparency in the issuance, considering that the core of the system of e-government in Iraq. He said Iraqi Trade Minister, Khairallah Hassan Babiker in an interview for “Alsumaria News”,…
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