Monthly Archives: September 2011
Maliki Confirms That Iraq Today Is a Democratic Country Where the Exercise of Freedoms and Move and See a Development in All Fields
| September 30, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
An interview of the Prime Minister stresses that Iraq today is a democratic country where the exercise of freedoms and witness a movement and development in all areas, said Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki that Iraq was able to be a democratic state, which has a free policy and the media, which is undergoing a movement in the political, economic, social,…
Gang for Hard Currency Counterfeiting Arrested in Mosul
| September 30, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A four-member gang for hard currency counterfeiting has been arrested by an Iraqi Army force in northern Iraq’s city of Mosul, the center of Ninewa Province, an Iraqi Army source reported on Tuesday. “An Iraqi Army force has detained a 4-member hard currency counterfeiting gang in east Mosul’s Karama and Hay al-Arabi districts, on Monday night,”…
Baghdad Lord-Mayor Discusses Designs of Baghdad Metro Project With French Company
| September 30, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Baghdad’s Lord-Mayor, Sabir al-Issawi, has discussed with representatives of a French Company the studies and designs to build the Baghdad Metro Project, a Mayoralty statement reported on Wednesday. “Issawi met representatives of the French Sistra Company, with the presence of Acting Lord-Mayor for Technical Affairs, where they discussed the issues related to the Baghdad Metro Project,”…
Iraq Decides to Buy Three Trading Ships Load Per 50 Thousand Tons
| September 30, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Baghdad, (Rn) – The Transport Ministry said it had decided to buy three giant commercial ships per load of 50 tons within the project developed by the formation of the country’s naval fleet. And the maritime transport sector has been affected the conditions of the Iraq war – Iran because of the demise of the Iraqi ports. Wounded and paralyzed…
Iraq Signs Contract With U.S. Company for the Development of Satellite Stations
| September 29, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Arbil, (Rn) – Iraq signed a contract with U.S. company valued at more than a million and a half million dollars required to develop satellite stations VSAT. And VSAT terminals are operating small outlets via satellite. The U.S. military used in Iraq. The availability of satellite stations VSAT high-speed Internet services without two-way telephone line and without cables and…
Sadrist: Reasons Behind Changing the Currency, Unconvincing
| September 29, 2011 | Filled under Featured Article |
Baghdad (NINA) MP from Ahrar bloc, Abdul Hussein Risan, said that changing currency at the time being is filled with problems which the MP did not explain. In a statement issued by the Media Commission of Al Sadr Trend today, the MP said the reasons which the Central Bank presented to change currency were unconvincing comparing them with the damages…
Iraq Makes First Payment in $3 Billion F-16 Deal: U.S.
| September 29, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Washington – Iraq has made the first payment in a deal to buy 18 F-16 warplanes worth a total of about $3 billion, the U.S. State Department said. “These aircraft are going to help provide air sovereignty for Iraq and to protect its territory,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. “They also, as a significant military sale between us,…
Iraqis More Unhappy Over Economy, Jobs
| September 29, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
BAGHDAD: Iraqis are the most dissatisfied they have been in three years with their economy and are increasingly worried about government corruption and poor living standards as the country pulls itself back from years of war, according to a poll released on Tuesday. The survey by the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center underscores the struggle Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s government still…
Iraq Stock Exchange Witnessed a New Low of 0.25 Per Registered 144.88 Points
| September 29, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
BAGHDAD (Iba) .. The price index of the Iraqi market for securities decreased in the new session by 0.25 percent, recording 144.88 points. The bulletin said the market received the independent press (Iba) a copy of which exceeded the number of shares traded in today’s session 439 million shares at a value of KD 21 million, achieved through the implementation…
Sit-in Demo by South Iraq’s Ahdab Oil Field’s Protection Workers
| September 29, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq: Dozens of protection workers in southern Iraq’s Ahdab Oil Field, west of the city of Kut, have started a sit-in demonstration in front of the Field’s main entrance on Wednesday, demanding the increase of their salaries and raising them to permanent staff level. “The work of the oil-protection workers in Ahdab Oil Field is very dangerous,…
Issawi: Looking With the World Bank to Support the Iraqi Labor
| September 28, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
BAGHDAD- Search and Minister of Finance Dr. Rafie al-Issawi with a team from the World Bank in Washington, the development of Iraq’s relationship with the bank to serve the economic interests and investment to the country. An official source at the ministry press statement said the two sides discussed during the meeting, ways of reducing unemployment and supporting and building…
The Greedy Battle for Iraq’s ‘Hearts and Minds’
| September 28, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
For years, federal auditors have reported that millions of American dollars have been wasted or are unaccounted for in the effort to rebuild and stabilize Iraq. State Department employee Peter Van Buren gives a ground-level account of that waste and corruption in his book, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the…
Widespread Graft Hitting Iraq Development: ICG
| September 28, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Widespread corruption throughout Iraq’s government has hampered development, resulting in slow improvement of public services, the International Crisis Group said in a report published on Monday. The Brussels-based organisation’s sharp criticism comes around two weeks after Iraq’s anti-corruption chief stepped down, citing political interference in his work and describing graft as “part of the struggle for power.” ICG said…
Selling Booze in Baghdad a Dangerous Business
| September 27, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
BAGHDAD — Selling alcohol in Baghdad is a dangerous business, with liquor store workers facing bombings, shootings and robberies, while also being separated from their families, who often live elsewhere. But a dearth of other jobs keeps Baghdad’s liquor stores staffed. There are 96 registered alcohol shops in Baghdad province, its governor Salah Abdel Razak told AFP, plus an…
Strategic Alliance Between the National and Kurdistan Is Likely to Pass the Draft Law of Oil and Gas
| September 27, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Baghdad- Maliki and Najafi agree on cooperation between their authority and Jaafari calls to resolve differences with its neighbors through diplomacy. Agreed Prime Ministers and the Parliament to invite the political parties all of the calm after the bombings, criminal past, which targeted innocent citizens in the provinces of Karbala and Anbar, urged Ibrahim Jaafari, head of the National Alliance…
New York Times” Read “Volatility,” Moqtada Al-Sadr’s Choice May Change the Point of Iraq
| September 27, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
WASHINGTON – “arenas of liberation” “New York Times” the American said members of the “Mahdi Army”, are engaged in today is a different fight in the ranks of the group Almmahdon, They run teams for football and provide genital mutilation of males for non-able-bodied children of poor families and collecting rubbish after visit the Shia holy places and offer computer…
Iraq Urged International Bodies to Reform the Financial System
| September 26, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Erbil, (Rn) – The international lending agencies said that the Iraqi banking system damage growth prospects in Iraq must be developed in order to attract foreign investment and diversify the productive economy of oil. A report passed by the World Bank said that seven state-owned banks dominate the banking system and has 89 per cent of bank deposits in the…
The Iraqi Dinar and the Deletion of Zeros
| September 26, 2011 | Filled under Featured Article |
Listened with interest to the symposium presented by the Iraqi satellite channel on the theme of the restructuring of the Iraqi currency, and deleting three zeros from them. I had listened to the statements a state officials who oppose this issue and the market excuses about the dangers of topic .. I have done Iraqiya good as it met the…
Storm Damages Greenhouses in Suleimaniya
| September 26, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Around 900 greenhouses were damaged in a storm in August in Suleimaniya. Farmers have asked Kurdistan Regional Government to give them funds to rebuild. Rizgar Mohammed Agha, head of Agriculture and Gardens in Suleimaniya, said repair costs have been estimated for a future payout for farmers. On Aug. 23 and 28, two storms in Suleimaniya and its outskirts damaged many…
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