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Iraqi Parliament Supports the Actions of the Central Bank to Ensure the Stability of the Dinar
| May 13, 2013 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Twilight News / announced the Presidency of the Council of Representatives, on Sunday, its full support for the action the central bank intends to take to ensure the stability of the Iraqi currency after it experienced a decline in value against the dollar to a record level in two years. And plunged the value of the Iraqi dinar gradually over…
Planning: Iraq’s Population Reached 35 Million Threshold
| April 28, 2013 | Filled under Uncategorized |
(Voice of Iraq) – Ahmed Al-Zubaidi – Radio Free Iraq, told Iraqi Planning Minister Ali Shukri Radio Free Iraq that the number of Iraq’s population of about 35 million people, “according to the statistics of accurate and current.” said Shukri said the ministry process of putting the finishing touches on the draft population clock, which will be placed on building The…
Iraq Recovers Hundreds of Artifacts From Abroad
| April 24, 2013 | Filled under Uncategorized |
The Iraqi government said it has recovered 222 artifacts from various European and Asian countries that went missing from the Iraqi National Museum in the past decade. “The artifacts include golden alloys, jars, statues, silver utensils and leather parchment featuring writings on the ancient Mesopotamian civilisation,” Iraqi government media advisor Ali al-Musawi told Al-Shorfa. “The artifacts date back…
Archaeologists Unearth ‘Breathtaking’ 4,000-Year-Old Complex at Iraqi Home of Abraham
| April 8, 2013 | Filled under Uncategorized |
BAGHDAD — British archaeologists said they have unearthed a sprawling complex near the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq, home of the biblical Abraham. The structure, thought to be about 4,000 years old, probably served as an administrative center for Ur, around the time Abraham would have lived there before leaving for Canaan, according to the Bible. The…
Iraqi Aviation Industry Takes Off
| April 5, 2013 | Filled under Uncategorized |
In light of Iraq’s complicated political and security climate, even the most optimistic could not expect Baghdad International Airport (pictured) to have 125 flights — even including both arrivals and departures — in a single day. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority ranks Baghdad International Airport as the largest airport in Iraq. It registered 125 flights on March 20, probably the…
Economy of Iraq – What Are the Future Prospects?
| March 24, 2013 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Iraq‘s economy is expanding and government coffers are swelling, but Sabah Nuri, like many Iraqis who still struggle with poverty and poor services, has yet to see the benefits of rising oil exports. Nuri is lucky: he has a job, albeit a relatively menial one, and a roof over his head. But he barely manages to cover the costs of…
Iraq’s Ivory Tower Under Siege: The Academics at War
| March 14, 2013 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Nearly one decade after the United States Invasion of Iraq, the country’s universities are shadows of their former selves. As sectarian tensions, strong-armed government, and civil war loom, questions of how to put the country on a secure footing will dominate the War’s ten-year anniversary. The tragic story of Iraq’s university academics provides answers. Once centers of informed dissent, ethnic mixing,…
Baghdad Beats: Iraqis Bid to Revive Traditional Music
| March 4, 2013 | Filled under Uncategorized |
AFP – Hussein Abdullah clutches his oud, long the symbol of Iraqi music, and sighs. “Iraqis do not care for their musical heritage,” he laments. “On TV, all you see are singers who have no voice.” While his contemporaries may have chosen to play the drums or guitar, or belt out modern lyrics, the 25-year-old has instead opted for the…
224 Billion Dinars Allocations of Karbala Within ‘Developing Regions’
| January 30, 2013 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Karbala’s governor said the regional development allocations for the year 2013 concerning the maintenance, up to 224 billion dinars, which is more than last year allocations by 32 billion dinars. The Engineer’s hopes religion cat, Friday, that the allocations for regional development planned for the city of Karbala in 2013 up to 224 billion dinars, and these customizations increase by…
Iraq Received Saturday the First Plane Out of (45) Contract With Boeing
| December 17, 2012 | Filled under Uncategorized |
The Ministry of Transport Iraq, Thursday, they will receive next Saturday the first plane out of (45) contracted with Boeing Company, pointed to the arrival of three aircraft from Airbus. The source said. A ministry official in an interview, said that Iraq will receive, next Saturday, the first aircraft from Boeing Company type (B-777-200), out of (45) contracted by the…
Hillary Clinton Due to Step Down as Secretary of State Within ‘days’ of Start of Barack Obama’s Second Term
| November 10, 2012 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Hillary Clinton will step down as U.S. Secretary of State within ‘days’ of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in January, her spokesman said today. Her long-respected departure is expected by most Democrats to be a prelude for a White House run in 2016, when she will be 69. The top candidate to replace her is believed to be Senator…
Iraqi Health Inspectors Close Kebab Shops
| November 7, 2012 | Filled under Uncategorized |
SULAIMANI, Iraq, (UPI) — In recent weeks, health inspectors throughout northern Iraq have forced the temporary closure of hundreds of kebab shops and restaurants for uncleanliness and selling expired food. The shuttered restaurants include some of the most famous and popular places in Sulaimani, a city of 1.5 million people in Iraqi Kurdistan. In a region where kebab is a…
International Monetary Fund Rejected the Price of a Barrel of Oil in the Budget of 2013
| October 27, 2012 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Announced parliamentary Finance Committee, Friday, kept the International Monetary Fund on the price per barrel of oil in Iraq’s budget for next year, as the government promised determine the price “Bullish”. Said a member of the Finance Committee MP Najiba Najib said in an interview for ” Twilight News “that” the International Monetary Fund had a reservation on the price…
Central Bank: We Catch the Exchange Rate at 1190 Dinars to the Dollar
| October 6, 2012 | Filled under Uncategorized |
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The Central Bank of Iraq the stability of the dollar in the currency market, noting that the price of the dinar “saw a clear improvement as a result of stability.” The deputy governor of the Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed Saleh told all of Iraq [where], said that “the central bank action to adjust the price of the…
Iraqi Airways: Soon Flies to Beijing
| July 14, 2012 | Filled under Uncategorized |
BAGHDAD / JD / .. Announced that Iraqi Airways flies close to China, revealing access to the Gold Award as the (best transmission) for the pilgrims. The general director of the General Company of Iraqi Airways Saad Mahdi Saeed / a JD /: that there are flights to most countries of the world, the latest is the direct flights from Baghdad…
Demands the Allocation of 185 Billion Dinars From the Budget of the Kurdistan Region of the Parties
| June 23, 2012 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Erbil, (Rn) – Deputy Chairman of the committee on civil society in the Kurdistan parliament on Friday, the committee would be required to allocate 185 billion Iraqi dinars from the general budget of the province for the current year expenditures of political parties, called upon the Commission relations, culture and media parliamentary to secure benefits for artists and writers in the…
Iraq Stops Dealing With Us Archeological Teams
| June 12, 2012 | Filled under Uncategorized |
ERBIL, (AKnews) – The Iraqi Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has stopped dealing with US archeology and exploration teams because the US administration has failed to fulfill its promises to return Iraqi antiquities that were transported to the US by the US forces in 2003. The US officials said they intended to protect the antiquities from destruction and would be returned…
Mayahi: Ask the Council of Ministers Allocated 200 Billion Dinars to Save Diwaniya
| May 20, 2012 | Filled under Uncategorized |
He called for the province of Diwaniya Aziz Sharif Mayahi Council of Ministers to the 200-billion-Danaraly Diwaniyah province of the supplementary budget for this year. He said in a press statement on Saturday that “the province of Diwaniyah from the provinces that injustice of the former regime did not received the care required at the present time, especially as it is…
The Number of Cars in the Kurdistan Region Exceed 1.0002 Million Cars
| May 18, 2012 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Erbil, (Rn) – The Directorate General of Traffic province of Kurdistan, said on that the process of importing cars from Modela 2011 and 2012 to the region will continue, noting that the region does not suffer yet from traffic congestion, despite skipping the number of cars a million. Said Mustafa Ahmed, from the gallery of buying and selling cars in…
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