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Gang of Gold Thieves Arrested in Amara
| September 7, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
MISSAN / Aswat al-Iraq: Southern Iraq’s Missan police has detained a gang, specialized in stealing gold ornaments north of Amara city, the capital of Missan Province, a security source reported on Sunday. “An anti-crimes directorate detachments have managed to detain a 4-member gang, specialized in stealing golden ornaments in Ali al-Gharbi township, 100 km to the north of Amara,” the…
Yezidis Find It Hard to Make a Living in Erbil
| August 22, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Young men hope the government will help them Young Yezidi men come to Erbil hoping to find a job that will help them support their families, but low-paying opportunities mean they sometimes have a hard time paying their own way. Walid Abd, 24 is a Yezidi Kurd from Sheikhan district in Mosul. He moved to Erbil to get a…
West Could Displace Foreign Oil, Gas Imports
| July 12, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
A new report asserts Utah and the West could produce enough oil and gas on a daily basis by 2020 to equal U.S. imports from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Venezuela and five other foreign countries combined. The Blueprint for Western Energy Prosperity predicts that Utah, too, will play an increasingly vital role in the supply of American energy, increasing natural gas…
Judicial Council Sets Thousands of Iraqi Detainees Free for Lack of Evidence
| June 15, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Azzaman- Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council has freed 8,912 detainees when its investigators found no evidence to have them sentenced. Abdulsattar Birqadar, the council’s spokesperson, said the detainees were set free last month. The council is currently heavily involved in monitoring conditions in Iraqi detention centers and has made its mind to examine detainee cases quickly and thoroughly and release…
UN Aims to Help Iraq Improve Housing for Its Poor
| June 6, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
The United Nations well help the Iraqi Government to improve housing for the poor under an agreement announced today by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT). Under a memorandum signed in Baghdad, the UN will “collaborate in the implementation of the Iraq’s national housing policy, especially in implementing the pro-poor aspects of the policy, including informal settlement upgrading, special housing programmes…
Iraq Asks Companies to Bid for New Energy Licenses in June
| April 26, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Iraq, eager to boost energy exports to pay for its reconstruction, asked companies to begin submitting bids in June for a new round of exploration licenses and aims to disclose the results in January. The country also hopes to sign an initial agreement next month for development of the Akkas natural-gas field, Abdul- Mahdi al-Ameedi, the head of the Oil Ministry’s…
Official: Protests in Kurdistan Slacked Investment
| April 17, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Sulaimaniya, (AKnews)- The spokesman for Kurdistan Investors Union said Friday that the current unrest in Kurdistan has negatively affected the investment projects. Yasin Mahmoud told AKnews the current tensions in Kurdistan have relatively slacked investment projects in the Kurdistan Region, northern Iraq. It is almost two months street protests against government are underway in one of the three provinces of the…
Iraq’s Money Under Threat After Lifting Its International Protection in May Next
| April 17, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
The Chairman of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives Haider al-Abadi to take the necessary measures to keep the money Iraq still under U.S. protection after the lifting of international protection by the next May. He said during a made in a meeting of the Council of Representatives that Iraq’s money which is money the poor and citizens…
Iraq Diyala Province to Build Water Purification Station
| April 16, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Diyala Province Water Directorate said on Thursday that it deferred to implementation a project to build a strategic water purification station west of Baquba with a cost of 39 billion Iraqi Dinars stressing that the project will provide potable water for about 150 thousand Iraqi citizen. “The directorate deferred the project of building a water station at Bani Saad region…
Kurdistan Gives $85,800 Loan for Creation of Dairy Farms
| April 15, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Erbil, (AKnews)- An agricultural official said the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has allocated 100 million Iraqi Dinars (IQD) for any farmer who ventures to create a dairy farm. Till now, dairy products and meat are produced in Kurdistan by farmers in the villages who follow the traditional methods, Ramadan Mohammed, the director general for KRG Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources…
US Dinar Bank Changes Name to US DinarEx to Better Reflect the Company’s Focus: Offering an Iraqi Bank Account for Dinar and Dollar Exchange
| April 15, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
US Dinar Bank has changed its name to reflect its focus on providing Dinar exchange through its representative bank in Iraq. Only the name has changed, our services remain the same. We facilitate the purchase of Iraqi Dinar through a bank in Iraq, keep them on deposit in Iraq and, are compliant with all policy and, procedures of the Iraqi government.…
Iraqi to Build 11 Hospitals
| April 14, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Erbil, (AKnews)- The Iraqi Health Minister Majid Hamad-Amin said his ministry has planned to build 11 hospitals in five provinces. All the projects require almost 1 billion US Dollars, Hamad-Amin told AKnews, adding the projects will be put to tender next week. He also said that the projects will be handed to the European companies. Four hospitals will be constructed in…
National Railway Company Reports $1.4m March Revenue
| April 14, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Baghdad, (AKnews) – The Iraqi Railway Company announced on Wednesday that its fiscal revenues for March reached $1.4 million. The company’s assistant general manager Salam Jaber Salloum told AKnews that proceeds from the transfer of freight reached $310,000 with the remaining revenues coming from the sale of passenger fares. The General Company of Railways announced in March revenues of $1.3…
Iraq Central Bank to Remove Three Zeroes From Iraqi Dinar
| April 14, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
Iraq’s Central Bank announced on Tuesday that the project of Iraqi Dinar re-denomination consisting of removing three zeroes is close to completion. The re-denomination project is believed to be a strategic plan that will be passed to the ministerial council and Parliament once complete. The plan to remove three zeroes from the Iraqi Dinar is a strategic plan that the central…
5 Million in Iraqi Cash Found in Springfield Home
| April 13, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A 35 year old man from Springfield is recovering in the hospital after being shot in the stomach during a home invasion. Inside the East Forest Park home, police were surprised to find an estimated five million in Iraqi currency and $24,000 in U.S. dollars. Police were called to Judith Street just before 11:00 Tuesday night.…
Oil Police Struggle to Protect Iraq’s ‘Black Gold’
| April 13, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
NAHRWAN, Iraq (AFP) – As war-ravaged Iraq ramps up crude oil production to reach an ambitious goal of a nearly five-fold increase by 2017, it is scrambling to face the parallel challenge of protecting oil facilities. The Oil Police, with the wide responsibility of guarding every aspect from fields and personnel to refineries and petrol stations, is struggling with shortages of…
Minister of Construction: Government Decides to Reduce the Revenues of the Investors in the Housing Sector to the (Zero%) to Encourage Investment
| April 13, 2011 | Filled under Uncategorized |
BAGHDAD (Iba) … Minister of Construction and Housing Mohammed owner that the Iraqi government decided to reduce its revenue from investors in the housing sector to the (zero%) to encourage investment and give greater opportunity for large global companies to invest in Iraq. A statement from the Ministry of Construction and Housing, the ministry participated in the meetings of the…
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