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The Amen international intervention credit cards for circulation in Iraqi market
من لكترونيIncluding «Master Card» and shopping card of the Internet and electronic payment systems



مرحلة .Iraqi market entered a new stage of commercial and financial transactions, which were absent from the finance and economy in the country for long periods of time because of financial and technical policies advocating the old institutions and the Iraqi state and the private sector previously, when they started the company specialized international safety of all types of financial services Secretary provide services in the Iraqi market in various sectors large (financial, economic, technical and administrative), with the aim of strengthening the capacity of this market is promising to become a technological use in the daily dealings and achieve a quantum leap of the Iraqi economy. .The Director of the company in Iraq and Sam Salahuddin governance, that the procedures will be to put credit cards in the Iraqi market, Scud (credit card and shopping via the Internet) to facilitate the sale and purchase transactions in the markets and trade and financial dealings between traders, investors and ordinary citizens.
لة.A director of the company for the financial services provided by the company, which is expected to launch card paid for in advance, in addition to the shopping card for the Internet, electronic payment systems, and point-of-sale through ATMs, banks and regulations overall.

ا.He stated that the company's activity is concentrated between Europe and America and the Middle East in the field of diverse financial services, stressing that the company possesses a broad base of customers, which is active in most sectors operating in the community and need for financial services and miscellaneous cash in their dealings and activities to increase the level of effectiveness.

والشمال.He explained that his company governance is the first financial company specializing in Iraq, based its work on the latest technical means, scientific and administrative cadre administered distinct, and has 14 branches throughout the country where all provide specialized financial services at the time and one place. to contribute to the development of the concept (Money shop) in the local market in Iraq, pointing out that it is hoped that the number of company branches to 30 branches end of the current year through the adoption of the concept of restructuring the company's new management to oversee operations in the offices of the center and south and the north.

.Rashid spoke on the relationship between the company's clients in different sectors, saying «our company and the Iraqi company an international leader in its field, providing service to credit cards segments and different sectors of society such as businessmen, service helps them acquire means universally accepted electronic payment can be settled by languid indicating that service or card, It also strengthens its financial position through the building of a relationship of trust and the definition between businessmen and the company's access to advanced by increasing card balances and overdrafts granted Drag and rapid credit », He emphasized that the company is currently trying to establish a genuine partnership with major institutions and organizations that represent the business sector in Iraq.

.They also rational relationship to the company with the students and universities through submitting a card (Master Card) for the use of the international information network (the Internet), in order to provide an effective mechanism for the community and university students by giving them security and rapid method for the use of the information network the highest possible interest. Having signed agreements with Iraqi universities to provide services to students, academics and special offers and quick. )».He added «has been the adoption of the principle site service offered to students and professors through the launch of the project (each student card), where the company will seek to provide cards for all categories of students at universities and institutes through the Iraqi special presentations for them through the program (than with safety)».

.In the Gaza banks Rashid explained that his company is a strategic ally of public and private banks operating in the country to an end either, with those banks granted credit card service to their customers, and provide a service selling points (p.o.s) and service (ATM) ATMs, using money transfer network (Money Gram) as well as servicing of electronic networks and systems banks overall.

».Rashid pointed out that the corporate sector is another service that takes space fair amount of work his company and financial services and technical assistance, saying «The financial services offered by the company is primarily supported by the service companies operating in the country and is working to increase its efficiency and facilities offered by these companies to service their clients, whether through credit cards or through the reception of electronic payment systems, which help these companies in attorney fees and update services away from the cash payment and Ashkaliath and difficulties through the development of electronic payment systems with those companies ».

.Finally, rational talk about his activity touch to the service provided by the company to the business sector through the provision of direct service regulations attorney laundering (p.o.s) and the establishment selling points inside retail stores, restaurants, hotels and offices of tourism and travel exhibitions, and by securing more than (500) selling point in the capital Baghdad alone, and efforts by the company to double the selling points to reach (1000) end point in 2008.
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Multinational grab for Iraqi oil wealth Big News Network.com Saturday 19th May, 2007

An Iraqi law could mean overseas companies will control their oil fields for over 20 years.

A British campaign group, Hands Off Iraqi Oil (HOIO), has singled out the role of Shell, which it said had been working closely with Britain and the U.S. to create a policy to allow multinational companies to take control of Iraq's oil.

A spokesman for HOIO claims there has been a revolving door between Shell and the Foreign Office, with four of the last five permanent heads of the Foreign Office going on to become directors of oil and gas companies, two of them at Shell.

HOIO says a lobby group, working on behalf of BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Total and ENI, has been advised by the U.K. government on strategies for influencing the Iraqi government.

In March, an all-party group of British MPs expressed concern about involvement by the UK government in drafting Iraq’s new oil laws.

Meanwhile, The New York Times has reported that over between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraq’s oil production is unaccounted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling.

Iraqi debt relief depends on progress



Associated Press - May 19, 2007 7:53 AM ET

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The US ambassador to the United Nations says Iraq's major creditors want to see some progress before writing off major portions of Baghdad's international debt.

Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad (ZAHL'-may kah-LEEL'-zahd) left Iraq in March after nearly two years as the top US diplomat there. Now at the UN, he says creditors, including Saudi Arabia, want to see Iraq's predominantly Shiite government make the country more stable, united and fair for all factions.

The Iraqi government says its huge Saddam-era debt to various countries, as mush as $$60 billion, is too much of a burden for a rebuilding nation.

An international compact officially launched at a conference in Egypt this month mentions debt relief but demands a major commitment from Iraq, particularly reforms aimed at giving Iraq's minority Sunni Arabs a greater role in the political process

UN chief urges compromise on Iraq's constitution

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon urged Iraqi leaders on Friday to compromise on the constitution in the interests of the country as a whole.

"Striking a compromise on the core constitutional issues at the heart of Iraq's system of governance is essential for establishing stability in the country," the secretary-general said in a statement issued by his press office.

The statement came as Iraq's Constitutional Review Committee prepares to submit the results of its deliberations to the full parliament.

Core issues dealt with by the committee lie at the heart of how Iraq's system will function, involving a balanced division of powers between the federal government and the regions as well as a system for the fair distribution of oil revenues throughout the country.

Ban expressed hope that Iraqi leaders will embrace this opportunity by rising above narrow sectarian interests, remaining open to compromise, and fostering consensus.

He pledged that the world body "remains fully committed to a national dialogue towards a constitution than can be supported by all Iraqis."

Source: Xinhua

the support of the United Nations .. Office of Development Services in Missan

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.The Office development services in the Missan conference aims to help citizens to obtain jobs. .The Engineer Hassanein Jaber : This conference will be supported by the United Nations and aims to create jobs for the unemployed and the establishment of small-scale projects in the popular districts and supervised by ordinary citizens. .He Jaber : that these projects will be granted loans of less than $ 5000 and will be control of a committee of civil society organizations in Missan governorate, and the Department will reject any draft is not accommodated with the specifications that have been agreed upon. . A conference hall Huda Foundation for Studies Alstraetje Central Amarah, attended by a large number of activists in the field of human rights.
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The governing body of the Municipal Club symposium to discuss the contents of a draft bill of oil and gas for clarification and the exchange of readings and hear the views of spe******ts in order to enrich the draft and access to the convictions could arrive at what serves the national interests and the beginning of the seminar which was held last Friday afternoon at the club talked d gardens. Kabi Morgan director symposium, saying everyone knows that 93% of the budget of Iraq depends on oil, it is necessary to make this law serves march Iraq has been accused of all investing companies looted wealth or espionage Today, the most serious situation in Iraq is the oil and gas that comes to our generation, but it concerns the future generations of Iraq and we have a lot of different countries in the world have engaged in similar experiences How useful this law and Mamdi benefit from these tests

.After that, the guest of the club, Dr Ayad Mohammed Ali Bach doctorate in economics Chief industrial management in the College of Administration and Economy, who began his initial vision of the law, explaining that if the economy is the heart of people's lives, the oil represents the heart arteries, whether in developing produced or consumed.
قراءات متنوعةReadings variety
قائلا:D occur. Ayad Bach on the positive things included in the project and were started by saying :
وشعبهThe first article was consistent and compatible with Magaet in Articles 111-112, which stipulated that the oil and gas wealth is the property of the people and the need to distribute based on population size and deprivation suffered by the size and environmental impacts result, this article consistent with the focus of many positives in the interest of Iraq and its people
ثم انطنيةEight law limiting oil and gas exploration and production operations, not storage, marketing and refining, and this paragraph affirms and accepts confusion emphasis on national sovereignty
IV paragraphs
ه ايضاBetween the first person distinguished Iraqi and foreign and gave priority to the Iraqis and this article could be seen that the law preferred Iraqi foreign advantage by also
المقبلةArticle V, Rule 6 h and life returned to the National Oil Company increased responsibilities and given a major and significant and important role in the next stage
المادة التاسعةArticle IX
ذلكLicensing and activity and the widening scope of the transportation and storage of this article included some of the positive aspects of the national and economic goals, but are general and vague and refers questions here, for example, is how to achieve maximum returns, according to a national mandate and the potential returns for investment Is it from the standpoint of the Iraqi foreign Awalmstzmer must therefore The law shall specify that
ثم معقوليتها؟Then there is a reasonable set of incentives such incentives and Mamdi reasonableness?
الم.Article 11 of Law paragraph refers to the distribution of income and the law for Imese between revenues and imports are confused and clear in this matter.
النفط نعمة ام نقمة ؟Oil blessing or a curse?
انالبعيدThe oil commodity viable economic depletion This leaves the generations need to take advantage of this article and based on these facts it has become an important factor controlling the oil in the destiny of Iraq and the importance of oil for other States, the source of oil is important to the economies of developed countries have sought through tools can be control of the oil wells and this leads to developing countries for strategic development in order to maintain this wealth and proper planning at the Long
والامان.This reading of some of the economic aspects of the law and contents through shed some strengths and weaknesses and focusing on the articles of this law and emphasized with peace and safety procedures.
ال.Article 33 The placement of all national and foreign companies and licensees to tax legislation and pushed obligations of rent, income tax and others.
؟Article 34 of this article referred to the rent and stressed the need for a batch of Iraqi companies and foreign companies operating in the fields of exploration and production and Yoaga 5 / 12%, we wonder what justifications based upon the law in this ratio Why 5 / 12%?
.Also referred to the possibility of collecting this kind or in cash rents prevailing prices.
المادة 35Article 35
اعطتقاتWhat gave the right to convert the amounts licenses out of Iraq after payment of taxes and dues
ونحن .We believe that this paragraph was not accurate and we suggest that the right to transfer conditional on the importance of foreign investment in Iraq.
.Articles 36-39 material containing general principles that should be available from the transparency and clarity, the application of the Anti-Corruption Act as well as competition so as to enable the Iraqi side to get the best bids and the need for a review of contracts with all to achieve the maximum benefit for Iraq.
ولا النفطWe do not know how it will determine income amounts obtained and rents, as well as signing bonuses and bonuses oil production
وبمقدار 17%The same paragraph to deposit in the Central Bank under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance as well as the distribution of oil revenues in a fair and equitable We believe that this justice is relative, because the Constitution referred to by the percentage increase of 17%
لمستقبلFuture Fund
تضخمDeposit rate of oil revenue law, I think that the income from this fund if it invests more beneficial it will be eroded by inflation
15Article 12 enhanced version national participation and the likelihood of its being a clear corporate governance by 50% with the activation of the role of the private sector, including the right to the exploration, extraction and production with the best in the oil sector and this was confirmed by Article 15
المادة 23Article 23
.The importance of gas as an important oil and the need to use it to generate additional revenue and improve utilization at the process of oil production and industrial uses, domestic and export, and reduce the environmental impacts of oil and gas and this paragraph confirmed by the Constitution, according to the (ISO) what remained of modernization.
لبيةThe negative aspects
.After speaking summary of some negative points in the law, for instance.
1- -Article 5 T. First, in the formation of the Federal Council for Oil and Gas would have to take into account the composition of the Iraqi people and if Mawalimuna that the Council comprising ministers and Khbraimethelon people why this consecration if Mawalimuna that this issue needs to competence
2- - I think that the use of the Federal Council to provide advice represents a surplus creates an atmosphere of conflict and the proposal to increase the number of experts from the Iraqis and using cash when necessary
3- هنالك-there is overlap between the work of the Federal Council and the Ministry of Oil and overlap may generate confusion
4- .4-need countless permits oil ministry, and not to grant such power to regional bodies only after configured to ensure that no harm national wealth with the need to amend Article 10 II, which requires that the two-thirds majority of members present and this paragraph requires the amendment and unwarranted importance Qararatikhv and this needs to the decisions of the Council thirds majority of the whole number, or present them not only not turn out to be a means of granting licenses to foreign parties, guided by the advice of experts.
...The last remark referred to Article 41 that conflict resolution procedures and conditions of the contracts through negotiations in good faith and we wonder how they can achieve this goodwill is determined At the conclusion of the symposium, which was attended by scores of academics, professors and owners of jurisdiction has been answering questions and queries were invited stakeholders and the decision to study The draft law to satisfy specialty and experts which would preserve Iraq's wealth and for future generations of their rights and ensure their future and raise Participants telegram to the House followed Professor Khalil Amin Qasim for the presentation of the draft law on experts and professionals to listen to the views and suggestions ...
.Economists often speak and listen to politicians but to Aikterton to Maycolon.
economy is not all Shia, but anything without the economy is worth nothing hope that the law and not subject to political headaches and the committee that developed the draft must be to Atersh under any external influence with the need to resolve all issues that occur after approval
. And the need to discuss the law through conferences and saw him Cadres and the hard work to avoid administrative and financial corruption.
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Iraqi economy on the verge of dramatic evolution







.Baghdad / follow Justice : Dr. Abdel farmer Hassan, the Sudanese Minister of Trade optimistic successful future negotiations with the World Trade Organization to be held in Geneva later this month.

.The Sudanese announcement during the Iraqi negotiating team that Iraq had completed all the mechanisms and the questions that were addressed to him by the international organization. In addition to the complete set of laws, legislation and sent to the State Consultative Council and the Council of Ministers to be studied in order to keep abreast of Iraq's participation in the World Trade Organization, adding that the negotiating team and for three years succeeded in completing all'll requirements of the World Trade Organization and develop appropriate responses for each organization offers Therefore, we are optimistic that the outcome of future talks to be held in Geneva with a team represented by the exit of the recommendations of the task could accept Iraq in the light of the implications of the results. .The Sudanese to the importance of education and public awareness through media releases and in the importance of Iraq's accession to the WTO that this economy will gain (strength and evolution), and inform the experiences of the developed countries of the Organization for the freedom to control the operations of the global economy and trade, pointing out that the government had issued several laws that serve the economy and facilitate coordination with the global economy, where the form of the investment major turning point future results will be significant movement of the market economy and to develop the country and most of the provinces that suffered greatly as a result of their negligence and reliance on central control of the State on the economic movement and the minister stressed that Iraq's accession to the WTO does not necessarily mean acceptance of new restrictions imposed on the Iraqi economy, laws and regulations of the organization and that some Yatekadha Thus Thus but some team work places this side the best interest of the country and the interests of the Iraqi rights before taking any action addition, we find that the Iraqi economy has great potential able to overcome all the problems of the present and to come back to the top of the economics of the world. .Stressing the importance of Iraq's presence in international organizations being shunned for many years and it was unacceptable that this move away from what is happening in the world of enormous economic developments will seek to make use of it to serve the Iraqi economy, and thus determine the feasibility of presence in these international organizations. .The meeting was considered a range of topics and mechanisms put forward by the negotiating team representing the Iraqi government before the World Trade Organization in Geneva and already the government sent many of the questions asked and answers to consider Iraqi request seriously.

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The reform plan by the European Union to support Iraq






.Brussels / pursue justice : the European Union, to support the implementation of an ambitious international plan aimed at helping the Iraqi economy, pointing out that the treaty important for the development of relations between Iraq and its partners. العدالة ..زJustice .. G

».He said the Foreign Ministers of the European Union to launch the current document to the International Covenant Iraq «is encouraging in the hope that contribute to the improvement of the situation in Iraq». .Under the wide-ranging treaty, Iraq undertook to the international community for the unity of Iraq within five years in exchange for substantial assistance. .He commended Ministers of the European Union on Iraq «of the ambitious commitments made by» in the plan to support reforms in the political, security, economic and social affairs. .The Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said that Iraq will witness a great renaissance, a remarkable development in the coming period, but it needs the support and backing of the international community, came during a reception at his residence in Sharm El-Sheikh, Mr. Javier Solana, foreign policy coordinator of the European Union, He added that Iraq was seeking to expand its with the European Union, stressing the need for the presence of European institutions and organizations in Iraq. .The Prime Minister said that the Iraqi people pay the price policies confusion exerted by the dictatorial regime and senseless wars against neighboring Iran and Kuwait. For his part, Mr. Javier Solana expressed his happiness to convene a conference of the International and the positive results that came out and said the European Union to continue supporting Iraq, expressing readiness to provide full support for Iraq in all fields


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Who are the real beneficiaries of Iraq’s oil law?
19/05/2007 09:54:00 ? GMT

Iraq’s oil revenue-sharing law, one of the main “benchmarks” set for the Iraqi government by the Bush administration, was introduced as a key step toward uniting Iraq’s religious and ethnic groups. But now some analysts say the law could further escalate sectarian tensions in the war-torn country.

The law, drafted by Iraqi and U.S. officials, is strongly backed by the Bush administration, the Congress and the Iraq Study Group, whose 2006 report said such a law was needed to “create a fiscal and legal framework for investment" in the oil industry, where Iraq is considered a key player as it holds the world's second-largest proven oil reserves after Saudi Arabia. But the oil law’s status as a benchmark for progress in Iraq is stirring debate in Baghdad and Washington, according to an article on the Christian Science Monitor.

The Bush administration is angered by the Iraqi government’s perceived foot-dragging in passing the oil law. But the oil legislation is being closely examined in the United States as the Democrat-controlled Senate inches closer to drafting a new war-funding bill that includes benchmarks for progress in Iraq. Some American officials started to question the substance of the oil bill, particularly whether it really aims at easing Iraq’s sectarian tensions or granting international firms a substantial role in the country’s vast oil fields.

"While we can't confirm it, there are enough reports out there that appear to indicate that undue, unfair preference and the influence of our oil companies are part of the Iraqi hydrocarbon law, and if that is true, that is not correct," says Rep. Joe Sestak, a former admiral and defense adviser to the Clinton administration. "The aim of benchmarks is to help the process along, but we need benchmarks that are appropriate for the Iraqis and the Americans – not just our economy but our ideals."

Many in the U.S. and Baghdad express fears that the draft oil law says little about sharing oil revenues among Iraqi Shias, Sunnis and Kurds, and a lot about setting up a framework for investment that would benefit foreign companies and harm the Iraqis over the long term. Opposition intensified this week after a coalition of oil industry watchdog groups and peace activists called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Harry Reid to dismiss the Iraqi oil law as a benchmark for progress in Iraq. "If Democrats are perceived to be advocating withdrawal [of U.S. troops] only after access to Iraqi oil has been assured, this will do little to reassure critics," says Steve Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International, a watchdog group.

Hasan Jum'a Awwad, head of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, reiterated this view last week in an open letter to Democrats in which he urged U.S. Senators “not to link withdrawal [of U.S. troops] with the oil law, especially since the U.S. claimed that it came to Iraq as a liberator and not in order to control Iraq's resources."

In Baghdad, many Iraqi lawmakers say the oil law is too complex and they shouldn’t be rushed to finish it. It should be last issue, not the first, to be resolved, they argue. The Iraqi cabinet passed the draft law on Feb. 26 and was expected to submit it to parliament by March 15. The Bush administration wanted Iraqi MPs to approve the entire oil package by the end of this month, but the draft law hasn’t even been sent to parliament yet.

Iraqi opponents of the oil bill say it doesn’t address the issues that Washington claims it does. "The actual draft law has nothing to do with sharing the oil revenue," says former Iraqi oil minister Issam Al Chalabi. It aims at setting a framework for investment by foreign oil companies, including favorable production-sharing agreements that are typically used to reward companies for taking on risk, he says.

"We know the oil is there. Geological studies have been made for decades on these oil fields, so why would we let them [international firms] have a share of the oil?" Chalabi wonders. "Iraqis will say this is solid proof that Americans have staged the war ... because of this law."

Oil industry analyst Fadel Gheit of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., who reviewed the official Arabic version of the draft law and the unofficial English translation, says that both drafts are ambiguous and seem to be written in a hurry. He also raised concerns over a condition that stipulates that the Iraqi government should create a new Federal Oil and Gas Council that must include foreign partners, saying that the stipulation did "raise a red flag.”

Under the draft law, the council should carry out Iraqi oil policies and set criteria for foreign companies working in the industry. "Why shouldn't Iraq use Iraqi nationals to decide how the contracts will be awarded? They have oil engineers. Use the best brains in the country and, hopefully, they will do what is in the best interest of the country," Gheit says. "Otherwise, there's an impression that American companies are telling Iraqis what to do."

While acknowledging that Iraq needs foreign investment to help modernize its oil industry, Gheit said the oil law won’t ease the concerns of international companies who are reluctant to send their engineers into a nation in turmoil. "It's very difficult for oil companies to recruit people willing to work in the Iraqi oil fields. It's mayhem," he says.

Mohammed al-Dynee, an Iraqi MP representing the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, a Sunni group, is currently in Washington in an attempt to persuade Congress to drop calls for the oil law. “The U.S. talks about the sovereignty of Iraq, but why are they getting involved in this oil law?" he says. "Even if this law can pass, which I doubt, it will remain ink on paper and will not be implemented on the ground."

Who are the real beneficiaries of Iraq’s oil law? -

Baghdad's press evaluates al-Maliki government's one-year performance
By Saad Obeid
Baghdad, May 19, (VOI) – Iraqi newspapers on Saturday focused on evaluating the performance of the current Iraqi government, led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and its efforts towards national reconciliation, one year after it came to power.
The government-funded al-Sabah newspaper wrote, "Nouri al-Maliki's government will start its second year tomorrow, following a series of achievements despite the difficult circumstances that prevailed in Iraq during its first year."
Marking the government's second year in office, al-Maliki's media office released a statement outlining the Iraqi government's achievements over the past year. According to the statement, al-Maliki's government proposed a draft law on investment, which was later approved by the parliament, in addition to the draft law on oil and gas, and the national housing program, which the statement said aimed to improve the economic conditions of the Iraqi people.
Al-Taakhi newspaper, issued by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Iraq's Kurdistan President Massoud al-Barazani, published a lengthy front-page headline that read, 'President of the Federal Republic of Iraq highlights the importance of improving the government's performance and says consultations are underway with political blocs to establish security and stability.'
The newspaper quoted Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi as stressing the importance of respecting human rights during arrests and detention conducted by the joint forces under a security crackdown in Baghdad.
Al-Bayyina newspaper, the mouthpiece of Iraq's Hezbollah movement, quoted the deputy chairman of the Iraqi parliament's economics committee, Yonadam Kanna, as expressing his concerns about the possibility of putting the new budget into effect in the light of the several obstacles which he said are looming up ahead.
Citing "rampant administrative corruption," Kanna explained that many laws are not enforced, which he said has negatively affected the general performance of the government.
Under a front-page headline reading, 'Gunmen's target was to release al-Tasfeerat prisoners in Mosul,' the independent al-Mada newspaper quoted Ninewa's police chief as saying, "The main target of the attacks carried out by gunmen on al-Tasfeerat prison was to release the prisoners, just like the attack on Badosh prison a few weeks ago. The security forces foiled their attempt."
Covering the security situation in Nassiriyah, capital city of the southern Thi-Qar province which witnessed violent clashes between fighters from Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army and the Iraqi security forces over the past few days, the newspaper unveiled a ceasefire agreement between the two sides that is aimed to end the bloodshed that left 10 people dead and 60 others injured.
The London-based al-Zaman newspaper published a front-page headline reading 'Concerns over Turkish invasion of Kurdistan region.' "A number of (Iraqi) parliamentarians and citizens expressed their concerns over military operations that have been conducted by Turkish forces in northern Iraq for a month, which coincided with threats made recently by Turkish officials of a possible (Turkish) military interference in Iraq for chasing fighters from the Kurdistan Labor Party," the newspaper wrote.
The newspaper also published the following main headlines: ' The Journalistic Freedoms Observatory presses for quashing Interior Ministry's decision to prevent journalists from covering blasts' and 'A secret cell smuggling armor-penetrating ammunition arrested.'

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