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Slight increase in the demand for dollar on Sun

Demand for the dollar was slightly higher in the Central Bank of Iraq's (CBI) auction on Sunday, the first this week, registering at $104.05 million compared to $90.19 million on Thursday.

"The demand hit $49.550 million in cash and $54.500 million in foreign transfers outside the country, all covered by the bank at an exchange rate of 1,190 Iraqi dinars per dollar, one tick lower than the previous session," according to the central bank's daily bulletin, which was received by Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

None of the 11 banks that participated in the auction offered to sell dollars, it noted.

The Iraqi Central Bank runs a daily auction from Sunday to Thursday.

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Iraq’s Deputy PM: Article 24 of Elections Law Should be Cancelled

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, Barham Saleh, visited the Kurdistan National Assembly in Erbil today (Sunday). He met with the speaker of Kurdistan National Assembly and other lawmakers.

During the meeting, the latest development concerning the provincial elections bill was discussed.

“As Kurdistan Alliance Bloc, we call for upholding the Iraqi constitution with all its articles and paragraphs, because it guarantees the unity of Iraq,” Barham Saleh said after the meeting.

“We all should understand that the violation of the constitution means spoiling the whole situation, and that is not in the interest of anyone,” he added as he urged all Iraqi parties to address the disputed issues according to the law and according to the common interests of the Iraqis.

“Article 24 of the provincial elections law should be cancelled because it is at odds with the constitution.”

PUKmedia :: English - Iraq’s Deputy PM: Article 24 of Elections Law Should be Cancelled

Attended by U.S Ambassador, Chief Parties Hold Meeting

The key parties held a meeting yesterday at the residence of the President of Kurdistan region Massud Barzani. The stances that have relation with the legal crises concerning the Provincial Elections Law and the recommendations to unify the views were discussed in the meeting.

In a press statement, the Vice President of the Iraqi Islamic Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim described the results of the meeting as fruitful. He announced the preparation of general points to solve the crises; he said that in case these points are accepted by all sides, the Provincial Elections Law will be passed on according to accordance base.

The meeting was attended by President Massud Barzani, Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki, VP Adel Abdel Mahdi, the Member of the Iraqi Islamic Party Politburo Dr. Iyad al-Samarai along with other officials and members in the political parties and the Kurdistan Alliance Bloc.

The U.S Ambassador in Baghdad Ryan Croker, the Representative of the British Embassy and the deputy of the U.N’s Envoy in Iraq also attended the meeting.

On the other hand, President Barzani received yesterday Ammar al-Hakim the Vice President of the Islamic Supreme Council and the Head of the Mihrab Martyr Institution. They discussed the general situation in Iraq and exchanged views on ways of solving the issue of the Provincial Elections Law and other unresolved issues.

In the frame work of his continues meetings in Baghdad, Barzani met the British Ambassador in Baghdad Christopher Brents. The Provincial Elections Law was the top among the issues discussed by Barzani and Brents. They also expressed their hope that all parties reach an agreed- on stance concerning the aforementioned Law.

PUKmedia :: English - Attended by U.S Ambassador, Chief Parties Hold Meeting

Damascus to Name its Ambassador to Baghdad

After the discussions between the Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim and the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed al-Moualem, Damascus announced its intent to appoint Syria Ambassador to Baghdad within a month.

Al-Hakim explained the great achievements of the Iraqi government in the political, security and economy fields in addition to the crucial results of the National Reconciliation process.

Al-Moualem emphasized that Syria supports the Iraqi People, government and the current political process. He stressed on the need to all terms of cooperation between both countries. He said that Syria will name its Ambassador to Iraq within a month.

PUKmedia :: English - Damascus to Name its Ambassador to Baghdad

Trade ministry to set up int'l fair in Baghdad

Iraq's Public Fairs Company is considering steps to set up specialized exhibits like the Baghdad International Fair with the aim of activating Iraq's economic and trade activities in implementation of the government's directives regarding reconstruction, the company chief said on Monday.

"The first experiment's positive results encourage us to set up specialized fairs in the future as there are plans to establish the Iraq International Fair, to be held by the International Business Group in association with the Company and participation of all ministries concerned," the company director general, Sibti Jumaa, was quoted as saying in a statement by the trade ministry's information office.

"In light of the ministry's plans and future orientations, the Iraqi International Fair will be set up on November 10-15 under the rubrics International Cooperation Workshop for Reconstruction & Investment," Jumaa said in the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

He said the event is coinciding with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's announcement that 2008 would be the "year of investment and Iraq's openness to Arab and foreign states to have them invest in the country's emerging market".

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A tentative Agreement on the Withdrawal of American forces from Iraq within two years

Baghdad and Washington set a time limit to be changed according to circumstances, for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq during 2010 and 2011, a memorandum of understanding within the joint security boat, which the parties signed

After providing a summary of the results of discussions at the political leadership. In the meantime learned "Assabah" important meeting held this morning between a number of leaders of parliamentary blocs to make a decision to vote on election law in the event was to reach a comprehensive or postponed to a later date, it may be During the next legislative term. Well-informed sources said in a statement to Al "Assabah": that the two technicians Iraqi and American forward summary of the results of their talks on the political leaders of the two countries over the past few days, stressing that "negotiations are continuing between the parties and was about to expire, as may be allowed to sign memorandum Understanding security "Sufa" during the coming period. "

The sources revealed that requested anonymity, expressed considerable progress in the talks and reach a bilateral agreement of principle to withdraw U.S. forces during the past 2010 and 2011, and these times are subject to adjustments according to circumstances, may have to withdraw mid-2010, pointing out that he was also consensus on the issue of arrests , As the agreement stipulates that all arrests conducted by the American army advance knowledge of the government, although there is clear violation of the rights of Iraqi citizens. The Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and U.S. President George W. Bush had agreed last month to uphold a "declaration of intent" signed between the end of the year Last of the founding of advanced relations between Iraq and the United States.

The sources added in a telephone conversation, the two negotiating Iraqi and American also agreed to the return of all U.S. forces to military camps (barracks) Macedonia, in addition to continuing the training and equipping Iraqi forces necessary inputs, affirming that the political leaders empowered Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki signed a memorandum of understanding, after National attitudes displayed by over the course of negotiations between Iraq and the United States. In the context of other political forces are still looking for a comprehensive national law on the provincial council elections, after postponing the parliamentary session yesterday to today, Monday,. It was Sheikh Khaled al-Attiyah, First Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives had confirmed for "morning", the approval of the Supreme Constitutional Court to extend the work of the Council until the supplementary budget approval, as sources revealed to "Sabah" that political leaders had tied the supplementary budget approval with the election law to provide legal cover While the consensus on the latter.

A source close to a meeting held yesterday afternoon to attend most of the country's leaders, that the meeting will be decisive today between the leaders of parliamentary blocs to make a decision to vote on the law or postponed to a later date, it may be mostly during the next legislative term, pointing out that in the event was postponed deciding on Legislation elections would be deferred until next year. Proceeded to Baghdad implement a new policy of openness to all the capitals of the world to turn the page on the past and the resulting wrong policies pursued by the first, and began new relationships with all countries, especially regional, cooperation and coordination of common and non-interference Internal affairs.

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The extent been able to keep pace with economic event and competently

Part 1

Over the five-year term that attempted to address the event and an economic analysis by the Economic page and through seminars, which are used to be set up within the economic tables were reached .. Out of concern for the direction of the development of performance monitoring function of the media events long tried to explore the economic consensus as it enters sixth year, tend to selected specialists and dilapidated economic policy at the stage where the country is witnessing a shift towards the reconstruction process, to seek views in this regard ...

Raise awareness of investment

Dr. Ahmad Reza (Chairman of the National Investment) finds that the next phase is the most important he says:

"We are proud of Al-range abreast of scientific material, especially in economic matters, and where we are heading in the investment and reconstruction, we squeeze their hands working in the economic section of the newspaper because abreast The topic of investment and the achievements of the National Authority for Investment and investment authorities in the provinces and to disseminate awareness among the investment community to achieve its main objectives investment .. Headed by the elimination of unemployment and operation of all the manpower in Iraq, capable and willing to work and to establish a sustainable social and economic development and diversification of income sources, where the GDP depends on oil .. We squeeze again at the hands of workers for their economic section in the past five years hoping to Al-term success and progress.

He said Dr. Thamer Ghadban, Head of the advisers in the Cabinet:

the long-term institution, sweeping cultural and intellectual to wash the dust from decades of thought and politicized culture of fear of telling the truth and substantive dialogue, to start with the term starting over a new Iraq, Iraq, openness, freedom and human rights and economic and social transformation and restoration of a culture of community Constructively addressed multiple doors in record time, wearing the various pages, and become a haven for those seeking economic news to Iraq today and tomorrow, opened up the beacons of Iraqi culture, academics and management eagerly economic dialogues and foster a culture of professional market and deal with the new economic variables that Iraq has lived in isolation for decades , Set up conferences and symposia and round tables, put her hand on the wound to the economic community suffers poverty altogether, and strive to raise specialists sometimes finding solutions, thus charted for itself a matter of substantive and held between the pages of the play concerns a nation under the rubble again, they glue and newspaper long-page economic characteristics paved Intellectual curiosity and the news every morning, Fathia love and admiration and optimism filled wishes to continue the successes to come.

A distinguished place

Dr. Mona Turki al-Musawi Director (Iraqi General to defend the rights of consumers) told us:

Able newspaper (long) and five years after its founding, to take place in the prestigious media center in the country, and to provide an information service distinct and balanced localized at the same time, and in the economic sphere has taken a long strides and great care and attention during the round table Which we are used to attend monthly dealt with issues of economic, social and heated up to date and discussed with finding treatments and proposed solutions, which Polaroid officials, researchers, specialists and others interested in these issues, which covered a full range of economic pages, and this goes back to the policy of the Department of Liberation, which seeks to long - Have played a prominent and important and extensive in this aspect in the transfer of Khobar over the world, and we wish them to reflect the great interest developments in the information field to have a strong social dimension citizens can deliver their voices to those responsible boldness and transparency, particularly in the subjects of services provided to them, The transfer reactions officials to meet votes in the crucible of one, so we wish the institution and those who long to issue the newspaper every success and development and continuity and creativity and excellence.


Platform for the follow-up to Economic News

Dr. Magid Image (expert in the central bank) said:

During the long proved their presence in the past five years in the arena of economic information, as distinct platform to pursue economic events inside and outside the country, adding they were given to all opinions on different beliefs opportunity to attend in an area of debate Through articles and economic tables that were held and which had dealt with all aspects of economic life in the country, there were too many opinions and deserve follow-depth study in order to benefit them in terms of points Almlh applied, and there are other economic symposiums were held within the centre (NEGOTIATIONS) addressed the economic aspects The other, and the page economic level event and was able to keep pace with events and variables and deserves follow-up by authorities or based on the economic aspect, economic What distinguishes the page it was published studies and research and opinions on various trends, and this does not mean that the term was sometimes put Views are not commensurate with what serves the country .. If there was a note refers to the apparent lack of presentation of modern economic publishing books and on the evolution of the economic event ..We hope will be long in a state of constant development, especially in its performance on economic issues.


Apparent effort

Dr. Ali Mohsen Zubaidi (Vice President of the Association of Poultry Producers), said to us:

first of all extend my profound thanks to a range of clear and substantial interest in the economic aspect through seminars and through coverage of the event across its front page economic.. In fact there is a clear and distinct in this aspect in order to put economic problems and obstacles .. I believe that the mere establishment Thus symposia workshops Thus, it refers to the characteristic of this cultural institution, and we ****** reading more and better than ever and we wish multiplication of these workshops is these seminars to highlight the failures to heed them concerned, the record here that long made economic culture Accessible to a large segment of society.

Bankers and media figures

With the growing economic actors in the whole country is growing interest in the event of economic readers .. After a major shift in the security situation, the reader is looking forward to the shift in economic actors towards that change, in fact, life after years of deteriorating services and hindered the advancement through the intensification of the violence .. After the debate wheel construction and reconstruction are no longer peg the security situation beneficial to the suspension of the justifications that could be said about foot-dragging on the situation .. And the extent to which kept pace with economic event and to provide readers news and analysis, report, which monitors the movement of the market is also trying to be close to the reader, while seeking to reach the path of economic policy and dilapidated joints of economic actors .. In this poll, moved to a range of the finest bankers and media who are using the event with the economic daily to represent the reader on the events of today's economy.

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Part 2

Top economic performance

How does the reader to page economic performance over the past five years .. In this regard Astansena these views of a group of workers in the banking sector and some colleagues of journalists and media staff . Miss that Ghazi Al-Bayati (PR Department at the Central Bank of Iraq) told us: I find the term objective carrying a big news or review an economic phenomenon in the subject, I find the comprehensive coverage of economic activities, especially activities of the Central Bank of Iraq, including the important data concerning policy-making Cash or those on the daily auction of foreign exchange. But they may refrain from time to time as coverage of the activities of the Central Bank does not know why, in the recent period long been able to monitor their effectiveness and an ongoing basis, and I am the reader to the page where I find economic opportunities and professionalism and this is up to other pages Gazette ...

Keep pace with economic event

Colleague Riyadh passenger (secretary editor of Al probity) told us:

I can say, objectively, be able to cope with long event Economic and privilege, has been mentioned as other newspapers in the highly professional presentation page by subtracting the economic reports and studies and through analytical article, and also distinguishes long - Page in the economic mix is between supply and analytical expertise to the market movement and overall economic actors local and global, has often Astansena economic facts of the tables that have not let stray and contained only drove them, but the remarkable extent to which always offer herself in the economic hub, is abstaining from issuing a supplement Special economic affairs, despite the marked pens that write on the page economic, since there are many events and global economic repercussions that need substantial coverage, including for example the issue of global food crisis, or the phenomenon of rising oil prices, or the phenomenon of desertification and drought and economic phenomena Other multi-whether global or local, thus phenomena such as those offered needs and addresses them through a weekly supplement and long has this potential, we read a daily supplement to address the axis of cultural, social or political, but we have not read yet economically supplement ..In the end to congratulate the workers and the fifth anniversary of the inception and praise for workers in the Economic Section of these efforts ...

Information news


As Professor Ghazi Abdul Wahab (Director, Division of studies in the agricultural cooperative bank) said to us:

I had the privilege of attendance at more than set up an economic symposium newspaper long as the page and add us to the economic daily news information and economic analysis across the article, surveillance and investigation were tables add a lot to us Whether through its presence or reading the newspaper and broadcast across, I feel that the term be able to give more to readers through their employees, demanding more literature for the banking sector especially as we are witnessing a shift towards the development of tools this sector .. I think that the term could be drawn reader of the economic centre of characters, is mixing between short news reader who can not pass without reading the article analytical awaited by the reader on the report, which touches people's worries and suffering due to the low status of services or the like ..On this occasion extend my warmest blessings for workers in the Al-reaching and A. Congratulations ...

Central model

He said Dhargam Muhammad Ali official channel of the Economic Section in Iraq:

Newspaper managed five years during the term of building a readership of intellectuals and elite as well as it has not lost on other segments of having offered a compromise between traditional journalism and literary language eager to add that it took years and an almost neutral in presenting each page economic Alkzaiaoukd characterized as a kitchen for Economic did not rule Only ready-made materials on the Internet and government data, but exceeded these limits to the field to be on the line with economic worries and the industry subject matter purely based on the efficient and professional employees of this section, which has given the Economic Section nature crafts, which often lacks the economic sections of most local newspapers because of the difficulty and complexity of this Important sector and the necessity of specialization at work and editing were long heritage of these factories Alabarthia to all colleagues who are celebrating the pyramid and said Iraq's cultural edifices of the media in which every worker had the privilege of contributing to the construction and permanent jobs for God to be a long life and vigor to them to celebrate the jubilee of journalists (long) newspaper, all Iraqis .

He said Mohammed Hanoun, director of Information Office of the Ministry of Trade:

We pass the fifth anniversary of the emergence of long sun in the sky Iraq, which has given beautiful and bright colors extolled the beautiful scenery and cultural media and given new flows of information in various spheres of life and were treated wounded Alatiat balm of time the dark.

Were not the product of long coincidence or the result of aspiration, but were the result of the pain and suffering of Tstefv with those institutions and other newspapers dealt with comprehensively and moderation in the Iraqi situation and was one of the institutions referred to daughters when the Iraqis to color away from abuse by staying away from the string, bad roads, which threatens the hateful sedition For the purposes of non-Iraqi.

I commend all my colleagues and valuable in the long and whose first issue of setbacks and more of them bear the responsibility of the Economic Section, who were monitoring the level of responsibility in each business news and presented a professional manner far from the hype to interpret or to make so delicious according to the reader, Iraqi and got the opportunity to pay tribute to my colleague Karim Sudanese delegate to several newspaper Years and who is now on its front page economic, who was a messenger for the transfer of honest truth through the basket news conveyed by the Department of Liberation newspaper on a daily basis and sometimes through private email gazette.

Serving good media work and cultural needs more to keep up with the evolution of society, which draws steady growth in all areas.

He said Haider polar Media:

With the arrival of the fifth anniversary of the appearance of Al-reaching implications for the general public and cultural center in Iraq in particular, can only be to congratulate you and all workers in this long effort media and cultural Almtmizalve become one of the main pillars upon which the Iraqi cultural scene, marked by five years The long, addressing various topics word sincere and objective neutrality, as well as its adherence to the ethics of the profession of journalism.

For this occasion got the opportunity to pay tribute to the significant role of colleagues working in my page "in the event of economic" and "long-cultural" my favorite.

For all workers in the long bouquets of roses, hoping Shine durability and success to serve the new Iraq.

For his part, said Aziz Sultan Al Shammari director of Information and Ministry of Electricity

To the floor and pulse expressed sincere hopes of the Iraqi people to the festival audiences newspaper published the fifth rated greetings and best wishes to all who contributed to a long newspaper that contributed to raising awareness as well as intellectual commitment to a fixed itinerary, making them distinct newspaper in everything God calling Azojl good health The cadres and durability of the newspaper people survive long.

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small projects on the way to recession

Despite the improvement of security and provide the elements of growth and prosperity, however, micro-enterprises are still suffering numerous problems, long have had a role in clarifying visions small entrepreneurs and suffering it was this poll. Abul-Huda, the owner of one shop said the construction (concrete barriers that hinder our work started by the inability of small trucks from passing near Stores in the fight and this is a problem we do not find the solution, and added that although the $ 2000 and we are weekly, but we expect that the barriers lifted Concrete will rise to more than 25 thousand dollars, and pointed out that new mechanisms our marketing but to no avail, is that we go to the contractor for processing at the site of work, or in the case of the arrival of a new factor to use the telephone to inform our customers and our customers and thus their access to bear the cost of transport to Their work sites, which made us underestimate the profit margin, and hoped that the Government would consider it).

While referring Mohammad Reza industrial systems factory owner lathe: The electricity in the summer in July hinder our work and explained to the extent that now pay a large part of my margin to the cost of generating times a day needed to rule kerosine (10 litres) and 7000 at a price not to mention the thousands of dinars fat and weekly maintenance , And this is one of the fundamental obstacles to growth and prosperity of our work, we have to rely on the former national electricity in our day we started but we put 40% of our profit margin to fuel and electricity sources and this is harmful and ineffective in the erosion of our small, and we hope the Ministry of Electricity and develop a plan fast To reduce the lack of electricity has almost fully).

But Jabbar Kadhim Aziz, owner of the sewing factory in tents Commercial Street, he said, have we were exhausted from the importer, which affected the whole our work we deal with sports clothing, and the Chinese product is today one of impediments to continuing our work, not to mention the continuation of the Iraqi government to open borders for imports indiscriminate and impacted negatively upon National Industries (Valtraxod Sports) b, we sell 18 thousand dinars, but now is sold, including the Chinese to prepare the 12 thousand dinars, although the Iraqi Product cost $ 11 - 10 thousand dinars, not to mention the cost of transportation, electricity, and this is what indicates to us that we are working-class third or fourth In order to reduce the material cost of up to 7 - 8 thousand dinars, but a reflection on the quality of the product will make home sports Iraqi resort to foreign products only) .. The name of Aziz Khudayr is an Iraqi academic, said to us (today we note that small-scale industries in the world has become a generator of GDP, while we find the contrary, in Iraq and our real need to take advantage of the Asian experiences in this respect, protect small industries in Iraq Loss).

Do small industries will remain the focus of controversy today is waiting to support the Government and ministries or do we go about desire and decadence of the Declaration of absence of need.

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