Thread: Iraq/Dinar News. 09/05 to 01/14/07

Originally Posted by sporter

IIF member FSN Director was the contact that Susie recieved the revalue information from. FSN posted and said he did not talk with Shotgun!.

DROP IT WILL YOU. POST ONLY NEWS HERE ON THE DINAR!!! WE DONT CARE WHO TOLD WHO ARE DIDN"T TELL WHO WHAT!!!!!!!!

Schedule of events of IMF Conference in Singapore.

Schedule of Events - 2006 Annual Meetings -- International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group

Monday, September 11
8:00 a.m. Registration Opens Singapore City Hall
Thursday, September 14
9:00 a.m. Civil Society Forum opens
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
9:00 a.m. Civil Society Forum - Introductory Briefing for CSOs attending the 2006 Annual Meetings
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
10:00 a.m. Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO); IMF Economic Counsellor and Research Department Director Raghuram Rajan
Webcast | Transcript Suntec Singapore
11:00 a.m. Civil Society Forum - Civil Society Accountability in Disaster Relief: Lessons from the Trenches CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
1:30 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Social Enterprises and Social Development: The Opportunities and the Challenges
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
3:15 p.m. Civil Society Forum - The Role of the International Monetary Fund in Low-Income Countries
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
4:45 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Low-Income Countries in Asia and the Role of the IMF
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
6:30 p.m. Civil Society Forum - CSO Planning Meeting for the Town Hall
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
Friday, September 15
8:00 a.m. Civil Society Forum - Breakfast meeting for CSO representatives with Homi Kharas, World Bank Chief Economist for East Asia Region and other regional senior staff to discuss Bank policies and work in the region.
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
9:00 a.m. Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato
Webcast | Transcript Suntec Singapore
10:30 a.m. Press Briefing: World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz
Webcast | Transcript Suntec Singapore
12:30 p.m. Civil Society Organization Townhall Meeting; Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato, and World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz
Webcast | Transcript Suntec Singapore
3:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Promoting Compliance and Conflict Resolution: Experiences of World Bank Group Inspection Panel (IP) and Compliance Adviser Ombudsman (CAO)
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
5:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - "Poor Women’s Interventions in Global Trade and Commerce – Issues and Implications"
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
Saturday, September 16
9:00 a.m. Annual Meetings Program of Seminars Pan Pacific Hotel
9:00 a.m. Group of 24 Ministers Meeting
Suntec Singapore
12:00 noon Press Briefing: World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation; World Bank Chief Economist François Bourguignon and WDR director Emmanuel Jimenez
Webcast Suntec Singapore
3:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Promises and Perils of Regional Trade Agreements in Asia
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
3:45 p.m. Press Briefing: Chair of the Group of 24 Ministers
Webcast | Communiqué Suntec Singapore
4:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Panel Discussion and Launch: "Raising the Governance Bar in the Forest Sector: How the fight against illegal logging is benefiting Africa" and Launch of the G8 Illegal Logging Dialogue
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
4:15 p.m. Civil Society Forum - IMF: Rising Inequality in Asia
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
Sunday, September 17
8:30 a.m. Annual Meetings Program of Seminars Pan Pacific Hotel
8:30 a.m. Civil Society Forum - Breakfast meeting for CSO representatives with Katherine Sierra, Vice President, World Bank Sustainable Development Network and other senior staff to discuss Bank policies and work in sustainable development and infrastructure.
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
9:15 a.m. Civil Society Forum - "The Future of IFI Policies in Asia"
NTUC-Centre
9:30 a.m. Lithuania World Bank 'Graduation' Ceremony - Zigmantas Balcytis, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania; Shigeo Katsu, World Bank Vice President for the Europe and Central Asia Region; Svein Aass, Executive Director representing Lithuania at the World Bank
Suntec Singapore
10:00 a.m. International Monetary and Financial Committee Suntec Singapore
11:00 a.m. Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers
Suntec Singapore
1:30 p.m. Civil Society Forum - World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
2:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Labor Standards in World Bank Operations
NTUC-Centre
TBA Press Briefing: IMFC Chairman Gordon Brown and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato
Suntec Singapore
3:00 p.m. Estonia World Bank 'Graduation' Ceremony - Aivar Soerd, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Estonia; Shigeo Katsu, World Bank Vice President for the Europe and Central Asia Region; Svein Aass, Executive Director representing Estonia at the World Bank Suntec Singapore
3:00 p.m. Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture on "Asian Monetary Integration: Will It Ever Happen?" by Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's Minister for Education and Second Minister for Finance Marina Mandarin Hotel
4:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Jobs for Disadvantaged Youth: Affirmative Action or Market Led Skills Development?
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
5:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - "An Investment Framework for Clean Energy and Development"
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
6:15 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Roundtable: Education for All
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
7:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Press conference: "NGO Report on the World Bank's Clean Energy Framework"
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
Monday, September 18
8:00 a.m. Civil Society Forum - Breakfast meeting for CSO representatives with Praful Patel, World Bank Vice President for South Asia Region and other regional senior staff to discuss Bank policies and work in the region.
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
8:30 a.m. Annual Meetings Program of Seminars Pan Pacific Hotel
9:00 a.m. Development Committee Suntec Singapore
10:00 a.m. Civil Society Forum - WDR 2007: "Citizen Youth" – Young People Exercising their Citizenship
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
11:00 a.m. Seminar by the African Governors Suntec Singapore
2:00 p.m. Small States Forum Suntec Singapore
2:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Governance and Social Accountability
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
3:00 p.m. Development Committee Press Briefing: Minister Alberto Carrasquilla, Chairman of the Development Committee; Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, and Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the IMF Suntec Singapore
TBA Development Committee Press Briefing: Minister Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera, Chairman of the Development Committee; Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank; Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the IMF
Suntec Singapore
Tuesday, September 19
8:30 a.m. Civil Society Forum - "Claiming Our Right to Know": Launch of the Transparency Charter for International Financial Institutions
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
9:00 a.m. Civil Society Forum - Treatment Access--Affordable Options for Low and Middle Income Countries
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
10:00 a.m. Annual Meetings Opening Plenary Session
Suntec Singapore
11:30 a.m. Civil Society Forum - Press Conference: "Civil Society Advocates Respond to World Bank Anti-Corruption Strategy"
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
1:30 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Transparency and Poverty Reduction in a Resource Rich Developing Country: Lessons from Nigeria
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
2:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Presentation and discussion of World Bank Governance and Anticorruption Strategy with World Bank senior managers
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
3:00 p.m. Annual Meetings Plenary Session Suntec Singapore
4:30 p.m. Civil Society Forum - "Impossible Architecture" - Why the Financial Structure is Not Working for the Poor and How to Redesign it for Equity and Development
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
4:30 p.m. Civil Society Forum - Lessons Learned by the World Bank on Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
4:30 p.m. Civil Society Forum - The International Financial Institutions in Governance of Aid
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
6:15 p.m. Lecture by Anne Krueger (IMF First Deputy Managing Director, Sept. 2001- Aug. 2006) on "An Enduring Need: The Importance of Multilateralism in the 21st Century" Suntec Singapore
Wednesday, September 20
9:00 a.m. Civil Society Forum - Social Protection: Income Support to Older People
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
9:30 a.m. Annual Meetings Plenary Session Suntec Singapore
11:30 a.m. Civil Society Forum - Launch of "Odious Lending: Debt Relief as If Morality Mattered"
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
TBA Annual Meetings Closing Plenary Session
Suntec Singapore
1:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum - "Discussion on the National Barriers to Sustainable Development Implementation in 15 Southern Countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America"
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
3:30 p.m. Civil Society Forum - The World Bank and the IMF after the Doha suspension: Quo vadis?
CSO Center, Suntec Singapore
6:00 p.m. Civil Society Forum closes CSO Center, Suntec Singapore.

This could very well be real
Everyone talked about a r/v going hand in hand with a FIL. where is the FIL in this rumor? Well here is a very good read near the end you will see reference of the FIL this month.

U.S. Frustrated by Pace of Change in Iraq - Los Angeles Times

...and TECHNICALLY the end of this month in Iraq is the 24th because of Ramadan...

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Arab Investors Interested in Iraq, says Head of Iraqi International Chamber of Commerce.

Omar al-Alwan, head of The Iraqi international Chamber of Industry and Commerce, said that Arab and Egyptian investors had showed great interest in Iraqi markets, especially in the electrical industries, construction materials and food sectors, al-Rafidayn reported.

Noozz.com | IRAQ

KUWAIT CITY: A financial mediator in the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) said some Omani investors had recently infused cash amounting to $20 million in the non-Kuwaiti companies for the second time this year. “Omani investors decided to infuse cash in these companies after witnessing the corrections made in the KSE especially with the ending of the conflict in Lebanon,” explains the mediator indicating that the Omani investors consider the KSE as one of the most stable stock market in the region.

A delegation from the Bank of Iraq has recently visited the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) to open a dealing account to accommodate some Iraqi investors who are planning to invest in the KSE which is considered as one of the most active stock market in the region. During the visit, the delegation met with one of the Mediators Department officials in addition to a number of mediating companies that the Iraqi investors will deal with in the KSE. Sources said the dealing account of the bank will be activated in a week, paving the way for the Iraqi investors to forward their purchase and selling orders in the market.

By Mohammad Kamal - Special to the Arab Times

AMMAN — Jordan and Iraq are in the final stages of discussions over the signing of a free trade agreement, a senior official confirmed on Saturday.

Minister of Industry and Trade Sharif Zu'bi told The Jordan Times that the committees from both countries will meet in Amman shortly to finalise aspects of the agreement, which is aimed at boosting bilateral trade and cooperation.

According to the minister, the trade volume between the two neighbouring countries in 2005 stood at $750 million.

Jordan exports consist of various items of foodstuff, pharmaceutical products, drugs, medical equipment, steel, cement and construction-related materials.

The minister made the remarks following a meeting yesterday with Iraqi Minister of Industry Fawzi Hariri, where he called on Iraq to facilitate the entry of Jordanian engineering and contracting companies to assist with rebuilding efforts.

During the meeting, Zu'bi stressed Jordan's readiness to assist Iraq in efforts to boost its economy, including the creation of qualifying industrial zones and other industry-related ventures.

The minister announced yesterday that work is currently under way to create four new qualifying industrial zones in Jordan at a cost of $80 million.

Iraq struck a deal in mid-August with Jordan to provide 10-30 per cent of the Kingdom's daily oil needs of around 100,000 barrels at preferential rates.

Part of the deal will eventually involve laying a new pipeline across the desert between the two neighbours.

The move is aimed at easing pressure on the Jordanian government, which increased the price of petrol, gas and home heating oil in April by between 12 and 43 per cent in a bid to reduce the budget deficit.

The April price hike was the third in less than a year.

Before the US-led war on Iraq in March 2003, Jordan depended on Iraq for all its oil needs, importing 5.5 million tonnes annually by road, half of it free and the rest at a preferential rates.

MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Jordan expected to sign free trade agreement with Iraq

Newspaper: 400 corruption cases to be probed in Iraq
Last Updated(Beijing Time):2006-09-17 10:45
An Iraqi state-run Commission of Public Integrity discovered 400 corruption cases in different Iraqi government circles in the central region of the country, Iraqi state-run al-Sabah newspaper reported on Saturday.

The cases included investigation into disappearing of five million liters of black oil originally allocated for major power station in south of Baghdad, the newspaper said.

"There were a number of 160 oil tankers loaded with black oil disappeared while they were on their way to the Mussaiyyb power station," the paper quoted Ahmed al-Amidi, head of the Commission, as saying.

Amidi believed that the whole transmitted oil was sold in the black market.

He said that his commission is looking into 400 corruption cases in different governmental circles of the Mid-Euphrates region of Iraq, including health, electricity, interior, justice, higher education and municipality sectors.

The commission, which established on Jan. 28 2004, is charged with investigating government corruption.
Source:Xinhuanet

Newspaper: 400 corruption cases to be probed in Iraq

ECO-IRAQ-OIL-CONTRACT
Iraq revises oil contracts signed during Saddam's rule -- paper

BAGHDAD, Sep 17 (KUNA) - The Iraqi Oil Ministry will revise contracts signed with a Russian oil company during the rule of the defunct regime of Saddam Hussein, Al-Sabah paper, the government mouthpiece said Sunday.

The paper quoted an official source from the Oil Ministry saying the Lukoil Oil Company was scheduled to invest in several oil wells in the southern region of Iraq.

He added that members of Lukoil visited the ministry and expressed their desire to carry on with the deal, pointing out that the ministry will revise all contracts signed during Saddam Hussein's rule, as he used the deals for political interests.

The Iraqi Oil Ministry announced, a few days ago, it will revise a contract signed with a Chinese company to develop an oil well in Wasit province.

Moreover the oil ministry set a plan to construct two pipelines, one for exporting crude oil from Basra to Iran and the other for importing oil derivatives from the Iranian Abadan refinery.

According to the paper, Iran promised to perform a large part of the project in coordination with the Iraqi Oil Ministry and to buy Iraqi crude according to world prices, while Iraq will buy oil derivatives from Iran in accordance with world prices. (end) ahh.
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