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Abdel Mahdi stresses the need to strengthen relations between Iraq and America

Received the Vice-President Adel Abdul Mahdi on Saturday evening phone call from U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, who congratulated him and the Iraqi people on the occasion of Eid al-Adha.

The presidential statement said that during the telephone conversation and exchange of views on all the current political situation in Iraq, especially with regard to the electoral law.

The two sides stressed the importance to reach the various political blocs to a common agreement on the adoption of the electoral law in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections as scheduled.

Vice-President of the Republic expressed his thanks and pride in his U.S. counterpart to congratulate on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, at the same time stressing the need for communication in order to strengthen relations between the two countries.

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Talabani and Biden, the stage of the election law

Received President Jalal Talabani, a telephone call from U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, in which he offered his warm congratulations to Talabani on the occasion of the Eid al-Adha, wishing him good health and full of the Iraqi people more stability, harmony and progress.

A presidential statement said Talabani in turn expressed his thanks and gratitude of the great U.S. Vice President to congratulate him, stressing the importance of strengthening the strong ties of friendship between Iraq and the United States of America.

During the call, the exchange of views on the general political situation in Iraq, particularly the need to access the political blocs to an agreement on amending the election law as a prelude to the coming legislative elections.

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Describes the Denunciation of al-Maliki al-Hashemi of the electoral law that it is not only a propaganda campaign

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the revocation of Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi of the electoral law is unconstitutional.

He said al-Maliki, told the BBC on Sunday that the Federal Court ruled that the veto is unconstitutional Hashemi, describing what he had done that Hashemi political risk harm by deterring the political process in Iraq.

Al-Maliki that political parties will soon reach an agreement on the election law, pointing out that he has done nothing but Hashemi election propaganda.

On the other hand Maliki stressed that he is not one, not the validity of the House of Representatives, according to the Constitution, the Government to bring to the Government of the conduct of business, being a government elected under the Constitution.

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Contract with UAE firm to build highest hotel in Karbala

The Al-Ataba al-Hussayniya (Hussein Mosque) Board has signed a contract with a firm from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to build a five-star two-tower tourist hotel with a capacity of 3,000 guests, the board’s relations director said on Sunday.

“The mosque’s board secretary, Sheikh Abdulmahdi al-Karbalaie, signed the contract with the chairman of the UAE company to build the hotel that will be only one kilometer away from the city center to have it near the holy shrines,” Jamal al-Shahrestani told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Works on the new project will start early next year and is expected to take up to four years to finish,” he added.

He noted that the hotel, to stand over an area of 14,000 square meters, will offer jobs for thousands of unemployed persons in the province and neighboring provinces.

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Iraq seeks full WTO membership during conference, Monday

Iraq will attend the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference to be held in Geneva on Monday within third-round negotiations to be granted full membership in the world body, according to an Iraqi Trade Ministry media source on Sunday.

“A delegation from the higher national committee led by Acting Trade Minister Safaa al-Din al-Safi will be attending the three-day WTO ministerial conference. The delegation will discuss ways to have Iraq obtain full-fledged membership instead of its current observer status,” Faraj al-Jaafari told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Iraq had held two rounds of talks with the WTO secretariat in Geneva during the ministerial conference, the seventh one which comes four years after the last meeting held in Hong Kong in 2005.

Taking part in the gathering will be ministers of trade from 153 member states in addition to ministers from countries that have observer status and seek full membership in addition to representatives of relevant international organizations like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other government and non-government agencies.

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Iraq resumes oil exports to Turkey after pipeline sabotage

Oil exports to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey resumed on Saturday after a week-long interruption because of sabotage to a pipeline in northern Iraq, an oil ministry spokesman said.

"Exports resumed today at 2:30 pm (1130 GMT). Repairs were completed faster than we had expected," Assem Jihad told AFP.

"We thought the work would be slowed down because of the Eid al-Adha," he said of the feast that began on Friday in most Muslim countries at the end of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

The sabotage occurred a week ago west of the oil hub of Kirkuk -- the third time the pipeline had been targeted in two months.

According to the ministry, acts of sabotage by insurgents reduced oil exports in October by four percent compared with the previous month, but overall revenues were higher because of an increase in prices.

Iraq exported 1.87 million barrels per day (bpd) in October, bringing in 4.2 billion dollars in revenues. September exports stood at 1.95 million bpd and raised 3.8 billion dollars.

Iraq is producing around 2.5 million bpd of crude oil, two million of which are for export, but Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani wants production to be ramped up to between 10 and 12 million bpd within six years.

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MP Mohammed Khazali: consultations with Al-Hashimi is still going to get out of the predicament of Cassation

Representatives on the mass of the Islamic Virtue MP Mohammed al-Khazali said the consultations and dialogues are still continuing with the Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi By the political blocs and the Office of the United Nations and the Office of the elections to solve the problem of the electoral law.

Khazaali said in a telephone conversation we hope to arrive during the next few days to resolve and thus resolving this issue even for Ilja Vice President to veto a second time, leading to entry the country into a political do not know how to get out of them.

The Khazaali hope that still exists in order to have a clear vision by the Commission and other political blocs and the Vice President of the Republic to reach a compromise solution to get out of this impasse.

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Spokesman: Hashemi did not get a response from the Electoral Commission of Iraq on the written assurances

The Information Office of the Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi today, Sunday, that "al-Hashemi has not yet received a reply Election Commission on guarantees provided by the political blocs, including the Commission on the seats provinces has also been agreed on last Thursday".

The bureau's spokesman Abdul Ilah Kadhim told Kurdistan News (AKnews) today, "that Hashemi did not want to until this moment no response from the Electoral Commission, which has promised to reply and Dmantha formal and written and orally agreed with her."

He pointed out that "al-Hashemi was agreed during a meeting on Thursday with leaders of political blocs in parliament and representatives of the United Nations and the Electoral Commission to certain safeguards to ensure the rights of all departments without deduction of seats from any of the provinces in terms of the interests of the other."

Kadhim said that "al-Hashemi called on these actors, including the Electoral Commission and the political blocs to provide written guarantees as agreed in an oral form in order not to resort to the veto and the ratification of the election."

He emphasized that "Al Hashimi will announce its final position of the law during a press conference."

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Finance Officer: holidays in Iraq, has no parallel in the rest of the world

A senior official in the Iraqi Central Bank on Sunday, the number of official holidays in Iraq, has no parallel in the rest of the world.

The appearance of Salih, adviser to the CBI told the Kurdistan News (AKnews) that "the number of official holidays in Iraq than in a large and stunning number of holidays in the rest of the world," adding that "the number of holidays in the rest of the world this week not to exceed a year."

And Saleh stressed "that the holiday of Eid al-Adha, which last week was about what is dangerous on the Iraqi economy and the work of foreign companies in Iraq," stressing that "no country in the world crashes of its governmental institutions for a period of five days or a week."

He pointed out that "all financial transactions in the Iraqi markets and including the central bank completely blocked throughout the day of the Eid al-Adha," adding that financial markets would regain its post-holiday declared by the Iraqi government on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, which ends Wednesday. "

The Iraqi government has announced some days ago in a statement that the holiday of Eid al-Adha begins on Friday and Tuesday.

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Iraq participates on the World Trade Organization meeting aspiring full membership

Iraq on Monday participating in the Ministerial Conference of WTO held in Geneva, seeking to run for a third round of talks with the organization for full membership.

A media source in the Ministry of Commerce, said a delegation of the Supreme National Committee, headed by the Minister of Trade and purity of net debt agency will participate in the Ministerial Conference of WTO held in Geneva tomorrow (Monday) over the three days.

He added that the delegation will discuss the possibility of Iraq's accession to the organization and to obtain full membership instead of the capacity of observer that it is now, noting that Iraq held by the two rounds of talks with the International Secretariat of the Organization in Geneva and that this is the third time in which to confer gain membership.

He reported that the Iraqi delegation will present a working paper on the various sectors, noting that the full membership requires time and convinced the members of the World Trade Organization by granting full membership, adding that Iraq has accepted in February 2004 as an observer in the Organization.

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