Thread: Archive News - Iraqi Dinar Think Tank - 28/03/10 - 21/06/10

CBI sells $735m this week

The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) dollar sales in auctions for this week decreased to $735.659 million compared to $752.339 million last week.

“The demand hit $34.230 million in cash, covered at an exchange rate of 1,183 Iraqi dinars per dollar, compared to last week’s $34.130 million, while foreign transfers outside the country registered $701.429 million, covered at an exchange rate of 1,173 Iraqi dinars per dollar, compared to last week’s $718.209 million,” according to a CBI news bulletin received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

None of the banks that participated in this week’s sessions offered to sell dollars

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Commission announces the completion of the counting and sorting successfully

Electoral Commission announced on Friday, completing the process of counting the completion of 11 098 polling stations in the province of Baghdad, in addition to the special voting abroad, indicating that the results of these stations will be announced on Monday.

He said UNHCR spokesman Qassim bonded in a press conference held in Baghdad and attended by "Alsumaria News", "The Commission staff concluded on Friday, counting about 11 098 polling stations in the province of Baghdad, the total number of stations covered by the manual counting and sorting."

The slave that "the results of these stations will be announced next Monday," stressing that "the Commission Act gives the political entities the right to challenge the election results within three days from the date of publication in official newspapers."

He bonded that "on Saturday will see the introduction of the results at the center of the counting and blogging at UNHCR headquarters," pointing out that "The Commission received nearly 400 complaints of political entities on the process of re-counting of the votes of the Baghdad governorate have been answer 240 of them because they are not based on health" .

And the spokesman for the Electoral Commission that "The Commission provided the Tribunal with the Federal election results for the 17 counties with notes on excluded by the named of the accountability and justice and this holds a number of problems," noting that "the results of the province of Baghdad will be sent to court after its announcement."

And began operations count and the hand count in the third month, the commission predicted then that expires after 11 days, and pointed out that the election results would vary with the electoral denominator of post counts and the implementation of decisions of the accountability for excluding candidates covered by the procedures de-Baathification.

The decision to counting after it ratified the judiciary discriminatory on the nineteenth of April to the appeals made by the coalition of the state of law on the outcome of the elections in Baghdad and several provinces, came the decision of the Board re-counting ballots for the legislative election manually in Baghdad province only.

The provision was for Baghdad 68 seats in the Iraqi parliament next (a total of 325), and the coalition of the rule of law has 26 seats, while Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi, had 24 seats, the Iraqi National Coalition, 17 seats, did not get the Iraqi Accordance Front only just one seat.

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Jaafari meets Hakim, ready to ease difficulties facing Maliki-Allawi meeting

Former prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari expressed readiness to ease all difficulties facing the meeting between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and former premier Iyad Allawi.

“Al-Jaafari held a meeting with Chairman of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council Ammar al-Hakim, with whom he discussed the latest political developments and the ongoing talks to form the government of national partnership,” said an official statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

On May 12, Spokesperson of Al-Iraqiya Alliance, Hayder al-Mullah, had said that Allawi will held a meeting with Head of Dawlat al-Qanoon Alliance, Nouri al-Maliki, within the coming 48 house.

“The meeting aims for finding a　mutual foundations between the two alliances to proceed with the national partnership concept,” Hayder al-Mullah said.

He noted that the meeting will be the starting point for a series of other meetings between the two alliances “to crystallize the project of national partnership.”

Preliminary election results reveal that the two alliances are the biggest winners.　

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US agrees to return Iraq records

The United States has agreed to return millions of archival documents that were seized by American troops after they invaded Iraq in 2003, the ABC News reported on Friday.

“The historical documents fill 48,000 containers and are stored at the US State Department, the National Archives and the Hoover Institute,” it noted.

They include records and files of Saddam Hussein’s disbanded Baath Party, security service records and a stash of rare Jewish archives.

The Jewish archives were found in a flooded basement by American forces soon after the 2003 invasion.

Iraq has long sought their return, arguing they are a valuable part of the country’s heritage.

The US has agreed to send back the documents but will give no guarantee on when.

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Iraqi economists: the budget in 2010 in a dangerous situation without addressing the

A number of Iraqi economists that the budget deficit in 2010 is very dangerous and threatens the Iraqi economy if not dealt with in a transparent manner in the coming period.

The economist said Mohammed al-Qaisi, "Iraq is missing the semi-final to study the transparent showing the percentage of disability suffered by Iraq policy pursued by the Ministry of Finance in drawing up the budget of the country."

The Qaysi that "the proportion of budget deficit in 2010 doubled the percentage of deficit for 2009 is to prove the ineffectiveness of the policy in place to develop the Iraqi economy."

"On the Ministry of Finance to develop radical solutions to solve the deficit problem, which will accompany the budget until the end of 2015 in the case is to rely solely on loans from the IMF."

At the same time most likely, a professor at the University of Baghdad, Mohamed Yasiri that "the causes of disability in the state budget due to the low domestic product by 69 percent and the increase of tension because of the economic effects of political and security situation in the country."

"I can not for the Ministry of Finance to address the deficit unless the evolution of work and other ministries to increase their production in particular the Iraqi Oil Ministry."

The Yasiri, an economist, "there is a major effort to address the fiscal deficit in the general budget of the country, however, those efforts must be to Ataatqata with the global economic system which is linked by Iraq."

For his part, adviser to the Ministry of Finance Zia Alckheon that "the Finance Ministry to solve the serious fiscal deficit in 2010 through the promotion of investment companies and government ministries to develop their work and increase domestic production."

He went on saying, "There is a fundamental problem in a fiscal deficit is the existence of some logistical problems to be solved jointly by all government parties and not the Ministry of Finance alone."

He pointed out that "there Thuila in a fiscal deficit of the country by means of information and reasons that seem more political than economic."

And "and that this shortfall controlled by the Ministry of Finance."

The deficit in the Iraqi budget for 2010 more than 19.5 billion dollars after they were approved annual budget by the Iraqi Council of Representatives, outgoing, which amounted to 72.5 billion doll

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Holding an investment seminar on oil refineries

The complexity and the Ministry of Oil end of this month an investment seminar on oil refineries, including Nasiriyah refinery with a capacity of 300 thousand barrels as well as refineries, Kirkuk and Maysan, Karbala, with a capacity of 140 thousand barrels each and every one of them.

The chief investment Dhi Qar and agency-Hamadani, "News Network Nasiriyah," The coordination has already begun this week with a staff member rank of director general of the Investment Authority in Baghdad, with the Oil Ministry to arrange the symposium.

He guessed that the symposium provided an opportunity to Bmcefy Nasiriyah and other refineries, pointing out that Nasiriyah refinery has been designed by a company and Forest Wirral at a cost of 150 million dollars and he will contribute to the crisis of the province's terms of unemployment and job creation.

He noted that the business of Dhi Qar, addressed the eight foreign companies to participate in the seminar that were once companies have addressed the Board in earlier times to participate in the investment in the refinery.

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Wael Abdul-Latif: Iran to stop abuses and respect for good neighborly relations with Iraq

Student leader of the Iraqi National Coalition Wael Abdul Latif, the Iranian side to "respect the principles of good neighborliness" and work with Iraq to develop a border line with international conventions and covenants.

Quoted (AKI) Italian news Abdul Latif said in commenting on the news about the families of Iranian forces to Iraqi police officer after an exchange of fire on the border of the two countries, "The Iranian violations in the border areas of Iraq still continues, especially in the Shatt al-Arab, which often Maitard Hunters where Iraqis to arrest or beatings from the Iranians, "as described.

He added, "Iran should desist from such abuses and to respect the principles of good neighborly relations with Iraq, which was based in policy on the need to establish regional and international relations based on equal and mutual respect and common interests."

He added: "Anrgb never any atmosphere or tense relations with neighboring Iran and want a situation with the border line with the norms and conventions and international agreements."

He noted that "politicians should Iraqis to unify their positions on the Algiers agreement concluded between Baghdad and Tehran in 1975 and on the question of the common border, and I personally with the amendment of this Convention and the harmonization of the two countries" on them.

The press reports quoted a military official confirmed today that the Iraqi and Iranian exchanged fire for half an hour on the border from the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, following the infiltration of the unity of Iranian-to-hand BMW's Klar district in the province of Sulaimaniya, where hunting latter is usually members of the party PJAK Kurdish counterpart Iranian of the PKK.

The Iraq and Iran signed in 1975 the Convention for the demarcation of the border called the Algiers Convention and provides for the division of the Shatt al-Arab shipping corridor in accordance with thalweg line, which is the deepest point within this corridor is the point of the border between the two countries.

According to the Convention, which stopped working during the war that took place between the two countries (1980 - 1988), Iraq give up territory, such as Zinedine arc and Saif Saad and the other in the eastern regions, which are estimated at about 320 km return for protrusions mountains have no value in the northern areas of it, as well as for an Iranian pledge to stop supporting the Kurds who were fighting the Iraqi regime at the time.

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Haider Jourani: meetings heterogeneous moving towards the formation of next government

According to a member state of law Haider coalition Jourani "The events taking place in heterogeneous political process in the country is going to form the next government," adding that "all blocs and political figures agreed on forming a national government and extensive."

They fear some of the forces and political figures from the formation of a government of national partnership of all the political blocs winner may generate a weak parliament legislative and oversight role.

The Jourani in contact with the Independent Press Agency (Iba), "The meetings between the blocks and characters are in order to improve the atmosphere that brought or delayed a bit," denying "the existence of any pressures or Mmanat delay for a major meeting my state of law and Iraq."

The forces and some political figures to meet with Maliki, Allawi that he would be a major cause of easing the political crisis gripping Iraq.

He Jourani "The delay is one of the meetings in order to reach the best ways to form the next government, which will accelerate after the election results are ratified in the light of the elections."

The Electoral Commission has sent to the Federal Court the results of elections for all governorates, except Baghdad for approval.

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Sound Jabouri: Compatibility plans to submit an initiative for closer destinations in order to form the next government

The spokesman of the Iraqi Accordance list Saleem al-Altoaafqatatzm that an initiative to end the political stalemate in Iraq is going through.

Jubouri said in a statement posted on the MILF website that compatibility will have in the coming days of intensive meetings and dialogue open and clear with the coalition and Iraqi rule of law, as Almtsdrtin the lists of winning elections and they have a major role in final decision-making, stressing the importance that the parties put an end the political differences and make steps in the adoption of constitutional and political grounds, to choose the next government and the formation of new Council of Representatives.

He said the initiative will be launched during the next two days, based on meetings with the various lists of the winning to bring together the views and out of a joint vision for the formation of the next government.

The Jubouri concern about compatibility list of the deteriorating security situation, expressing his belief that the preoccupation with lists top looks for allies, most of her research program and the mechanism and method of forming the government led to exploitation by criminal elements to the vacuum and the implementation of their operations, he said, adding that the absence of a constitutional institution, and supervisory work of the organs security provides a suitable climate for the deterioration of security in the street.

Did not rule out that political parties use some of the deteriorating security file for the pressure and get the benefits negotiated by the violence, which make the citizens pay the high price due to a lack of political responsibility and to recognize that responsibility.

He stressed the importance of overcoming the political parties for their personal differences and to accelerate the formation of the government, adding that an emergency session of the House of Representatives at this time is subtracted from the audit work to ensure the security apparatus and other institutions.

And the position of the compatibility of the upcoming meeting between the heads of my state of law and Iraq, he stressed Jibouri welcomed the consensus every step would leave Iraqi scene of political deadlock, the current in the atmosphere of mutual understanding, pointing out that all political parties should not be afraid of such meetings and hand the results finish it.

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Omar al-Jubouri: delay to meet Allawi and al-Maliki in the interest of the enemies of Iraq and the political process

Considered a member of the Iraqi List Omar Jubouri, the "delay the meeting between Iyad Allawi, prime Cluster Iraq and Nouri al-Maliki, the prime list of the rule of law in the interest of enemies of the country and the enemies of the political process in Iraq," adding that "Iraq sees this entry through the country's national interests."

He called Jubouri in contact with the Agency for the independent press (Iba) political parties because there are no obstacles impeding the personal process of understanding and discussion between the blocs, and that does not depart from the constitutional text in the interpretation of the meaning of the largest bloc.

"The constitutional custom which was implemented in 2006 and the origin of the constitutional text the concept of the largest bloc in charge of forming the new government, and had to be respect for the constitution of Iraq."

He added that the partnership with other key political blocs have become a necessity to form a national government in the interest of the country.

Noted that the existing Iraqi emphasized its claim in its sovereign right to form the next government, which represent the bloc winning parliamentary elections, which are within the constitutional provision the cluster responsible for the formation of the government, Iraqi List 91 seats ahead of the coalition of state law, winning 89 seats and the National Coalition 70 seats.

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