Snip ~ "Saleh explained: The installation of the current currency led to inflation in the Iraqi market and has become inadequate with the financial situation now, the lack of large groups and small to cover the trading them, noting that all the countries of the world that emerged from conflict or hit by the deterioration in the currency of the GATT to modify its currency"
April 1, 2012
Central Bank of Iraq announced that the federal budget, for the year (2013) will be approved with the new currency in Arabic and Kurdish.
The deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Iraq the appearance of Mohammed in a statement to "Khandan": that put Iraq's new currency will be in (01/01/2013) and will be in both Arabic and Kurdish with the deletion of three zeros the first of the current currency ..
indicating the following: that the financial budget of the Federal Iraq will be traded during the ninth month of the current year and recognized in the New Year according to the new currency of the two languages.
Saleh explained: The installation of the current currency led to inflation in the Iraqi market and has become inadequate with the financial situation now, the lack of large groups and small to cover the trading them, noting that all the countries of the world that emerged from conflict or hit by the deterioration in the currency of the GATT to modify its currency. source
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Going Global Headline News for Saturday, March 31, 2012 .. Will Continue To Update ...
*Iraq ~ UN Security Council Report For April 2012 ...Still Waiting For Ban ki-Moon's Report ... *Chapter 7 ~ Emir of Kuwait and Maliki ~ agreed to support Kuwait to Iraq, the Security Council and quickly end the differences ... and .. link .. *Iraq and UN March 2012 ~ The report of the Secretary-General is expected to be issued in March 2012
*3/31/2012 -- Oklahoma 3.3M earthquake -- Fracking / Man Made / Induced Seismicity
*‘That noise was not thunder,’ Poconos residents say: Boom violently shakes houses in Pennsylvania ...
*Iraq's Stock Exchange ~ Will be the first session after the holiday on Sunday, 1/4/2012 with appreciation ...
*Iraq Parliament Returns Tuesday, April 3rd ~ Iraq Oil and Gas Law and Other Important Laws Will Be Discussed ...
*April 5th, 2012 Iraq's National Conference Of Leaders ...
*Iraq and Kuwait ~ Cooperation protocols between Iraq and Kuwait soon ...
*Clinton and GCC ~ looking at the Riyadh defense system of the bay
*Iraq's Political Blocs Completed preparations for a national meeting
*Iran Talks Due in Istanbul on April 13-14: Clinton
*EU Wants G20 to Boost IMF Funds after Eurogroup Move
*IMF Pressures Malawi to Devalue Currency
*False Flag Soon? ~ Anonymous: We Will Not Shut Down The Internet *VID*
*Iraq Parliamentary Economy: the poor must be compensated for the loss of "Arab Summit" ...
*Message From The Angels March 31, 2012 ...
*Obama calls on Congress to pass ‘Buffett Rule’ tax
*EU Ministers Urge Steps Toward IMF Support ...
*Iraq May Not Attend the April 1st Conference Friends of Syria in Istanbul
*(Chapter 7) ~ Iraq Economic information centre underscores the need to take advantage of economic gains Baghdad Summit ...
*Erbil Agreement ~ Allawi calls on Al-Maliki to the implementation of the Convention to avoid "delaying tactics" of Arbil
*Iraqi List Doesn't Approve of Obama's nomination of the new American Ambassador and accuses him of Maliki's absolute support
*Iraq Amnesty Law ~ completion of the final version of the proposed amnesty bill will be presented to Parliament ...
*Clinton promises U.S. will back Gulf security
*Maliki: the summit was successful and returned to Iraq of Arabs and Arabs return to Baghdad ...
*Sistani calls to remove Iraq from Chapter VII ...
*Iraq Economist: Iraqi-Jordanian economic ties are deep and to induce the parties to work towards expanding
*Clinton To Meet With GCC Saturday ~ On Friday, Clinton met with Saudi king amid Syria, Iran tensions ...
*April 2 - 6 ~ Obama and North American Leaders Summit, STOCK Act, Jobs Act, Forum on Women Economy, Easter Prayer Breakfast, Passover Seder ...
*April, Early Next Week ~ Iraq: Visit of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional President Masoud Barzani ...
*The beginning of a U.S. currency crisis and hyperinflation ...
*BRICS development bank an alternative to the U.S.-dominated World Bank
*Going Cashless ~ A Cashless Society May Be Closer Than Most People Would Ever Dare To Imagine
*Going Global Headline News For Friday, March 30, 2012 ...
‘That noise was not thunder,’ Poconos residents say: Boom violently shakes houses in Pennsylvania ...
March 31, 2012 – PENNSYLVANIA
‘That noise was not thunder,’ Poconos residents say: Boom violently shakes houses in Pennsylvania
Strong thunderstorms hit the Poconos Friday night, moving through shortly after 10 p.m. and continuing for at least a half hour, but the weather event that had folks talking was a loud sonic-like boom that shook houses at about 10:15 p.m.
Gilda Spiotta of Long Pond said, “The shaking last night lasted unusually long. Didn’t sound like thunder, didn’t feel like thunder, was wondering if something happened on 380/80; tanker accident.”
Another Long Pond resident, Lorene R. Allman-Mars: “My son was at the back door letting the dogs out and he reported that he saw a large flash of light fill the sky toward/above the FedEx distribution site on 940, then he heard a loud boom. It didn’t look like lightning; it looked like a bomb blew up in the air.
I was on the second floor of the house; I didn’t see anything but I heard the boom and felt it shake the house. I actually felt it under my feet. The floors shook; I have never felt lightning shake the house like that before and we’ve been up here 20 years!”
Some readers suggested an earthquake or an explosion, but said that definitely was no routine thunder. Meteorologist and Pocono weather expert Ben Gelber offered this explanation: “One possibility is that thunderstorms in our chilly environment near the surface tonight, associated with an inversion of warm air aloft, sound much louder.” He added, “The sound waves are refracted back to the surface and reverberate in ways that we normally do not experience as they bounce between the surface and the inversion near the base of the clouds.”
Other residents commented from across the Poconos: “My kids and I heard the sound in Saw Creek,” said Winnie Michaluk. “Our windows rattled and our dogs were barking like crazy.” Russo Albuja of Tobyhanna said, “I was driving along 196 on my way home from work when I felt the BOOM. It was so extreme, my car shook and on my left hand side on an empty field – all I saw was this HUGE flash of light coming from where the airport location would be at. Afterwards, I heard nothing. Kinda scared me that I rushed home and locked my doors.”
Katee McCarthy said, “Felt it here in the Tannersville area. Quite scary.” As of 11 p.m., she reported lightning and sleet in the area. Tim Aziz said, “Just heard something at 10:35 in East Stroudsburg, the whole house vibrated!” “Yes I heard the boom, but thought it was just thunder!” said Pete Howey of Snydersville. That was the same reaction of Rosalie Ems, who said, “We heard it; just thought it was thunder rolling in with cold air against the warm air?’
Some more comments from our readers: Elisabeth Foster Marshall: “Yes we did, here in Snydersville. My husband said right after “what the hell was that?!” he thought it was the furnace exploding….” Jessica Gomez of Albrightsville: “We definitely heard it and felt it! It shook the whole house. What was it?” Samantha Chevalier of Effort: “I definitely heard a loud noise and then my whole house shook, my dogs went crazy, and I smiled.
I love thunder and lightning!” Pamela Dunbar: “We live in Bushkill by Timothy Lake Resort, and we heard the boom. My granddaughter came out of her room and said, ‘Was that thunder?’ It sounded like a bunch of huge trucks barreling down the road.” James Arnold: “We live in Tobyhanna and we felt it, too. We thought it was a storm starting and shut down all our electronics. Our whole house vibrated.” Jennifer Knarr of Milford chimed in: “My husband and I were in bed watching tv when we heard this rumbling noise we thought it was thunder but it lasted a while he even got up to look outside no storms at that time here.
We live in Milford on top of a mountain, sounded like a bunch of semi trucks going down our quiet street!” Laura Bush: “Yes, I felt it here in Sciota. I immediately texted my kids in their rooms, ‘What the heck was that.’ One said, ‘I don’t know, earthquake?”
Judy Ann Porter: “I live in Pocono Farms Country Club and my family and I were sitting watching TV and felt a loud bang and the house shook. We thought it was a earthquake. We got our supplies together but heard nothing else after that. Someone mentioned thunder, but thunder doesn’t shake houses. Scary.”
Phillip Mangat: “Yeah around 10:35 I thought another meth lab went boom!” Jill Nobles: “It sure felt like an explosion or an earthquake to me. I am up near Wooddale, by Analomink on the top of the mountain. At 10:12-ish, my whole house shook. It knocked things off of the counters, rattled things hanging on my walls, and shook my whole house violently. We didn’t sustain any damage, but the noise and the shaking were crazy. The sound was like an explosion, or a freight train in my bedroom. Not thunder.”
And another from Long Pond “I live in Emerald Lakes and at about 10:15p.m. I heard a loud noise and the house shook for about 5 seconds and my lights dimmed a little bit.” –Pocono Record
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‘That noise was not thunder,’ Poconos residents say: Boom violently shakes houses in Pennsylvania
Strong thunderstorms hit the Poconos Friday night, moving through shortly after 10 p.m. and continuing for at least a half hour, but the weather event that had folks talking was a loud sonic-like boom that shook houses at about 10:15 p.m.
Gilda Spiotta of Long Pond said, “The shaking last night lasted unusually long. Didn’t sound like thunder, didn’t feel like thunder, was wondering if something happened on 380/80; tanker accident.”
Another Long Pond resident, Lorene R. Allman-Mars: “My son was at the back door letting the dogs out and he reported that he saw a large flash of light fill the sky toward/above the FedEx distribution site on 940, then he heard a loud boom. It didn’t look like lightning; it looked like a bomb blew up in the air.
I was on the second floor of the house; I didn’t see anything but I heard the boom and felt it shake the house. I actually felt it under my feet. The floors shook; I have never felt lightning shake the house like that before and we’ve been up here 20 years!”
Some readers suggested an earthquake or an explosion, but said that definitely was no routine thunder. Meteorologist and Pocono weather expert Ben Gelber offered this explanation: “One possibility is that thunderstorms in our chilly environment near the surface tonight, associated with an inversion of warm air aloft, sound much louder.” He added, “The sound waves are refracted back to the surface and reverberate in ways that we normally do not experience as they bounce between the surface and the inversion near the base of the clouds.”
Other residents commented from across the Poconos: “My kids and I heard the sound in Saw Creek,” said Winnie Michaluk. “Our windows rattled and our dogs were barking like crazy.” Russo Albuja of Tobyhanna said, “I was driving along 196 on my way home from work when I felt the BOOM. It was so extreme, my car shook and on my left hand side on an empty field – all I saw was this HUGE flash of light coming from where the airport location would be at. Afterwards, I heard nothing. Kinda scared me that I rushed home and locked my doors.”
Katee McCarthy said, “Felt it here in the Tannersville area. Quite scary.” As of 11 p.m., she reported lightning and sleet in the area. Tim Aziz said, “Just heard something at 10:35 in East Stroudsburg, the whole house vibrated!” “Yes I heard the boom, but thought it was just thunder!” said Pete Howey of Snydersville. That was the same reaction of Rosalie Ems, who said, “We heard it; just thought it was thunder rolling in with cold air against the warm air?’
Some more comments from our readers: Elisabeth Foster Marshall: “Yes we did, here in Snydersville. My husband said right after “what the hell was that?!” he thought it was the furnace exploding….” Jessica Gomez of Albrightsville: “We definitely heard it and felt it! It shook the whole house. What was it?” Samantha Chevalier of Effort: “I definitely heard a loud noise and then my whole house shook, my dogs went crazy, and I smiled.
I love thunder and lightning!” Pamela Dunbar: “We live in Bushkill by Timothy Lake Resort, and we heard the boom. My granddaughter came out of her room and said, ‘Was that thunder?’ It sounded like a bunch of huge trucks barreling down the road.” James Arnold: “We live in Tobyhanna and we felt it, too. We thought it was a storm starting and shut down all our electronics. Our whole house vibrated.” Jennifer Knarr of Milford chimed in: “My husband and I were in bed watching tv when we heard this rumbling noise we thought it was thunder but it lasted a while he even got up to look outside no storms at that time here.
We live in Milford on top of a mountain, sounded like a bunch of semi trucks going down our quiet street!” Laura Bush: “Yes, I felt it here in Sciota. I immediately texted my kids in their rooms, ‘What the heck was that.’ One said, ‘I don’t know, earthquake?”
Judy Ann Porter: “I live in Pocono Farms Country Club and my family and I were sitting watching TV and felt a loud bang and the house shook. We thought it was a earthquake. We got our supplies together but heard nothing else after that. Someone mentioned thunder, but thunder doesn’t shake houses. Scary.”
Phillip Mangat: “Yeah around 10:35 I thought another meth lab went boom!” Jill Nobles: “It sure felt like an explosion or an earthquake to me. I am up near Wooddale, by Analomink on the top of the mountain. At 10:12-ish, my whole house shook. It knocked things off of the counters, rattled things hanging on my walls, and shook my whole house violently. We didn’t sustain any damage, but the noise and the shaking were crazy. The sound was like an explosion, or a freight train in my bedroom. Not thunder.”
And another from Long Pond “I live in Emerald Lakes and at about 10:15p.m. I heard a loud noise and the house shook for about 5 seconds and my lights dimmed a little bit.” –Pocono Record
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Iraq and Kuwait ~ Cooperation protocols between Iraq and Kuwait soon ...
01/04/2012Cooperation protocols between Iraq and Kuwait soon
Baghdad - morning
Getting ready Iraq and Kuwait to sign cooperation protocols shared between the two countries in several areas, the culmination of talks is scheduled to take place at the level of foreign ministers in Baghdad in mid of this month.
Comes these new developments in relations between the two countries after the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki to Kuwait last month, and the participation of the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah at the top of Baghdad, which was quite welcome by most of the officials and Iraqi politicians.
Clinton and GCC ~ looking at the Riyadh defense system of the bay
Related article .. link .. *Clinton promises U.S. will back Gulf security
01/04/2012
Clinton, looking at the Riyadh defense system of the bay
Riyadh, discussed U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a meeting Saturday in Riyadh with Gulf States missile defense system to protect it from Iran, as well as working Bmeitha to help stop the violence in Syria.
And is the first meeting between the parties within the framework of Cooperation strategic Gulf American , passed by the GCC leaders. stressed in her speech during the meeting on Washington's commitment to "hard rock, and without compromise," about the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) six.
01/04/2012Clinton, looking at the Riyadh defense system of the bay
Riyadh, discussed U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a meeting Saturday in Riyadh with Gulf States missile defense system to protect it from Iran, as well as working Bmeitha to help stop the violence in Syria.
And is the first meeting between the parties within the framework of Cooperation strategic Gulf American , passed by the GCC leaders. stressed in her speech during the meeting on Washington's commitment to "hard rock, and without compromise," about the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) six.
Iraq's Political Blocs Completed preparations for a national meeting
Related articles .. link .. April 5th, 2012 Iraq's National Conference Of Leaders ...
01/04/2012
Completed preparations for a national meeting
Amid calls to benefit from the success of the summit to achieve political consensus
Baghdad - Al Sabah
Said the head of the National Alliance for the completion of preparations for the national meeting, at the time called on the deputies to the investment success of the Arab summit hosted by Baghdad last week in the success of the meetings of political leaders.
He said al-Jaafari said "the success of Summit of Baghdad would strengthen Iraq's role in the region at the Arab, regional and international levels and at different levels. "
Jaafari has called for during his meeting with British Ambassador in Iraq, Michael Aaron in his office yesterday, the British companies to "invest and participate in the construction and reconstruction of the infrastructure of Iraq because of its experience of advanced" .
01/04/2012
Completed preparations for a national meeting
Amid calls to benefit from the success of the summit to achieve political consensus
Baghdad - Al Sabah
Said the head of the National Alliance for the completion of preparations for the national meeting, at the time called on the deputies to the investment success of the Arab summit hosted by Baghdad last week in the success of the meetings of political leaders.
He said al-Jaafari said "the success of Summit of Baghdad would strengthen Iraq's role in the region at the Arab, regional and international levels and at different levels. "
Jaafari has called for during his meeting with British Ambassador in Iraq, Michael Aaron in his office yesterday, the British companies to "invest and participate in the construction and reconstruction of the infrastructure of Iraq because of its experience of advanced" .
Iraq's Stock Exchange ~ Will be the first session after the holiday on Sunday, 1/4/2012 with appreciation ...
What does 'appreciation' mean .. happy? or value added? guess we'll see 'soon' ...:)
Related article .. link .. ISX ~ Open April 1st And the deletion of three zeros from the local Currency Will Not Affect the Level of Equity Investment
Stop trading activity for the period from Sunday, 25.3.2012 up to Thursday, 03/29/2012
Spokesman for the Iraqi government - Celebration of the convening of the Arab summit in Baghdad disable official working in Baghdad
Sunday March 25, 2012 and until Sunday April 1, 2012 by Board of Governors decided Stop trading activity next week, from Sunday to March 25, 2012 through Thursday March 29, 2012
Will be the first session after the holiday on Sunday, 1/4/2012 with appreciation
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google translation says 'appreciation' .. another translation says 'pleasure' ..I will take 'appreciation' for 1 million dollars, ty...:)
اختر التصنيف أداء السهم الرسم البياني ملف الشركة الاعلانات الاخبار القوائم المالية المؤشرات المالية
ايقاف نشاط التداول للفترة من الاحد 25/3/2012 لغاية الخميس 29/3/2012 19/03/2012 08:07
الناطق الرسمي باسم الحكومة العراقية
احتفاء بانعقاد القمة العربية في بغداد تعطيل الدوام الرسمي في بغداد
من الاحد 25 اذار 2012 ولغاية الاحد 1 نيسان 2012 عليه
قرر مجلس المحافظين
ايقاف نشاط التداول الاسبوع القادم من الاحد 25 اذار 2012 لغاية الخميس 29 اذار 2012
وستكون اول جلسة بعد العطلة يوم الاحد 1/4/2012 مع التقدير
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Related article .. link .. ISX ~ Open April 1st And the deletion of three zeros from the local Currency Will Not Affect the Level of Equity Investment
Stop trading activity for the period from Sunday, 25.3.2012 up to Thursday, 03/29/2012Spokesman for the Iraqi government - Celebration of the convening of the Arab summit in Baghdad disable official working in Baghdad
Sunday March 25, 2012 and until Sunday April 1, 2012 by Board of Governors decided Stop trading activity next week, from Sunday to March 25, 2012 through Thursday March 29, 2012
Will be the first session after the holiday on Sunday, 1/4/2012 with appreciation
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google translation says 'appreciation' .. another translation says 'pleasure' ..I will take 'appreciation' for 1 million dollars, ty...:)
اختر التصنيف أداء السهم الرسم البياني ملف الشركة الاعلانات الاخبار القوائم المالية المؤشرات المالية
ايقاف نشاط التداول للفترة من الاحد 25/3/2012 لغاية الخميس 29/3/2012 19/03/2012 08:07
الناطق الرسمي باسم الحكومة العراقية
احتفاء بانعقاد القمة العربية في بغداد تعطيل الدوام الرسمي في بغداد
من الاحد 25 اذار 2012 ولغاية الاحد 1 نيسان 2012 عليه
قرر مجلس المحافظين
ايقاف نشاط التداول الاسبوع القادم من الاحد 25 اذار 2012 لغاية الخميس 29 اذار 2012
وستكون اول جلسة بعد العطلة يوم الاحد 1/4/2012 مع التقدير
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EU Wants G20 to Boost IMF Funds after Eurogroup Move
Related article .. link .. EU Ministers Urge Steps Toward IMF Support ...
Snip ~ "G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will discuss an increase in IMF resources on April 22 in Washington
March 31, 2012
EU Wants G20 to Boost IMF Funds after Eurogroup Move
EU officials said on Saturday the European Union expects leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) to agree to contribute more money to the IMF in April after Europe expanded its own bailout capacity.
The International Monetary Fund is seeking to more than double its war chest by raising $600 billion in new resources to help nations deal with the fallout of the euro zone debt crisis.
But most G20 countries have said that before they inject any new money into the IMF, the euro zone must first put up more of its own money to resolve its sovereign debt crisis.
Snip ~ "G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will discuss an increase in IMF resources on April 22 in Washington
March 31, 2012
EU Wants G20 to Boost IMF Funds after Eurogroup Move
EU officials said on Saturday the European Union expects leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) to agree to contribute more money to the IMF in April after Europe expanded its own bailout capacity.
The International Monetary Fund is seeking to more than double its war chest by raising $600 billion in new resources to help nations deal with the fallout of the euro zone debt crisis.
But most G20 countries have said that before they inject any new money into the IMF, the euro zone must first put up more of its own money to resolve its sovereign debt crisis.
IMF Pressures Malawi to Devalue Currency
Snip .. from december 2011 .. Snip ~ "The mission said further devaluation must be implemented within 3 months and all restrictions on forex transactions must be listed shortly after that so that the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) should deregulate the forex market" read article @ link .. IMF Squeezes Malawi to Free Kwacha Currency
2012-03-31
IMF Pressures Malawi to Devalue Currency
The International Monetary Fund on Saturday pressured Malawi to devalue its currency, which is trading on the black market at nearly double the official exchange rate.
"The Malawi kwacha exchange rate should be moved closer to that on the parallel market and be made flexible to control spiralling commodity prices and restore vibrant private sector activity in the country," the IMF's Malawi mission chief Tsidi Tsikata told a news conference.
Speaking at the end of an IMF mission here, Tsikata said foreign exchange imbalances had knocked down growth to 4.5 percent in 2011, from 6.6 percent the year before.
2012-03-31
IMF Pressures Malawi to Devalue Currency
The International Monetary Fund on Saturday pressured Malawi to devalue its currency, which is trading on the black market at nearly double the official exchange rate.
"The Malawi kwacha exchange rate should be moved closer to that on the parallel market and be made flexible to control spiralling commodity prices and restore vibrant private sector activity in the country," the IMF's Malawi mission chief Tsidi Tsikata told a news conference.
Speaking at the end of an IMF mission here, Tsikata said foreign exchange imbalances had knocked down growth to 4.5 percent in 2011, from 6.6 percent the year before.
Iraq Parliamentary Economy: the poor must be compensated for the loss of "Arab Summit" ...
I agree .. we should all be compensated .. right? ...:)Saturday, March 31, 2012
Parliamentary economy: the poor must be compensated for the loss of "Arab Summit"
Baghdad, According to the parliamentary committee that the economy should offset the liberal professions, especially of poor daily wage for the losses they sustained by the disabled
Economic activities in the country for more than a week because of the measures imposed simultaneously with the Arab summit.
Said MP Qusay Fri Member of the economy and invest in the House of Representatives to / Baghdadiya News / that he is "on the government to compensate the liberal professions, especially of poor daily wage as people who were late for their jobs because of the actions their government and the financial compensation in order to feel respected and that the community does not violate their dignity and their rights, "he said.
Message From The Angels March 31, 2012 ...
My dear friends, we love you so very much.
In every moment, in every endeavor, God is with you. In everything you do you have an opportunity to invite God's love to come to the surface in your life, to assist you, and to allow your life to flow with greater grace and ease. When you have a concern, stop and give it to God. When you are worried, stop and give your cares to God. When you don't know the next step in your lives, stop and ask God for assistance. We have said this many times, dear friends, but God moves the stars in the heavens, makes the seasons turn, and can easily assist you in every aspect of your life if only you will believe, ask, and receive.
EU Ministers Urge Steps Toward IMF Support ...
Related article .. link .. Eurozone finance ministers reach landmark deal to raise debt firewall to 800 billion euros or over one trillion US dollars
March 31, 2012
EU Ministers Urge Steps Toward IMF Support
European finance ministers urged a prompt decision on ramping up the International Monetary Fund's crisis-fighting resources, a day after they agreed to commit more funds to their own so-called firewall.
After two days of talks on efforts to enhance their response to the sovereign-debt crisis, finance ministers from the 27 member nations of the European Union and central bank governors said that despite signs of stability and easing tensions in the financial markets there shouldn't be complacency.
March 31, 2012EU Ministers Urge Steps Toward IMF Support
European finance ministers urged a prompt decision on ramping up the International Monetary Fund's crisis-fighting resources, a day after they agreed to commit more funds to their own so-called firewall.
After two days of talks on efforts to enhance their response to the sovereign-debt crisis, finance ministers from the 27 member nations of the European Union and central bank governors said that despite signs of stability and easing tensions in the financial markets there shouldn't be complacency.
Iraq May Not Attend the April 1st Conference Friends of Syria in Istanbul
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Iraq May Not Attend the April 1st Conference Friends of Syria in Istanbul
Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Counsellor, Saturday, Iraq who heads the current session of the Arabic League heading towards non-participation in the Conference "friends of Syria" to be held tomorrow in Istanbul.
Ali al-Musawi, head of the Government media adviser to Maliki told AFP when asked about the position of Iraq to attend Istanbul Conference "we want to preserve the role of mediator."
"This role sometimes requires not to participate in this Conference or even maintain our effective mediation and work towards a solution that preserves the Syrian people of Syrian rights and injects blood."
Iraq May Not Attend the April 1st Conference Friends of Syria in Istanbul
Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Counsellor, Saturday, Iraq who heads the current session of the Arabic League heading towards non-participation in the Conference "friends of Syria" to be held tomorrow in Istanbul.
Ali al-Musawi, head of the Government media adviser to Maliki told AFP when asked about the position of Iraq to attend Istanbul Conference "we want to preserve the role of mediator."
"This role sometimes requires not to participate in this Conference or even maintain our effective mediation and work towards a solution that preserves the Syrian people of Syrian rights and injects blood."
Erbil Agreement ~ Allawi calls on Al-Maliki to the implementation of the Convention to avoid "delaying tactics" of Arbil
Related article .. link .. Erbil Agreement ~ State law: the political situation in need of a broader agreement to Arbil ...
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Allawi calls on Al-Maliki to the implementation of the Convention to avoid "delaying tactics" of Arbil
Bghadad, cluster leader invited Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in person to complete the implementation of the Convention to avoid procrastination "Arbil," he said, adding that the current Government "illegal".
The dialogue interview with Sumerian space news, where he said "to announce that Maliki is the implementation of the Convention, and sends his followers to delaying tactics in talk, we will be attending,", adding that "the current Government is basically illegal now because it exited on what was agreed in Arbil.
Saturday, 31 March 2012Allawi calls on Al-Maliki to the implementation of the Convention to avoid "delaying tactics" of Arbil
Bghadad, cluster leader invited Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in person to complete the implementation of the Convention to avoid procrastination "Arbil," he said, adding that the current Government "illegal".
The dialogue interview with Sumerian space news, where he said "to announce that Maliki is the implementation of the Convention, and sends his followers to delaying tactics in talk, we will be attending,", adding that "the current Government is basically illegal now because it exited on what was agreed in Arbil.
Maliki: the summit was successful and returned to Iraq of Arabs and Arabs return to Baghdad ...
Saturday, March 31, 2012Maliki: the summit was successful and returned to Iraq of Arabs and Arabs return to Baghdad
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said security was the biggest challenge by hosting the Arab summit in Baghdad.
And apologized to the people of Baghdad because of the procedures.
He considered the results of the summit a wonderful and successful. Baghdad returned to the Arabs.
Maliki said in a televised speech yesterday, a day after the end of the Arab summit held that such a challenge for us and the preparations and preparations at the highest levels.
The results have been opening up of Iraq on the Arab world and vice versa.
Sistani calls to remove Iraq from Chapter VII ...
Related article .. link .. Iraq and Chapter 7 ~ Religious authority: We hope the summit out of Iraq from Chapter VII
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Sistani calls to remove Iraq from Chapter VII
Urged the religious authority Ali al-Sistani Arab leaders and the leaders of the international community to seek to remove Iraq from Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
The news agency "Associated Press" Sistani's representative in Karbala, Sheikh Ahmad Safi as saying in Friday sermon that the lifting of international sanctions on Iraq is necessary to restore full sovereignty to Iraq.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012Sistani calls to remove Iraq from Chapter VII
Urged the religious authority Ali al-Sistani Arab leaders and the leaders of the international community to seek to remove Iraq from Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
The news agency "Associated Press" Sistani's representative in Karbala, Sheikh Ahmad Safi as saying in Friday sermon that the lifting of international sanctions on Iraq is necessary to restore full sovereignty to Iraq.
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Iraq Amnesty Law ~ completion of the final version of the proposed amnesty bill will be presented to Parliament ...
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Legal representative: After completion of the final version of the proposed amnesty bill will be presented to Parliament
Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Legal Committee that the Prince Kanani Committee will commence at the resumed sessions of the Council of Representatives to prepare the final version of a proposed amnesty bill.
Kanani said in a statement "told all of Iraq" Saturday after the end of the final version of a proposed amnesty bill will be presented to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives to the extent that on the agenda of meetings of Parliament.
The proposed amnesty law has sparked controversy among the political blocs, especially among a coalition of state law and the Sadrist movement, to demand the rule of law to amend certain paragraphs of the project that define the categories covered by the amnesty or not.
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Legal representative: After completion of the final version of the proposed amnesty bill will be presented to Parliament
Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Legal Committee that the Prince Kanani Committee will commence at the resumed sessions of the Council of Representatives to prepare the final version of a proposed amnesty bill.
Kanani said in a statement "told all of Iraq" Saturday after the end of the final version of a proposed amnesty bill will be presented to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives to the extent that on the agenda of meetings of Parliament.
The proposed amnesty law has sparked controversy among the political blocs, especially among a coalition of state law and the Sadrist movement, to demand the rule of law to amend certain paragraphs of the project that define the categories covered by the amnesty or not.
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Iraq Economist: Iraqi-Jordanian economic ties are deep and to induce the parties to work towards expanding
2012-03-31Economist: Iraqi-Jordanian economic ties are deep and to induce the parties to work towards expanding
Oman, Economist Khaled Al-shammari said that Jordanian-Iraqi economic ties had started more than three decades and grew well and great especially in the eighties of the last century , stressing that Jordan had opened many economic projects for the Iraqi economy and not only in specific industries, but in different areas.
Al-shemmari said in a telephone conversation with the correspondent of the independent press agency (EPA) from Amman, Jordan, Oman, Iraq-Jordan relations are old and the various areas of the economy, not only in the industrial field, and they started more than three decades and grew large and particularly in the 1980s , and opened many economic projects in Jordan for Iraqi economy service.
(Chapter 7) ~ Iraq Economic information centre underscores the need to take advantage of economic gains Baghdad Summit ...
2012-03-31Economic information centre underscores the need to take advantage of economic gains Baghdad Summit
Baghdad, Economic information centre confirmed that Baghdad registered Summit premier event politically and economically for the current year in the country being in Iraq which need time to return to his international prospects for economic and political cooperation away from convulsions and last accumulations
He was Chairman of the Centre for economic information on Mohamed dargham pleased for the success of the Summit, calling on the Government to benefit from the gains of this Summit ..
to achieve the essential points of the Iraqi economy needs through benefit from these alkmhwalmtmthlh first off Iraq of large item VII based on normalization of Iraq-Kuwait over the Prime Minister's visit to Kuwait before the Summit and conclusion airlines file settlement with Emir of Kuwait Summit Baghdad, Iraq in addition to normalization of relations with Arabic States as a whole through their participation in the Summit Baghdad, which Other reasons for the survival of Iraq fall within the ambit of item VII.
Iraqi List Doesn't Approve of Obama's nomination of the new American Ambassador and accuses him of Maliki's absolute support
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2012-03-31
Iraq strongly objecting to the nomination of the new American Ambassador and accuses Maliki's absolute support
Iraq, Iraqi list showed strongly in a letter to Congress on u.s. President Barack Obama kayak nominate Brett makghork to serve as United States Ambassador in Baghdad, saying that a non-neutral and seeks to break up the list.
Well-informed sources revealed to Hayat newspaper, that a number of the leaders of the Iraqi list to Congress have sent a letter which strongly by us President Barack Obama to nominate Brett makghorm demanding of Congress gave us not to set fact biased makghork to political parties and fragmentation of the Iraqi list and contributed to the formation of a white block in the past period, as he possesses a bad while working with the former US Governor of Iraq Ambassador Paul Bremer.
Sources indicated that the Iraqi list have convinced that makghork tends to by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki supports all its policies and directions so it is not valid for this post.
President Barack Obama announced two days ago, he nominated Brett makghork, for the post of Ambassador United States Congress will gain confidence.
It would be makghork, if the Senate approved his appointment, the first resident Ambassador in Baghdad since the withdrawal of the last American soldier in December last year
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2012-03-31
Iraq strongly objecting to the nomination of the new American Ambassador and accuses Maliki's absolute support
Iraq, Iraqi list showed strongly in a letter to Congress on u.s. President Barack Obama kayak nominate Brett makghork to serve as United States Ambassador in Baghdad, saying that a non-neutral and seeks to break up the list.
Well-informed sources revealed to Hayat newspaper, that a number of the leaders of the Iraqi list to Congress have sent a letter which strongly by us President Barack Obama to nominate Brett makghorm demanding of Congress gave us not to set fact biased makghork to political parties and fragmentation of the Iraqi list and contributed to the formation of a white block in the past period, as he possesses a bad while working with the former US Governor of Iraq Ambassador Paul Bremer.
Sources indicated that the Iraqi list have convinced that makghork tends to by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki supports all its policies and directions so it is not valid for this post.
President Barack Obama announced two days ago, he nominated Brett makghork, for the post of Ambassador United States Congress will gain confidence.
It would be makghork, if the Senate approved his appointment, the first resident Ambassador in Baghdad since the withdrawal of the last American soldier in December last year
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Clinton promises U.S. will back Gulf security
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Clinton promises U.S. will back Gulf security
The United States will work with Gulf Arab nations to strengthen their shared defenses against threats including Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday.
Speculation about Tehran's nuclear ambitions is a source of anxiety among Sunni-led Gulf Arab states, for whom Shi'ite Iran has long been a regional rival.
"The commitment of the United States to the people and the nations of the Gulf is rock-solid and unwavering. Our strong bilateral relationships are a rock of stability in the region," Clinton said in prepared remarks delivered in the inaugural meeting of a new U.S.-Gulf security forum.
"Now we look forward to expanding our multilateral cooperation as well," she said at the opening of the meeting with foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes six Gulf countries.
Clinton said Saturday's discussions with Gulf foreign ministers ...
Clinton promises U.S. will back Gulf security
The United States will work with Gulf Arab nations to strengthen their shared defenses against threats including Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday.
Speculation about Tehran's nuclear ambitions is a source of anxiety among Sunni-led Gulf Arab states, for whom Shi'ite Iran has long been a regional rival.
"The commitment of the United States to the people and the nations of the Gulf is rock-solid and unwavering. Our strong bilateral relationships are a rock of stability in the region," Clinton said in prepared remarks delivered in the inaugural meeting of a new U.S.-Gulf security forum.
"Now we look forward to expanding our multilateral cooperation as well," she said at the opening of the meeting with foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes six Gulf countries.
Clinton said Saturday's discussions with Gulf foreign ministers ...
Friday, March 30, 2012
Iraq ~ UN Security Council Report For April 2012
April 2012 - Iraq Expected Council Action
*The Council is due to receive the Secretary-General’s report on the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and a briefing on its contents and developments from Martin Kobler, head of UNAMI. Ambassador Hamid Al-Bayati, Permanent Representative of Iraq, is also expected to address the Council.
The Council is also expecting the Secretary-General’s report on the Iraq Oil for Food escrow account according to paragraphs 4 and 5 of resolution 1958. UNAMI’s mandate expires on 28 July.
Key Recent Developments
A wave of violent sectarian attacks followed the December 2011 withdrawal of US troops and the arrest warrant, which was issued in the same month, for the Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi. On 26 December 2011, at least seven people were reported killed and 27 injured, as a result of a suicide car bomb attack outside the Ministry of Interior in Baghdad.
On 5 January, 70 people were reported dead and more than 100 wounded due to multiple bombings targeting Shia pilgrims in Nasiriya and Baghdad. Rockets were fired at Baghdad’s Green Zone on 6 January as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki presided over a military parade.
A bomb killed 53 Shiite pilgrims and wounded 137 near Basra on 14 January. At least eight people were reported dead and six wounded when a bomb targeted a Shiite district outside Mosul on 16 January.
On 24 January, four car bombs killed 14 people and wounded 75 in Shiite areas in Baghdad.
On 26 January, two Iraqi policemen and eight relatives were killed when militants allegedly used explosives to blow up their home. At least 32 people were killed and 60 injured on 27 January when a suicide bomber targeted a funeral procession in a Shiite district of Baghdad.Violent attacks continued in recent weeks.
On 23 February, a wave of coordinated bombings and shootings, reportedly targeting Shiites across Iraq killed at least 55 people and injured hundreds more.
At least 49 people were reported dead and more than 200 injured when a series of coordinated bomb blasts across Iraq, mostly targeting police checkpoints and patrols, struck on 20 March. There were a number of notable political developments that were either directly or indirectly related to the volatile security situation.'
On 27 December 2011, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, the head of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc stated in an op-ed in The New York Times that Iraq was heading towards a “sectarian autocracy that carries with it the threat of devastating civil war.”
In an interview with the Associated Press on 13 January, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq accused al-Maliki of consolidating power stating that "the longer al-Maliki stays in power, the higher the possibility of a divided Iraq."
On 19 March, tens of thousands of loyalists of anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protested against poor services provided by the government in Basra.
Following a meeting with senior Iraqi officials, including President Jalal Talabani, on 4 January, Kobler urged all political parties in Iraq to work together.
On 23 February, Kobler condemned the series of attacks across the country in a statement.
The fate of Camp Ashraf and its residents remains a concern despite some progress.
On 25 December 2011, UNAMI and the Government of Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding to relocate residents of Camp Ashraf, and postponed the deadline to close the camp from 31 December to 30 April 2012.
On 17 February, about 400 residents of Camp Ashraf moved to Camp Liberty, a former US military base near the Baghdad airport.
On 6 March, B. Lynn Pascoe, the head of the UN Department of Political Affairs, briefed Council members on the situation in Camp Ashraf. (Camp Ashraf, situated in Diyala province, houses more than 3,000 Iranian exiles belonging to the Mujahedin-e Khalq Iran, or the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, an organisation opposed to the government in Tehran.)
On 20 March, Iraqi State Minister Ali al-Dabbagh said that Iraq’s cabinet had agreed to allocate $300 million to settle a lawsuit that had been filed by Kuwait Airways Corporation. (The state-run Kuwait Airways Corporation has been seeking $1.2 billion in compensation for ten aircrafts taken by Iraq during Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.)
Iraq hosted in Baghdad from 27 to 29 March its first Arab League summit since Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.
The Kuwaiti emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, also attended the summit, as well as the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
It was the first visit to Iraq by a Kuwaiti leader since the 1990 Gulf War.
However, fewer than half the leaders of the Arab world attended and the absentees included Sunni monarchs of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, other Gulf nations, Jordan and Morocco.
Moreover, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani became the first non-Arab to chair an Arab League summit.
On 24 January, a judge recommended that US Marine Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, who pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty in a plea deal, should face no time in detention for his role in the Haditha massacre of 19 November 2005, in which 24 Iraqi civilians were killed, including women and children.
Wuterich is the only marine out of eight, who was convicted in this case. (The charges against six other US Marines were dropped or dismissed, and one was acquitted.)
Human Rights-Related Developments
On 24 January, Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, commented on the execution of 34 people that occurred on 19 January. She said, “given the lack of transparency in court proceedings, major concerns about due process and fairness of trials, and the very wide range of offences for which the death penalty can be imposed in Iraq, it is a truly shocking figure.”
Key Issues
A key issue for the Council is the high level of sectarian violence in the aftermath of the arrest warrant issued for Vice President al-Hashemi.
The security provision for UNAMI personnel is a related issue.
Another important issue for the Council is assessing the contribution that UNAMI makes to the stability of Iraq and whether UNAMI’s composition ought to be modified in order to better address the challenges it faces.
Encouraging a peaceful resolution between Camp Ashraf’s residents and the government of Iraq is also an issue for the Council.
Underlying Problems
Due to the sectarian and political divisions, key ministerial posts, such as for defence and interior, have been unfilled for months, and different political blocs remain divided over power-sharing.
OptionsRegarding the political situation, an option could be issuing a presidential or press statement that would include some or all of the following elements:
expressing concerns about the impact of violence on Iraqi civilians;
urging Iraq’s political leaders to resolve differences through political dialogue; and
urging Iraq to finalise its government formation by filling all vacant ministerial posts based on inclusiveness.
Taking steps to address the increasing security needs of UNAMI would be an additional option.
Regarding Camp Ashraf, the Council could ask for regular briefings from either the Department of Political Affairs or Kobler.
Council and Wider Dynamics
Most Council members seem to view Iraq as a routine issue with no significant developments recently.
Council members seem to acknowledge the contribution UNAMI makes; however, they do not expect any significant changes to UNAMI’s mandate in the near future.
Some Council members remain concerned about the potential for sectarian strife in Iraq that al-Hashemi’s arrest warrant could lead to.
They are also wary of the deteriorating security situation.
However, other members do not view the surge in violence following the US withdrawal as abnormal. Council members are cautiously optimistic regarding developments at Camp Ashraf.
Though most members view the UN-brokered agreement between the government of Iraq and the leadership of Camp Ashraf as a positive development, they feel that the potential remains for this issue to turn violent.
The US is the lead country on Iraq issues in general, and the UK is the lead on Iraq/Kuwait issues. source
Chapter 7 ~ Emir of Kuwait and Maliki ~ agreed to support Kuwait to Iraq, the Security Council and quickly end the differences ...
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Emir of Kuwait and Maliki ~ agreed to support Kuwait to Iraq, the Security Council and quickly end the differences
source said early Friday, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met with Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on the sidelines of the Summit and agreed to support Kuwait to Iraq in the Security Council to speed up directed from under the Chapter VII resolution of outstanding issues as soon as possible.
The source, who declined to be named to the sensitivity of the subject's "Twilight News" that "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki withdrew from the summit with the Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Sabah met with him and exchanged the modern in many ways."
The source added that "both parties agreed to support Kuwait to Iraq in the UN Security Council to accelerate directed under Chapter VII."
link .. Iraq and Kuwait ~ Baghdad witnessed Summit discussions side is very important and link ..*Kuwaiti Ambassador declared that Kuwait will work after the summit to remove Iraq from Chapter VII .. And .. link .. Kuwait Finance: the summit in Baghdad, marks the return of Iraq to the Arab world .. And .. link .. Ban Ki-moon: the top of Baghdad confirm the return of Iraq to the international community ...Friday, March 30, 2012
Emir of Kuwait and Maliki ~ agreed to support Kuwait to Iraq, the Security Council and quickly end the differences
source said early Friday, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met with Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on the sidelines of the Summit and agreed to support Kuwait to Iraq in the Security Council to speed up directed from under the Chapter VII resolution of outstanding issues as soon as possible.
The source, who declined to be named to the sensitivity of the subject's "Twilight News" that "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki withdrew from the summit with the Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Sabah met with him and exchanged the modern in many ways."
The source added that "both parties agreed to support Kuwait to Iraq in the UN Security Council to accelerate directed under Chapter VII."
Clinton To Meet With GCC Saturday ~ On Friday, Clinton met with Saudi king amid Syria, Iran tensions ...
Snip ~ "Mrs. Clinton met King Abdullah a day ahead of a gathering of the Persian Gulf nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council, a regional security body. Mrs. Clinton is attending the conference for the first time as the U.S. and GCC hold their inaugural Strategic Cooperation Forum"
March 30, 2012
Clinton meets Saudi king amid Syria, Iran tensions
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah for nearly two hours on Friday in a bid to unify their two countries on issues ranging from the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program to ways to maintain the stability of global oil prices.
But divisions remain between the allies over the issue of whether and how to arm Syrian rebels seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad, according to officials from both countries.
Saudi Arabia is taking an increasingly aggressive posture toward Damascus, arguing for an immediate flow of arms to the rebels and maintaining that United Nations-backed diplomacy aimed at peacefully ending Mr. Assad's rule will ultimately prove futile.
March 30, 2012Clinton meets Saudi king amid Syria, Iran tensions
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah for nearly two hours on Friday in a bid to unify their two countries on issues ranging from the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program to ways to maintain the stability of global oil prices.
But divisions remain between the allies over the issue of whether and how to arm Syrian rebels seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad, according to officials from both countries.
Saudi Arabia is taking an increasingly aggressive posture toward Damascus, arguing for an immediate flow of arms to the rebels and maintaining that United Nations-backed diplomacy aimed at peacefully ending Mr. Assad's rule will ultimately prove futile.
April 2 - 6 ~ Obama and North American Leaders Summit, STOCK Act, Jobs Act, Forum on Women Economy, Easter Prayer Breakfast, Passover Seder ...
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Busy week in Washington ..
North American Leaders Summit, STOCK Act, Jobs Act, Forum on Women in the Economy, Easter Prayer Breakfast, ending with Passover seder on Friday.
Snip ~ Next week events in Washington ...
On Monday, the President will host Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada and President Felipe Calderon of Mexico for the North American Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. The meeting will build on wide-ranging and ongoing cooperation among the United States, Canada and Mexico, with a particular focus on economic growth and competitiveness, citizen security, energy and climate change.
The leaders will also discuss North America’s role in the Americas in anticipation of the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia later next month, as well as other global, economic, political and security issues.
On Tuesday ...
Busy week in Washington .. North American Leaders Summit, STOCK Act, Jobs Act, Forum on Women in the Economy, Easter Prayer Breakfast, ending with Passover seder on Friday.
Snip ~ Next week events in Washington ...
On Monday, the President will host Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada and President Felipe Calderon of Mexico for the North American Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. The meeting will build on wide-ranging and ongoing cooperation among the United States, Canada and Mexico, with a particular focus on economic growth and competitiveness, citizen security, energy and climate change.
The leaders will also discuss North America’s role in the Americas in anticipation of the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia later next month, as well as other global, economic, political and security issues.
On Tuesday ...
BRICS development bank an alternative to the U.S.-dominated World Bank
Snip ~ "The World Bank is interested in partnering the development bank proposed by the top five emerging economies, its president Robert Zoellick said Friday, but he listed possible hurdles in the way of creating such a multilateral lending agency"
March 30, 2012
BRICS - Dollar dominance challenged
Leaders of five countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, also called BRICS – who met in Delhi on Thursday, have one tangible achievement to their credit: they signed agreements to encourage trade in local currencies instead of the dollar. This will cut their transaction costs and limit the dollar dominance. They asked the rich nations to adopt responsible financial policies and avoid creating excess liquidity through low interest rates, which also lead to volatility in global commodity prices. The five emerging economic powers, which account for almost half of the world population and a fifth of its output, came together under the BRICS umbrella in 2009 to press for reforms in the West-dominated global financial system. Their economies were destabilised, first by the 2008 financial turmoil, post-US sub-prime crisis, and then by the sovereign debt crisis in the Euro Zone.
It was, therefore, in order for the Delhi summit to demand reform of the IMF and the World Bank. Since World Bank president Robert Zoellick’s five-year term is ending in June, the BRICS members expressed support for a candidate from a developing country. To counter influence of the US-dominated financial institutions, India suggested a South-South Development Bank. The proposal was left for the BRICS finance ministers to study and may take a lot of effort, resources and political will to materialise since the members have divergent interests and opinions.
March 30, 2012
BRICS - Dollar dominance challenged
Leaders of five countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, also called BRICS – who met in Delhi on Thursday, have one tangible achievement to their credit: they signed agreements to encourage trade in local currencies instead of the dollar. This will cut their transaction costs and limit the dollar dominance. They asked the rich nations to adopt responsible financial policies and avoid creating excess liquidity through low interest rates, which also lead to volatility in global commodity prices. The five emerging economic powers, which account for almost half of the world population and a fifth of its output, came together under the BRICS umbrella in 2009 to press for reforms in the West-dominated global financial system. Their economies were destabilised, first by the 2008 financial turmoil, post-US sub-prime crisis, and then by the sovereign debt crisis in the Euro Zone.
It was, therefore, in order for the Delhi summit to demand reform of the IMF and the World Bank. Since World Bank president Robert Zoellick’s five-year term is ending in June, the BRICS members expressed support for a candidate from a developing country. To counter influence of the US-dominated financial institutions, India suggested a South-South Development Bank. The proposal was left for the BRICS finance ministers to study and may take a lot of effort, resources and political will to materialise since the members have divergent interests and opinions.
Going Cashless ~ A Cashless Society May Be Closer Than Most People Would Ever Dare To Imagine
Related articles .. link .. Links ~ Cashless Society ...
March 29, 2012
A Cashless Society May Be Closer Than Most People Would Ever Dare To Imagine
Most people think of a cashless society as something that is way off in the distant future. Unfortunately, that is simply not the case. The truth is that a cashless society is much closer than most people would ever dare to imagine. To a large degree, the transition to a cashless society is being done voluntarily.
Today, only 7 percent of all transactions in the United States are done with cash, and most of those transactions involve very small amounts of money.
Just think about it for a moment. Where do you still use cash these days? If you buy a burger or if you purchase something at a flea market you will still use cash, but for any mid-size or large transaction the vast majority of people out there will use another form of payment.
March 29, 2012A Cashless Society May Be Closer Than Most People Would Ever Dare To Imagine
Most people think of a cashless society as something that is way off in the distant future. Unfortunately, that is simply not the case. The truth is that a cashless society is much closer than most people would ever dare to imagine. To a large degree, the transition to a cashless society is being done voluntarily.
Today, only 7 percent of all transactions in the United States are done with cash, and most of those transactions involve very small amounts of money.
Just think about it for a moment. Where do you still use cash these days? If you buy a burger or if you purchase something at a flea market you will still use cash, but for any mid-size or large transaction the vast majority of people out there will use another form of payment.
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Eurozone finance ministers reach landmark deal to raise debt firewall to 800 billion euros or over one trillion US dollars
Going Cashless ~ A Cashless Society May Be Closer Than Most People Would Ever Dare To Imagine
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Eurozone finance ministers reach landmark deal to raise debt firewall to 800 billion euros or over one trillion US dollars
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March 30, 2012
Eurozone clinches trillion-dollar firewall deal
Eurozone finance ministers reach landmark deal to raise debt firewall to 800 billion euros or over one trillion US dollars.
COPENHAGEN: Eurozone finance ministers reached a landmark deal on Friday to raise their debt firewall to more than one trillion dollars, as a budget crisis in Spain underlined the need for firm defences.
Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter left a key meeting in Copenhagen to brief reporters on an agreement raising the eurozone firewall to "in total, over 800 billion euros" ($1.067 trillion).
"This 800 billion is a trillion US dollars and that is roughly the defined firewall," Fekter said.
March 30, 2012
Eurozone clinches trillion-dollar firewall deal
Eurozone finance ministers reach landmark deal to raise debt firewall to 800 billion euros or over one trillion US dollars.
COPENHAGEN: Eurozone finance ministers reached a landmark deal on Friday to raise their debt firewall to more than one trillion dollars, as a budget crisis in Spain underlined the need for firm defences.
Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter left a key meeting in Copenhagen to brief reporters on an agreement raising the eurozone firewall to "in total, over 800 billion euros" ($1.067 trillion).
"This 800 billion is a trillion US dollars and that is roughly the defined firewall," Fekter said.
*United Nations confirms that the understanding between Iraq and Kuwait will contribute to the lifting of international sanctions ...
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31/03/2012
Talabani's moon: We hope that we are liberated from the number (7)
United Nations confirms that the understanding between Iraq and Kuwait will contribute to the lifting of international sanctions
Baghdad - Al Sabah
said President Jalal Talabani said Iraq expects from the United Nations to support Iraq out of Chapter VII, as Secretary General of the International Organization Ban Ki-moon that the continuation of joint work and mutual understanding between Iraq and Kuwait help in lifting of international sanctions.
the President of the Republic in Baghdad yesterday, the first United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
and cross-Talabani, a warm welcome to the presence of Ki-moon in Baghdad peace and presence of the Arab summit twenty-third, which embraced Iraq.
31/03/2012Talabani's moon: We hope that we are liberated from the number (7)
United Nations confirms that the understanding between Iraq and Kuwait will contribute to the lifting of international sanctions
Baghdad - Al Sabah
said President Jalal Talabani said Iraq expects from the United Nations to support Iraq out of Chapter VII, as Secretary General of the International Organization Ban Ki-moon that the continuation of joint work and mutual understanding between Iraq and Kuwait help in lifting of international sanctions.
the President of the Republic in Baghdad yesterday, the first United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
and cross-Talabani, a warm welcome to the presence of Ki-moon in Baghdad peace and presence of the Arab summit twenty-third, which embraced Iraq.
Iraq Parliamentary calls for national reconciliation ...
31/03/2012
Parliamentary calls for national reconciliation
BAGHDAD - The morning
after the outstanding success experienced by the Arab Summit held in Baghdad, issued several statements and the statements of parliamentary figures calling for national reconciliation and overcome past differences and unite and political discourse to serve the security and stability of Iraq.
In this context bloc called the white, in a statement yesterday, to forget political differences and not to broadcast the problems of Iraq's internal to the outside, calling for political forces to achieve national reconciliation and the fulfillment of the responsibilities of Iraq to the Arab countries, while confirming that the success of the Baghdad summit snow chests of Iraqis from the north to the south,
spokeswoman mass high Nassif, that «the success of the Baghdad summit proved to everyone at home and abroad that Iraq is a vibrant and able to lead the Arab States of the Gulf to the ocean through the resolution of wise and balance», calling to «forget political differences and not to broadcast the problems of Iraq internal to the States ».
She added that« This success encouraged the issuance of Iraqis from the north to the south », demanding political forces to» achieve national reconciliation and the fulfillment of the responsibilities of Iraq to the Arab countries as the head of the Arab summit for the current year 2012.
In the same context he MP for the coalition of state law, Abbas al-Bayati, the belief that the success of the Arab summit will be an incentive to block political rapprochement and cooperation so as to provide positive atmosphere for the success of the national meeting to be held beginning next April.
said in a press statement that: As a tribute to the delegations political progress in Iraq and his experience of democracy and its ability to overcome the difficulties and achieve national reconciliation, the success of the summit is a success for all, not to hand over another.
He noted that the summit Baghdad contributed to dispel the gloomy picture and distorted for security and political situation in Iraq, it was found to Arab leaders with concrete evidence that the situation in Baghdad is not much different from the rest of the Arab capitals in terms of stability, he says.
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Parliamentary calls for national reconciliation
BAGHDAD - The morning
after the outstanding success experienced by the Arab Summit held in Baghdad, issued several statements and the statements of parliamentary figures calling for national reconciliation and overcome past differences and unite and political discourse to serve the security and stability of Iraq.
In this context bloc called the white, in a statement yesterday, to forget political differences and not to broadcast the problems of Iraq's internal to the outside, calling for political forces to achieve national reconciliation and the fulfillment of the responsibilities of Iraq to the Arab countries, while confirming that the success of the Baghdad summit snow chests of Iraqis from the north to the south,
spokeswoman mass high Nassif, that «the success of the Baghdad summit proved to everyone at home and abroad that Iraq is a vibrant and able to lead the Arab States of the Gulf to the ocean through the resolution of wise and balance», calling to «forget political differences and not to broadcast the problems of Iraq internal to the States ».
She added that« This success encouraged the issuance of Iraqis from the north to the south », demanding political forces to» achieve national reconciliation and the fulfillment of the responsibilities of Iraq to the Arab countries as the head of the Arab summit for the current year 2012.
In the same context he MP for the coalition of state law, Abbas al-Bayati, the belief that the success of the Arab summit will be an incentive to block political rapprochement and cooperation so as to provide positive atmosphere for the success of the national meeting to be held beginning next April.
said in a press statement that: As a tribute to the delegations political progress in Iraq and his experience of democracy and its ability to overcome the difficulties and achieve national reconciliation, the success of the summit is a success for all, not to hand over another.
He noted that the summit Baghdad contributed to dispel the gloomy picture and distorted for security and political situation in Iraq, it was found to Arab leaders with concrete evidence that the situation in Baghdad is not much different from the rest of the Arab capitals in terms of stability, he says.
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Iraq and Chapter 7 ~ Religious authority: We hope the summit out of Iraq from Chapter VII
31/03/2012Religious authority: We hope the summit out of Iraq from Chapter VII
Fri Walcott calls for speedy implementation of decisions of the Conference of Karbala -the gesture
wished supported the religious authority in Karbala, the secretary-general of the threshold of the Abbasid, Mr. Ahmed Al Safi to be the Arab Summit, which concluded in Baghdad on the first Thursday, the opportunity to remove Iraq from Chapter VII, as called for Khatib Mosque of Al Kut to speed up implementation of the decisions that came out of the conference. Safi said in his Friday sermon in the dish-Husseini: «Arab summit conference in which are two important points and main points, the first opening of Iraq to the Arab world and reflects aspects of health in the political system, and the second point is that the conference is a great opportunity to remove Iraq from Chapter VII.
He said that Iraq is far different from Iraq a decade ago, is no justification for its survival under the threat of this law. added (net): «We hope that the conference will be a catalyst dramatically to rid Iraq of this chapter because the time has come to be out of Iraq from the sanctions the result of the fruits of the Arab Summit ».. In Kut, Park Benefiting from the success of the Summit of Baghdad, and demanded to speed up the implementation of the decisions that came out.
The discovery of new oil 14 wells in Nineveh
31/03/2012The discovery of new oil 14 wells in Nineveh
MOSUL - Nawfal al-Rawi
said the province of Nineveh, the discovery of large quantities of oil in different regions of the province, revealing for the operation and two new units to generate electricity during the summer together produce 250 MW.
The Chairman of the Commission services and energy in the Council Mohammed Jubouri that "one of the exploration companies recently discovered about 14 wells within the territory of the province, "asserting that" the re-operation of the transfer of oil products, which connects the pool area and fresh in Mosul for the first time after it was turned off since the eighties of the last century.
He pointed to "the intervention of local government and the provincial council in order to stop the work of a U.S. company based Ptnguibat in areas belonging to the province, without seeking the official approvals from the federal government, "pointing to" hold talks with representatives of the company of Angola, which was the extraction of oil from a field star in the Qayyarah, after he left work because of the political and security conditions that has cast a shadow over the employees of the company and offered Mlakatha risk.
On the other hand, said Jubouri that the "next summer will see the operation and two new units to generate electricity they can produce about 250 megawatts," pointing to "initiate negotiations with the Ministry of Oil for the purpose of securing fuel to feed the two units mentioned by tankers to the lack of line transmission up to Kazak region where the two units were set up. "
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Close interaction between the banks and the private sector
March 31, 2012
Designed to implement development programmes
Baghdad-Hussein thghb Al-Tamimi
Financial expert called to the importance of giving the private sector a more active role in the process of economic development, especially in the financial and banking, given expanded functions entrusted to this sector in economic work and stronger linkages with State services and granted greater powers in reconstruction and construction, which was corrected.
Financial expert said that sentenced gorgie: private banks to capital was founded from the Iraqi private sector and its contribution to the capital they need to organize its work in the Banking Act, banks thus have worked on the investment of funds of the private sector in the establishment of these banks which use its funds and its potential to serve society and national economy and here must be the advancement of private banks. Especially that these banks a distinct role in the country spread of services over a wide area of the country and provide community service required in the financial sector to the largest slide wherever they are and the various occupations and sectors.
He noted that the effective role and featured banks in the fight against unemployment and labour of graduates with different jurisdictions, particularly the competence of economy, computers and systems, programming and engineering work in the branches and has a role in employment through the implementation of investment and construction of buildings
Read full article @ link.. Close interaction between the banks and the private sector
Designed to implement development programmes
Baghdad-Hussein thghb Al-Tamimi
Financial expert called to the importance of giving the private sector a more active role in the process of economic development, especially in the financial and banking, given expanded functions entrusted to this sector in economic work and stronger linkages with State services and granted greater powers in reconstruction and construction, which was corrected.
Financial expert said that sentenced gorgie: private banks to capital was founded from the Iraqi private sector and its contribution to the capital they need to organize its work in the Banking Act, banks thus have worked on the investment of funds of the private sector in the establishment of these banks which use its funds and its potential to serve society and national economy and here must be the advancement of private banks. Especially that these banks a distinct role in the country spread of services over a wide area of the country and provide community service required in the financial sector to the largest slide wherever they are and the various occupations and sectors.
He noted that the effective role and featured banks in the fight against unemployment and labour of graduates with different jurisdictions, particularly the competence of economy, computers and systems, programming and engineering work in the branches and has a role in employment through the implementation of investment and construction of buildings
Read full article @ link.. Close interaction between the banks and the private sector
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