Going Global Headline News For Tuesday, April 10th .. 2012 .. will continue to update ...

*What Are We Looking For April 11th through April 15th

**Iraq and UN Video ~ The situation concerning Iraq - Security Council Meeting ...

*Iraq and United Nations Security Council 6747th Meeting April 10, 2012 ...

*Dollar and Dinar ~ Dollar Exchange rates will return to normal!

*CBI, Shabibi, Parliament, Dinar vs Dollar ~ Parliament Will Host Shabibi To Explain The Exchange Rate of The Iraqi Dinar ...

*The problem of the dollar and the dinar

*CBI's Shabibi Meets With Iraq's House Speaker Najafi ~ reviewed with him the economic situation and the reality of the Central Bank ...

*CBI Should Be Remain an Independent Body ~ The monetary authority has nothing to do with the executive because Iraq is still under Chapter VII

__Other News__

Iraq and UN Video ~ The situation concerning Iraq - Security Council Meeting ...

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Second report of the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 2001 (2011) (S/2012/185)

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I. Introduction

Vietnam Cuts Key Rates for 2nd Time in a Month ...

April 10, 2012

Vietnam cuts key rates for 2nd time in a month

Vietnam will slash two key interest rates Wednesday, the central bank said, the second cuts in a month aimed at countering slowing growth as double-digit inflation continues to ease.

The refinancing rate will be cut to 13 percent from 14 percent and the discount rate reduced to 11 percent from 12 percent effective Wednesday, the State Bank of Vietnam said in an online statement released late Tuesday.

Last week, official figures showed growth slowed to 4.0 percent in the first three months of 2012, its slowest rate in three years as the government prioritised fighting inflation.

The rate was well down on the 5.57 percent posted in the same period last year and the weakest since the 3.1 percent recorded in the first quarter of 2009.

The Wednesday rate cut comes a month after a one percent cut in the refinancing rate -- charged on loans to commercial banks -- which was the first reduction in nearly three years.

The bank last cut the rate, one of several key monetary policy tools, in April 2009, to seven percent.

Since then, it had repeatedly hiked rates, most recently in October, in a bid to rein in soaring inflation, which peaked at an annual rate of 23 percent in August.

Inflation fell in March for the seventh consecutive month, with the consumer price index up 14.15 percent -- still high, but the lowest level in a year.

Last year, the communist country's GDP growth rate was down to 5.9 percent from 6.8 percent in 2010.

The government is targeting economic growth of six percent for 2012, up slightly from 2011, and has said it aims to bring inflation down to single digits.

Last year, Vietnam refocused efforts from economic growth to stabilisation to deal with price rises and other challenges, including dwindling foreign reserves, a yawning trade deficit and downward pressure on the dong currency.

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CBI, Shabibi, Parliament, Dinar vs Dollar ~ Parliament Will Host Shabibi To Explain The Exchange Rate of The Iraqi Dinar ...

Related article .. link .. CBI's Shabibi Meets With Iraq's House Speaker Najafi ~ reviewed with him the economic situation and the reality of the Central Bank ...

04/11/2012

House of Representatives says central bank governor

To study the high exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar

Baghdad - Al Sabah

House of Representatives decided to host the Iraqi Central Bank Governor Sinan Shabibi in a special session to discuss the high exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar.

has received the Speaker of Parliament Osama Najafi in his official yesterday, Shabibi, and reviewed with him the economic situation and the reality of the work of the Central Bank.

Said Najafi During the meeting, «should be a central bank independent and responsible according to the provisions of Article (103) of paragraph (2) of the Constitution, as well as Article 2/2 of the Law on Central Bank of Iraq 56 of 2004, which states that:« In order to achieve goals of the Iraqi Central Bank and the completion of his duties, the Central Bank of Iraq independent and responsible as provided for by this law. Except as otherwise set to this law, will not receive the CBI instructions from any entity or person or institution, including government institutions.

Clinton urges NKorea not to launch rocket ...

April 10, 2012

Clinton urges NKorea not to launch rocket

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged nuclear-armed North Korea not to go ahead with its planned rocket launch if it wants a "peaceful, better future" for its people.

"We are consulting closely in capitals and at the United Nations in New York and we will be pursuing appropriate action," Clinton said at a press conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, who echoed her remarks.

"If North Korea wants a peaceful, better future for their people, it should not conduct another launch that would be a direct threat to regional security," the chief US diplomat said.

Gemba spoke of US-Japanese cooperation if North Korea goes ahead with the launch of a rocket it says will put a satellite into orbit -- an event that most of the rest of the world sees as a disguised missile test.

"The United States and Japan would cooperate with each other and the international community, including the Security Council, would take an appropriate measure," Gemba said.

Neither Clinton nor Gemba explained what they meant by "appropriate" action.

Both top diplomats reiterated that the launch would violate UN Security Council resolutions 1718 and 1874, which ban ballistic missile activity.

On April 5, 2009, North Korea launched a long-range rocket which flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific in what it says was an attempt to put a satellite into orbit.

US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland earlier voiced concern that the international news media might be "playing" into North Korean propaganda by covering the rocket launch.

"Our concern obviously would be that the North Koreans would use this for propaganda purposes and that... news organizations that cover it extensively might be playing into that," Nuland said.

"But it's obviously your call how to cover this thing," she told reporters during the daily news briefing.

The usually secretive North organized an unprecedented visit for foreign reporters to Tongchang-ri space center in an effort to show its Unha-3 rocket is not a disguised ballistic missile, as claimed by the US and its allies.

The launch is scheduled between April 12 and 16 to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-Sung, a significant date as Kim's youthful grandson Kim Jong-Un cements his own power.

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CBI's Shabibi Meets With Iraq's House Speaker Najafi ~ reviewed with him the economic situation and the reality of the Central Bank ...

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Governor of the Central Bank attributes the rise of the dollar to the tense political situation internally and regionally

Baghdad, attributed the Central Bank Governor Sinan Shabibi during a meeting with House Speaker Osama Najafi reasons for the high exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar to the tense political situation internally and regionally.

Saw the Iraqi dinar exchange rate declined significantly over the past few days against the U.S. dollar to reach in local markets to 126.5 thousand dinars for the paper category percent dollars.

Dollar and Dinar ~ Dollar Exchange rates will return to normal!

04/11/2012

Dollar exchange rates will return to normal

Expectations is the real behind the rise

Baghdad - Haider Filaih spring - Hussein Tgb Tamimi

At a time when the dollar rises a large, reinforced the central bank procedures, which he said can help control its exchange rate and restore the dollar to its natural state, comes this action after a wave heights reached during which the dollar price exchange of more than 1320, a figure said by many experts as a danger and could affect the dozens of economic achievements made ​​during the periods of years, mainly with low inflation, which threatens to rise in the exchange rate upwards significantly during the next few days if it does not address the topic as soon as possible.

The problem of the dollar and the dinar

04/11/2012

The problem of the dollar and the dinar

Yasser incumbent

Got the problem of exchange rates of the dollar against the dinar to the path of semi-dead end despite the fact that the central bank urges paced action may contribute to the reduction of furan climb but which ruled that kicks a dead end what he called the central specter of the dollar and exchange rate covers three markets of non-local.

This scene pays to look at solutions in support of measures central to addressing cases rise this, here are the top trade policy adopted in the solution where the problem is the dollar to cover the demands of trade and traders who tend fingered them into this mess by some interested parties and experts.

Attribute the Central Bank of the reason for crackdown to involve covered by the auction currency in the provision of statements of their accounts and activities so as to control disposition of the dollar.

Tomorrow kicks off the European Asian Economic Conference in Istanbul with the participation of Iraq

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Tomorrow kicks off the European Asian Economic Conference in Istanbul with the participation of Iraq

Baghdad, Deputy Chairman of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary Ali Fayad said the conference will start tomorrow, European economist at the Asian Istanbul.

And hold the leaders of European countries and Asian Conference European and Asian leaders in the presence of the EU countries and twenty-seven leaders of nineteen Asian countries in every two years to highlight the global economic reform and the war on piracy and the reform of financial markets, climate change and cultural exchanges.

Fayad said in a telephone call from Istanbul, "an Iraqi delegation headed by a senior Minister of Planning Ali Shukri, a number of officials and business leaders will participate tomorrow in the European Asian Economic Conference in Istanbul."

He added that "Iraq will participate in this conference in order to promote investment in all sectors."

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Iraq and United Nations Security Council 6747th Meeting April 10, 2012 ...

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10 April 2012

Security Council
SC/10604

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York - Security Council - 6747th Meeting (AM)

With Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq at End of 2011, Iraqi Government - Poised to ‘Turn Page in History, Assert Full Sovereignty’, Security Council Told - Top Envoy Says United Nations Assistance Essential as Iraq Confronts Domestic - Political Impasse, Terrorism, Displacement, Potential Fallout from Regional Crises

Following the completion of the withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq at the end of 2011, it was critical for the United Nations to continue comprehensive assistance in the areas of political facilitation, electoral support, human rights, reconstruction and development, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council this morning.

“The withdrawal has provided the democratically elected Government of Iraq with the opportunity to turn a page in its history and assert its country’s full sovereignty,” Martin Kobler, who is also Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), said in a briefing that was followed by a statement by Iraq’s representative, Hamid Al-Bayati and consultations on the situation in the Middle East country.

“I firmly believe that UN assistance at this critical juncture in Iraq’s history remains essential,” Mr. Kobler added, as he introduced the Secretary-General’s latest report (see Background). He noted that recent months were also particularly significant due to the 29 March hosting of the League of Arab States summit in Baghdad, along with steps between Iraq and Kuwait to normalize their relations, culminating with the 14 March visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the neighbouring State.

North Korea says rocket ready for launch as Russia warns against controversial move (launch expected sometime between April 12-16) ...

Related Article .. link .. April 12th - 16th ~ North Korea Rocket Launch Plan Sparks US Threat ...

April 10, 2012

North Korea says rocket ready for launch as Russia warns against controversial move

North Korean space officials said Tuesday that all assembly and preparations for a planned satellite launch had been completed, denying it is cover for missile test, as one of the isolated nation's few global allies warned it against the move.

Space officials told reporters at a news conference in Pyongyang that the launch of the three-stage rocket is on schedule to happen sometime between April 12-16 as part of centennial birthday commemorations for late President Kim Il Sung, the country's founder.

In a significant diplomatic move, however, Russia warned North Korea not to go forward with the launch, suggesting the move would violate U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Wednesday, April 11th, ME Quartest meeting ~ Blair Presses Netanyahu Ahead of Quartet Meeting ...

related articles .. link .. Links ~ Palestine and a Palestinian State ...

April 2012

Blair Presses Netanyahu Ahead of Quartet Meeting

Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair met separately on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud) and his Palestinian Authority counterpart Salam Fayyad in an effort to advance the corporatocracy’s agenda of forcing Israel to relinquish its disputed heartland to the Western-backed PA.

The Quartet, comprised of the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia, was established by former US President George W. Bush as the international body responsible to ensure that Israel surrender all lands won from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War.

Blair’s visit comes in advance of a scheduled meeting of the Quartet in Washington on April 11. On Monday he will be holding meetings in Jordan.

Blair will be followed on Tuesday by US Middle East envoy David Hale as Western pressure on Israel heats up.

Talabani, Barzani discuss with Nechirvan political situation

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Talabani, Barzani discuss with Nechirvan political situation

Search Jalal Talabani, Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), on Tuesday in the city of Arbil, with a delegation from the Political Bureau of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan led by Barzani President of Kurdistan Regional Government and the Vice President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party political situation and the work of the provincial government.

A statement of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan that "Talabani received the delegation in Erbil, the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Nechirvan Barzani and the membership of Fadhil Mirani, secretary of the Political Bureau and Azad Berwari and Mahmoud Mohammed organic Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party."

Mexico G20 - 2012 ... Friday, April 20th Finance Ministers Meeting ...

G20 Finance Link .. Friday, April 20, 2012 - 9:00am .. G20 2nd Finance Ministers' & Central Bank Governors' Meeting

April 10th, 2012

G20 2012: what can be expected in Mexico?

The seventh G20 summit will be held this year in Mexico. But the G20’s role in the current process of economic recovery, and its legitimacy, are still being questioned.

Academics and activists alike have given considerable thought to the idea of building a social agenda for the G20 to answer questions of legitimacy, and many have rightly identified shortcomings in the G20 process.

Since the 2010 Seoul summit, for example, little progress has been made in consolidating the ‘nine pillars’ that came out of the Seoul Development Consensus for Shared Growth — aimed at promoting development through improved infrastructure, job creation, food security and financial inclusion.

The adoption of a Multi-Year Action Plan to implement these nine pillars was widely acclaimed as a step in the right direction, and since the Toronto summit the G20 has developed a robust system of working groups. But while this elaborate system of meetings has brought immense attention to these issues, little has been achieved in most of the key areas of engagement.

Rather, the euro zone crisis kept member countries on their toes at last year’s G20 summit in Cannes, and the uncertainty overshadowed the rest of the agenda. With nothing concrete concerning development on the agenda, last year’s summit appended several high-level meetings for agriculture and labour ministers, aimed at fast tracking talks on food security and declining employment around the world.

Agriculture ministers met to deal with food price volatility, which had reached a record high and sparked fears of food riots throughout the world. But what has been achieved since this meeting is questionable.

The G20 should focus on regulating the global commodity derivatives market, ensuring that when prices fluctuate the global trading centres remain open and transparent and do not resort to export restrictions driven by ‘profit motive’.

The World Bank predicted that between June 2010 and February 2011, 44 million people were pushed into poverty due to rising food prices, and despite the G20 having identified the reasons for this volatility, nothing was achieved on bio-fuel regulation and commodity speculation at the 2011 summit. Mexico, on the other hand, seems committed to putting the food security agenda back on track, and the G8 summit in Chicago this year is also likely to highlight the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program and L’Aquila pledges to put money into agriculture in the developing world.

The same inconsistency is true with regard to job creation. The 2008 Washington declaration identified the creation of ‘green jobs’ as an important way of promoting economic growth and tackling the global financial crisis. While the G20’s initial policy response at the 2009 London and Pittsburg summits was positive and saved around 21 million jobs, the 2010 declaration on addressing income inequality through ‘minimum wage policies and improved institutions for social dialogue and collective bargaining’ was quickly taken off the agenda in Cannes because of the summit’s strong focus on the debt crisis and the resultant austerity measures.

The Cannes summit nevertheless created the ‘Labour 20’ to ‘institutionalise’ the participation of trade unions, as well as a task force for employment generation. But now the G20 must back this up and start working on youth employment.

Additionally, much still needs to be done to engage low-income countries in the G20 process. South Korea played the lead in setting up the G20’s development agenda, but subsequent action has been watered down. One of the key reasons is the constellation of divergent actors within the forum, such as the Development Working Group, various task forces and high-level ministerial meetings.

The mandates of these groups are not guided by a single vision, and there is a real need to develop a common framework among these actors.

This is especially important because the G20 should be seen to complement ongoing efforts, rather than compete with existing international mandates and institutions. This focus on complimentarity should see the G20 become a forum that aims to settle disputes — on trade, investment, agriculture and climate change — that are otherwise blocked in regular ministerial fora.

Finally, there is a need to sharpen the G20’s core development agenda. Bringing the Doha Development Round to its conclusion, developing infrastructure, increasing employment and putting food security high on the agenda should be core priorities for the G20.

Mexico seems to have targeted the agenda to focus on green growth, infrastructure and food security. This is a welcome development, but it is critical that the G20 countries take this agenda seriously and increase cooperation to follow through on agreements.

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Iraq's Oil law ~ The oil law submitted by the Council of Ministers

10/04/2012

"Morning," published the Most Articles of the oil law submitted by the Council of Ministers

BAGHDAD - Al Sabah

published the "morning" the most prominent articles of the law new oil and gas provided by the Council of Ministers, scheduled to be debated and passed by Parliament during the next term. According to a copy obtained by the "morning", the most prominent of these articles are:

Article 2: The purpose of this law to the following: -

First, that the ownership of the oil and gas in Iraq is for all people in all regions and provinces.

Second, control of oil and gas so as to ensure equitable distribution of their resources on the people.

Third: the federal government management and development of sources of petroleum in order to achieve the national interest at any stage of the operations of petroleum through the formations and bodies contained in this law.

Fourth: To formulate policies extractive to organize and develop oil and gas industry Alstkhrajah to achieve the highest benefit to the Iraqi people .

Fifth, access to the highest level of growth in reserves and production.

VI: maximizing the financial resources of Iraq through the appropriate investment of the wealth of oil and gas and conservation on the basis of technical and economic solid and rewarding.

VII: secure transfer of technology, training and staff development of Iraqis in the industry.

Eighth: the optimal use of infrastructure, development and environmental protection.

Iceland volcano: and you thought the last eruption was bad...

10 Apr 2012 

Iceland volcano: and you thought the last eruption was bad...

On the second anniversary of the ash cloud that grounded Europe’s flights, Iceland is facing further volcanic havoc This month marks the second anniversary of the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull that left millions stranded across Europe, and cost airlines an estimated €150 million a day for six days. But alarmingly, there are signs of high activity beneath the much larger, neighbouring Katla caldera in Iceland – a possible sign of an impending eruption. This should prompt extensive high-level contingency planning across Europe, as Katla has the potential to be much more damaging than Eyjafjallajökull. Since Iceland was settled in the ninth century, Katla has erupted on average every 60 years, but has not had a significant eruption since 1918. Ominously, eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in 1821-23 and 1612 were followed within months by eruptions of Katla. Judged by the historical calendar, an eruption is overdue. Last July, a flood of water burst from beneath the ice cap on top of Katla, washing away a bridge. 

Iraqi Kurds bullish on oil, analyst says

April 10, 2012

Iraqi Kurds bullish on oil, analyst says

The semiautonomous Kurdish government in Iraq may be trying to gain leverage given recent developments in the Iraqi oil sector, an analyst said.

The Kurdistan Regional Government last week announced it was halting oil exports because it hadn't received a $1.5 billion payment from the central government in Baghdad.

The sides have bickered over jurisdiction over the country's oil sector. Iraq next month, however, is expected to put around a dozen oil and natural gas blocks up for auction during its fourth international licensing round.

Iraq Headline News For Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 ...will continue to update ...

*Khuzai: political differences will be resolved through dialogue and commitment to the Constitution

*Kurdistan Parliament approves amnesty law in the province

*Tomorrow kicks off the European Asian Economic Conference in Istanbul with the participation of Iraq

*The Integrity Committee commends the decision of the Supreme Judicial Council to withdraw claims the integrity of the investigative

*Looking Khuzaie with Jeffrey latest political developments in the country

*Vice Kurdistan: Barzani believes that in the absence of political leaders in response to his call for the meeting there will be a crossroads

*Najafi discuss with the representative of Iraq in {} FAO Council to establish the possibility of higher water

*Jubouri: the Committee of Experts has succeeded in forming the first Independent High Commission for Human Rights in Iraq

*White declares Iraqi provincial elections entered the list of independent

Turn Off The TV ~ We Are Constantly Being Bombarded With Subliminal Messages ...

April 4th, 2012


December 18, 2011

Iraq’s new state-owned Islamic bank

Related articles .. link .. Iraq ~ Islamic Bank of rivers will attract investors who fear other banks because of the benefits ... .. and .. link .. Iraq agrees to the law of the Islamic Bank of rivers

Tuesday 10, April 2012

Iraq’s new state-owned Islamic bank

The Iraqi Cabinet has approved the establishment of the country’s first state-owned Islamic bank, according to Mudher Saleh, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iraq.

Saleh also told Bloomberg that two of the country's state-owned banks, Rafidain Bank and Rasheed Bank, opened Islamic banking units earlier this year. Dr. Ali al-Dabbagh, Official Spokesman for the Government of Iraq confirmed that the Two Rivers Islamic Bank will start with capital of IQD 25 billion ($21.5 million).

Islamic banks currently operating in Iraq include: Iraqi Islamic Bank for Investment & Development; Elaf Islamic Bank (formerly: Barakaat Bank for Investment & Funding); Kurdistan International Bank for Investment & Development; National Islamic Bank; Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment; Regional Cooperation of the Islamic Bank for Development & Investment; Bank Al-Bilad Islamic for Investment & Finance; Cihan Bank for Islamic Investment & Finance; International Development Bank for Investment & Islamic Finance; Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank; and Al-Baraka Turkatilim Bankasi.

Apart from these Islamic banks, according to the central bank’s website, there are seven state-owned banks, 23 private banks and eight foreign lenders operating in Iraq.

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CBI Should Be Remain an Independent Body ~ The monetary authority has nothing to do with the executive because Iraq is still under Chapter VII

Related article: link .. Calls for the separation of the central departments of banks to their respective owners .

Snip ~ He explained that "it is better to keep the Iraqi Central Bank as an autonomous body attached to the Council of Representatives of the best linked to the executive branch," pointing out that "the monetary authority has nothing to do with the executive because Iraq is still under Chapter VII."

Monday, April 9, 2012

Union of businessmen prefer to keep the Iraqi Central Bank as an independent body linked to the Council of Representatives

A member of the Union of businessmen willing satisfaction that the survival of the Iraqi Central Bank as an independent body linked to the Council of Representatives of the best linked to the executive branch.

And detection of deputies in the parliament of the existence of a book issued by the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers on March 15 addressed to the Governor of Central Bank of Iraq that includes the monetary policy of the government functions exclusively.

US Navy deploys 2nd aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf amid Iran tensions

Just a reminder ...

April 9, 2012

US Navy deploys 2nd aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf amid Iran tensions

Dubai, The U.S. Navy says it has deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf amid rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear program.

Cmdr. Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said on Monday that the deployment of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise along the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group marks only the fourth time in the past decade that the Navy has had two aircraft carriers operating at the same time in the region.

The two carriers will support the American military operations in Afghanistan and anti-piracy efforts off Somalia's coast and in the Gulf of Aden.

The warships also patrol the Gulf's strategic oil routes that Iran has threatened to shut down in retaliation for economic sanctions.

Iraq and UN Tuesday ~ Briefing and Consultations on Iraq Tuesday, April 10th ...

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Monday, April 9 2012

Briefing and Consultations on Iraq

Tomorrow, (10 April), Martin Kobler, head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), is scheduled to brief the Council, followed by consultations among members.

This is the second time the Council will receive a briefing from Kobler, who assumed his duties in Baghdad on 8 October 2011.

While no outcome is expected from the briefing and consultations, the fragile political and security situation in Iraq might be of enough concern that some Council members may wish to discuss ways of assessing progress on issues in Iraq more closely in 2012.

The latest Secretary-General’s report on UNAMI (S/2012/185), shared among Council Members on 28 March, is the second since resolution 2001 (2011) asked the Secretary-General to report to the Council every four months on the progress made towards fulfilling UNAMI’s responsibilities.

Iraq's Oil Law ~ Near Ready To Pass ...

Also, This was postponed until Wed. link .. April 11-12-2012 ~ Iraq Delays Energy Bidding Round ...

Related articles .. link .. Iraq's Oil Law ~ Parliament: the intention is to modify the oil law .. and .. link .. April 6th .. Adoption of the law of oil and gas, the only solution to the problem of oil

10/04/2012

Pass near the oil law

Told reliable sources "morning" that a meeting anticipated to be held between representatives of the central government and the provincial government to resolve the file oil and gas law, which is still at a standstill for more than 5 years.

The sources confirmed that the meeting may resolve the debate over this law is important, paving the way for the leadership of Iraq to the world oil market, especially with the policies of the government to increase production and exports.

And MP for a coalition of state law Aboud Issawi that the oil and gas law is suffering from controversial because of the inaccuracy of the interpretation of the constitutional articles.

Baghdad and Erbil ~ Forthcoming meeting to resolve outstanding differences between Baghdad and Erbil

10/04/2012

Forthcoming meeting to resolve differences between Baghdad and Erbil

Ban Ki-moon: the national meeting an opportunity to end the political stalemate

BAGHDAD - Omar Abdel-Latif - Alaa al-Tai

Seeks President Jalal Talabani to hold a meeting between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President of Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani or the head of the provincial government Nechirvan Barzani to resolve the outstanding issues between the center and the region.

Comes at time of escalated it hopes to end the differences between the political blocs and to move toward the development and state building.

Said the Kurdistan Alliance MP Mahmoud Othman said in a statement the "morning": that "the President of the Republic carries during his visit to Arbil, an initiative to raise the Iraqi political forces aiming to bring the views of the Baghdad and Erbil, and set a date to hold a national meeting. "

Dinar and Dollar ~ Fears of the continuing decline of the dinar against the dollar ...

Tuesday 10/4/2012

Fears of the continuing decline of the dinar against the dollar

Baghdad, Dinar has seen a new low against the dollar to reach in local markets to 126.5 thousand dinars for the paper category percent dollars.

According to traders and shop owners that the banking dinar is witnessing a clear decline and this will lead to the loss of citizen confidence in local currency, which was on the rise against the dollar over the past years.

And indicated that the decline of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar and continuously growing daily, where the decline began, no one / tiger one / to witness the deterioration beyond its price.

He shop owners banking fear of great loss that may Atqaibdoha as well as the citizen as a result of this continued decline in the price of the dinar. Indicates Abu Nasser shop owner banking that the decline in the price of the dinar concern to us, we do not know whether the central bank will control the decline or is it to continue.

He added that the central bank policy is clear and does not know the extent of pumping, which can control the exchange rate in the market.

Central Bank confirms the existence of (ghost) behind the increasing demand for the dollar

Tuesday 10/4/2012

Central Bank confirms the existence of (ghost) behind the increasing demand for the dollar

Baghdad, Accused in some quarters of the parliamentary nominated "mafia Iraqi traders" dollar smuggling to neighboring countries that suffer international economic sanctions (Iran and Syria), pointing to a link to these traders.

Political figures in the window you want to influence in the Iraqi economy for personal gain by saying,

Which led to a slight increase in the exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar.

In contrast, an economist stressed the existence of other factors did not talk about the parliamentary committee, the most important domestic trade as well as pressure on the financing of armed groups for terrorist operations in huge amounts paid in dollars.

An Encounter with Barzani ...

Snip ~ "He was concentrating power in his hands, he was like five ministers at once, and now, again, Mr. Barzani raised his voice: “He also wants to be head of the Central Bank of Iraq.” I like it when politicians speak from the heart"

10/04/2012

An Encounter with Barzani

By Kani Xulam

The announcement arrived via Facebook and email. It said: President of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), His Excellency Massoud Barzani, would address a gathering of Kurds at Marriott Hotel in Tysons Corner. The meeting was going to take place on Saturday, and the President had been in the Washington, DC area since Monday, April 2, 2012. I marked my calendar accordingly. I wanted to see what my President was going to say about his meeting with the President of the United States.

Because the President of Kurdistan uses some Arabic words in his Kurdish, and because I use some Turkish ones in mine, I can’t say I understood him fully. Suffice it to note that when I left the hotel I thought I had understood him at least 80 percent. I need to get rid of the Turkish words from my Kurdish and start watching Kurdistan TV to better understand Berez Barzani. In the meantime, I want to, with these musings of mine, give you a sense of what transpired at the Kurdish gathering.

April 11-12-2012 ~ Iraq Delays Energy Bidding Round ...

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Iraq Delays Energy Bidding Round

Iraq has postponed by a month its fourth oil-and-gas bidding round, to April 11-12, when it will auction 12 promising exploration blocks to international companies, a senior Oil Ministry official said Wednesday.

It had previously said that the fourth auction would be held March 7-8.

"We have decided to delay...in response to requests from companies to give them more time to study conditions of the licensing round and the draft contract model," Abdul Mahdy al-Ameedi, head of the Oil Ministry's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate, told Dow Jones Newswires.

G8 foreign ministers Meeting April 11-12 to tackle Syria, Iran and N.Korea ...

Related Articles .. link .. Russia Welcomes UN Security Council Statement on Syria (April 10th Deadline) and ..link .. Fact Sheet: G-8 and the Middle East and North Africa .. and .. link .. May 20-21-2012 G8 Summit Venue Changed

April 10, 2012

G8 foreign ministers to tackle Syria, Iran and N.Korea

Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight (G8) major economies will meet this week in Washington to tackle pressing regional and global security issues like Syria, Iran and North Korea.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's expected talks with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the margins of the G8 meetings on Wednesday and Thursday could prove especially important as Russia plays a key role on all three issues.

US keeps carriers near Gulf ahead of Iran talks April 13-14 ...

Related articles .. link .. Iran says it has agreed to nuclear talks in Turkey and Iraq ... and link .. Iran Talks Due in Istanbul on April 13-14: Clinton and .. link .. Iraq is a group (five plus one) is ready to host the talks, the Iranian nuclear file

April 10, 2012

US keeps carriers near Gulf ahead of Iran talks

The United States is keeping the pressure on Iran with the presence of two aircraft carriers close to the Gulf ahead of the resumption of nuclear talks with Tehran this week.

"There are currently two carrier strike groups in the US 5th Fleet area of operations," Lieutenant Commander John Fage, a navy spokesman, said Monday.

"USS Abraham Lincoln is currently in the north Arabian Sea (not in the Gulf itself) and USS Enterprise is transiting the Gulf of Aden."

The Enterprise has in effect replaced the USS Carl Vinson, which has left the zone to conduct maneuvers in the Bay of Bengal before later returning to the west coast of the United States.

Going Global Headline News For Monday, April 9, 2012 .. Will Continue To Update ...

*Iraq: OPEC seeks to achieve a balance in prices ...

*Iraq's Oil Law ~ Pass Near The Oil Law ...

*Baghdad and Erbil ~ Forthcoming meeting to resolve outstanding differences between Baghdad and Erbil

*Obama and Biden urge Barzani continued participation in the political process

*Ban Ki-moon warns of deteriorating security in Iraq, if not solve political problems ...

*As a result of money-laundering operations and the purchase of the dollar value of the TBI official across Iraq $1

Central Bank is afraid of the control of the government

Clif High's Wujo: ALTA UPDATE ~ April 8, 2012 ...

Fulford April 9th 2012

April Energy Forecast - Death to the Dark, Forgiveness for Freedom....

Russian Scientists Crack Crop Circle Code - Pole Shift Impending ...

19 Signs Of Very Serious Economic Trouble On The Horizon ...

Brazil wants US support for its bid for a permanent UN Security Council seat

Ban Ki-moon warns of deteriorating security in Iraq, if not solve political problems ...

Iraq ~ Delete the zeros of the Iraqi currency would return to value?

Deputy calls on the Government to intervene to Preserve the Value of the Dinar and calls on all sides to the Iraqi dinar exchange rate to normal" ...

Kuwait mulls plans to deal with Hormuz closure ...

CBI's Shabibi Rumor .."Central": dismissal Shabibi rumor ...

Iraq declared explicitly: We are planning to topple the Maliki

Nat'l Alliance has full capacity to move forward in achieving prosperity and stability of the country and no-confidence lie creates another crisis ..
North Korea positions rocket for launch

Iran says it has agreed to nuclear talks in Turkey and Iraq ...

KNIGHT: Obama's bullying pulpit - Washington Times

*POOF for April 8th ~ It's Over #2

*Fed's Bernanke Speech Monday 4-9-2012 - Last week Bernanke met with bank execs ~ Also, Earnings, Fed talk, economic data this week ...

The White House describes talks with Massoud Barzani, president fruitful

Claim to host al-Shahristani, and coffee and Hawrami in Parliament

Calls for activation of the legislation on combating money laundering

Maliki congratulates Prime Minister Barzani on the occasion of his accession to the presidency of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Turkey threatens to take action against Syria

Iraqi Communist Party: the Baath is responsible for his crimes against us .. and periodic capacity to upset folk Bhzibna

Brazil's Rousseff tells Obama of 'currency war' worries

Related articles .. April 14-15-2012 Sixth Summit Of The Americas ...

Snip ~ "Clinton said she and Patriota on Monday will sign a US-Brazil Aviation Partnership Memorandum, designed "to promote more and safer air travel between two countries," as well as promote the aviation industries and tourism"

April 10, 2012

Brazil's Rousseff tells Obama of 'currency war' worries

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday expressed concern to President Barack Obama that the easy money policies of developed countries threaten the growth of emerging economies like Brazil.

"Such expansionist monetary policies... ultimately lead to a depreciation in the value of the currencies of developed countries, thus impairing growth outlooks in emerging countries," she said.

Brazil, the world's sixth largest economy, is suffering from an appreciation of its currency, the real, against the dollar, which the government blames on a "currency war" that has flooded the country with cheap dollars generated by easy credit.

Rousseff, making her first visit to the White House, welcomed the improving economic picture in the United States and told Obama that Washington had a key role to play "not only in containing the effects of the crisis but also in ensuring proper resumption of prosperity."

Iraq: OPEC seeks to achieve a balance in prices ...

10/04/2012

Iraq: OPEC seeks to achieve a balance in prices

Baghdad, Said Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Karim and coffee on Monday: that OPEC seeks to achieve a balance in world oil prices, but political instability is not the factors of production is what affects the price in the market.

He told reporters that OPEC is doing its best to pump enough crude to meet demand. said flaw: he is expected to reach Iraq's oil exports 2.3 million barrels per day, or slightly higher than in April.

He said the Iraqi government is still considering whether it would allow Exxon Mobil to participate in the round of awarding bid oil contracts fourth because of a dispute over contracts signed with Iraqi Kurdistan .

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Obama and Biden urge Barzani continued participation in the political process

10/04/2012

Obama and Biden urge Barzani continued participation in the political process

Steps calm moving towards breakthrough between the center and the province of Baghdad

Al Sabah

Took the steps and calls for calm and not to escalate the media between the center and the Kurdistan region reap the fruit in the search for possibilities of alternative exacerbate the crisis and Hlhaltha towards the stability of the political scene, he urged U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden, chairman of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani, the continued participation in the political process in Iraq. site said the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, "said Barzani met, in the framework of his visit to the United States, with President Obama and Vice President Biden at the White House."

The website quoted a statement issued by the Office of the Spokesman: White House "The head of the United States and his deputy, stressed during the meeting the U.S. commitment to their relationship close and historic ties to the Kurdistan and the Kurdish people, as part of its partnership strategy with the federal Iraq unified and democratic." The statement added: "Obama and Biden encouraged Barzani continued participation in the Iraqi political process, in Under the Iraqi constitution. "

Ban Ki-moon warns of deteriorating security in Iraq, if not solve political problems ...

April 09, 2012

Ban Ki-moon warns of deteriorating security in Iraq, if not solve political problems

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, that the security situation in Iraq may be exposed to degradation from new if it is not to find solutions to political problems in the country, calling on Iraqi leaders to redouble their efforts and work as a national.

Said Ban Ki-moon in remarks reported by the second periodic report submitted by the United Nations Mission in Iraq to the UN Security Council, that the Iraqi leaders to work to ensure a peaceful future for the country prosperous.

As a result of money-laundering operations and the purchase of the dollar value of the TBI official across Iraq $1

translation .. confusing?

10/4/2012

As a result of money-laundering operations and the purchase of the dollar value of the TBI official across ... Politicians and businessmen behind Iraq $1.2 billion loss

A banking source said earlier that the Government Iraqi bank to trade shows to large sums of hard currency dollar in the account in Bank. KGB Morgan in New York, USA during the past years, said, adding that the Iraqi Government did not focus its attention on this command absolutely.

Source revealed for (news future Iraqi)to the Iraqi bank of Commerce was kept for years fixed reserve estimated at billion and 500 million dollars, but this amount has dropped sharply long cash reserve to $375 million As a result of new approvals to convert Iraqi dinars from the branch President of the recipient in Baghdad for converting equivalent in 1170 dinars at the official rate of every dollar paid the Bank converted the dollar to beneficiaries of the aforementioned reserve.

Central Bank is afraid of the control of the government

09/04/2012

Sadoun: Central Bank of afraid of the control of the government side, it

Baghdad, Said former deputy Alaa Saadoun, the nature of the relationship between the central government and the central bank is the relationship of coordination and exchange of views and information for the purpose of access to the best formula to promote the reality of economic and financial state. said Saadoun said in a statement published online Alalmitrona the Iraqi Islamic Party seems that lack of trust between the political blocs and the government reversed turn on the central bank, there are now doubts and fears of control of the central bank from the government side.

Are We Witnessing the Final Disintegration of Iraq?

Note: Jan. 2, 2012 - it could be today's article since nothing has really changed ... imo, kel

Bumped .. When it all began .. Hashemi was arrested, with proof that he ordered bombings which killed hundreds of Iraqis. Hashemi blames Maliki and says he is a dictator, while Sadr says it wasn't Maliki who issued the arrest warrant . Allawi, on the other hand has been called Saddam without a moustache.

Anyway .. All of that won't even matter unless Iraq takes care of its economy ... Snip .. from article below .. "There are few banks and these are openly plundered by state officials. In the long run, continuing mass poverty and deprivation, despite soaring oil revenues, may be as destabilizing to Iraq as sectarian differences between Sunni and Shia"

January 02, 2012

Are We Witnessing the Final Disintegration of Iraq?

by PATRICK COCKBURN

Compared with many bombs in Iraq, it was not a big one. I had just arrived in the Al Rashid Hotel in Baghdad on November 28 when there was the an explosion a few hundred yards away in front of the parliament building. I thought at first it must be a rocket or a mortar shell fired from outside the Green Zone, but, as night was falling, I drove past the site, which was marked by the burned-out chassis of a car that looked as if a bomb had detonated inside it. I could see no crater, indicating that the explosive must, by Baghdad standards, have been on the small side.

Clif High's Wujo: ALTA UPDATE ~ April 8, 2012 ...

April Energy Forecast - Death to the Dark, Forgiveness for Freedom....

April marks the end of a cycle and the close to chapter 1 of 2012 energetically speaking.

May will start a new cycle for us, so this month will bring an end to the death cycles that so many have been going through these past months. Fragments from the past will finally resolve, physical energy will start to lift, and the hibernation period will draw to a close for most of you.

I do not need to repeat that these are intense times we are living in, for we are highly aware of this. But what I do need to repeat, is that the difficult symptoms of your journey will be unquestionably improved by greater focus on your physical and emotional well-being. In the month of April, emotional well-being will revolve around the themes of forgiveness, and remembering that you are spiritually safe in our world, even as and if that sense of safety is challenged. Physical well-being will revolve around how well you choose to treat and love your body, and many of you are still releasing physical ailments or viruses that show you need to slow down and give yourself more space to align with this new 2012 energy.

Have you been in a physical or emotional rut for a long while with no change? Can you honestly say you have done everything you can to get out of that rut? Change is always possible, however small, and yet we often find many reasons 'not' to change, due to fear. The trick is, not to judge yourself for experiencing resistance or fear of change, but instead to become aware of and even curious about the resistance. This observation allows a flow to start to emerge, rather than a block. If you feel stuck, focus your intent on creating a shift this month.

Russian Scientists Crack Crop Circle Code - Pole Shift Impending ...

@1:56 on video doom for east coast in america ..
plus more .. Ruh Roh ...

April 8, 2012

Russian Scientists Crack Crop Circle Code: Pole Shift Impending

Russian scientists have cracked the crop circle code, stating that a pole shift is impending but its end result will be a shift into 4th dimensional consciousness for those who are able to raise their consciousness in time.

In an interview with Lilou Mace, Drunvalo Melchizedek stated, “The message basically is that there is seven catastrophes on the Earth coming up. The first one, the say (is) we have to do something immediately after we see the first one because once we wait for the second one, we’ll be completely in survival. The fourth one, they say, is the big one, which is probably the pole shift that they’re talking about.”

“You’re probably not going to make it if you’re not aware of what’s going on. You need to be aware. You need to be conscious.”

19 Signs Of Very Serious Economic Trouble On The Horizon ...

April 7, 2012

19 Signs Of Very Serious Economic Trouble On The Horizon

Most Americans have no idea how much economic trouble is heading our way. Most of them just assume that everything will eventually "return to normal" just like it always has before and that those running our economy "know what they are doing" and that we should trust them to do their jobs. Unfortunately, these beliefs are being reinforced by the bubble of false hope that we are experiencing right now.

For example, it is being reported that weekly unemployment claims in the United States have fallen to a four-year low. That is a very good thing.

Let us hope that unemployment claims go even lower and that the current period of stability lasts for as long as possible. We should enjoy these last fleeing moments of tremendous prosperity for as long as we can, because when they are gone they won't be coming back.

As I noted the other day, all of this false prosperity in the United States has been financed by the 15 trillion dollar party that we have been enjoying. We are adding about 150 million dollars to our debt every single hour so that we can continue to enjoy an inflated standard of living. Unfortunately, nobody in the history of the world has ever been able to keep a debt spiral going indefinitely, and our debt bubble will burst eventually as well.

READ FULL ARTICLE AND THE 19 SIGNS .. HERE