<![CDATA[Neno's Place - A Community of Reality]]> http://www.nenosplace.com/ Nenosplace is a discussion forum for topics related to investing in Iraq, and discussing the economy, news, security, and more. Main topics revolve around the Iraqi Dinar, and the Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX), but we touch upon most other topics. en Sat, 19 May 2012 09:01:00 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.nenosplace.com/images/misc/rss.png <![CDATA[Neno's Place - A Community of Reality]]> http://www.nenosplace.com/ Kuwait calls for high Nassif annulment proceedings against Iraqi Airways after reachi http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58680-Kuwait-calls-for-high-Nassif-annulment-proceedings-against-Iraqi-Airways-after-reachi&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 05:00:22 GMT *Kuwait calls for high Nassif annulment proceedings against Iraqi Airways after reaching a settlement on them Baghdad (news) .. called MP / Iraqi... Kuwait calls for high Nassif annulment proceedings against Iraqi Airways after reaching a settlement on them
Baghdad (news) .. called MP / Iraqi bloc of free / high Nassif Kuwait annulment lawsuits has built against Iraq on the file of Iraqi Airways.
said in a press statement moved the Information Office of the block today: that the file of Iraqi Airways had been settled with Kuwaiti side and come up with formulas satisfying about it, but the lawsuits set up by Kuwait against Iraq in this regard is still to this day.

Expressed Nassif surprise: the lack of Kuwait, any gesture of goodwill with respect to files that a compromise was reached which bin the two sides, both what regards file Iraqi Airways or the rest of the files, Kuwait accelerated to bring litigation against Iraq does not deal positively with the files that have been closed. The Kuwait resolution is passed by a British court book of all aircraft and property of Iraqi Airways because of the former regime seized the planes of the lines Air Kuwait during the invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

The Iraqi cabinet has agreed on 20/3/2012 to a bill allocating (300) million dollars for payment to the KAC for the settlement of lawsuits filed by it on the Iraqi Airways and the Iraqi government. spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement: that the Council of Ministers approved in its regular bill allocating (300) million dollars to be paid to Kuwait Airways Corporation and drop judgments and pledge not to establish any claims for the future. / Finished / d. n /.

http://www.ikhnews.com/news.php?action=view&id=42541 ]]> KUWAIT dodyb http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58680-Kuwait-calls-for-high-Nassif-annulment-proceedings-against-Iraqi-Airways-after-reachi <![CDATA[Eurozone to top agenda at G8's Camp David meeting]]> http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58679-Eurozone-to-top-agenda-at-G8-s-Camp-David-meeting&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 04:24:34 GMT 19 May 2012 Last updated at 00:02 ET
Eurozone to top agenda at G8's Camp David meeting


President Obama opened the G8 summit over dinner on Friday evening

President Obama has welcomed world leaders to Camp David near Washington for the G8 summit, where the eurozone crisis is likely to dominate talks.

Investors fear a Greek eurozone exit could trigger a fresh global crisis.

At Friday's opening dinner Iran and North Korea's nuclear ambitions and Syrian unrest were discussed, with broad consensus, officials said.

North Korea faces further isolation, the G8 leaders agreed, if it "continues down the path of provocation".

Earlier, Mr Obama and the new French President, Francois Hollande, made it clear that they wanted a focus on economic growth.
Mr Obama said that tackling the debt crisis in Europe was an issue of extraordinary importance.

But claims that German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested Greece hold a referendum on whether to leave the eurozone have sparked a row.

The Greek allegation is denied by Berlin.


'False' report
Athens said that Chancellor Merkel had suggested on Friday morning that Greece could hold a referendum when it votes in national elections next month.

A statement from the office of Greece's interim prime minister said that Mrs Merkel had raised the subject during a telephone call with Greek President Karolos Papoulias.

The German chancellor "conveyed thoughts about a vote parallel to the election with the question to what extent do the Greek citizens wish to remain within the eurozone", said the statement.

"However, it is clear that the matter is beyond the competence of the caretaker government."

But Berlin denied such a proposal had been made.

"This is false and we completely dismiss this," a German government spokeswoman said.

Greece's caretaker government was sworn in this week after elections failed to produce a viable coalition to run the country. New elections have been scheduled for 17 June.

The result of the poll could determine the fate of austerity measures which Greece's international creditors are insisting on.

Investors fear any refusal by Athens to impose deep spending cuts agreed under a bailout deal could result in the country quitting the bloc of 17 countries that use the euro.

Larger countries such as Spain or Italy that are struggling to ease their debt loads might then become vulnerable, potentially triggering wider eurozone upheaval and even a global financial crisis to rival the one of 2008.


'Decisive action' needed

The eurozone is expected to top the agenda when the leaders of the US, Germany, France, Britain, Japan, Russia, Italy and Canada hold a full day of talks on Saturday at the annual G8 summit, at Camp David near Washington DC.




Francois Hollande and Barack Obama have met for the first time at the White House

Iran's nuclear programme and Syria's crackdown on dissent are also expected to be addressed.

On Friday, President Obama welcomed the new French President, Francois Hollande, to the White House to discuss economic matters.

Mr Hollande, who took office this month, said he and Mr Obama "have the same conviction that Greece must remain in the eurozone".

Mr Obama said the situation was of great importance not only to Europe, but for the whole world.

The US president said he looked forward to "fruitful" discussions with other G8 leaders, with a strong focus on economic growth.

Mr Hollande also met British Prime Minister David Cameron at the British embassy in Washington.

"We need decisive action from eurozone countries in terms of strengthening eurozone banks, in terms of a strong eurozone firewall and decisive action over Greece. That has to be done."

Meanwhile, there was another contradiction as European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said the bloc's officials were working on contingency plans in case Greece left the eurozone.

He was contradicted by own his colleague, Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn, who said in a statement: "We are not working on the scenario of a Greek exit."

That however still does not rule out the possibility of contingency planning, says the BBC's Matthew Price in Brussels.

After the G8 summit ends on Saturday evening, most of the leaders will decamp to Chicago to join a larger group of international officials for a Nato summit on Sunday and Monday, at which Afghanistan is expected to be the main item on the agenda.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18126840 ]]> Global Economics Zuzu http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58679-Eurozone-to-top-agenda-at-G8-s-Camp-David-meeting Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58678-Continuation-of-the-National-Emergency-with-Respect-to-the-Stabilization-of-Iraq&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 23:52:13 GMT The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release ... The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 18, 2012


Message -- Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication continuing the national emergency with respect to the stabilization of Iraq. This notice states that the national emergency with respect to the stabilization of Iraq declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, as modified in scope and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007, is to continue in effect beyond May 22, 2012.


Obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the country, and the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. Accordingly, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to this threat and maintain in force the measures taken to deal with that national emergency.


Recognizing positive developments in Iraq, my Administration will continue to evaluate Iraq's progress in resolving outstanding debts and claims arising from actions of the previous regime, so that I may determine whether to further continue the prohibitions contained in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, as amended by Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, on any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process with respect to the Development Fund for Iraq, the accounts, assets, and property held by the Central Bank of Iraq, and Iraqi petroleum-related products, which are in addition to the sovereign immunity accorded Iraq under otherwise applicable law.


BARACK OBAMA

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-...ilization-iraq ]]> The White House Neno http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58678-Continuation-of-the-National-Emergency-with-Respect-to-the-Stabilization-of-Iraq Specialist economic: gold in the local markets global stock market swings Berjouhh http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58677-Specialist-economic-gold-in-the-local-markets-global-stock-market-swings-Berjouhh&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 14:29:09 GMT *Baghdad (news) .. Come a specialist in economic affairs Dargham Muhammad Ali, the reasons for the fluctuation of gold prices in local markets as a... Baghdad (news) .. Come a specialist in economic affairs Dargham Muhammad Ali, the reasons for the fluctuation of gold prices in local markets as a result it relates directly to global markets. said Mohammed Ali (the Agency news) Friday: The causes of the fluctuation of gold prices in local markets due to its association with direct global markets, and to provide gold dollar in world markets, not the Iraqi dinar When high dollar rises gold price.

He added that the levels of growth in European countries and the enthusiasm of China to sell part of its reserves in turn to the fluctuation in gold prices. A specialist in economic affairs: that the world market controls fully in the Iraqi market, especially that formulated sentence follow constantly the global stock market on an ongoing basis as the price changes are fairly common (5 to 6) times a day, and continued: notes Saran morning changed in the evening and close at the price of one of the follow-up of forged gold of the Stock Exchange World constant is leading to price volatility.

and between: that the rise in gold prices significantly led to a decline in demand, only that it is still some people accept it as a safe haven, pointing out that the traditions and social customs among Iraqis requiring them to buy gold on occasions of marriage to this, the procurement process continues.

This market is fluctuation in gold prices in recent months, and continued volatility, prompting many to deal in the gold market Iraqi caution. / End / 21. a. m /


http://www.ikhnews.com/news_view_42504.html ]]> Precious Metals dodyb http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58677-Specialist-economic-gold-in-the-local-markets-global-stock-market-swings-Berjouhh <![CDATA[Minister of Finance for "news": the private sector more freedom in the completion of]]> http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58676-Minister-of-Finance-for-quot-news-quot-the-private-sector-more-freedom-in-the-completion-of&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 14:25:44 GMT Minister of Finance for "news": the private sector more freedom in the completion of projects .. The government can not create jobs

Baghdad (news) .. Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi, said that the private sector more freedom in completing projects in the country, stressing that the government can not create jobs.

Issawi said in a statement singled out by the Agency (news): it is necessary to start the private sector and the banking sector in a genuine partnership with the government, in cooperation with the private sector and this is what the text of the Constitution. and Issawi: that, in spite of all the budgets provided by the Government in general and the Finance Ministry to other ministries, in particular, remain the hands of the private sector more freedom and more bureaucracy to reach the completion of projects and create jobs, especially and that the country now experiencing thirst large part to the implementation of projects large and small in it.

He Issawi: that the government can not all the way to cover all the projects and create jobs and economic balance so we believe that the leadership of the private sector in particular with regard to the banking sector to embrace the investment is a positive thing and healthy as infrastructure investment, a goal must be to combine government agencies to support it.

Noteworthy that Iraq declared earlier in the postponement of a program for restructuring the financial system of Iraq until the year 2013, which included the restructuring of the largest banks Iraqi owned by the state and are the Rafidain and Rasheed, and restructuring of the Audit Department in the Central Bank and the development of the private banking sector. The Central Bank of Iraq, said in November of the year 2010, that foreign banks operating in Iraq do not work independently, but under the umbre

lla of the banks, local community, indicating that the investments the regional countries in Iraq with a commercial character and lacking in international standards. / Finished / 3. j. N /




http://www.ikhnews.com/news_view_42487.html ]]> dodyb http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58676-Minister-of-Finance-for-quot-news-quot-the-private-sector-more-freedom-in-the-completion-of Economic Researcher: Iraq will control future oil prices http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58675-Economic-Researcher-Iraq-will-control-future-oil-prices&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 14:21:45 GMT *Baghdad (news) .. Expected economic researcher Hussein star, a quantum leap in the field of oil and energy in Iraq because of its huge oil reserves,... Baghdad (news) .. Expected economic researcher Hussein star, a quantum leap in the field of oil and energy in Iraq because of its huge oil reserves, noting that Iraq will control oil prices in the future said the star (of the Agency news):

There is a strong desire byoil-consuming countries, to buy Iraqi oil because of its advantages of high-quality and quality, especially oil facility in Basra, which began producing oil from the type of light, in addition to processing more easily to world markets. and between: that these features have made ​​the oil ministry successes good and important in terms of development of production and expansion oil ports, transmission lines strategic with neighboring countries, which would make Iraq an influential player in the market, the world's oil.

He added that Iraq today has oil reserves, a large, production capacity and export started to grow daily, according to the plan and the Oil Ministry, which indicates that Iraq is on the verge of a quantum leap in energy and oil in the coming years, and makes the world market watching Iraqi production, and Iraq will control oil prices by pumping large amounts or reduce. / End / 8. n. r /



http://www.ikhnews.com/news_view_42470.html ]]> Hydro Carbon Law/Oil dodyb http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58675-Economic-Researcher-Iraq-will-control-future-oil-prices New push begins for Law of the Sea Treaty http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58674-New-push-begins-for-Law-of-the-Sea-Treaty&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 13:42:16 GMT * Since 1982 when then-president Ronald Reagan refused to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, better known as the Law of the...

Since 1982 when then-president Ronald Reagan refused to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, better known as the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), it has been kept on a legislative backburner awaiting a ratification vote in the U.S. Senate. Suddenly in early May, both Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, both announced that they were in favor of getting LOST ratified this year. According to some pundits, Kerry would have already scheduled hearings on LOST, but postponed them to avoid hurting the chances of key LOST supporter, Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), in his primary face-off with tea-party-backed Richard Mourdock on May 8. It turns out that Lugar lost anyway. Yet that is going to force their hand to accelerate the process of ratification, likely in the lame duck post election cycle.

The opposition to LOST [Law of the Sea Treaty] is based on opposition to its creation of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) http://www.isa.org.jm/en/home , which has been established to administer the natural resources of the seabeds and ocean floor. If the United States ratifies LOST, American entrepreneurs who mine the ocean floor would be required to pay substantial royalties to and share technology with the ISA, thus providing a revenue stream for an arm of the UN.

If that wasn't bad enough, here is something more concerning about this treaty yet is never spoken of:

Read this statement from an official UN document, "25th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea," Oct. 17, 2007:

http://www.un.org/Depts/los/conventi...years_info.pdf

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... is perhaps one of the most significant but less recognized 20th century accomplishments in the arena of international law.... Its scope is vast: it covers all ocean space, with all its uses, including navigation and overflight; all uses of all its resources, living and non-living, on the high seas, on the ocean floor and beneath, on the continental shelf and in the territorial seas; the protection of the marine environment; and basic law and order.... The Convention is widely recognised by the international community as the legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and the seas must be carried out. ("25th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea," Oct. 17, 2007; emphasis added.)

Notice that this UN document, which was posted by the UN's Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, reveals that the UN’s understanding of LOST is that it gives the UN authority over everything, over, on, in, and under the oceans and seas of the world. That includes both military and economic uses. Also under the UN division that administers LOST, our nation wouldn't have veto power like we do in the UN Security Council. We'd have just one vote among 163 votes.That’s why it is so important that the U.S. Senate does not ratify LOST.

Better watch this one, it's a willful subjection to an unelected international authority and it's the old guard politicians Democrats and Republicans in the Senate and the Global allied Obama administration supporting this. This is the hand they don't want you paying attention to.

Also keep in mind this report is furnished by the media outlet funded and owned by the Council on Foreign Relations which is the internationally minded private entity infecting US foreign policy in every administration since Eisenhower





New push begins for Law of the Sea Treaty
Posted By Josh Rogin Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 4:45 PM Share

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/po...the_sea_treaty

The Obama administration and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) are beginning a new push to seek ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, known around Washington simply as the Law of the Sea Treaty.

The treaty, which came into force in 1994, established rules of the road for operating in international waters and set forth a regime for determining mineral and other rights beneath the ocean floor. Since then, 161 countries have signed on, as well as the European Union, but the U.S. Senate has not ratified it.

In fact, the treaty has never come up for a full vote, despite support from multiple administrations, Democrats, and the Navy, which views it as needed to allow the United States to fully participate in the growing multinational system that governs the open seas. It is vigorously opposed by some Republicans, who argue that signing it would be tantamount to an abandonment of U.S. sovereignty.

Kerry's efforts to initiate the months-long ratification process on the treaty began last year. He has met with a host of senators on the issue, and his staff has been consulting with businesses and the military and respected national security experts in both parties. But the drive to set up hearings to promote the bill stalled.

Hill staffers say that Kerry's committee counterpart Richard Lugar (R-IN) did not want the ratification process to begin before his primary, because he was inclined to support the treaty but recognized that his support could be used against him politically. But with Lugar now out of the way, the ratification process is back on track.

Kerry will soon announce the first hearing, which will be made up of a panel of high-ranking military officials, The Cable has learned. It will be a "24-star hearing," meaning the panel will have six military officers with four stars each.

"Senator Kerry has heard for a long time that it'd be helpful for the committee to hold some hearings and review a treaty that hasn't been examined since 2007. The Senate has experienced massive turnover since that period, with 30 new senators," Kerry's Communications Director Jodi Seth told The Cable.

She denied, however, that the timing of Lugar's primary was the reason for the delay.

"Senator Kerry considered holding hearings last year, but it wasn't feasible after he was asked to serve on the Super Committee, and there have been other urgent issues from Iran to Syria and the State Department budget that have required the [SFRC's] immediate attention this spring," said Seth. "But now, after hearing from conservative-minded businesses, national security experts of both parties, and the military, all of whom strongly support the treaty, Senator Kerry decided the time was right to initiate some hearings and he hopes they'll be helpful for the committee."

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta also pushed for a new ratification process to pass the treaty in Wednesday remarks at a Law of the Sea symposium in Washington. Panetta called on the Senate to embrace Lugar's bipartisan spirit.

"Our country desperately needs the bipartisan spirit he embodied. It would be an enormous tribute to Senator Lugar's distinguished record to accede to this convention on his watch," Panetta said.

He also laid out the administration's main arguments in favor or the treaty: that U.S. accession to the treaty would allow the United States to secure mineral rights in a larger geographical area, would ensure freedom of navigation for U.S. ships, and would give the country better leverage for claims in the Arctic.

Panetta warned that in failing to ratify the treaty, the United States would "give up the strongest legal footing for our actions."

"We potentially undercut our credibility in a number of Asia-focused multilateral venues -- just as we're pushing for a rules-based order in the region and the peaceful resolution of maritime and territorial disputes in the South China Sea and elsewhere," he said. "How can we argue that other nations must abide by international rules when we haven't officially accepted those rules?"





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The strongest legal footing for our actions?
Hmm legal actions based on whose laws? Certainly not US LAW no he means international law, laws that not one US citizen is Constitutionally subject to... You have to watch your leaders folks, they do not have your countries best interest in mind.


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And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. - Revelations 13:1-10
]]> US Politics wciappetta http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58674-New-push-begins-for-Law-of-the-Sea-Treaty Do U think like God?? http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58673-Do-U-think-like-God&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 12:35:52 GMT
'I am the vine; you are the branches...' John 15:5
The Bible gives us two interesting pictures of our relationship with Jesus: 1) A branch. 'I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit.' Jesus wants to be as close to you as a branch is to a vine. One is an extension of the other. It's impossible to tell where one starts and the other ends. The branch isn't connected only at the moment of bearing fruit. The gardener doesn't keep branches in a box and then, on the day he wants grapes, glue them to the vine. No, the branch constantly draws nutrition from the vine. Separation means certain death. 2) A bride (2 Corinthians 11:2). Aren't we the bride of Christ? Haven't we made vows to Him, and hasn't He made vows to us? What does our marriage to Christ imply? For one thing, the communication never stops. In a happy home a husband doesn't talk to his wife only when he wants something. He doesn't pop in just when he wants a good meal or a clean shirt or a little romance. Healthy marriages have a sense of 'remaining.' There is tenderness, honesty, ongoing communication. Sometimes we go to God with our joys, sometimes we go with our hurts, but we always go. And the more we go, the more we become like Him. People who live long lives together eventually begin to sound alike, talk alike and even think alike. As we walk with Jesus we take on His thoughts, His principles, His attitudes. Indeed, we take on His heart.
]]> Daily Bread waymaker http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58673-Do-U-think-like-God Chest: we will hold a meeting soon to finalize the national project http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58672-Chest-we-will-hold-a-meeting-soon-to-finalize-the-national-project&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 12:32:57 GMT * Chest: we will hold a meeting soon to finalize the national project* *Author: RN Editor: HAH Friday 18 May 2012 08:57 GMT Denied the cleric...
Chest: we will hold a meeting soon to finalize the national project
Author: RN Editor: HAH Friday 18 May 2012 08:57 GMT


Denied the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, on Friday, receiving no response from the National Alliance on his message so far, as he emphasized that the meeting would be held soon to finalize the project's national and democratic.

He said Moqtada al-Sadr in response to a question from one of his supporters on receiving a response from the National Alliance on his message, and received "Alsumaria News", a copy of it, he "has not received any response from the brotherhood of the National Alliance at all," asserting that "the meeting will be held soon to finalize The final draft of the national and democratic. "

The block free of the Sadrist movement revealed, on Thursday, (17 of May) that the current leader Moqtada al-Sadr delivered a formal response from the National Alliance on his message, while confirming that the chest will be in the coming hours.

And refused to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rejected, on Thursday (17 May 2012), to comment on the question about the withdrawal of confidence from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki with the deadline set by him, as he emphasized that the decision whether or not to stick to its demands will be determined during the next few hours.

The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party just Berwari, the first on Wednesday, (16 of May) meeting of five other political leaders in Najaf, adding that this step is in the interest of Iraq so as not to appeal the meeting of Erbil, which was held on the 28 of April.

And timed the 15-day, as determined by the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the letter sent by the leader of the National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, said on Thursday (17 May 2012), to start implementing the decisions of the meeting of the five leaders in Arbil, which was held the 28 of last April, and included focus on the importance of the national meeting and need to adhere to its decisions that come out, and commitment to the Constitution which defines the form of the state and the relationship of the three powers and the independence of the judiciary and the nomination of the names of the security ministries, to be ratified by the House of Representatives during the week that there was a sincere and serious by al-Maliki.

The Sadrists announced that the National Alliance will meet after the deadline set by its leader to start procedures for withholding confidence from the Prime Minister if you do not respond to the demands of nine, as revealed by the presence of four candidates replacements for the current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki within the National Alliance, stressing that the President of the National Alliance Ibrahim Jaafari is the favorite to fill the position for the existence of approved within the coalition and outside, while noting a coalition of state law that the points leader of the Sadrist movement, acceptable to all except the no-confidence in Maliki and determine its mandate, stressing that the majority of the political blocs were part of the National Alliance is committed to a government of national partnership, "led by Maliki, has not been discussed until now the subject of censure him.

It is noteworthy that the province of Arbil have seen in (April 28, 2012) closed-door meeting attended by President of the Republic Jalal Talabani and parliament Osama Najafi and the Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi and the Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani and the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, considered by some observers to try to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki after alliance with the Sadrists a component of the National Alliance task.

The unity of the differences between the political blocs escalated when shifted from the different Iraqi rule of law to the difference in the latter with the Kurdistan Alliance, too, after the new President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani (April 6, 2012), during his visit to the United States attack against the central government in Baghdad and accused her of derogation of the promises and commitments, while stressing that the Kurds would not accept in any way to be positions and powers, however, one person, "leading the army two million."

And reliable parties politicians currently on the National Congress to resolve differences among themselves, except that the conference is expected to take place in the coming days, you may not carry the solution to the tireless differences under the threat of the Iraqi List boycott does not comply with a coalition of state law, the implementation of the terms of Erbil, which was formed on the basis of the government, eight or ten items put forward by the leader of the Sadrist movement during its meeting in Arbil with Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani.


http://translate.googleusercontent.c...m_2AEC2UD3BQ1Q ]]> Parliament-GOI Cat561 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58672-Chest-we-will-hold-a-meeting-soon-to-finalize-the-national-project Alsumaria News published documents that confirm the approval of the allocation of lan http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58671-Alsumaria-News-published-documents-that-confirm-the-approval-of-the-allocation-of-lan&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 12:30:10 GMT *Alsumaria News published documents that confirm the approval of the allocation of land Nujaifi of the deputies in Baghdad* *Editor: CC | HAH... Alsumaria News published documents that confirm the approval of the allocation of land Nujaifi of the deputies in Baghdad


Editor: CC | HAH Friday 18 May 2012 08:29 GMT


I got "Alsumaria News" on the two documents of the House of Representatives confirms the approval of President Osama Najafi to allocate housing land of the deputies according to the Council of Ministers Decision No. 39 of 2009, one of them is a request to the secretariat of Baghdad to direct the allocation of those lands.

And show the first document submitted by the Committee on Members and parliamentary development to the President of the Chamber of Deputies a request of 152 deputies to get plots like the ministers, indicating that the Secretary of Baghdad, Sabir al-Issawi said during a committee meeting on 19 February 2012, the readiness of those lands for distribution to the House of Representatives in accordance with the Council resolution Ministers No. (39) for the year 2009, pending the injunction by the Presidency of the Council of Representatives to direct the proceedings.

The document adds that the Committee on Members vote and recommended that three of its members present and the need to approach the President of parliament concerned because it is a legal entitlement of the members, "stating at the same time that the Chairperson of the Committee MP for the rule of law, Hanan al categorically rejects this topic.

The document approval of the President of the House of Representatives Osama Najafi and his signature on the eighth of April.

The second document shows sending a letter from the President of parliament, Osama Najafi to the Secretary of Baghdad on April 11, 2012, asking them to take action to direct the allocation of residential plots to the Vice Presidency of the parliament and the media as soon as possible.

The informed sources in the Iraqi government revealed "Alsumaria News", in the month of May of 2010, the start of prime minister, the distribution of land, which lies on the River Tigris in Baghdad for ministers and their agents and general managers estimated area of ​​one piece of 600 square meters, with an estimated price of one more of 500 thousand U.S. dollars has been distributed for free, and the majority of those lands are located in areas of Kadhimiya and other areas bordering the Tigris River.

The Mayor of Baghdad, Sabir al-Issawi, announced mid-May 2010, the start of the Secretariat carries out the instructions of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers the distribution of land to the members of parliament and ministers, stressing that the Secretariat will select places in the capital Baghdad for distribution to them.

The earlier decision at the time mixed reactions when he said the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee in the House of Baghdad, Mohammed al-Rubaie said the province has custody of the subject of the distribution of plots of land on the Iraqi officials, because it is contrary to logic and contrary to the law at the same time, indicating that the logic says that the Director-General or the Minister, or any person appointed by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, receive salaries and allowances is very high, so no reason to give him a piece of land or an apartment.

As pointed out former national security adviser Mowaffaq al-Rubaie that the decision to distribute land plots to officials in the regions bordering the Tigris is contrary to law and logic, urging Iraqi officials to enact of the late leader Abdel Karim Kassem their role models, when the preferred distribution of land plots on all Iraqis, excluding same .

As the spokesman for the Iraqi List Haider Mulla that the decisions of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, including the decision to distribute land plots on the officials were in the absence of regulatory authority, and expressed his belief that the House would leave the issue of land distribution go unnoticed, as it must be subject to control of their conformity with Iraqi laws.

The Certified Reference appealed to Ali al-Sistani in Karbala, Ahmad Safi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's decision not to proceed with the distribution of land to senior officials in the state.

The press reports revealed the book signed by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers in August 2009, directs the allocation of land plots with an area totaling more than 100 thousand square meters, including 20 dunums on the banks of the Tigris River near the plant oils, and 20 without the other in the Karrada district near the Tigris River as well, for the purpose of distribution to senior officials.


http://translate.googleusercontent.c...WSVv5aX2jSb57A ]]> Iraq Economic Progress Cat561 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58671-Alsumaria-News-published-documents-that-confirm-the-approval-of-the-allocation-of-lan Sadr: We have heard nothing from Maliki; We will hold a meeting soon to finalize the http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58670-Sadr-We-have-heard-nothing-from-Maliki-We-will-hold-a-meeting-soon-to-finalize-the&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 12:25:41 GMT Sadr: We have heard nothing from Maliki; We will hold a meeting soon to finalize the national project Posted: May 18, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics... Sadr: We have heard nothing from Maliki; We will hold a meeting soon to finalize the national project
Posted: May 18, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
Tags: Arbil, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraq, Massoud Barzani, Muqtada al-Sadr, National Alliance, Nouri al-Maliki, Sadrist

Denied the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, on Friday, receiving no response from the National Alliance on his message so far, as he emphasized that the meeting would be held soon to finalize the project’s national and democratic.

He said Moqtada al-Sadr in response to a question from one of his supporters on receiving a response from the National Alliance on his message, and received “Alsumaria News”, a copy of it, he “has not received any response from the brotherhood of the National Alliance at all,” asserting that “the meeting will be held soon to finalize The final draft of the national and democratic. “

The block free of the Sadrist movement revealed, on Thursday, (17 of May) that the current leader Moqtada al-Sadr delivered a formal response from the National Alliance on his message, while confirming that the chest will be in the coming hours.

And refused to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rejected, on Thursday (17 May 2012), to comment on the question about the withdrawal of confidence from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki with the deadline set by him, as he emphasized that the decision whether or not to stick to its demands will be determined during the next few hours.

The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party just Berwari, the first on Wednesday, (16 of May) meeting of five other political leaders in Najaf, adding that this step is in the interest of Iraq so as not to appeal the meeting of Erbil, which was held on the 28 of April.

And timed the 15-day, as determined by the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the letter sent by the leader of the National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, said on Thursday (17 May 2012), to start implementing the decisions of the meeting of the five leaders in Arbil, which was held the 28 of last April, and included focus on the importance of the national meeting and need to adhere to its decisions that come out, and commitment to the Constitution which defines the form of the state and the relationship of the three powers and the independence of the judiciary and the nomination of the names of the security ministries, to be ratified by the House of Representatives during the week that there was a sincere and serious by al-Maliki.

The Sadrists announced that the National Alliance will meet after the deadline set by its leader to start procedures for withholding confidence from the Prime Minister if you do not respond to the demands of nine, as revealed by the presence of four candidates replacements for the current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki within the National Alliance, stressing that the President of the National Alliance Ibrahim Jaafari is the favorite to fill the position for the existence of approved within the coalition and outside, while noting a coalition of state law that the points leader of the Sadrist movement, acceptable to all except the no-confidence in Maliki and determine its mandate, stressing that the majority of the political blocs were part of the National Alliance is committed to a government of national partnership, “led by Maliki, has not been discussed until now the subject of censure him.

It is noteworthy that the province of Arbil have seen in (April 28, 2012) closed-door meeting attended by President of the Republic Jalal Talabani and parliament Osama Najafi and the Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi and the Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani and the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, considered by some observers to try to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki after alliance with the Sadrists a component of the National Alliance task.

The unity of the differences between the political blocs escalated when shifted from the different Iraqi rule of law to the difference in the latter with the Kurdistan Alliance, too, after the new President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani (April 6, 2012), during his visit to the United States attack against the central government in Baghdad and accused her of derogation of the promises and commitments, while stressing that the Kurds would not accept in any way to be positions and powers, however, one person, “leading the army two million.”

And reliable parties politicians currently on the National Congress to resolve differences among themselves, except that the conference is expected to take place in the coming days, you may not carry the solution to the tireless differences under the threat of the Iraqi List boycott does not comply with a coalition of state law, the implementation of the terms of Erbil, which was formed on the basis of the government, eight or ten items put forward by the leader of the Sadrist movement during its meeting in Arbil with Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani.

http://bit.ly/LdAJrh ]]> Iraq General News. JRENFROE http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58670-Sadr-We-have-heard-nothing-from-Maliki-We-will-hold-a-meeting-soon-to-finalize-the Talabani calls for commitment to the agreements made on the basis of the government http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58669-Talabani-calls-for-commitment-to-the-agreements-made-on-the-basis-of-the-government&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 12:22:33 GMT *Talabani calls for commitment to the agreements made on the basis of the government* *Editor: CC | NQ Friday 18 May 2012 06:33 GMT _Called... Talabani calls for commitment to the agreements made on the basis of the government
Editor: CC | NQ Friday 18 May 2012 06:33 GMT



Called on President Jalal Talabani, on Friday, blocs of political commitment to the agreements made on the basis of the current government, as well as stopping media campaigns and the adoption of the Constitution as a reference, while stressing the need to conduct free and fair elections for provincial councils in 2013 and the House of Representatives in 2014.

A statement issued by the Presidency of the Republic today, and received "Alsumaria News," a copy of it, that "President Jalal Talabani made during the recent intensive efforts and held numerous meetings with senior leaders and officials of the country and the parliamentary blocs and political parties committed to the performance of constitutional duties and the interests of unity and consolidation of Security, stability, and provide the best conditions for the advancement of the economy and advancing development, "noting that" Talabani called on all parties to make the interests of the country and citizens above any interest or other consideration. "

Talabani called "In light of these consultations to stop the media campaigns of mutual and non-speech convulsive and adopt a constructive dialogue aimed at establishing and strengthening the participants and not to expand and deepen the differences, and the adoption of the Constitution as a reference invoked to and respect its provisions and a commitment to the agreements made on the basis of the Government of the current partnership including the Convention on Erbil in 2010 ".

Talabani explained that he "must be commitment and adherence to the fundamental principle upon which the current government, a true partnership in the management of power and responsibility."

The President also stressed "the need to ensure the independence of the electoral system as a cornerstone of democracy, and ensure the provision of all supplies to conduct free and fair elections for provincial councils in 2013 and the House of Representatives in 2014."

Talabani stressed that "has to refer cases for determining the service cycles senior officials in the state House of Representatives to consider the proposals on them within the framework of the Constitution."

Asked Talabani to "stick to the fundamentals of the principle of separation of powers and the maintenance of independence of the judiciary and to accelerate the adoption of the law of the Federal Court, and to support and strengthen all the institutions that ensure the independence of the development of democracy," stressing at the same time, "the importance of complete implementation of the commitments set forth in the Constitution and the adoption of laws and basic legislation necessary, such as oil and gas law. "

And revealed the block free of the Sadrist movement, on Thursday (17 May, the current), that the current leader Moqtada al-Sadr delivered a formal response from the National Alliance on his message, while confirming that he will be in the next few hours, after he refused to comment on a question regarding the withdrawal of confidence from the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki with the end of the 15-day deadline set by him yesterday.

Sent his chest a letter to the leader of the National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafari to start implementing the decisions of the meeting of five leaders in Arbil, which was held the 28 of last April, and included a focus on the importance of meeting the national and the need to adhere to its decisions that come out, and commitment to the Constitution which defines the form of the state and the relationship of the three powers and the independence of the judiciary and the nomination of names the security ministries, to be ratified by the House of Representatives during the week if there is an honest and serious intent by al-Maliki.

The Sadrist movement revealed the existence of four alternative candidates for the current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki within the National Alliance, stressing that the President of the National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafari is the favorite to fill the position agreed by the presence of inside and outside the coalition.

But a coalition of law Sadr confirmed that the points are accepted, all except the no-confidence in Maliki and identify their respective mandates, while stressing that the majority of the political blocs were part of the National Alliance is committed to a government of national partnership, "led by Maliki," has not been discussed until now the subject of censure him.

It is noteworthy that the province of Arbil have seen in (April 28, 2012) closed-door meeting attended by President of the Republic Jalal Talabani and parliament Osama Najafi and the Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi and the Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani and the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, considered by some observers to try to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki after alliance with the Sadrists a component of the National Alliance task.

And reliable parties politicians currently on the National Congress to resolve differences among themselves, except that the conference is expected to take place in the coming days, may not be a solution to all disputes under the threat of the Iraqi List boycott does not comply with a coalition of state law, the implementation of the terms of Erbil, which was formed on the basis of the government, eight or ten items put forward by the leader of the Sadrist movement during its meeting in Arbil with Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani.


http://translate.googleusercontent.c...ERWoQpERVjjkxA ]]> Parliament-GOI Cat561 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58669-Talabani-calls-for-commitment-to-the-agreements-made-on-the-basis-of-the-government Economic Researcher: Iraq will control future oil prices http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58668-Economic-Researcher-Iraq-will-control-future-oil-prices&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 12:18:23 GMT *Economic Researcher: Iraq will control future oil prices* *On: Friday 5/18/2012 8:52 Baghdad (news) .. Expected economic researcher... Economic Researcher: Iraq will control future oil prices
On: Friday 5/18/2012 8:52




Baghdad (news) .. Expected economic researcher Hussein star, a quantum leap in the field of oil and energy in Iraq because of its huge oil reserves, noting that Iraq will control oil prices in the future.

He said the star (of the Agency news): There is a strong desire by oil-consuming countries, to buy Iraqi oil because of its advantages of high-quality and quality, especially oil facility in Basra, which began producing oil from the type of light, in addition to processing more easily to world markets .

And: that these features have made the oil ministry successes good and important in terms of development of production and expansion of ports and oil transmission lines strategic with neighboring countries, which would make Iraq an influential actor in world oil markets.

He added that Iraq today has oil reserves, a large, production capacity and export started to grow daily, according to the plan and the Oil Ministry, which indicates that Iraq is on the verge of a quantum leap in energy and oil in the coming years, and makes the world market watching Iraqi production, Iraq would control prices of oil by pumping large volumes or reduce them. /


http://translate.google.com/translat...w%26id%3D26283 ]]> Hydro Carbon Law/Oil Cat561 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58668-Economic-Researcher-Iraq-will-control-future-oil-prices Schaeuble Sees Two Years of Turmoil as G-8 Leaders Meet http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58666-Schaeuble-Sees-Two-Years-of-Turmoil-as-G-8-Leaders-Meet&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 10:43:07 GMT Schaeuble Sees Two Years of Turmoil as G-8 Leaders Meet By Mark Deen - May 18, 2012 5:38 AM ET ... Schaeuble Sees Two Years of Turmoil as G-8 Leaders Meet
By Mark Deen - May 18, 2012 5:38 AM ET

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...f-turmoil.html

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that turmoil in the financial markets caused by Europe’s debt crisis may last another two years, as Group of Eight leaders prepared to discuss Greece and its impact on the global economy.

More than 2 1/2 years after Greece revealed its bloated budget deficit, Europe has “known a lot of crisis,” Schaeuble said in a recorded interview broadcast today on France’s Europe 1 radio. “It’s practically normal.” Even so, “in 12 to 24 months we’ll see a calming of financial markets,” he said.


At the same time, the German government has a duty to prepare for a potential Greek exit, finance ministry spokeswoman Silke Bruns said today.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and fellow European leaders will again face pressure from their G-8 counterparts to do more to quell the crisis after speculation that Greece will exit the euro wiped almost $4 trillion from global equity markets this month. The U.S., which hosts the G-8 summit beginning today, still faces economic challenges from the “damaging” situation in Europe, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said yesterday.

Europe’s G-8 chiefs -- Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, plus EU leaders Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Barroso -- held a video call on the crisis yesterday and agreed that fiscal rigor and economic growth are mutually compatible, Merkel’s office said.

Growth vs Austerity

“During the G-8, it’s very important to see that the Europeans form a common position as quickly as possible,” Schaeuble said in the interview. “In recent years we haven’t been quick enough” at doing that.

Geithner, in a speech in Baltimore, highlighted the debate in Europe over encouraging growth, as demanded by Hollande, and the need to consolidate budgets and reduce debt insisted upon by Merkel. Merkel and Hollande said two days ago at their first meeting that they would consider measures to spur growth in Greece as long as voters there committed to the austerity demanded to stay in the euro.

“We want Greece to stay in the euro,” Schaeuble said.[ Yeah sure you do] “But that presupposes that Greece does on its side what is necessary to develop its economy.” He said policy makers are open to “every suggestion targeting more growth.” Even so, “it’s up to the Greek politicians to explain reality, not make false promises.”

Contingency Plan

European officials are working on contingency plans to deal with a possible Greek exit, European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht told De Standaard in an interview published today.

“A year and a half ago, there might have been the danger of a domino effect, but today there are both within the European Central Bank and the European Commission officials who are working on the emergency scenarios in case Greece doesn’t make it,” De Gucht was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

Greek political leaders began campaigning today before the June 17 election, the second vote in six weeks, after a rise in support for anti-austerity parties foiled the formation of a government. Greece’s credit rating was downgraded one level by Fitch Ratings late yesterday on concerns the country won’t be able to muster the political support needed to sustain its membership in the euro area.

“An exit would require two conditions: for a Greek government to reject the terms of the EU/IMF program and for the rest of the region to take a hard line in any renegotiation process,” David Mackie, chief European economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co, said in a note. “Recent developments suggest that both of these conditions may now be falling into place.”

To contact the reporter on this story: Mark Deen in Paris at markdeen@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: James Hertling at jhertling@bloomberg.net ]]> Global Economics wciappetta http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58666-Schaeuble-Sees-Two-Years-of-Turmoil-as-G-8-Leaders-Meet 05~18~2012 Horoscopes http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58665-05-18-2012-Horoscopes&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 09:58:34 GMT *Aries- Today focuses more on relationships and possessions. Others may find you frugal when it comes to possessions, always limiting your... Aries-
Today focuses more on relationships and possessions. Others may find you frugal when it comes to possessions, always limiting your purchases to what is essential and has value--or worth. This same theme carries through in your response to people. You do not tend to lavish affection or sentiment; you tend to keep your comments short and simple. An important relationship, perhaps with an older person or someone in authority, may come into focus today. There could be some tension or sense of opposition requiring compromise or negotiation on your part. Although this could be an opportunity for understanding and even growth, it could be important to show your appreciation of another person's time and efforts toward your growth.

Taurus-
You will have a grasp for most subject matters and will do well in continuing education if you so choose. The company for which you work may have provisions to help the employees that want to better themselves in this way; ask. Today's workload may be lighter than usual and this may give you the opportunity to speak with higher-ups on how you can help your employer gain and grow if you were to have a more enhanced education. This may only mean a class in creative writing or lecturing. Executive sections of your company might enjoy having someone on their team with such enthusiasm. Later you can use your skills in writing a book or finding a better paycheck. Social contacts this afternoon or evening will reveal you at your most elegant.

Gemini-
Happy when in control, you will enjoy managing group situations. You are fearless in action and not afraid to use power. You will have your way today through your magnetic and perhaps controversial personality. You can be very charming and enchant others to come under your spell. This is a period of intense creativity. Friends and neighbors fill most of your evening. You appreciate your friends and enjoy the interactions that occur. This sharing may be through music, poetry, art and such. There is a great passion of emotions and purpose. You also enjoy home and family and rely on them for support and encouragement. Security is very important and you may feel a need to have roots in order to be productive--searching for a mate.

Cancer-
You are brilliant when it comes to insights into the mind, psychology and motivation, whether it is yours or others'. Your intensity is obvious and some may prefer to keep their distance rather than subject themselves to your laser eye. Nothing gets by your attention without being examined closely today. Your analytical powers are superb and you enjoy finding new avenues of inner growth. You have a great mental drive and lavish a lot of zeal on mental pursuits of all kinds. Ideas, words, books, etc., can be pursued with great gusto. Since you are such a social animal, opportunities will be available to communicate in groups today. This is a lucky day for making plans and for being successful. Any challenges are quickly overcome.

Leo-
Career opportunities beckon to you. You will enjoy the success that comes with your hard work. Your current appreciation for just about everything may lead you to overspend and indulge too much. You will make better choices today if you maintain your ability to sense quality and choose accordingly. This is a time of good fortune when opportunities open up in a very natural way--patience. Soon, it will be easy to see the path you need to take. You may find yourself wanting and able to do almost everything. You are motivated when it comes to possessions and material things. There are urges to own or build upon whatever material possessions you now own. You are very communicative this evening and very curious about city or world affairs.

Virgo-
This could be one of your more stressful days but it could also have plenty of rewards for your hard work. Correct choices and the best path for you may be at odds with your sense of values. You may not appreciate the easy way or clear-cut option and may choose instead a more difficult path. Ask questions, stop to think things through and weigh your options before jumping into something you might regret later. If a situation does not feel right, try to compromise, delay or ask for opinions. You might like to do some socializing this afternoon or take a little trip--enjoy the out-of-doors. You may want to break that routine and try something new or different. It is highly likely that you will enjoy some time with a loved one this evening.

Libra-
Religion, philosophy and higher knowledge will be the base of most conversations this morning. You are mentally and physically willing to meet the interesting developments of the day. A friend shows you a new technique with a favorite pastime of yours. This could mean a new skating or dance step or a new software program for your computer--perhaps a new way to manipulate your photographs on the computer. You are helpful to all who need your assistance today and in the afternoon you may be looking around for an excuse or chance to relax. A senior member of the family that may have been frustrating to you in the past is beginning to soften and appreciate your individuality. You may find yourself moving to music this evening.

Scorpio-
Group activities express the actions of this day, whether you are at work or play. Some competitive sports or some activity involving speed may be in order. Fun, laughter and exhaustion happen from time to time--drink plenty of water. A volunteer situation is commendable and you donate your time this afternoon to helping others. Making an important contribution gives you a feeling of being useful. Your magnetic charm attracts positive people. Young people may be around you this evening and you may find yourself coordinating events--you lend order to a frustrating situation today. Family or friends are a source of enjoyment this evening, especially when you see those you love trying to do something kind, just for you.

Sagittarius-
You may find yourself being put to good use by your friends early this morning but it should go smoothly. You could be helping with young people today as your fruitful imagination can create many distractions that are helpful when caring for children. This can be an expansive, creative, and even romantic phase for you. This afternoon is certainly a good time to relax and be with loved ones. Family, home, relatives and real estate play a big part in your life. You may appreciate and discover the beauty in your life and in those around you. Be careful that you do not overspend or indulge too much just now--you could be tempted. Your power of concentration continues to be strong; you may enjoy reading or studying some interesting subject this evening.

Capricorn-
Your professional life is in an easy-flow type of situation. You are in a position to show your respect to others today. You will employ any manner of means to change a negative to a positive. Giving your complete attention to a personal situation later today, you are able to promote a healing where emotional concerns are involved. Conversations of an inspiring kind may be in order with young people or others around you. This is a time when you can put your practical insights into words and convey them to others. Communication with an older person is enhanced. Your intuition is strong--you may enjoy the company of young people through some intellectual games or Trivia Pursuit game. Music, art and all forms of sports can be enjoyed.

Aquarius-
This is a good time to make renovations or do a bit of spring-cleaning. Your enthusiasm is catching and others will want to help when they see you hard at work. There is a need to be the center of attention today and a need to gain appreciation for your good deeds. You are creative and there is much pride in what you involve yourself with today. This can be a productive time emotionally--penetrating conversations will bring insights. There is time this evening for romance. You may be able to look back on today as a time of deepening relationships and positive feelings. Your emotions and the feelings of those around you may be very clear. You may be able to do something special for a close friend this evening.

Pisces-
This can be a superficial day. It may not be possible for you to penetrate anything remotely meaningful or moving now. Errands seem to go nowhere and projects are in need of tools or parts in order to see their completion. The company for which you work may not have what you need and a general lack of teamwork can be exasperating. You may have some idea about a new professional adventure. This coming weekend will give you the opportunity to gain some focus on where you next want to share your talents. Much can be accomplished this afternoon as you volunteer to help a friend or neighbor. This evening is a powerful time to be creative and expressive with a love relationship. Share your ideas for the future--you will support each other.
 ]]> Horoscopes Cat561 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58665-05-18-2012-Horoscopes Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58661-Iran-attack-decision-nears-Israeli-elite-locks-down&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 17:41:22 GMT **Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down** Image:... Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down




By Michael Stott
JERUSALEM | Thu May 17, 2012 12:39pm EDT

(Reuters) - A private door opens from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in central Jerusalem directly into a long, modestly furnished, half-paneled room decorated with modern paintings by Israeli artists and a copy of Israel's 1948 declaration of independence. It contains little more than a long wooden table, brown leather chairs and a single old-fashioned white projector screen.

This inner sanctum at the end of a corridor between Netanyahu's private room and the office of his top military adviser, is where one of the decade's most momentous military decisions could soon be taken: to launch an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear program.

Time for that decision is fast running out and the mood in Jerusalem is hardening.

Iran continues to enrich uranium in defiance of international pressure, saying it needs the fuel for its civilian nuclear program. The West is convinced that Tehran's real objective is to build an atomic bomb - something which the Jewish state will never accept because its leaders consider a nuclear armed-Iran a threat to its very existence.

Adding to the international pressure, U.S. ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said this week American military plans to strike Iran were "ready" and the option was "fully available".

The central role Iran plays in Netanyahu's deliberations is reflected in the huge map of the Middle East hanging by the door of his office. Israel lies on one edge, with Iran taking pride of place in the centre.

Experts say that within a few months, much of Iran's nuclear program will have been moved deep underground beneath the Fordow mountain, making a successful military strike much more difficult.

LOCKDOWN

As the deadline for a decision draws nearer, the public pronouncements of Israel's top officials and military have changed. After hawkish warnings about a possible strike earlier this year, their language of late has been more guarded and clues to their intentions more difficult to discern.

"The top of the government has gone into lockdown," one official said. "Nobody is saying anything publicly. That in itself tells you a lot about where things stand."

Last week Netanyahu pulled off a spectacular political surprise, creating a coalition of national unity and delaying elections which everyone believed were inevitable. The maneuver also led to speculation that the Israeli leader wanted a broad, strong government to lead a military campaign.

The inclusion of the Iranian-born former Israeli chief of staff and veteran soldier, Gen. Shaul Mofaz, in the coalition, fuelled that speculation - even though both Mofaz and Netanyahu deny that Iran was mentioned in the coalition negotiations.

"I think they have made a decision to attack," said one senior Israeli figure with close ties to the leadership. "It is going to happen. The window of opportunity is before the U.S. presidential election in November. This way they will bounce the Americans into supporting them."

Those close to Netanyahu are more cautious, saying no assumptions should be made about an attack on Iran - an attack with such potentially devastating consequences across the volatile Middle East that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas even went so far as to predict in an interview with Reuters last week that it would be "the end of the world".

Israelis particularly fear retaliation from Iran's proxy militias - the Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon and the Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip. Both are believed to possess large arsenals of rockets which could hit major Israeli towns and cities.

Hezbollah's deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem told Reuters in February that an Israeli attack on Iran would set the whole Middle East ablaze "with no limit to the fires". "Gone are the days when Israel decides to strike, and the people are silent," he said.

The Israeli Prime Minister and his key allies repeat for public consumption the mantra that economic sanctions against Iran must be given time to work and that now is not the time to speak about military options.

Top officials explain the new coalition on purely domestic grounds, saying it was needed to tackle the thorny and divisive issue of pressing Orthodox Jews into military service - in other words, that its formation has much more to do with the agenda inside Israel than abroad.

BURIED NUCLEAR STATES

Diplomats are divided. "I think the Iran thing is a red herring," said one senior Western envoy. "This is 98 percent about domestic politics". Others are less convinced.

Mofaz himself refuses to speak about military action against Iran, even in the theoretical.

A military veteran with almost 40 years' operational experience, whose office in the Israeli parliament displays a poster of Israeli warplanes flying low over the Auschwitz concentration camp, he scoffs at the idea that his Iranian descent gives him special influence on an Iran attack decision. He derides the idea any serious official in the know would talk to visiting journalists about such a sensitive military subject.

But behind the carefully evasive language of top officials, basic facts are clear. Time is running out. Iran's nuclear program - regarded by Netanyahu as an existential threat to the state of Israel - will soon be buried deep enough underground to render an Israeli attack impossible. The Jewish state's options are narrowing.

"I think they've gone into lockdown mode now," the senior Western diplomat said. "Whatever happens next, whatever they decide, we will not find out until it happens."

There are indeed those who see in Israeli posturing over Iran only bluff intended to press world powers into harsher sanctions and avoid war. Some military experts openly doubt how much damage Israel could inflict. The risk of a fiasco is big.

Perhaps the strongest clue as to Israel's real intentions is to be found in Netanyahu's private office, behind his desk. Officials say the Israeli premier was strongly influenced by his father, who died last month at the age of 102.

Benzion Netanyahu was a distinguished scholar of Jewish history and his strong sense of the past lives on in Benjamin, who laments to visitors that "most people's sense of history goes back to breakfast time".

On a shelf behind Netanyahu's desk, along with pictures of his family, is a photograph of Winston Churchill. Netanyahu admires the British wartime premier because he saw the true dangers posed by Nazi Germany to the world at a time when many other politicians argued for appeasing Hitler.

The parallels with modern-day Iran are obvious and Netanyahu is explicit about the dangers he believes are posed by militant Islam: as he puts it, its convulsive power, its cult of death and its ideological zeal.

But Churchill, although eloquent on the dangers posed by the rise of Nazi Germany during the 1930s, ultimately failed to prevent Hitler's ascent to power, the world war he unleashed or the Holocaust in which six million Jews were murdered.

Netanyahu, those who know him say, is determined to avoid going down in history as the man who shirked his opportunity to stop Iran going nuclear. (Additional reporting by Samia Nakhoul andCrispian Balmer; editing by Ralph Boulton)

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 ]]> Global Economics Zuzu http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58661-Iran-attack-decision-nears-Israeli-elite-locks-down US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58660-US-envoy-to-Israel-US-ready-to-strike-Iran&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 17:37:08 GMT *US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran* By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press – 2 hours ago JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. has plans in place to attack...
US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran
By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press – 2 hours ago JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran.

Dan Shapiro's message resonated Thursday far beyond the closed forum in which it was made: Iran should not test Washington's resolve to act on its promise to strike if diplomacy and sanctions fail to pressure Tehran to abandon its disputed nuclear program.Shapiro told the Israel Bar Association the U.S. hopes it will not have to resort to military force.

"But that doesn't mean that option is not fully available. Not just available, but it's ready," he said. "The necessary planning has been done to ensure that it's ready.

"Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, like energy production. The U.S. and Israel suspect Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, but differences have emerged in how to persuade Tehran to curb its program.

Washington says diplomacy and economic sanctions must be given a chance to run its course, and is taking the lead in the ongoing talks between six global powers and Iran.Israel, while saying it would prefer a diplomatic solution, has expressed skepticism about these talks and says time is running out for military action to be effective.

President Barack Obama has assured Israel that the U.S. is prepared to take military action if necessary, and it is standard procedure for armies to draw up plans for a broad range of possible scenarios. But Shapiro's comments were the most explicit sign yet that preparations have been stepped up.In his speech, Shapiro acknowledged the clock is ticking.

"We do believe there is time. Some time, not an unlimited amount of time," Shapiro said. "But at a certain point, we may have to make a judgment that the diplomacy will not work.

"The U.S. envoy spoke on Tuesday. The Associated Press obtained a recording of his remarks on Thursday.

The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany are gearing up to for a May 23 meeting with Iran in Baghdad. Shortly after the meeting, the U.N. atomic agency is to release its latest report card on Iran's nuclear efforts.

In Tehran on Thursday, top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili warned against Western pressure at next week's talks, which are a follow-up to negotiations in Istanbul last month that all sides praised as positive.

"Cooperation is what we can talk about in Baghdad," Jalili said in comments broadcast on Iranian state TV.

"Some say time is running out for the talks," he added. "I say time for the (West's) pressure strategy is running out."Four rounds of U.N. sanctions have failed to persuade Iran to halt its uranium enrichment, a process that has civilian uses but is also key to bomb-making. But recent U.S. and European measures, including an oil embargo and financial and banking sanctions, have bludgeoned Iran's economy by curtailing its ability to carry on economic transactions with the international community.

Israel says a nuclear weapon in the hands of Iran would threaten the Jewish state's survival and has waged a fierce diplomatic campaign against the Iranian nuclear program for years. Israel cites Iranian calls for Israel's destruction, Iran's arsenal of missiles, and its support for anti-Israel militant groups.Senior officials have expressed skepticism about the sanctions' effectiveness, and believe Tehran is using the talks to stall the international community as Iran moves ever closer to a nuclear bomb.

The United States has urged Israel to refrain from attacking, at least at this point. Tough new economic sanctions are to go into effect over the summer, and American officials fear an Israeli strike could set off a regional war without significantly setting back the Iranian program.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argues the negotiations will fail unless Iran agrees to halt all uranium enrichment, ship its current stockpile of enriched uranium out of the country and dismantle an underground enrichment facility near the city of Qom.Maj. Gen. Ido Nehushtan, who until a few days ago commanded Israel's air force, said in a Jerusalem Post interview Thursday that the air force is prepared for any scenario, including striking Iranian nuclear facilities.

Israel's military chief told the Associated Press last month that other countries as well as Israel have readied their armed forces for a potential strike against Iran's nuclear sites.

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]]> Global Economics Zuzu http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58660-US-envoy-to-Israel-US-ready-to-strike-Iran Donna Summers ..... RIP http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58659-Donna-Summers-RIP&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 17:00:02 GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok7m20vvEJ8 *She died today *:love-over:

She died today :love-over: ]]> Music Artists Ronbo http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58659-Donna-Summers-RIP Feds allow 60-day extension on pool-lift compliance http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58658-Feds-allow-60-day-extension-on-pool-lift-compliance&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 16:26:59 GMT This is an older article but I did not know about this new law until yesterday and done a bit of research on it after a newscast yesterday. I was... This is an older article but I did not know about this new law until yesterday and done a bit of research on it after a newscast yesterday. I was listening to the local news here in Williamsburg and many of the local motels are having to close their pools because they can't afford these new lifts. When they close their pools, then imo, they will lose customers and will eventually have to close their doors

March 15, 2012|By Todd Sperry and Mike M. Ahlers, CNN

Your hotel, health club and neighborhood pool can remain open this weekend without fear of violating the law.

The Justice Department said Thursday it is delaying for 60 days a new law that requires all public pools to install "lifts" or provide other means to make pools accessible to disabled individuals.

The law was passed in 2010 and was scheduled to take effect Thursday. But in recent months, there has been widespread confusion about what sort of pools are required to make the change, whether pools must install permanent lifts or can use cheaper portable lifts and whether one lift could service more than one pool.

As the Thursday deadline neared, hotels and other pool operators nationwide unleashed a torrent of calls and letters to industry associations and politicians, saying the rule threatened to close pools from coast to coast. Several Republican lawmakers charged the rule was an example of unwieldy government regulation. And scribes even gave the debacle a name: "Poolmageddon."

A hotel industry association said the government originally indicated portable lifts were acceptable, but reversed itself in a legal interpretation released early this year. It also said the government is requiring a separate lift for every pool, greatly increasing the costs to facilities with numerous pools.

Permanent lifts are costly because they must have electrical grounding work, which requires installers to "tear up" a pool deck, said Marlene Colucci, executive vice president of the American Hotel & Lodging Association.

"You have to do electrical grounding requirements anytime you're within five feet of water, and that's required by the government. And this was not at all contemplated by the Department of Justice when they issued this further guidance," Colucci said.

Permanent lifts also are an "easy attractive nuisance" for children, she said.
"Children see it, they look at it and say, 'This is a diving board. This is something to play with. And we're very concerned about injuries that result from that."

Colucci said portable and permanent lifts range in cost from $4,000 to $10,000, but permanent lifts have additional installation costs.

Pool operators said there is also widespread confusion about language in the law that says they must accommodate disabled individuals to the extent that it is "readily achievable" to do so.

The Justice Department said the "readily achievable" language has been in the Americans with Disabilities Act since 1992, and is an acknowledgment that it is not always possible to remove all architectural barriers in an existing building at the outset.

"Readily achievable" means that it is "easily accomplished" and can be done "without much difficulty or expense."

That language seemingly gives wide latitude to pool operators. But Colucci says it also creates problems.

"By having a definition that's so broad, you really don't give anybody any certainty," Colucci said. "Which means that you end up having to litigate the definition of what is 'readily achievable.'"

In a press release Thursday, the Justice Department conceded there were "misunderstandings" about the pool law and extended the deadline 60 days. It also held open the possibility of even longer delays and said it will accept public comments on a possible six-month extension.

http://articles.cnn.com/2012-03-15/u...pools?_s=PM:US ]]> New Laws (USA) Bama Diva http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58658-Feds-allow-60-day-extension-on-pool-lift-compliance Ali al-Dabbagh: Iraq is the only country in the world does not apply to the system (c http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58657-Ali-al-Dabbagh-Iraq-is-the-only-country-in-the-world-does-not-apply-to-the-system-(c&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 16:11:25 GMT *Ali al-Dabbagh: Iraq is the only country in the world does not apply to the system (customs tariff) * *17/05/2012 BAGHDAD / JD established... Ali al-Dabbagh: Iraq is the only country in the world does not apply to the system (customs tariff)


17/05/2012

BAGHDAD / JD established the Council of the Iraqi National Business Panel Discussion economic on the customs tariff and certificates of inspection and that, as it represents the subject of great importance to the economic and social as it affects every citizen in our dear country, and used Business Council to shed light on these laws, instructions, as well as to illustrate the pros and cons accompanied by.

Began the symposium word brief President Business Council of the Iraqi National Professor Ibrahim al-Baghdadi hello the guests esteemed and was led by Dr. Ali Al-Dabbagh, spokesman for the Iraqi government and Mr. Munther AMEER lion Director General for Customs and Dr. Saad Abdel Wahab, head of the Central Agency for Standardization and Quality Control

The seminar was attended also a number of parliamentarians economic affairs specialists Abdulabas them broadly and Dr. Haitham Jubouri and Professor Ibrahim Rikabi and a large number of specialists of economic affairs, regulatory, number of members of the Iraqi National Business Council.

After the conclusion of his request of the President of the Council of the sponsor of the symposium Baltvdil to the presidency of the symposium where Aptdoha Dr. Ali Al-Dabbagh, praising the efforts of the National Business Council of Iraq through the diligence to address the problems that are the Iraqi economy in general and the private sector in particular to develop the solutions and come up with recommendations of interest to every seminar and terms of reference ,

Al-Dabbagh also stressed the importance that the aim of the seminar to the Iraqi market in terms of interest to every individual Iraqis.

Then said Dr. Ali Al-Dabbagh Munther AMEER provide their own thing from a brief explanation of the customs tariff, where said Munther AMEER that Iraq is the only country that does not have the tariff Kmarkip

This negative signal on the structure of the state, the Iraqi part of any customs tariff is in support of the national economy through added it provides to the budget and related also the decision to join the WTO as it is considered one of the important elements in the protection of national products, as well as protection for the consumer and the purpose of the customs tariff is to account for more than they are represented now as a percentage of the budget that is currently estimated at 3% of the value of the budget It is considered very low.

Dr. Ali Al-Dabbagh said in his speech, after thanking Warner for this clarification that there is blame largely on the Ministry of Planning, referring to Saad Abdul Wahab, head of the Central Agency for Standardization and quality control and allow him to Laidlaw what Bjabth began to Saad Abdul Wahab an outline brief historical terms explained that a standardization was established in 1979 and includes sections including the issuance of specifications for the goods and materials and monitor these standards and there is a committee of gold and patent and Control Section weights and machines laboratory according to the terms of reference, as explained that there are ports, land, air and sea of ​​the duties of a standardization to examination by contracting with well known international companies and energy testing the device standardization is 1500 check every month and there is also a device depends on the standardization laboratory official and semi-official accredited to cover the daily flow is estimated that 1300 material daily.

Then started the questions and discussions and questions about the vocabulary of many on the law of customs tariff or terms of standardization and quality control to reach stages hot was transparency and openness in the propositions and answers which intervention Baghdadi in response to the accusation by some to the business was in response to an explicit and realistic when he said that corruption exists in all sectors upon which to build pillars of the economy in state institutions and the private sector.

Founding member of Haitham al-Asadi eighth symposia Council as represented by the ways in clarifying the pros and address the negatives but said through his experience that Iraq required a higher number of documents in its circuits, professional and wondered: Why do not you state institutions concerned with helping and providing facilities in the proceedings, as well as to do to set up projects Alkmarki campus facilitator.

General Union for cooperation in the intervention through their representatives have confirmed that the problem where the application of the law and procedures in it. Dr. Saad Abdul Wahab said that the cancellation of the contract with the Swiss SGS is the adoption of many certificates do not comply with the specifications and also made it clear that there is no substitute for testing!!.

Mr. Haitham Jubouri stressed the need to apply the law and through the impact of legal violations that clearly on the poor class and also was the cause volatile currency and led to the entry of large quantities of goods, especially non-conforming to specifications. Member of Parliament Abdul-Abbas Xiaa (ECA) said the aim is to protect local product and the application of the law as one way to achieve social justice, so attention must be paid customs tariff.

Dr. Ali al-Dabbagh can not be applied customs tariff under the phenomenon of idleness. E Hamdiya dry (President of the Board of Directors of the Bank of the Iraqi trade) where is the local product??, And that the legislative power into account the imported products and building the foundations of correct and supportive of the industry to make way for Iraq to have a (local product).

Baghdadi, there must be balance logical between the importer and the domestic product and the private sector to implement the law to put the line begin to import good material, the there are thousands of goods entering the country for illegal methods and in the presence of shortening in the possibilities, there is no competition and border Moanie a place of quarantine for example, does not There is a quick check of the materials and refrigerated warehouses and stores neither those unusual.

Founding member Dargham surgeon wondered surprising runs of the economic process in Iraq?? Is it worth the Iraqi citizen maximize the resources at its expense?? Everyone knows that the Iraqi individual has suffered more than thirty years of war, siege, and now still suffers from a lack of services.

Concluded Dr. Ali al-Dabbagh Symposium bis thanks and gratitude for its National Business Council of the Iraqi diagnosis of the negative aspects experienced by our country's economy and simultaneously pulled by the residents of this symposium to represent successes in a row by shining a light on the economic issues concerning the country and citizens are steps on the road correct.


http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...php%3FID%3D728 ]]> Iraq Economic Progress Hkp1 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58657-Ali-al-Dabbagh-Iraq-is-the-only-country-in-the-world-does-not-apply-to-the-system-(c Halliburton Wins Gazpromneft Iraq Tender http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58656-Halliburton-Wins-Gazpromneft-Iraq-Tender&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 15:54:54 GMT *Halliburton Wins Gazpromneft Iraq Tender * *16:20 17/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 17 (RIA Novosti) U.S.-based energy services major Halliburton has... Halliburton Wins Gazpromneft Iraq Tender


16:20 17/05/2012
MOSCOW, May 17 (RIA Novosti)


U.S.-based energy services major Halliburton has won a $95 million tender from Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, to test and complete 11 wells at the Badra oil field in Iraq, the Russian company said on Thursday.

Testing of the first well is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2012. Gazprom Neft plans to have six wells to be completed by 2013.

"The work carried out by Halliburton will facilitate better understanding of the geological structure of the field. Production will commence once the final field development plan is completed in 2013, in line with the terms agreed with the Iraqi government," Gazprom Neft said in a statement.

The Russian company acts as an operator of the Badra deposit, and has a 30-percent stake in the project. Other participants include South Korea's Kogas with 22.5 percent, Malaysia's Petronas with 15 percent and Iraq's state-owned Oil Exploration Company with 25 percent.

Badra's reserves are estimated at about three billion barrels of oil. Production is due to start in 2013 and reach 170,000 barrels per day or about 8.5 million tons per year by 2017 and maintain this level for seven years.

Investment in the field development is estimated at about $2 billion.

Earlier in May, Halliburton signed a strategic cooperation deal with Gazprom to develop and implement new oil and gas technologies in global exploration and production projects.


http://en.ria.ru/business/20120517/173510802.html ]]> Hydro Carbon Law/Oil Hkp1 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58656-Halliburton-Wins-Gazpromneft-Iraq-Tender Construction Tech Bags Central Bank of Iraq Revamp; Signs up with Shell in Basra for http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58655-Construction-Tech-Bags-Central-Bank-of-Iraq-Revamp-Signs-up-with-Shell-in-Basra-for&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 15:45:37 GMT May 17 2012

Construction Tech Bags Central Bank of Iraq Revamp; Signs up with Shell in Basra for Oil Major's Main Office Works




Tech Group Company in over $47 million (Over AED 172 million) Iraq Deals

Construction Tech to focus on MEP, renovation and IT to give the Baghdad-based apex bank a new facelift


Ajman, May 17, 2012: Construction-focused business conglomerate Tech Group today said that its group company, Construction Tech, has bagged two significant deals in Iraq totaling over US$47 million (over 172 million) as it firms up its presence in the country across reconstruction and redevelopment activities.

In a statement, the company said that the deals include a prestigious $45 million (over AED 165 million or 53 billion Iraqi dinars) deal for the revamp of the Central Bank of Iraq and a $2.15 million partnership with Royal Dutch Shell PLC to support developing its main office in Burjisia, Basra.

Under the terms of the contract, Construction Tech is mandated to undertake extensive reconstruction of the exteriors of the Central Bank of Iraq , elevator overhauling and updating of the apex bank's IT systems. Under the agreement with Shell, the company will supply and erect the main office building of the global oil major across an array of construction-related works. The main office of Shell will be the base for the oil major's operations in the Majnoon oil field.

Commenting on the group's Iraq wins, Mr. Ghaleb Kamel Jaber, Vice Chairman and Partner of Tech Group, said: "Winning these contracts signifies the increasing presence of the UAE-based companies in the infrastructure development and maintenance activities in Iraq. For Tech Group, these projects will help us further firm up our presence in Iraq across various construction and redevelopment opportunities."

The project contract for the Central Bank of Iraq was signed by Mr. Ghaleb Kamel Jaber with Iraqi authorities and the work on the project has already commenced at the site. "Our expertise in construction related activities with seven specialized companies in the field under our portfolio, we are poised to win more contracts in Iraq, with some of these upcoming projects already under advanced stages of negotiations," he added,

While the Iraq Central Bank revamp project will be spearheaded by Construction Tech, other companies in the Group will support the renovation with their respective expertise. These companies include Elevators-Tech, MEP Tech and Wood Tech.

Elaborating on the deals, Group CEO, Mr. Ali Ghaleb Jaber, said: "We consider winning these two contracts in Iraq within a short span of time ever since we made our presence in that country a testimony to the capabilities of the Group as a whole and specifically an endorsement to the expertise of Construction Tech. We are now poised to grow further in Iraq as we do expect to win more deals in 2012 when pending contracts we have pitched for materialize."

"We are now one of the major players in Iraq's construction and infrastructure development activities with a line-up of significant projects under our portfolio. We are also present in the oil sector now with significant wins," he said.

Tech Group set up its office in Iraq in 2009 and has been involved in a host of redevelopment projects across the country including piling works for the Sports City, bridges, water desalination plants and buildings in Basra and Baghdad.

"Tech Group has been able to stay on the growth trail in construction-related activities because of the obvious advantage it has with its portfolio of companies that have made a mark in the UAE and the region. As a Group with companies that have expertise across sub-segments in the construction field, we offer our clients unparalleled synergy across activities," Mr. Jaber added.

Construction Tech offers a range of pre-construction and construction services in the UAE and the region. The Group companies which will support Construction Tech have significant advantages in terms of skill and modern processes and equipment. For instance, Elevator Tech which will be involved in the Iraq Central Project deploys European certified service standards and its products have won kudos in over 30 countries worldwide. MEP Tech is one of the established companies in mechanical, electrical and plumbing contracting while Wood Tech with a multi-million dollar factory in Al Jarf Industrial Area in Ajman has a proven portfolio of services and products including interior designing, joinery works, paneling etc...

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© Press Release 2012


http://www.zawya.com/story/Construct...0120517101158/ ]]> Hydro Carbon Law/Oil Hkp1 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58655-Construction-Tech-Bags-Central-Bank-of-Iraq-Revamp-Signs-up-with-Shell-in-Basra-for Calls for the adoption of investment plans similar to the experience of the Kurdistan http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58654-Calls-for-the-adoption-of-investment-plans-similar-to-the-experience-of-the-Kurdistan&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 15:27:28 GMT *Calls for the adoption of investment plans similar to the experience of the Kurdistan Region * *Date: Thursday, 17.05.2012 6:15 Baghdad /... Calls for the adoption of investment plans similar to the experience of the Kurdistan Region


Date: Thursday, 17.05.2012 6:15

Baghdad / term follow-up
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, said that investment in Iraq is weak compared with what has been achieved in the Kurdistan region in the field of reconstruction, services and diverse projects and added benefit of (Rn) that the banking business is still facing difficulties, particularly with respect to the investment environment in Iraq, despite the fact that banks

Fully prepared to the issue of lending and credit to the owners of investment projects as well as the bank is unable to contribute significantly to the investment process through the assets of its securities.

He pointed out that investment in Iraq is still its infancy compared to investing in the Kurdistan region, and continued in favor: that the federal government does not know how the investment process because of the lack of investment culture and that the opposite of what is happening in Kurdistan because the foreign investment law in the province in which incentives for investors and management in the region.

He called on Baghdad to be more flexible in dealing with the investment portfolio through the administrative procedures and tax over the investor, and seeking various ways to provide better facilities to the foreign investor from the harsh reducing red tape through the rest of the facilities.

Regulated investment in the Kurdistan region under the Investment Law No. (4) for the year 2006 which formalized the investment in the Kurdistan region, which has taken important steps to attract investors and owners of capital and offered a range of investment opportunities available in the province and there are projects already implemented in the region, including residential and hotel as well as the number of of private universities such as American University, and electric power plants and a host of other industrial projects.

He ruled in favor dinar return to normal, due to increased demand on the dollar, noting that the average central bank sales of foreign currency amounted to (200) million and the volume of demand to buy an estimated half a billion dollars.

Saleh said that the demand for dollar buying from an auction the central bank is increasing every day without knowing why, the volume of demand for dollar estimated half a billion dollars and the average sales of the central (200) million, which will make the dinar is unable to restore normal, except in the case of control Government on the size of the hard money that comes out of the country.

And that the government is introducing hard currency into the country through oil sales only, while the market is the one who directed those currencies abroad, which led to the lack of economic balance in the country, in addition to the Iraqi environment is attractive for investment and entry of foreign currency due to political instability and problems continuing internal.

And see the dollar soared against its price as a result of the Iraqi dinar internal and external factors, where the U.S. dollar exchange rate (1288) dinars after it had been stable on the price of (1166) dinars.

He noted the benefit to the absence of clear economic philosophy in the country in addition to the lack of economic policy that makes a variety of financial revenues of the Iraqi economy, not only from a single supplier.


http://translate.google.com/translat...w%26id%3D45074 ]]> Iraq Economic Progress Hkp1 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58654-Calls-for-the-adoption-of-investment-plans-similar-to-the-experience-of-the-Kurdistan World Bank project to tie Iraq to adopt the Arab Mashreq rail lines http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58653-World-Bank-project-to-tie-Iraq-to-adopt-the-Arab-Mashreq-rail-lines&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 15:12:44 GMT *World Bank project to tie Iraq to adopt the Arab Mashreq rail lines* *17/05/2012 11:17 Announced that the General Company for Iraqi rail to... World Bank project to tie Iraq to adopt the Arab Mashreq rail lines


17/05/2012 11:17

Announced that the General Company for Iraqi rail to the World Bank adopted a project to link Iraq Mashreq Arab lines of railroads.

Director of Information Company Jawad Khersan said that the project would include Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, adding that the aim is to return Iraq to normal between the Arab countries in the field of transport for the purpose of service and commodity exchanges in addition to the transport of passengers


http://translate.google.com/translat...://www.imn.iq/ ]]> International Hkp1 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58653-World-Bank-project-to-tie-Iraq-to-adopt-the-Arab-Mashreq-rail-lines Basra exclude Exxon Mobil from the licensing round because of the contracts concluded http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58652-Basra-exclude-Exxon-Mobil-from-the-licensing-round-because-of-the-contracts-concluded&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 14:57:47 GMT *Basra exclude Exxon Mobil from the licensing round because of the contracts concluded with the Kurdistan Region* *08:51:17 / 05/2012 Khandan... Basra exclude Exxon Mobil from the licensing round because of the contracts concluded with the Kurdistan Region


08:51:17 / 05/2012

Khandan - The provincial council in Basra to start organizing licensing round of oil contracts, after receiving the necessary powers of government, during the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the last of the province last February, saying an exception company «Exxon Mobil» U.S. because of the contracts concluded with the Kurdistan Region.

The Chairman of the Commission on oil and gas in the provincial council Farid Khalid told «life» that «the local government will organize the fourth round of licenses to develop oil fields in the province after it was the prerogative of the center».

He added that «the local government will abide by the decisions of the ministerial policy of the country's oil, and Exxon Mobil Snsttna American ministry exempted from the fact that all the activities of oil».

The exception was the U.S. company because of an agreement signed last October with the Kurdistan Regional Government to invest in six fields.

The Council of Ministers decided at a meeting held in Basra last February behind governor Abdul Samad grant powers of the Minister in relation to the conclusion of oil contracts.

Furthermore, the Council stressed the local area Zubair in Basra province, and should be coordinated with him «so as not to be repeated operations over agricultural land, as happened with the foreign oil companies», said President of the Council and Walid Khaled told «life» that «foreign companies violated provincial law number 21 of 2008, which gives district councils the authority to regulate land use within its borders, but those companies acquired the land without coordinating with the Council of Zubair ». He added that «the Council will sue the companies that did not comply with our instructions».

The head of the provincial council in Basra morning Albzona «life» that «the local government has become the official sponsor of the commercial activities of the oil in the province under the powers granted to it».

He added that «the local government filed a suit against the Ministry of Oil after the spread of news about the establishment of the Ministry of Basra Gas Company without the knowledge of the province has won this issue».


Newspaper life


http://translate.google.com/translat...4461%26Jor%3D2 ]]> Hydro Carbon Law/Oil Hkp1 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58652-Basra-exclude-Exxon-Mobil-from-the-licensing-round-because-of-the-contracts-concluded Iyad al-Samarrai, The five parleaders gathered in Erbil can implement their demands t http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58651-Iyad-al-Samarrai-The-five-parleaders-gathered-in-Erbil-can-implement-their-demands-t&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 14:54:46 GMT *Iyad al-Samarrai, The five parleaders gathered in Erbil can implement their demands through the Parliament .* *17/05/2012 12:00:00 Baghdad /... Iyad al-Samarrai, The five parleaders gathered in Erbil can implement their demands through the Parliament .


17/05/2012 12:00:00

Baghdad / NINA /-- Head of Center coalition parliamentary bloc within the Iraqiya Slate , Dr ,Iyad al-Samarrai called on the five leaders who met in Erbil on 28th olast April to develop a work program in the House of Representatives to concritize their demands.

In a press statement al-Samarrai said today: "that all the leaders who met in Erbil are heads of large political blocs , so they can proceed to get a parliamentary majority and then achieve their demands.

He stressed on the fact that says “ it is possible to avoid all problems and crises through an agreement betwwen opposition forces to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki by activating a constitutional work program to implemente the demands / End


http://www.ninanews.com/english/News...ar95_VQ=FLHKKK ]]> Parliament-GOI Hkp1 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58651-Iyad-al-Samarrai-The-five-parleaders-gathered-in-Erbil-can-implement-their-demands-t Muhammadawi :Zebari must be accurate and not decide unilaterally the statue of Mubara http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58650-Muhammadawi-Zebari-must-be-accurate-and-not-decide-unilaterally-the-statue-of-Mubara&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 14:51:45 GMT *Muhammadawi :Zebari must be accurate and not decide unilaterally the statue of Mubarak sea-port .* *17/05/2012 13:14:00 Baghdad / NINA /--... Muhammadawi :Zebari must be accurate and not decide unilaterally the statue of Mubarak sea-port .


17/05/2012 13:14:00

Baghdad / NINA /-- Chairman of Abnail-Iraq congregation Abbas Mohammidawi severely criticized in a statement to NINA Foreign Zebari has no right in his capacity as Chairman of the joint Iraqi-Kuwaiti committee to make a decision on his own saying that building of Mubarak sea-port is right of Kuwait urging him not to exceed limits.

He added : “ Zebari must before negotiating with Kuwait, take into account Iraqs interests not Kuwaiti interests and must call for stopping building Mubarak sea-port as well , to stop making decision on his own /.End


http://www.ninanews.com/english/News...ar95_VQ=FLHLDM ]]> KUWAIT Hkp1 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58650-Muhammadawi-Zebari-must-be-accurate-and-not-decide-unilaterally-the-statue-of-Mubara Legal expert: Back to work, al-Mutlaq does not need parliamentary approval http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58649-Legal-expert-Back-to-work-al-Mutlaq-does-not-need-parliamentary-approval&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 14:36:13 GMT *Legal expert: Back to work, al-Mutlaq does not need parliamentary approval* *2012-05-17 11:05:22 BAGHDAD (Iba) said the legal expert... Legal expert: Back to work, al-Mutlaq does not need parliamentary approval


2012-05-17 11:05:22


BAGHDAD (Iba) said the legal expert Tareq Harb said the return of the Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq to attend the meetings of the Council of Ministers and the exercise of its functions do not need to be approved by the House of Representatives or the issuance of the law.

He said war, told the independent press (Iba) that it only needs to be approved by the Prime Minister.

It is expected to return to his post-Mutlaq, the next few days after that resulted in statements to the Prime Minister launched a freeze on his work and demand of the House of Representatives vote on his dismissal. (End)


http://translate.google.com/translat...s%26id%3D41027 ]]> Parliament-GOI Hkp1 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58649-Legal-expert-Back-to-work-al-Mutlaq-does-not-need-parliamentary-approval Port of Umm Qasr receives six ships for the Ministry of Commerce http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58648-Port-of-Umm-Qasr-receives-six-ships-for-the-Ministry-of-Commerce&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 14:30:12 GMT *Port of Umm Qasr receives six ships for the Ministry of Commerce * *2012-05-17 13:10:37 BAGHDAD (Iba) ... Ministry of Transport announced... Port of Umm Qasr receives six ships for the Ministry of Commerce


2012-05-17 13:10:37

BAGHDAD (Iba) ... Ministry of Transport announced that the port of Umm Qasr, Basra province Altjarignobi received six ships of different nationalities, loaded with 156 000 tonnes of wheat and 90 thousand tons of sugar imported for the Ministry of Commerce.

According to a ministry statement on Thursday that the vessels of the six is the ship's C-Carr S. Abaria sexual tonnage of 51,331 tons of wheat and the ship (Wehbe a) Panamanian nationality tonnage of 52,500 tons of wheat and the ship (Valley of you) Cypriot citizenship tonnage of 52,500 tons of wheat and the ship (Jack / 1) Panamanian nationality payload 22,500 tons of sugar and the ship (John Jane Nour) Courrier sexual tonnage 20,000 tons sugar and the ship (Nursanda) Dnmarkiyh sexual tonnage 27,500 tons of sugar.

He also met with the port the ship (Norvan) Maltese nationality a variety of cargo and the ship (Almerda) Tensanieh sexual tonnage of 1,400 tons Kazoel. (End)


http://translate.google.com/translat...s%26id%3D41027 ]]> Iraq Economic Progress Hkp1 http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58648-Port-of-Umm-Qasr-receives-six-ships-for-the-Ministry-of-Commerce Iraq plans to relaunch Iraqi Airways as a major carrier http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?58647-Iraq-plans-to-relaunch-Iraqi-Airways-as-a-major-carrier&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 14:29:51 GMT The National - 17 May, 2012


Iraq's national carrier is planning to re-emerge as a major regional airline, with the first of 40 Boeing aircraft set to be delivered next year.

"We want to expand our fleet and operate routes to Europe, Malaysia and India. We want to operate just like any other regional airline," said Nasser Hussein Bandar, the head of Iraq's civil aviation authority.

Iraqi Airways, founded in 1945, is among the oldest airlines in the region but has no planes of its own after it liquidated its assets and attempted to dissolve the entity to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars of debt owed to Kuwait.

The war-torn country in March reached a US$ 500 million (Dh1.83bn) debt deal to resolve the two-decades long dispute with Kuwait, paving the way for the airline to return to normal business.

Iraq's current commercial fleet consists of 13 planes leased through regional brokers and six Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft. These are owned by the Iraqi ministry of finance and leased back to the airline to prevent Kuwait seizing them.

Iraq also has options to buy four additional aircraft from Bombardier, which have not been exercised so far due to the legal claims by Kuwait. No decision will be made imminently over whether to exercise the options or to choose Boeing or Airbus aircraft instead. The ministry of finance has allocated $ 300m in its national budget for the purchase of aircraft.

"The government is still considering whether to make the purchase for the pending four planes, or opt for other models from Boeing or Airbus," Mr Bandar said.

According to Boeing, Iraq ordered 30 737-800s (with 10 options) and 10 787-8s (with five options) in April 2008 and December 2009, respectively. However, Boeing policy is not to disclose delivery dates, although Mr Bandar said deliveries were scheduled to run from next year through 2016.

"During the past several years The Boeing Company has developed a strong partnership with the Iraqi government concerning the country's current and future commercial aviation needs," said Marty Bentrott, the vice president of sales for Boeing commercial airplanes, for the Middle East, Russia and central Asia.

"Areas of common interest include but are not limited to replenishing Iraq's commercial aviation fleet and modernising the country's commercial aviation infrastructure," he said.

Throughout this time the US government has demonstrated strong support for this deepening partnership and we appreciate their continuing efforts.

"We look forward to working with the Iraqi government and the Iraqi private sector as they modernise their commercial aviation sector and integrate fully into the international commercial aviation system."

Saj Ahmad, the chief analyst at the consultancy StrategicAero Research based in the United Kingdom, said the fleet expansion must be accompanied by a recruitment drive.

"On the expansion front, the key really is investment in staffing and resources, without which they can't launch flights overseas and its not clear how the Iraqi government aims to plug this gap," he said.

But Mr Bandar was adamant the expansion would go ahead. "Iraqi Airways has the experience, we have the know-how and with more than 3,600 staff that include pilots, cabin crew, schedulers, operators and marketers," Mr Bandar said. "But without planes, we haven't been able to properly fly, plan new routes, or make schedules."

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