LONDON (AFX) – The dollar drifted higher even as US data painted a mixed picture of the economy as all eyes focused on rocketing oil prices amid rising tensions in the Middle-east.
Iraqi industry stakes future on winning over foreign investors
The country must get to grips with security if it is to move forward economically, a senior minister tells our correspondent
Times Online, July 15 – HIS workers get kidnapped. His factories and offices are under attack. Yet, Iraq’s Industry Minister, Fawzi Hariri, says he is optimistic about the future.
Nasiriyah” calls on the government to invest six oil fields
Iraqi National Congress, July 16 – The governor of Nasiriyah (southern Iraq) Aziz Alwan urged the Ministry of Oil to invest six oil fields in the areas of Qal’at Sukkar, Rifa’i, and Al-Bateha’a has not yet been explored.
Italy supports development of Iraqi oil industry
Al-Sabah, July 16 – Italy has allocated 850,000 Euros ($1.08 million) to help develop the oil industry within Iraq’s Thy Qar governorate.
Industry minister expects investment law within October
Al-Sabah, July 16 – Industry Minister Fawzi Hariri said that investment law would be set free within next October.The minister said during his meeting with Iranian diplomats in Baghdad that the new law would clear
Iran rejects demands to freeze nuclear work
Stop Fundamentalism, July 15 – Iran’s state-run news agency, Mehr News, reported today that Iran will not accept the preconditions set forth by 5+1 countries for nuclear talks.
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, the deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said today to a crowd in northwestern Iranian city of Mashad that, “The precondition to freeze Iran’s nuclear activities is definitely unacceptable and the European deadline will not be met.â€
Iran dossier in Security Council – Sanctions next?
Nima Sharif
Five weeks ago, the 5+1 group, by sending an “incentive package†to Tehran, tried once again to bring the mullahs into their senses and bribe them into suspending their uranium enrichment process, but all they did was to give two months time to the mullahs and now we are once again back where we all started.
The price of these times wasted and its disastrous results, are surly paid by the Iranian people living under the rule of the theocratic fascists.
Just before the past two months duration when the West was awaiting the answer from Iran, we said here on our website that we should learn from our mistakes and not test what has been tested before. Now two months later, everyone can see that as much there was flexibility and incentives, the mullahs asked for more and more.
Voice of golf speaks up for Hoylake Open Jul 14 2006
Liam Murphy finds Peter Alliss, a man synonymous with The Open, in optimistic mood about this year’s return to Wirral
Daily Post – HE IS to millions of people around the world simply "the voice of golf ". And the BBC’s Peter Alliss last night said he was in no doubt that Hoylake would provide an excellent venue for the 135th Open Championship.
Most Iraqi provinces are controlled by Iranian Revolutionary Guards
Stop Fundamentalism, – In Baghdad, Al-Haqaeq daily, reported on July 9 that Sheik Khalaf al-Oliyan, secretary general of National Dialogue Council of Iraq, in an exclusive interview with al-Haqaeq, said, “The Iranian regime’s interference is something proven to all, to the extent that it even involves the Iraqi Parliament.â€
International Contract for Iraq
Al-Sabah, July 12 – The Iraqi Government has formed a Committee chaired by the United Nations for the preparation of an international contract, which is to be supported by the World Bank, in coordination with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and regional financial organizations, as well as the original donor states.
