2009年5月25日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq seeks seven-billion-dollar loan from IMF (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT

Iraq wants a seven-billion-dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cover its budget deficit, Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Solagh, pictured in 2008, said in an interview published on Monday.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq wants a seven-billion-dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cover its budget deficit, Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Solagh said in an interview published on Monday.

Iraqi trade chief resigns amid corruption scandal (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 02:07 PM PDT

Sgt. Dwight Hicks, of Paterson, N.J., holds his nine-month old son, Dwight Hicks II, Monday, May 25, 2009, at the U.S. Army's Fort Dix in Wrightstown, N.J. Hicks is one of nearly 400 New Jersey Army National Guard soldiers of the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team returning on the Memorial Day holiday from duty in Iraq. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Iraq's prime minister has accepted the resignation of his trade minister, shortly before a move in parliament to oust him over alleged corruption in his department, the government said Monday.

Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan honor their fallen (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT

US soldiers pray, during a Memorial Day ceremony at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 25, 2009. Memorial Day commemorates US men and women who have died while in the military service. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - American troops on Memorial Day honored their fallen on two battlefields, one war winding down and another ramping up. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military remembered the toll so far on the troops — more than 4,900 dead — with the outcome still unclear.

Iraq aims to allow foreign investors to own land (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2009 10:40 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's investment commission is pushing for foreign firms to be allowed to own land, a move seen as key to attracting the developers required to build houses and repair and expand the country's creaking infrastructure.

Iraqi trade minister resigns in corruption scandal (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 May 2009 09:48 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki accepted his embattled trade minister's resignation on Monday, the day before a scheduled no confidence vote in parliament.

Iraq trade minister resigns amid corruption claims (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 08:24 AM PDT

Iraqi Trade Minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani (left) and Britain's Business Minister Peter Mandelson listen to reporters during a press conference in Baghdad, April 2009. Sudani has resigned amid allegations of corruption and embezzlement linked to the nation's food assistance programme, the prime minister's office said on Monday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraqi Trade Minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani has resigned amid allegations of corruption and embezzlement linked to the nation's food assistance programme, the prime minister's office said on Monday.

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