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Explanation of the voting session on the completion of the ministerial cabin
Editorial Date: 2018/11/27 9:07 • 429 times read
[Baghdad: Al-Furat News} A parliamentary source explained, the vote on the completion of the cabinet cab in the parliamentary session scheduled next week.
The source told the {Euphrates News}, "The next session may not be to vote on the completion of the ministerial cabin."
The source told the {Euphrates News}, "The next session may not be to vote on the completion of the ministerial cabin."
"If the curricula vitae of the candidates before the next meeting is held at a time that MPs can study, they will be on the agenda," he said.
The parliament session was due to be held on Tuesday but was adjourned late Monday night for a week.
The Office of the President of the House of Representatives, the parliament will vote next week on the remaining eight candidates for ministerial posts in the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.
The differences between the political blocs continue to resolve the candidates for eight ministerial portfolios are the Interior, Defense, Justice, Planning, Education, Higher Education, Migration, Displaced and Culture.
The parliament session was due to be held on Tuesday but was adjourned late Monday night for a week.
The Office of the President of the House of Representatives, the parliament will vote next week on the remaining eight candidates for ministerial posts in the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.
The differences between the political blocs continue to resolve the candidates for eight ministerial portfolios are the Interior, Defense, Justice, Planning, Education, Higher Education, Migration, Displaced and Culture.
Iraqi Parliamentary Session for Voting on Remaining Ministerial Posts Postponed
27/11/2018 - 01:42
Iraqi Parliamentary Session for Voting on Remaining Ministerial Posts Postponed
Iraqi Parliamentary Session for Voting on Remaining Ministerial Posts Postponed
ERBIL - Iraqi Parliament on Monday evening postponed a session expected o be held on Tuesday for voting on the remaining ministerial posts.
The Council of Representatives said in a statement on Monday afternoon that PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi would send the names of the candidates to Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi on Monday night, and that there would be a session on the following day for either approving or rejecting them.
However, the parliament explained in statement that it has not yet received the biographies of part of the candidates, as a result of which, it had to postpone the session for next week.
The representatives of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), according to the information obtained by BasNews from a party's lawmaker, voted on the postponment of the session as none of the PUK's nominees were among the eight remaining candidates.
Abdul-Mahdi, in the meantime, noted that three of the nominees are still under the investigation into their backgrounds.
The parliament approved 14 ministers presented by Abdul-Mahdi on October 25 , while eight posts, including the ministries of interior, defense, and justice, are yet to be filled.
Parliamentary move to create dams to protect Iraqi cities from floods
27 November 2018
The crisis in Iraq in summer and winter, from power cuts to devastating floods caused the death and injury of dozens and the displacement of hundreds of residents of the displacement camps in Nineveh, Diyala and other Iraqi provinces.
In the opinion of MPs in the Iraqi parliament that «the flood disaster borne by successive governments, even if the government has completed projects on the drying of cities, and the establishment of dams did not happen such a disaster.
The governor of Baghdad, Atwan al-Atwani, warned of the possibility of exposure of the Iraqi capital to Seoul, calling on the government to take urgent measures, while some provincial MPs are planning to move to rapid parliamentary action. The disaster that forced thousands of civilians to flee.
"The central government should take all measures and preparations to face any contingency in anticipation of the possibility of the arrival of Seoul from the provinces adjacent to Baghdad," the governor of Baghdad said in a statement.
The statement added: «We have directed all the service and municipal services in the capital, with its spontaneous and human efforts to face any emergency», adding that «large municipal campaigns have been launched to withdraw and drain the rainwater»
Finance Min, Netherlands Amb discuss cooperation on water
Tuesday، 27 November 2018 12:27 AM
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance Minister Fuad Hussein received in his office in Baghdad Dutch Ambassador to Iraq Matthijs Wolters.
During the meeting, they discussed and reviewed the special bilateral relations between Iraq and the Netherlands, as well as the latest developments on the local, regional and international levels.
Wolters noted that the Netherlands strongly supports the reconstruction efforts and the provision of services in Iraq, especially concerning humanitarian projects and stability support.
The ambassador also stressed his country's readiness to provide advice and expertise to Iraq in the fields of water resources and dam construction.
For his part, Hussein stressed that he will work to strengthen these special relations between the two countries, adding that Iraq needs the expertise of its friendly countries, especially in the fields of water resources and dam construction, which will greatly revive the agricultural and livestock sector, provide electricity, and increase the sources of income.
Parliamentary Finance: Public debt caused a major financial crisis for Iraq and we must avoid the threat to the budget
4:34 - 26/11/2018
Baghdad - Mawazine News
The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed on Monday that it had held a meeting of the Canadian Governance Institute to discuss the draft law on financial management and public debt, pointing out that the public debt caused a major financial crisis for Iraq.
Majid Al Waeli, member of the committee, said in a statement received by Mawazine News: "At our meeting with the Canadian governance team, we discussed the subject of the Financial Management and Public Debt Bill on this law and what are the quick and concise solutions to the work of the Finance Committee."
He added: "We discussed several topics, including the work of the Finance Committee and how to form a strong mechanism in our march," noting that "the subject of the budget for 2019 must meet the needs of ministries that need to be evaluated more by increasing the capacity of work."
He pointed out that "the public debt caused a major financial crisis for Iraq and we must avoid the threat to the public budget and we have to develop radical solutions to this matter."
The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed on Monday that it had held a meeting of the Canadian Governance Institute to discuss the draft law on financial management and public debt, pointing out that the public debt caused a major financial crisis for Iraq.
Majid Al Waeli, member of the committee, said in a statement received by Mawazine News: "At our meeting with the Canadian governance team, we discussed the subject of the Financial Management and Public Debt Bill on this law and what are the quick and concise solutions to the work of the Finance Committee."
He added: "We discussed several topics, including the work of the Finance Committee and how to form a strong mechanism in our march," noting that "the subject of the budget for 2019 must meet the needs of ministries that need to be evaluated more by increasing the capacity of work."
He pointed out that "the public debt caused a major financial crisis for Iraq and we must avoid the threat to the public budget and we have to develop radical solutions to this matter."
Trump Abadi: We want oil to cover the cost of the war in Iraq
03:56 - 26/11/2018
Baghdad - Mawazine News
US President Donald Trump has asked former Iraqi prime minister Haidar al-Abadi to give oil to Washington to cover up the cost of its war on Iraq in 2003, White House sources said.
"President Trump twice raised to the Iraqi prime minister the idea of America's payment of its wars with Iraqi oil, a controversial question that contradicts international standards and logic," the sources said.
"It seems that Trump has finally given up this idea, but so far it has not been revealed that as president he raised the concept twice with the Iraqi prime minister and brought him separately in the operating room with the national security team."
"In March last year, at the end of a White House meeting with former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, Trump raised the issue of taking oil from Iraq to compensate the United States for the costs of the war there," the sources said.
"It was a very rough, low-level meeting, and in the end, Trump says something that affects it, he gets a little smile on his face and says," What are we going to do about oil? "He said.
In the campaign, Trump complained that the United States had spent trillions in Iraq and had lost thousands of lives but had received nothing in return. He regrets that he is usually in the war "to the victor involves spoils," and repeatedly said that the United States should have taken over the Iraqi oil fields as compensation for the sharp costs of the war.
Leading national security figures from both parties have condemned Trump's idea as anomalous and unworkable - a violation of international law that would fuel propaganda for America's enemies.
At the March meeting, the Iraqi prime minister replied, "What do you mean?" According to the source in the room. "Like Trump," Well, we did a lot, we did a lot there, we spent trillions there, and a lot of people were talking about oil. "Abadi was clearly prepared."
"Well, you know, we work closely with a lot of American companies, and US energy companies have interests in our country," he said. "He was smiling. The president would pick his hand on the table as if to say, "I had to ask."
"I remember thinking about it, he said it, he can not help himself," the source said.
Another source in the room confirmed this calculation. The second source said: "It was a look down the moment you have coffee."
A third source, briefed at the time on the conversation between Trump and Abbadi, said that back and forth "made his rounds" about the National Security Council. "He was still early in the administration, and we were all still trying to figure out how this would happen, so it was one of those horror stories ... he would actually do that."
Trump's desire to raid Iraqi oil is illegal and unworkable. But it reveals much about his approach to the Middle East. Trump still trumps payments from the Middle East, in the form of natural resources, to the trillions of dollars that America has spent since the early decade of this century. Bob Woodward and others reported on Trump's official moves to push his team to extract rare metals from Afghanistan to pay for the war. (Security concerns have thwarted this effort; although the Afghan leadership has been more open to Trump's account of Iraqi leaders.)
Trump's national security team has often pushed or ignored these desires to raid natural resources in the Middle East. Trump raised the issue of oil again with Abadi on a phone call in the summer of 2017, and the conversation was vague and did not go anywhere.
"We can not do this, and you should not talk about it, because the talk about this is bad," said the former national security adviser to Trump. "It's bad for America's reputation, it's going to bother the allies, scare everyone, and it makes us look like - I do not remember if he uses the words of these hardcore criminals and thieves, but that's the point he was trying to get," McMaster said.
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URGENT Mr. Sadr rejects non-independents for interior and defense and makes proposal to Abdul Mahdi
Editorial date: 2018/11/27 11:09 • 514 times read
The leader of the Sadrist movement, Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to speed up the introduction of his cabinet, apart from the portfolios of defense and interior.
In a tweet on Twitter, Al-Sadr said in a tweet: "My brother, Mali, I call upon you to escape and invite me to the quota and corruption!
He added: "O national, the machine of quotas and rejecters of the" experimenter does not try "have become united among themselves to return the ugly faces and corrupt and this was not satisfied by the reference and even rejected by the people categorically.
"I am not a reason to delay the completion of the formation of the government, but I am the reason to delay their plans do not listen to them and do not listen."
"I will not satisfy a minister of defense or an internal non-independent, in order to preserve Iraq's dignity and independence and dignity."
At the end of his twitter, Mr. Sadr suggested to Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, "to accelerate the introduction of his cabinet remaining cabinet, except for the ministers of defense and interior and open the door for nomination by the great leaders who liberated the land of usurped hands of the devil and without the intervention of any block or party or party Never our neighbors, our friends, not our masters, and our decision is Iraqi.
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He added: "O national, the machine of quotas and rejecters of the" experimenter does not try "have become united among themselves to return the ugly faces and corrupt and this was not satisfied by the reference and even rejected by the people categorically.
"I am not a reason to delay the completion of the formation of the government, but I am the reason to delay their plans do not listen to them and do not listen."
"I will not satisfy a minister of defense or an internal non-independent, in order to preserve Iraq's dignity and independence and dignity."
At the end of his twitter, Mr. Sadr suggested to Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, "to accelerate the introduction of his cabinet remaining cabinet, except for the ministers of defense and interior and open the door for nomination by the great leaders who liberated the land of usurped hands of the devil and without the intervention of any block or party or party Never our neighbors, our friends, not our masters, and our decision is Iraqi.
MPs may resort to Federal Court to challenge Abadi resolution
Tuesday، 27 November 2018 01:18 AM Former Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi
A number of MPs will review with the parliamentary legal committee the form of the resolution stating that the decisions taken by former Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi during the "caretaker" period shall be suspended for reconsideration, Victory Alliance MP Adnan al-Zarfi stated on Monday.
In a press statement, Zarfi pointed out that if those parliamentarians failed to reach an agreement with the legal committee to adjust this resolution form, they will resort to the Federal Court to challenge it.
He added that Abadi took a number of decisions during "caretaker" period, including setting the military expenditures and salaries, noting that the 2018 federal budget law sent by Abadi during that period is currently discussed in spite of that..
Al-Badairi calls for electricity to guarantee full rights to install contract holders
Release date: 2018/11/27 13:07 • 16 times read
(Baghdad: al-Furat News) MP for the bloc of wisdom, Ali al-Badiri, with the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity, Abdel-Hamza Hadi, steps to install the owners of contracts.
"Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Undersecretary that" they will be installed in the budget of 2019. "
He called on the Ministry of Electricity to guarantee the full rights of contract holders and retroactively, valuing their efforts over the past years and bear the security risks and the occupation of work.
The Presidency of the House of Representatives, announced on Monday reached to install all employees working as a contract in the Ministry of Electricity.
"After extraordinary efforts by the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, and in agreement with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Electricity, the decision to include the installation of all employees working as a contract in the Ministry of Electricity, within the budget Federal Assembly of 2019 ".
"The great role played by the workers over the past years has been appreciated, and the fairness of their efforts and urge them to provide the best for the future and improve the reality of electric power, which is the nerve of life in Iraq."
The Minister of Electricity Luay Khatib, announced on the third of this month, included in the draft federal budget law for the year 2019, the paragraph stabilizing all employees of the ministry working in the form of operational contracts and investment on the permanent owners of the number of 33403.
He pointed out that "the duration of the contract will be calculated after being installed as a real service for the purposes of premium, promotion and retirement, with the commitment of the Ministry to benefit from the fixers to work in investment projects and new operational programs for the coming years."
He called on the Ministry of Electricity to guarantee the full rights of contract holders and retroactively, valuing their efforts over the past years and bear the security risks and the occupation of work.
The Presidency of the House of Representatives, announced on Monday reached to install all employees working as a contract in the Ministry of Electricity.
"After extraordinary efforts by the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, and in agreement with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Electricity, the decision to include the installation of all employees working as a contract in the Ministry of Electricity, within the budget Federal Assembly of 2019 ".
"The great role played by the workers over the past years has been appreciated, and the fairness of their efforts and urge them to provide the best for the future and improve the reality of electric power, which is the nerve of life in Iraq."
The Minister of Electricity Luay Khatib, announced on the third of this month, included in the draft federal budget law for the year 2019, the paragraph stabilizing all employees of the ministry working in the form of operational contracts and investment on the permanent owners of the number of 33403.
He pointed out that "the duration of the contract will be calculated after being installed as a real service for the purposes of premium, promotion and retirement, with the commitment of the Ministry to benefit from the fixers to work in investment projects and new operational programs for the coming years."
Iraq sets oil quotas planned for export in 2019
Release date: 2018/11/27 13:14 • 66 times read
{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} The Ministry of Oil confirmed its keenness to adopt technical and economic standards in the mechanism of marketing crude oil to international markets and to achieve the highest revenues.
"The ministry has approved the allocation of quantities for the new contracts for companies buying Basra crude oil, light and heavy, and Kirkuk crude oil for the next 2019," the spokesman of the ministry Assem Jihad said in a statement received by the agency {Euphrates News}.
He pointed out that "the foundations and mechanisms of marketing and economic and strategic vision adopted by the oil marketing company (SOMO) in the allocation of quantities available for export and the importance of each market in terms of volume of demand and the financial return achieved to sell a barrel."
"The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Oil Minister Thamir Abbas Ghadhban directed a balanced policy in dealing with the global oil market, to maintain the stability of markets and in order to ensure and achieve the interest of Iraq's economic.
He added that "the ministry has identified the rates of major global markets of Iraqi crude oil exports, where the proportion of quantities allocated of total quantities planned for export next year 2019 for the Asian market 67%, the European market 20% and the US market 13%.
The oil marketing company (SOMO) is dependent on a set of criteria in the allocation of their contractual quantities to companies buying Iraqi crude oil
He pointed out that "the foundations and mechanisms of marketing and economic and strategic vision adopted by the oil marketing company (SOMO) in the allocation of quantities available for export and the importance of each market in terms of volume of demand and the financial return achieved to sell a barrel."
"The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Oil Minister Thamir Abbas Ghadhban directed a balanced policy in dealing with the global oil market, to maintain the stability of markets and in order to ensure and achieve the interest of Iraq's economic.
He added that "the ministry has identified the rates of major global markets of Iraqi crude oil exports, where the proportion of quantities allocated of total quantities planned for export next year 2019 for the Asian market 67%, the European market 20% and the US market 13%.
The oil marketing company (SOMO) is dependent on a set of criteria in the allocation of their contractual quantities to companies buying Iraqi crude oil
Integrity reveals 598 sluggish projects in Salah al-Din
Editorial Date: 2018/11/27 11:13 • 138 times read
{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} The Integrity Commission has revealed the total number of projects in Salah ad Din province and converges 600 projects.
A statement of integrity received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, "as part of the efforts and procedures of the Integrity Commission in the monitoring and follow-up and investigation of projects lagging in the provinces, the body revealed its first report in this regard, as it revealed the overall projects faltering in Salahuddin province, By one of its teams that moved to the province; to investigate and investigate the projects of reconstruction and services and investment lag.
The statement added that "the number of these projects reached 598 projects, of which 269 projects were opened criminal cases in them."
The integrity of the report said that "projects that have been opened criminal cases varied between electric power and water complexes and sewage networks and the construction and construction of roads and the construction of schools and sports stadiums and events halls and others."
She explained that "the province did not liquidate the financial advances of 179 of them, in addition to the allegations of disbursement of funds allocated to some projects contrary to instructions, and the consequent waste of those funds."
The report pointed to "the existence of allegations of manipulation and waste of public funds in a number of projects, as the report revealed that the province contracted to equip specialized mechanisms for the Directorate of Salahaddin municipalities of 27 billion and 900 million dinars were processed part and waste the rest of the amount for their personal account, And 775 million dinars to a company; to establish the path of the role - the flag, although the percentage of achievement was {0%}.
The integrity report pointed to "the existence of irregularities in the project of the large country streams, as well as change the origin of some materials for a number of projects contrary to the contract, and the purchase of materials at high prices, and the use of secondary contractors, and the transfer of projects by direct referral projects, trillions dinars."
The report stressed that "the total projects faltering, which has not opened criminal cases so far, amounted to 329 projects at a cost exceeded {trillions dinars} funded from the funds allocated for the development of regions and petrodollar, and the investment plan of a number of ministries.
"These projects were distributed between the construction of about 300 school buildings and kindergartens, in addition to hospitals, health centers, outpatient clinics and medical committees, as well as equipment for electric power plants, installed water units and many roads and government buildings. Between {0-95%} ".
On the reasons for the delay, the report pointed out that "it ranged from the lack of allocations or lack thereof and the suspension of funding by the province, in addition to the weakness of material resources of the executing companies, and the withdrawal of work from contractors, and the departure of some of the areas from the control of security forces."
"The most prominent projects stalled the project to build four hospitals by German and Turkish companies for 140 million US dollars, in addition to the construction of roads along the length of 800 km in a number of districts and districts at a cost of 96 billion dinars, and completion of two projects Dujail water and the new country at a cost of 97 billion dinars" .
The Integrity Commission announced late last October that it has formed investigative teams in all its directorates and investigative offices, which will be responsible for categorizing criminal cases in terms of their importance, completing investigation and investigating the reconstruction projects, services and investment. Supervise the completion of its work and provide summaries of the results of the investigation
The statement added that "the number of these projects reached 598 projects, of which 269 projects were opened criminal cases in them."
The integrity of the report said that "projects that have been opened criminal cases varied between electric power and water complexes and sewage networks and the construction and construction of roads and the construction of schools and sports stadiums and events halls and others."
She explained that "the province did not liquidate the financial advances of 179 of them, in addition to the allegations of disbursement of funds allocated to some projects contrary to instructions, and the consequent waste of those funds."
The report pointed to "the existence of allegations of manipulation and waste of public funds in a number of projects, as the report revealed that the province contracted to equip specialized mechanisms for the Directorate of Salahaddin municipalities of 27 billion and 900 million dinars were processed part and waste the rest of the amount for their personal account, And 775 million dinars to a company; to establish the path of the role - the flag, although the percentage of achievement was {0%}.
The integrity report pointed to "the existence of irregularities in the project of the large country streams, as well as change the origin of some materials for a number of projects contrary to the contract, and the purchase of materials at high prices, and the use of secondary contractors, and the transfer of projects by direct referral projects, trillions dinars."
The report stressed that "the total projects faltering, which has not opened criminal cases so far, amounted to 329 projects at a cost exceeded {trillions dinars} funded from the funds allocated for the development of regions and petrodollar, and the investment plan of a number of ministries.
"These projects were distributed between the construction of about 300 school buildings and kindergartens, in addition to hospitals, health centers, outpatient clinics and medical committees, as well as equipment for electric power plants, installed water units and many roads and government buildings. Between {0-95%} ".
On the reasons for the delay, the report pointed out that "it ranged from the lack of allocations or lack thereof and the suspension of funding by the province, in addition to the weakness of material resources of the executing companies, and the withdrawal of work from contractors, and the departure of some of the areas from the control of security forces."
"The most prominent projects stalled the project to build four hospitals by German and Turkish companies for 140 million US dollars, in addition to the construction of roads along the length of 800 km in a number of districts and districts at a cost of 96 billion dinars, and completion of two projects Dujail water and the new country at a cost of 97 billion dinars" .
The Integrity Commission announced late last October that it has formed investigative teams in all its directorates and investigative offices, which will be responsible for categorizing criminal cases in terms of their importance, completing investigation and investigating the reconstruction projects, services and investment. Supervise the completion of its work and provide summaries of the results of the investigation
Peshmerga announces the results of the largest reform of its institution
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The Ministry of Peshmerga announced the results of reforms in the ministry organized in coordination with the international coalition forces. The Ministry of Peshmerga announced the results of reforms in the ministry organized in coordination with the international coalition forces.Karim Sinjari, minister of Peshmerga agency told a news conference that a special department of reform was established in the Ministry of Peshmerga resulting in more than ten projects. Karim Sinjari, minister of Peshmerga agency told a news conference that a special department of reform was established in the Ministry of Peshmerga resulting in more than ten projects.He also revealed that the Netherlands will send military advisers next year to contribute to the reform process in the Peshmerga. He also disclosed that the Netherlands will send military advisors next year to contribute to the reform process in the Peshmerga.Will Davies, the British military adviser and the representative of the International Coalition during the conference, said that the reasons for the reforms are that the Peshmerga forces have a major role in confronting the enemy and be a political institution. Will Davies, the British military adviser and the representative of the International Coalition during the conference, said that the reasons for the reforms are that the Peshmerga forces have a major role in confronting the enemy and be a political institution.He pointed out that the process of reform is normal and carried out by the armies of the world periodically, and that this will have an economic impact on the structure of the Peshmerga. He pointed out that the process of reform is normal and transported out by the armies of the world periodically, and that this will have an economic impact on the structure of the Peshmerga.
The Ministry of Peshmerga announced the results of reforms in the ministry organized in coordination with the international coalition forces. The Ministry of Peshmerga announced the results of reforms in the ministry organized in coordination with the international coalition forces.Karim Sinjari, minister of Peshmerga agency told a news conference that a special department of reform was established in the Ministry of Peshmerga resulting in more than ten projects. Karim Sinjari, minister of Peshmerga agency told a news conference that a special department of reform was established in the Ministry of Peshmerga resulting in more than ten projects.He also revealed that the Netherlands will send military advisers next year to contribute to the reform process in the Peshmerga. He also disclosed that the Netherlands will send military advisors next year to contribute to the reform process in the Peshmerga.Will Davies, the British military adviser and the representative of the International Coalition during the conference, said that the reasons for the reforms are that the Peshmerga forces have a major role in confronting the enemy and be a political institution. Will Davies, the British military adviser and the representative of the International Coalition during the conference, said that the reasons for the reforms are that the Peshmerga forces have a major role in confronting the enemy and be a political institution.He pointed out that the process of reform is normal and carried out by the armies of the world periodically, and that this will have an economic impact on the structure of the Peshmerga. He pointed out that the process of reform is normal and transported out by the armies of the world periodically, and that this will have an economic impact on the structure of the Peshmerga.
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Qatar blockade plays out in battle over UAE banks
Aljazeera
The blockade against Qatar is being played out at banks in the UAE which have Qatari shareholders, weighing on their business and raising questions about their future. Some banks and other businesses had been warned by the UAE government against entering into deals with Qatari companies, since the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt began a boycott of Qatar in June 2017, sources including a senior UAE banker and a UAE business official told Reuters news agency. As a result, some UAE companies Read the full story
5 Credit Card Benefits You May Not Know About
Consumer Reports
These additional perks can make holiday spending a little easier Read the full story
TREASURIES/BONDS/STOCKS
RPT-Wall St Week Ahead-Investors caught in crossfire of fight for holiday shoppers
Reuters
(Repeats Friday story with no changes) Read the full story
Opinion: Here’s how to tell if stocks will enter a bear market or rise to new highs
MarketWatch
Nigam Arora says to watch the Fed and any trade deal with China. Read the full story
Stock market turmoil: Will the Fed come to the rescue?
CNN Business
The bulls on Wall Street are hoping that the Federal Reserve signals a slower pace of rate hikes in 2019. But it could take a lot more market mayhem for the Fed to blink given the strong economy and warming inflation. Read the full story
Grim stock signals piling up as Wall Street mulls recession odds
Bloomberg
Nine turbulent weeks and a correction in U.S. stocks have left analysts with a thorny question. What’s the market saying about the economy? Read the full story
How to Survive the Incoming Financial Crisis
GQ
Another recession is coming. Luckily, one entrepreneur is backing a portfolio of startups that just might save you. Read the full story
CRYPTO'S / DIGITAL CURRENCY
Bitcoin [BTC] is a big learning curve, says SEC Commissioner
AMB Crypto
The United States Securities and Exchanges Commission [SEC]'s Commissioner, Hester Peirce aka Crypto Mom, spoke about her controversial dissent and explained the statement made in the dissent, in an podcast episode of "What Bitcoin Did". The commissioner also spoke about how she became aware of the very first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin [BTC]. In the month of... Read the full story
Ethereum [ETH/USD] Technical Analysis: Bear continues to haunt the coin
AMB Crypto
Ethereum [ETH], the third-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, sparkled green in the market for short duration earlier today. The coin was not the only one to shine, it was joined by Monero [XMR], Tron [TRX], and Bitcoin Cash. Nonetheless, the coin has returned to the bear's realm after its short visit to bull's house. According... Read the full story
InVault’s cryptocurrency custodian service debuts in Hong Kong as new regulations kick in
South China Morning Post
InVault’s launch comes after Hong Kong imposed news on cryptocurrency exchanges and managers to employ a custodian service Shanghai-based InVault has about 1 million ethereum under custody in mainland China Read the full story
Down 36%: Bitcoin Price Faces Worst Weekly Loss Since April 2013
With bitcoin prices dropping further early on Sunday, the cryptocurrency now looks to be heading for its worst weekly loss in over 5 years.At press time, the leading cryptocurrency...
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Ohio becomes the first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments
TechCrunch
TechCrunch
Starting Monday, businesses in Ohio will be able to pay their taxes in bitcoin ... Read the full story
Bitcoin breaks below $4,000 as selloff deepens
MarketWatch
On Saturday, bitcoin, the world’s largest digital currency, crashed through $4,000, falling as much as 15% and making a fresh 14-month low below $3,500. Read the full story
CURRENCIES
Forex - Dollar Slips; Euro, Sterling Gain Ground as Risk Appetite Revives
Investing.com
Forex Nov 26, 2018 09:33 GMT Investing.com - The dollar was broadly lower on Monday, with the euro and the pound gaining ground as concerns over Italy’s budget row eased, but investors remained cautious as a host of geopolitical risks continued to loom over markets. The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a basket of six major currencies, was down 0.27% to 96.56 by 04:32 AM ET(09:32 AM GMT), retreating from one-week highs of 96.96 reached overnight. The dollar was Read the full story
Dollar/CAD reached new highs as oil hit new lows, but managed to stabilize once again. What’s next? The GDP report stands out. Here are the highlights and an updated technical...
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INSURANCE / HEALTH / SCIENCE
The Most Important Tool For Doctors Fighting DRC's Ebola Crisis Isn't Medicine
HuffPost
My experience as a public health practitioner has convinced me that a lack of ... Read the full story
If Your Child Sleeps With Their Mouth Open And Has These Other Symptoms, You Might Want To Take Them To An ENT
Scary Mommy
We all know that kids who don’t get enough sleep are apt to turn into little monsters, melting down over the smallest things, and making the lives of everyone around them a living hell. The reality is that sometimes kids don’t get enough sleep, and it really sucks. But usually a good night’s sleep puts... Read the full story
Olive-skinned woman shares a warning after shock melanoma diagnosis
Daily Mail
A young Adelaide woman who never burned while sun baking was shocked to find a melanoma on her naturally olive skin. Read the full story
The dangerous treatment for skin cancer leaving HOLES in patient's
Daily Mail
Australian doctors and dermatologists have warned against using a dangerous alternative treatment for skin cancer that can leave holes in their skin. Read the full story
Researcher: Alzheimer's vaccine could cut dementia in half, human trials may be next
USA TODAY
A study outlines advances in research that could lead to a successful vaccine for Alzheimer's, a fatal brain disease. Trials in animals may pave the way for human trials, according to researchers. Read the full story
Dangerous Infection Tied To Hospitals Now Becoming Common Outside Them
NPR
Infections with Clostridium difficile can be difficult to treat and life-threatening. Once a problem seen mainly in health care facilities, the infections are now occurring often in the community. Read the full story
On Monday, scientists will be sweating 'seven minutes of terror'
CNN
Don Lincoln writes that as NASA's InSight spacecraft attempts to land on Mars this Monday, scientists will be nervous: Mars is a graveyard of failed probes, and they only have a matter of minutes to get it right. Read the full story
Health Insurance -- How To Compare Prices On HealthCare.gov
Forbes Magazine
Health insurance shopping on the health exchange is in full swing and you have until December 15 to keep shopping. The Healthcare.gov website has become more user friendly making it easier to pick the right coverage. This is a step by step guide to shopping for coverage on HealthCare.gov. Read the full story
USA / CANADA
Over 100 inmates were bailed out in the largest mass bail in history
VICE
Seventy-five per cent of the people on Rikers are eventually released without ever being sentenced to prison, which suggests most of the people there aren’t much of a threat to public safety. Read the full story
The United States’ toughest biometric privacy law is facing a challenge from Six Flags
The Verge
In 2008, Illinois passed a law that, a decade later, remains the toughest standard for biometric privacy in the nation. The Biometric Information Privacy Act imposes strict rules on how companies... Read the full story
It Might Be Better to Take Social Security at 66 Instead of 70. Here’s Why.
Barron's
Conventional wisdom about Social Security bites the dust—again. Read the full story
California wildfire that killed at least 85 is now 100% contained
SF Gate
Firefighters have reached a milestone in their long battle against the deadly Camp Fire that has ravaged communities in Butte County, announcing early Sunday that they have fully contained the blaze that has killed at least 85 people. Read the full story
Trump's tax cuts diminished deductibility for charitable donations
Axios
One huge change this year is in the tax code. The Trump tax cuts increased the standard deduction and therefore make it less likely that you'll be able to deduct your charitable donations. Only about 11% of households are likely to itemize their taxes this year, down from 26.4% last year. Read the full story
EMERGING MARKETS
Mexico sends mixed signals on plan to host US asylum-seekers, as Trump doubles down
ABC News
The reported plan would signal a significant change from U.S. border policy. Read the full story
Mexico denies deal with US to host asylum seekers
Aljazeera
Mexico's incoming government has denied reports that it has agreed to allow asylum seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through US immigration courts, one of several options the Trump administration has been pursuing in negotiations for months. The deal was seen as a way to dissuade thousands of Central American migrants and refugees from seeking asylum in the US, a process that can take years. In effect, Mexican border towns are already acting as waiting rooms for migrants and Read the full story
US shuts down portion of Mexico border as groups of migrants clashed with authorities and stormed border
Business Insider
A caravan of Honduran migrants pause after crossing into Guatemala on October 15, 2018 in Esquipulas, Guatemala. Authorities clashed with groups that are believed to be from the Central American migrant caravan Sunday after a group estimated to be in the hundreds stormed a US port of entry. Migrants walked from a makeshift shelter in Tijuana, Mexico to head to San Ysidro, the largest port of entry on the southern US border. Authorities clashed with members of a migrant caravan after a group Read the full story
Any recommendations for funds focused on emerging markets?
Daily Mail
Emerging market countries are those whose economies are still developing. They are attractive to investors because their economies tend to grow faster than those in the West. Read the full story
Deforestation in Amazon rainforest hits worst rate in 10 years
The Hill
Brazilian officials announced on Friday that deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has reached its worst level in a decade. Read the full story
Rising sea levels from climate change threatens Puerto Rico's infrastructure, report states
NBC News
Nearly 8,000 structures in the island's low-lying areas are said to be at risk by an increase in sea level of 1.6 feet, according to a new climate report. Read the full story
Venezuela settles $1.2 billion creditor claim to protect Citgo
Reuters
Cash-strapped Venezuela settled a $1.2 billion arbitration claim that will protect its crown jewel foreign asset, the Houston-based Citgo Petroleum Corp refining business, from being stripped away by a creditor, according to Canadian court documents. Read the full story
MIDDLE EAST
Trump to Iraqi PM: How about that oil?
Axios
President Trump twice raised to the Iraqi prime minister the idea of repaying America for its wars with Iraqi oil, a highly controversial ask that runs afoul of international norms and logic, according to sources with direct knowledge. Read the full story
Rebuilding Mosul: Iraqi women take the wheel in city's revival
TRT World
Rebuilding Mosul: Iraqi women take the wheel in city's revival Read the full story
Egypt creates human rights watchdog to protect its own government
TRT World
Egypt creates human rights watchdog to protect its own government Read the full story
Clarification: Iran-Israel story
ABC News
Clarification: Iran-Israel story Read the full story
UAE lender UNB hires JPMorgan for merger talks: sources
Reuters
Abu Dhabi lender Union National Bank (UNB) has hired JPMorgan to advise on its merger talks with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB), three sources familiar with the move said. Read the full story
UAE seeks rich, educated foreigners with long-term visa scheme
Reuters
The United Arab Emirates will offer long-term visas to rich property investors, senior scientists and entrepreneurs in an effort to support its economy and real estate market, which have been hurt by low oil prices. Read the full story
UAE eyes attracting global entrepeneurs with new laws, decisions -Analysis
Mubasher
Mubasher
Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: The concerned entities in the UAE are looking to attract international businessmen to invest in the country and Read the full story
Iran says China's CNPC replacing France's Total in gas project
Reuters
China’s state-owned CNPC has replaced France’s Total in Iran's multibillion-dollar South Pars gas project, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said, according to the semi-official news agency ICANA on Sunday. Read the full story
Saudi Aramco to sign 30 deals worth about $25 billion as part of local content push: executive
Reuters
Saudi Aramco will sign this week 30 agreements worth about $25 billion with local and foreign companies as part of a drive to expand the kingdom’s industrial base and manufacture a bigger share of products domestically, an Aramco executive said on Sunday. Read the full story
AFRICA
Zimbabwe's Mugabe, 94, no longer able to walk, successor says
Fox News
Robert Mugabe, a former president of Zimbabwe who was the world's oldest head of state before he was ousted from power last year, is no longer able to walk due to declining health, his successor said Saturday. Read the full story
The good life: why Zimbabwean couple sold lucrative mining consultancy to start a winery in Australia
South China Morning Post
Geologist Viv Snowden, who along with her husband, Phil, owns Singlefile Wines, says after years of ‘travel, late nights and writing reports’, the pair decided to embark on a new project Read the full story
Zimbabwe: Nothing for the Poor in 2019 Budget - Minister Avoids Bond Notes Problem - MDC
AllAfrica
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party has rubbished Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2019 national budget, dismissing it as the wrong tonic for Zimbabwe's ailing economy. Prof Ncube presented his fiscal plan for 2019 before Parliament on Thursday, projecting expenditure at US$8.8 billion against $6.6 billion in revenues, leaving a funding gap of 5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). MDC legislators were forced out of the House ahead of the budget presentation after refusing to Read the full story
ASIA
Asian shares on defensive as plunging oil prices fan growth worries
Reuters
Asian shares were on a slippery slope on Monday as plunging oil prices fanned worries about a dimming outlook for the global economy as investors brace for a crucial meeting between U.S. and Chinese leaders at the end of week. Read the full story
UPDATE 2-China says U.S. accusations of unfair trade practices 'groundless'
Reuters
* China to take necessary steps to protect interests -commerceministry Read the full story
The good news hidden in China's slowing economy
My San Antonio
There's good news hidden in China's tumbling stock markets and slowing economy. A government bid to curb risky lending, clean up industry, and restrain home prices is holding firm even as growth heads for its slowest annual pace in almost thirty years and the U.S. trade standoff threatens to deepen. Read the full story
Allianz wins approval for China’s first wholly-owned foreign insurance holding company – four years earlier than promised by Beijing
South China Morning Post
CBIRC announcement on Sunday comes after Beijing initially announced a five-year wait for removal of cap on foreign ownership in November last year Foreign insurers face uphill battle, must compete with domestic heavyweights Read the full story
China grants market access to two more foreign financial institutions: regulator
Reuters
China has given the go-ahead for two more foreign financial institutions to set up local subsidiaries, the country's banking and insurance regulator said in a notice on Sunday, bringing the total number of approvals to 12. Read the full story
Top six companies lose Rs 74,034 crore in market cap last week
Livemint
Mumbai: The combined market valuation of six of the 10 most valued Indian companies declined by Rs 74,034.26 crore last week, led by IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) which took the largest hit of Rs 25,140.37 crore. For the trading week ended Thursday, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), TCS, HUL, Infosys, SBI and ICICI Bank witnessed a decline in their market capitalisation (m-cap), while HDFC Bank, ITC, HDFC and Maruti Suzuki India were on the gainer’s side. Read the full story
FPIs infuse Rs 6,310 crore in November so far
Livemint
Livemint
New Delhi: Foreign investors have pumped in Rs 6,310 crore into Indian capital markets this month so far, after pulling out massive funds in October, on easing crude oil prices and a strengthening rupee. Of these, most of the funds were infused in the debt market by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), the latest data with depositories showed. The recent inflows come after a net outflow of more than Rs 38,900 crore in October, which was the steepest withdrawal in nearly two years. FPIs pulled out Read the full story
EUROPE
All 27 EU leaders endorse Brexit deal. Next hurdle: UK parliament.
BBC News US
Theresa May says she agrees with EU officials that this "is the best and only deal possible". Read the full story
May: There shouldn't be a second referendum
CNN
British Prime Minister Theresa May offers her thoughts on a possible second Brexit referendum, saying the British people want members of Parliament to "focus on the deal." Read the full story
Getting Brexit deal through Commons will be Herculean job for Theresa May
Sky News
Blink and you might have missed it, but the EU has formally backed Theresa May's Brexit plan. Read the full story
Deal done: Key points in the EU-UK Brexit agreement
ABC News
Some key points in the Brexit agreement between the European Union and Britain, the first country ever to leave the 28-nation bloc. Read the full story
E.U. leaders approve Brexit plan, setting up vote in British Parliament
The Washington Post
The plan could yet fall apart before Britain officially exits the European Union, with or without a deal, on March 29, but the E.U. leaders’ acceptance marks a momentous occasion in Britain’s four-decade-long membership in the European club and its torturous two-year effort to depart it. Read the full story
Swiss vote no in sovereignty referendum
BBC News US
A proposal calling for Swiss law to override international law is rejected, early results show. Read the full story
CBI, ISX, Kauaihn Chatter:
CBI Update:
The CBI for Tuesday 11/27/18 did update on the indicative rates Sell Rate 1190
The currency auction is 188,092,694
There are no news and announcements.
Value Traded
242,765,372
Shares Traded
382,024,465
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ISX ended in Green
Kauaihn Chatter:dd
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11-27-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat ...I have said over and over again there are multiple steps to this process. The first step deletes the zeros and the second in the reinstatement which should significantly increase the value, the value we all want. At the current 1120 program rate they are worth about $20.75. At a futuristic reinstatement market rate in the USA @ $3.71, 25,000 x $3.71 = $92,750 USD. But this is the second step. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. You may never even see the first step. Get it. So who the hell cares what happens inside Iraq? What you should be most concerned about is when do you get to go to the bank and if the bank will exchange the dinar for you. ...these notes will not expire (as in a lop) and will carry the new reinstatement rate of whatever it comes out to be on FOREX.
11-26-2018 Newshound Guru chattels Article: "To postpone the session of parliament for Tuesday of next week" Tuesday, 4/12/208.
11-26-2018 Newshound Guru MilitiaMan Article: "Halabousi discussed with the delegation of Baghdad Chamber of Commerce activation of the investment law and the establishment of an economic village" ...Well, we know every 3 letter agency of the world body were in Iraq last month, we have regional entities with the likes of the Secretary General of the Unity Council and components of th Arab league in Cairo about mining interests over the last few days. The above is about accelerating procedures...to help facilitate investors needs...
11-26-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat The CBI has said many times they “fully” intend to keep the citizens informed of the status of the project to delete the zeros. They are doing just that. They seem to give period updates on the project. Just recently we received their latest update which said they are ready to do it and there is nothing more for the CBI to do. They are waiting on the GOI...
11-26-2018 Intel Guru RayRen98 Sunday Morning...Iraq announced that 360 billion Dinar was stolen from the CBI during Maliki's administration. Easier procedures for an international Visa was shared. Monday's Parliament session should have the votes for the final cabinet members.
11-26-2018 Intel/Newshound Guru sandyf ...Iraq is unlikely to redenominate for some time to come. Iraq is facing a problem that no other country looking to redenominate has had to deal with, a huge percentage of the currency being outside the country. It is highly unlikely that Iraq would ever redenominate under current circumstance as the repercussions could be quite significant. I live in the hope that steps will be taken to remove the currency outside Iraq from circulation which would then pave the way to redenomination...
11-26-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru David M. Witty Sources say Iraqi Parliament meeting to select names for unfilled minister positions delayed because of lack of agreement on nominees.
11-26-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat The CBI has said many times they “fully” intend to keep the citizens informed of the status of the project to delete the zeros. They are doing just that. They seem to give period updates on the project. Just recently we received their latest update which said they are ready to do it and there is nothing more for the CBI to do. They are waiting on the GOI...
11-26-2018 Intel Guru RayRen98 Sunday Morning...Iraq announced that 360 billion Dinar was stolen from the CBI during Maliki's administration. Easier procedures for an international Visa was shared. Monday's Parliament session should have the votes for the final cabinet members.
11-26-2018 Intel/Newshound Guru sandyf ...Iraq is unlikely to redenominate for some time to come. Iraq is facing a problem that no other country looking to redenominate has had to deal with, a huge percentage of the currency being outside the country. It is highly unlikely that Iraq would ever redenominate under current circumstance as the repercussions could be quite significant. I live in the hope that steps will be taken to remove the currency outside Iraq from circulation which would then pave the way to redenomination...
11-26-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru David M. Witty Sources say Iraqi Parliament meeting to select names for unfilled minister positions delayed because of lack of agreement on nominees.
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ARTICLE 1 (from PM Mahdi's website
Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi meets with the deputies of Nineveh province in the presence of the Governor and Chairman of the Nineveh Provincial Council and Operations Commander
Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi held a meeting with the deputies of Nineveh province in the presence of the governor of Nineveh, the commander of operations and the head of the provincial council.
The meeting discussed the security situation in the province, stability and reconstruction, the issue of displaced people and the service, agricultural, industrial, humanitarian and investment and budget for the province for the fiscal year 2019.
The deputies and the governor and the President of the Nineveh Provincial Council and the commander of its operations gave a detailed explanation of the conditions of the province.
And welcomed the sovereignty at the beginning of the meeting with the deputies and the rest of the audience, indicating that the meeting with the deputies of the provinces will be successively in order to find solutions to the existing problems and contribute to the crystallization of a vision for the next phase to provide all that serves the citizens.
The Prime Minister said that coordination of work and understanding between the executive and legislative authorities is important and very useful.
The Prime Minister pointed out the importance of the province of Nineveh as one of the beacons of science and culture and the need to work seriously for the purpose of restoring it to normal and to keep this province a light and an example of the unity of the country through the coexistence of various components.
He added that we must work in practical steps to feel the people of Mosul that everyone is doing their duties correctly and thus reflected positively on the reality of the province.
His Excellency called upon the immediate action to achieve the demands of the participants in all that can be achieved through administrative procedures from the powers of the Prime Minister and with regard to the powers of the government bodies, as well as the preparation of subjects that require submission to the Council of Ministers in regard to the issue of the dismissed and the financial budget and other issues By resolutions serving the people of Nineveh province.
Media Office of the Prime Minister
26 November 2018
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ARTICLE 2
Massoud Barzani plans to form a higher council for the leaders of Iraq .. Know the goals
Erbil - November 26 - The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) said on Monday that its leader Massoud Barzani sees the need to form a higher planning council in the next stage, whose members are from the political elite, leaders of the political blocs and the three presidencies to achieve two goals.
A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Repin Salam, said in a press statement that "Barzani believes that the formation of a higher council for planning is an urgent need in the next stage," noting that "this Council, if approved, will be members of the political elite and includes leaders of political blocs, And the three presidencies. "
Salam added that "this Council is very necessary to achieve two goals are to give the decisions taken by the parliament collectively to reach the truth, and resolve many of the differences and critical issues that concern the state."
He pointed out that "the previous sessions of the elected parliament, proved to be weak performance and can not make crucial decisions on the future of Iraq, and this Council will not exceed the Constitution is to support the government and reduce the individual decisions that led to catastrophic errors in the previous stage."
On Thursday, Massoud Barzani held a visit to the capital Baghdad, the first since the referendum of Kurdistan on September 25, 2017, during which he met with the Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, former President of the Council Haidar Abadi, the leader of a coalition of law Nuri al-Maliki and the leader of the wisdom movement Ammar al-Hakim, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Salim al-Jubouri, and the leader of the Fatah alliance Hadi al-Amiri, before meeting on Friday, the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr in Najaf.
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ARTICLE 3
URGENT Urgent postponement of parliament session for Tuesday of next week
2018/11/26 22:35
[Ayna - Baghdad]
The House of Representatives, Monday, adjourned to Tuesday of next week.
"Ladies and gentlemen, members of the House of Representatives
So far not reached the House of Representatives CV of the candidates to complete the ministerial cab
After communication with the Prime Minister, Dr. Adel confirmed that he completed the audit procedures [accountability, integrity and others] for five personalities and there are 3 ministries whose names are still under study and scrutiny by the concerned authorities.
"Therefore, the Presidency of the House of Representatives believes that the ordinary session will be held next week [Tuesday, 4/12/2018].
The cabinet cabin will be presented if candidates' curricula vitae are received before the meeting in time for the ladies and gentlemen to study. "
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ARTICLE 4
Allawi bet on Iraqi mediation between Washington and Tehran with the recent respect for national sovereignty
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - November 27 - President of the National Coalition Iyad Allawi on Tuesday called on the government to play a mediating role between Iran and the United States on condition that Tehran refrain from interfering with the Iraqi nation, warning of "the dangers of US sanctions and a ticking bomb."
"The issue of the embargo on Iran has enabled Baghdad to play a mediating role with America based on the principle that Iran will stop interfering in Iraqi affairs and sanctions will stop on Iran," Allawi said in an interview.
But Allawi noted that "the continued interference of Iran in the internal affairs of countries will not allow the Iraqi government to mediate with America.
He ruled out Allawi, to complete the government of President Adel Abdul-Mahdi in the next parliament session, expecting some ministries remain vacant for a period of time.
He said that the problem in Iraq is not in the government, but in the road map to address the situation of the country, "pointing out that" this government was born through unfair elections. "
Allawi pointed to the «serious challenges» in front of the Iraqi government «will not be able to confront them without out of sectarianism and independence of the Iraqi decision and ensure the inclusion of the political process for all the people of Iraq».
He warned Allawi that «the second generation in the organization of a back to the tactics of Al Qaeda itself, beating and disappearance and not grab the ground».
He pointed out that there is a great fear in the States of the activity «Dahesh».
"The presence of 2 million displaced Iraqis and more than 3 million refugees abroad and the continued displacement from Mosul and refused the return of displaced people in some areas, a time bomb and a reward for« urging », indicating that these are subject to recruitment by extremists.
Allawi addressed the protests of the Iraqi street, stressing that "if the political process continues to reject the facts of the Iraqi street, this government will not succeed and will fall." Finished (1)
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ARTICLE 5
Scientists find an effective way to quit smoking
2018/11/26 14:35
[Ayna-Follow]
Scientists from the University of Western Canada have concluded that public aversion to smoking addiction can be used to denounce smoking.
The Consumer Affairs Journal reported that the experts resorted to an online experience to test it.
The experiment was attended by 156 American smokers. Cigarette packs were displayed on them, with the slogan "This is how people look at smokers" and pictures of people.
In the first case, the expression was the object of 3 neutral persons, and in the second it seemed obvious disgust.
The volunteers, who saw cigarette packs with pictures of disgusting people, were often ashamed and guilty. The statistics showed that their will increased to quit smoking.
People who smoked as part of their lifestyle did not respond to this pressure, according to the N + 1 website.
Scientists have found, earlier, an unexpected benefit to ban smoking in public places. These measures have been shown to significantly reduce the "upper" blood pressure of passive smokers.
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