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ExxonMobil Has Reportedly Hired Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
Feb 18, 2013Oil giant ExxonMobil has reportedly hired former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey (pictured), as a consultant. The company was recently told that it must choose between working in Iraq’s southern oilfields, where it operates ...
Tags: Exxon, Former US Ambassador, Iraq
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Numerous Iraqi Politicians Have Been Speaking About a Bundle of Development Projects
Feb 6, 2013For weeks, numerous Iraqi politicians have been speaking about a bundle of development projects in the country, including reviving the thousands of border villages that were abandoned and decimated during the Iran-Iraq war. However, some ...
Tags: Iraqi politicians, development projects, border villages
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Exxon Mobil Must Choose Between Working in Its Southern Oilfields or in Kurdistan
Jan 31, 2013Iraq has again told Exxon Mobil that it must choose between working in its southern oilfields or in Kurdistan. Reuters reports that Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi [Elaibi] expects the company to make a final decision within a few days, ...
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Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki Held Talks with ExxonMobil Chief Rex Tillerson
Jan 24, 2013Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki held talks with ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson (pictured) on Monday. AFP reports that the meeting was the first between the two since the firm signed an oil exploration agreement with Kurdistan in October ...
Tags: Maliki, Exxon Boss, Rex Tillerson, oil exploration agreement
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Iraq's 2013 Budget Amounts to US$118 Billion
Jan 7, 2013This article was originally published by Niqash.Any opinions expressed are those of the author,and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. .But the figures don't add up.Doing the sums results in one conclusion:unless ...
Tags: Iraq, budget, Iraqi Cabinet
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Nouri Al-Maliki Has Warned The Largely Sunni Protesters to Stop Their Demonstrations
Jan 5, 2013Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s Shia prime minister, has warned the largely Sunni protesters to stop their demonstrations. The move comes as powerful Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr voiced his support for the Sunni protests. Maliki has ...
Tags: Nouri al-Maliki, Sunni, warning, Iraq
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Opinions Expressed Are Those of The Author
Dec 28, 2012By Christine van den Toorn. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. One of the most peaceful towns in Iraq, near ...
Tags: Iraq, Iraq economy, Iraqculture, Iraq history
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Tehran Would Export $12 Billion Worth of Goods to Iraq
Dec 27, 2012Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Danaeifar, says Tehran plans to export $12 billion worth of goods to Iraq by the end the current Persian calendar year (ending March 20, 2013), up from around $11 billion last year. ...
Tags: products, services, Exports, trade volume
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Nouri Al-Maliki Attended by Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq
Dec 25, 2012His Excellency Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki attended the opening session of the Arab Council of Ministers of Housing and Construction in its 29th session in Baghdad, attended by Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq, Foreign Minister ...
Tags: conferences, Ministers, Reconstruction Conference, Metallurgy
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Maliki Meets US Deputy Secretary for Resources
Dec 14, 2012Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Thomas R. Nides visited Iraq from December 10-11, 2012, and met with President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari, and Minister ...
Tags: Maliki, US Deputy Secretary, Resources
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129 Members of Parliament Have Submitted Their Documents
Dec 11, 2012Iraq's Commission on Integrity reports that Deputy Prime Minister?Salih al-Mutlaq has still not complied with the country's financial disclosure requirements,despite that fact that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the other two of his ...
Tags: Iraq, Salih al-Mutlaq, financial disclosure, official
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Bashir Adel Gli Is The Representative of The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
Dec 10, 2012By Qassim Khidhir Hamad. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. There has been an ongoing conflict between Iraqi ...