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      <title>Parthian Grave with Astounding Artifacts Found in Iraq</title>
      <description>An Iraqi excavation team has uncovered a grave with magnificent finds dating to the Parthian period.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq’s Agriculture Ministry Boosts Fodder Crops Agriculture</title>
      <description>Iraq’s Agriculture Ministry allocated around two billion dinars to develop projects of fodder crops agriculture.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62569/refid/RSS-business-21-11-2009</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Japanese Companies Set for Final Talks over Nassiriyah Field Development</title>
      <description>A Japanese Newspaper said that a consortium of Japanese companies led by Nippon Oil Corp for refining might enter in final negotiations in a bid to develop Al Nassiriyah vast oil field in Iraq by next Sunday.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62568/refid/RSS-business-21-11-2009</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq Woos French Investors</title>
      <description>The Iraqi government on Thursday stepped up its efforts to woo French business to invest in the oil-rich country, telling Total, the French oil group, it could expect favourable treatment.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62563/refid/RSS-business-21-11-2009</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq: Washington's Oil Dilemma</title>
      <description>The opening of Iraq's vast oil sector this year has put Washington in a bind. With the war to oust Saddam Hussein costing more than 4,300 American lives and $700 billion so far, the US seemed well-positioned to come away with major awards from Iraq's...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62562/refid/RSS-business-21-11-2009</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraqi Investors: Partnership is an Ideal Method to Achieve Economic Gains to the Country</title>
      <description>Iraqi investors seek to enter investment partnerships with their counterparts from Europe or the rest of the countries that have had long experience in various industries and other investments and, that will allow local companies to acquire high-level...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Index of Consumer Prices in October Down by 1.11 %</title>
      <description>Index of consumer prices in the country during last October fell by 1,1% compared with the previous month, as reported by the Director of Relations and Information in Central Bureau of Statistics and Information Technology Ministry of Planning and...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Construction and Housing is Seeking to Complete Highway 66</title>
      <description>Ministry of Construction and Housing filed a lawsuit against the Turkish company lagging implementation of the Highway No.6, while working to assign its subsidiaries to complete the remaining work of the road in the province of Muthanna. Undersecretary...</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62559/refid/RSS-business-21-11-2009</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Two Suspected H1N1 Deaths in Talafar</title>
      <description>Two suspected H1N1 deaths occurred in Talafar, a medical source from the Ninewa province said on Thursday, explaining that an Iraqi army soldier deployed in Mosul city died after showing similar symptoms.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62555/refid/RSS-business-21-11-2009</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Fresh Campaign to Remove Trespasses on State Property</title>
      <description>Baghdad’s mayoralty on Thursday launched a new campaign to remove all trespasses on the capital’s streets and public property.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>5 Iraqi Players in International Taekwondo Tournament</title>
      <description>Five Iraqi players will represent their country in the world taekwondo tournament hosted by Egypt later this month, an informed source said on Thursday.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>18 Companies’ Shares Went Down in ISX Trading</title>
      <description>Shares of 36 joint-stock companies out of a total electronically-registered firms exchanged hands during Thursday’s session in the Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX), with shares of 18 firms going down and 12 up to close at 105.39 points in a fifth decrease...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Int’l Workshop on Water Concluded in Basra</title>
      <description>An international workshop on water crisis in Basra province was concluded on Thursday afternoon.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq, Kuwait Discuss Border Oil Fields</title>
      <description>Iraq and Kuwait discussed in Baghdad the issue of mutual border oil fields, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said on Thursday.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Rehabilitation of Official Building Almost Complete</title>
      <description>The Baghdad local authority announced on Thursday that the rehabilitation of its building is almost complete.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Electricity Minister Urges Envoys to Attract Investors to Iraq</title>
      <description>Minister of Electricity Kareem Waheed has called on the new Iraqi ambassadors to the world to encourage investors to play a more prominent role in the Iraqi electricity sector, a ministry statement said on Thursday.</description>
      <link>http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62548/refid/RSS-business-21-11-2009</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>CBI’s Dollar Sales Slightly Down on Thur.</title>
      <description>The Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) dollar sales dropped to $128.513 million in its daily auction on Thursday, compared to $133.09 million during the previous session.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>265 National Companies, 8 Foreign Firms Registered in Oct.</title>
      <description>The Iraqi Ministry of Trade on Thursday said that 265 national companies and eight representative offices of foreign companies were registered in October 2009.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ID8bn Electricity Projects Approved</title>
      <description>The provincial council in Basra has given the green light to a number of electricity transfer projects worth 8 billion Iraqi dinars, a senior local official said on Thursday.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Iron &#38; Steel Company Says 2010 to Witness Leap in Production</title>
      <description>The director general of the Iron and Steel Company in Basra said that it will improve the quality of its production during the coming year as a first stage of a five-year plan to rehabilitate its factories.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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