http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/24 The latest news about Latest News in Iraq en support@iraqupdates.com support@iraqupdates.com PHP RSS Feed Generator The coffers of the central bank brim with hard cash from the country’s oil sales, a senior bank official said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107551/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:07:00 +0000 Royal Dutch Shell provided an update Thursday on progress against its strategic plan to generate profitable growth. The firm said that in today's volatile economic environment, the company's strategic aim remains to drive forward with its investment... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107550/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:05:00 +0000 DNO's WI production 2011 YTD from Yemen was 5,000 bopd and the NE production was 2,968 bopd. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107549/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:03:00 +0000 An Iraqi appeals court has confirmed death sentences for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic church in Baghdad that left more than 50 people dead and scores injured. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107548/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:52:00 +0000 Disagreement on Syria is one underlying cause of the current diplomatic row between Iraq and Turkey, analysts say, but crucial economic ties are likely to prevent a serious escalation. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107547/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:49:00 +0000 Upheaval in the Middle East and mutual economic interests are drawing together two unlikely partners; rising powerhouse Turkey and an entity whose name Turkish leaders hardly dare mention – Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107546/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:46:00 +0000 Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is poised to raise the price of its lowest-quality crude to the most in almost two years relative to the top grade as it benefits from the rising cost of shipping fuel. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107545/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:44:00 +0000 American sanctions on Iran pose difficulties for Iraq because of its close economic ties with the Islamic republic, so Baghdad plans to seek a waiver from the US, the government spokesman told AFP. The United States, European Union and others have... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107544/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:42:00 +0000 Norway's Statoil has asked Iraq's Oil Ministry for permission to sell its stake in Phase Two of the West Qurna oilfield project to Russian partner Lukoil, according to reports. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107543/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:40:00 +0000 The Silk Road Iraq Index currently covers 26 companies with total market capitalisation of USD12.8 billion (January 1, 2012). The Silk Road Iraq Oil index contains seven internationally listed oil & gas companies with assets and operations in Iraq... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107542/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:33:00 +0000 DNO International has reported oil shows at the Pehkabir-1 exploration well in Iraqi Kurdistan, although analysts believe the commerciality of the discovery is “uncertain”. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107541/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:20:00 +0000 Emirates celebrated its first full year of operations to Basra, marking the occasion with a celebratory cake for the station's employees. Since the operation began on 2nd February 2011 Emirates has operated over 400 flights between Dubai and Basra,... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107540/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:05:00 +0000 Volkswagen is investing more heavily in the Middle East, amid rebellion and turmoil, Bloomberg has reported. VW plans to introduce the Polo subcompact and the US-built Passat sedan in the region this year, while its Lamborghini brand projects 50% growth... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107539/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:04:00 +0000 Iraq will ship 17 cargoes of Basrah Light (ZOSPBLAS) crude oil for loading in the first half of February from the Persian Gulf, two more than in the second half of January, according to a loading program obtained by Bloomberg News. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107538/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:03:00 +0000 Iraq’s parliament reconvened this week after the Iraqiyya bloc ended its two-month boycott protesting the alleged persecution of Sunni officials and the arrest warrant issued on terrorism charges for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi. As the political... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107537/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:02:00 +0000 Iraq’s proposed energy law, intended to spur foreign investment in the world’s fifth-largest holder of oil deposits, will be delayed for the rest of this year due to political divisions, the prime minister’s top adviser said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107536/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:56:00 +0000 Norway's Statoil wants to sell its stake in a giant 12.9 billion barrel oilfield in southern Iraq to Russia's Lukoil, and the Iraqi oil ministry has no objection "in principle", an Iraqi oil official said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107535/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:55:00 +0000 Iraq's oil minister has given his assent for Norway's Statoil to sell its stake in the massive West Qurna-2 field in south Iraq to Russia's Lukoil, an oil ministry official said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107534/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:41:00 +0000 New power, water, and energy projects valued at US$180 billion are underway or at the planning stages in the Middle East, as the UAE forges ahead with 20 projects worth US$34.2 billion. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107533/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:40:00 +0000 The Middle East and North Africa region is currently one of the world's fastest growing markets for rail networks and the development plans for the next 10 years will change the business landscape of the region. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107532/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:38:00 +0000 A bomb targeted Iraqi MP Qais al-Shadhr's convoy in Baghdad on Wednesday morning, wounding five civilians who were nearby, an interior ministry official said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107531/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:37:00 +0000 Iraq's prime minister has ordered the creation of a new unit to monitor violations by official convoys, in the latest bid to curb practices that have angered Iraqis, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107530/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:36:00 +0000 Middle Eastern carriers' traffic growth and expansion slowed down last year hurt by cut-throat competition on the regional routes, according to the International Air Transport Association (Iata) figures released on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107529/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:34:00 +0000 Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Danaeifar said on Tuesday that Tehran and Baghdad relations will not be affected by enemies' negative propaganda. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107528/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences on Thursday for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, the bloodiest attack on Iraqi Christians after the 2003 invasion. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107527/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:25:00 +0000 A protest against the murder of a young man has closed down a major trade road in the Choman district today. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107523/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:45:00 +0000 In the past two weeks alone around 200 Iraqi families have fled troubled Syria and returned home, the Iraqi minister of migration disclosed today. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107524/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:45:00 +0000 Diyala Provincial Council will meet in its headquarters in Baquba after almost two months of relocating sessions. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107525/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:45:00 +0000 Two civilians and a policeman have been killed after gunmen opened fire on a police patrol in Bab Saray market in central Mosul. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107526/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:45:00 +0000 The recent demands by Iraqiya List need time to be enforced, said a Representative from the Shiite-dominated National Alliance, the largest bloc. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107519/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:00 +0000 Iraq’s oil exports for January slightly dropped as compared to the previous month. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107520/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:00 +0000 On October 18, 2011, Exxon Mobile and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) signed a deal to work on six oil and gas tracts in northern Iraq. When it was made public the following month, it led to... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107521/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:00 +0000 Cancelling the social benefits of the president, prime minister and  house speaker - of 3 billion IQD each - is an "insult" to them while there are other options, said a member of the State of Law... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107522/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:00 +0000 A source who spoke to AKnews on condition of anonymity said that a bomb exploded today when the convoy of Iraqiya Representative Qays Shadhir was passing through the highway in Dora neighborhood, southern... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107513/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:23:00 +0000 The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan will name a deputy prime minister within the next 48 hours, the party has announced. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107514/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:23:00 +0000 Plans for a waste plant in Basra, worth $100 million (116.4 trillion IQD), have been approved. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107515/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:23:00 +0000 The number of people who went missing from Diyala soared after the fall of the Baath regime. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107516/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:23:00 +0000 The Iraqi federal government has assured that Washington will renew the protection of Iraqi funds held in its banks for another year if need be after protection is lifted on May 23. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107517/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:23:00 +0000 Officials in Diyala province have denied finding mass graves in the Hamrin Basin region within the province. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107518/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:23:00 +0000 In the wake of the first anniversary of anti-government demonstrations, Iraqi Kurdistans leading opposition group is calling for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to be dissolved -- a demand that... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107509/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:11:00 +0000 In order to achieve diplomatic legitimacy, Iraq needs more embassies. The lack of key Arab nations in Baghdad is keenly felt - and even countries that do have embassies there, often only fly staff in... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107511/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:11:00 +0000 The Iraqi government recently sent 33 locals to be part of the Arab Leagues monitoring mission in Syria. But just like the mission itself, the Iraqi participants have been considered controversial -... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107512/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:11:00 +0000 Liberal bloc of the Sadrist movement accused, on Wednesday, unnamed officials in the state to "target" some opponents of the political blocs, demanding the government to stand at the same distance from... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107502/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:08:00 +0000 The World soccer and Barcelona player Lionel Messi called in an interview with a Kurd coach , the Kurdish young people to pay more attention to sports, and thanked them for their encouragement to Barcelona. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107503/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:08:00 +0000 The Ministry of Oil, announced on Wednesday, the establishment of 24 oil tanks each of which can hold 350 thousand barrels, indicating that it is about to establish four floating platforms which have... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107504/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:08:00 +0000 The coalition of law state, called on Wednesday, the political blocs to be realistic in dealing with their claims, including the allocation of funds for each Iraqi citizen in the current year budget,... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107505/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:08:00 +0000 Union of Muslim Scholars announced,on Wednesday, its intention to form a complex for convergence of views between different religious authorities and the Association of Issuing Fatwas. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107506/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:08:00 +0000 The Iraqi List, stipulated on Wednesday, the allocation of funds to all Iraqi citizens in support of the project put forward by the Liberal bloc to pass the current year budget, calling the political... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107507/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:08:00 +0000 Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari,announced on Wednesday, Iraq's rejection of what he called the U.S. trespassing of Iraqi airspace, pointing out that the summit in Baghdad will be an opportunity to to... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107508/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:08:00 +0000 Iraq's 2012 Federal Budget is expected to be ratified within 2 weeks from today, Thursday, a legislature for the National Alliance, led by Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki reported. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107497/refid/RSS-latest-04-02-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:53:00 +0000