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September 11, 2012 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
DNO finds oil in Iraq's
Kurdistan region
Oslo: Norwegian oil firm DNO has found oil in Iraq's
Kurdistan region in the Bekhme formation at a depth
of around 2,000 meters, it said in a statement on
Tuesday. It added that further testing on the
Benenan-3 well was required to assess the discovery.
Reuters
Allawi leaves for Erbil to
meet Barzani
Baghdad: Sources from al-Iraqiya Bloc announced
today that Iyad Allawi will leave for Kurdistan
today to meet with Kurdish President Massoud
Barzani. The trip is to discuss the current
political situation, particularly following the
death sentence issued against vice-president Tariq
al-Hashimi, the source told Aswat al-Iraq. No other
details were given. aswataliraq.info
Kurds try to overpass central government's
rights, Iraqi MP
Baghdad: State of Law MP Shakir al-Daraji stated
that the difference between the central government
and the Kurdish region is the violation of the
latter of the constitution over the first's
authorizations. Daraji added that "there is no
problem of trust between the two sides, but the
Kurdish region tries to overpass the authorities
given by the constitution to the central government.
He specified the overpass as connected with
Newroztel, which has foreign affiliations, in
addition to oil contracts, oil smuggling, arming
Peshmerga and the disputes on implementing Article
140 of the constitution. Daraji called to resort to
the constitution to solve all differences, not
political reconciliations. aswataliraq.info
The 2013 budget will be
sent to Kurdistan parliament next month
Erbil: Kurdistan Region's Council of Ministers has
decided to send the Region's budget for the Fiscal
Year 2013 to Parliament in the middle of October.
The decision came in the Council’s 13th session on
Sunday following preparations by the Ministries of
planning, finance and economy. The Council also
ordered the ministries to establish more transparent
links with the public by dedicating a day in the
week to hear from people. The Ministry of
Municipality already has applied this program, the
Council announced. Also, a decision was made about
the setting up of a complaint box in the ministries
where people could send criticisms, suggestions, and
request. aknews.com
Restored Article 140
political deal contravenes with constitution
Baghdad: Independent MP confirmed on Moday that the
restoration of Article 140 of the constitution on
the disputed areas was done by "a political deal"
which is "in violation of the constitution". In a
statement issued Monday, that the formation of a new
committee on Article 140 was done by "a political
deal between the conferees in Najaf and Erbil
meetings". Iraqiya bloc, the Kurdish Alliance and
the Sadrist Ahrar bloc held a series of meetings in
Arbil (28 April, 2012), Najaf (19 May 2012) and
Arbil (28 May, 2012) during their attempts to
withdraw confidence from Premier Nouri al-Maliki.
The attempt did not succeed for many reasons,
including the non-approval of President Jalal
Talabani, not having enough votes and the change in
Sadrist stand towards reforms. Sayadi added that the
work of the committee will be "in violation of the
constitution and the law", according to the
statement. aswataliraq.info
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