Najaf airport tussle shows risks in Iraq investing The Wichita Eagle NAJAF, Iraq - Najaf's airport was meant to be a symbol of Iraq getting back to business, and in many ways it's been a success, creating jobs and spurring a construction craze in the Shiite shrine city. | But an increasingly bitter dispute between local authorities and the Kuwaiti contractor brought ...
Daimler signs truck deal with Iraq Syracuse | (AP) - FRANKFURT - German truckmaker Daimler AG said Monday it has signed an agreement with the Iraqi government to supply Mercedes-Benz trucks and equipment for truck assembly. | Daimler, based in Stuttgart, said it will provide complete trucks and truck kits, tools and equipment for assembly, as...
Iraq orders 10 Boeing 787s Seattle Times | The government of Iraq ordered 10 Boeing Dreamliners at the end of last year. | The order is worth about $1.7 billion at list prices. Allowing for standard market discounts estimated by aircraft valuation firm Avitas, the actual purchase price is a...
Iraqi official to speak in Louisville Business Journal Print Reprints RSS Feeds LinkedIn Share Comments Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Aud...
Assault rap aimed at shoe thrower Hong Kong Standard The jobless man who threw a pair of running shoes at Acting Chief Executive Henry Tang Ying-yen could be arrested and charged, police said yesterday. | //--> Scarlett Chiang | Monday, March 08, 2010 | The jobless man who threw a pair of running shoes...
Iraq extends gas MOU with Shell - oil minister The Guardian * Shell agreed to changes, says minister * Deal would capture vast amounts of gas (Adds details, background) BAGHDAD, March 7 (Reuters) - Iraq has extended a memorandum of understanding with Royal Dutch Shell on a natural gas venture around the south...
PetroChina to start work on Iraqi Halfaya in H2 The Guardian (Refiles to add dropped words "oil and gas" in paragraph 10) * Halfaya contract taking effect, to start work in H2 * Final purchase pact on 2 mln tpy Qatar LNG to take time * Sees better PetroChina profit this year than last BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters...
Senator warns against $1B deal with Blackwater Philadelphia Daily News | ANNE FLAHERTY | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - A senior Senate Democrat said Thursday the Pentagon should consider barring Blackwater, now called Xe Services, from a new $1 billion deal to train Afghan police because of "serious questions" abo...
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Iraq's production bonanza may fuel a slide in oil The Times | It is only a matter of days before the last of Iraq's yet-to-be awarded oil contracts are due to be signed, bringing to a close a two-stage, seven-month process under which Weste...
Iraq finalizes oil deal with Eni-led consortium Houston Chronicle | BAGHDAD - Iraq today signed a final agreement with a consortium led by Italy's Eni SpA to develop a promising oil field in the south, another step forward in the nation's efforts...
Google is not God Merinews GOOGLE IS not God though it is touted as only second to God as far as information is concerned. But, it has to fall in the Chinese lines to do business there. Chinese people and th...
Before Blackwater case failed, legal debate at DOJ Fresno Bee | - Associated Press Writer thefresnobee_994:/2010/03/02/1843555/before-blackwater-case-failed.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | WASHINGTON -- As the U.S. investigated Blackwater Worldwide contractors for a deadly...
Before Blackwater case failed, legal debate at DOJ The Miami Herald | WASHINGTON -- As the U.S. investigated Blackwater Worldwide contractors for a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad, a legal debate was playing out behind the scenes at the Justice Department between two veteran prosecutors. One urged caution. The other ...
Before Blackwater case failed, legal debate at DOJ Houston Chronicle | WASHINGTON - As the U.S. investigated Blackwater Worldwide contractors for a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad, a legal debate was playing out behind the scenes at the Justice Department between two veteran prosecutors. One urged caution. The other a...
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Iraq war had Blair 'depressed' and wanting to quit The Himalayan | LONDON: Tony Blair was so depressed after the Iraq war that the then British premier told Gordon Brown he would quit the following summer, only to renege on his pledge, a newspaper reported today. | The physical and mental stress on Blair was so profound that he confided to friends he "spaced out" several times during his weekly session of parlia...
