Iraq offers to supply half of Nabucco’s gas

By Delphine Strauss in Ankara and Ed Crooks in London
Published: July 14 2009 03:00 | Last updated: July 14 2009 03:00

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Iraq has offered to supply enough gas to fill half [...]

Maliki to meet Obama, seek support for investment

Ross ColvinThu, Jul 23 12:21 AM

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki meets President Barack Obama on Wednesday aiming to assert Iraq’s [...]

Maliki to meet Obama, seek support for investment

Copyright 2009 Times Of Oman.

WASHINGTON: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki meets President Barack Obama on Wednesday in a visit aimed at asserting Iraq s newfound sovereignty and encouraging foreign investors to return to the war-ravaged country.

Three weeks after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraqi towns and cities, paving the way for [...]

Iraq’s Maliki says to hold investor conference

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said after talks with U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that efforts were under way to organize a foreign investor conference in October to take advantage of stability in the war-ravaged country.

Obama calls for broader U.S. ties with Iraq

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* Obama renews U.S. commitment to Iraq

* Maliki calls for lifting U.N. war reparations measure

* Focus of trip is to convince investors Iraq safe

By Ross Colvin

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sketched the outlines of a [...]

Obama vows full withdrawal from Iraq at end of 2011, presses Iraqi leader on reconciliation

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama said he pressed Iraq’s prime minister on Wednesday to make room in his government and security forces for all ethnic and religious groups to prevent a resurgence of the violence and turmoil that took the country to the verge of civil war.

Vowing to hold to agreements to pull [...]

Business in Iraq Is Hindered by Weak Infrastructure

By Gina Cho, WSJ

BAGHDAD — After six years of trying to lure foreign investors, Iraqi officials are still struggling with basic infrastructure and service gaps that threaten their push to fire up the country’s war-torn economy.

During his visit to Washington this week, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says [...]

Iraq’s uphill struggle to woo investors.

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Smith, Pamela Ann

Iraq is undoubtedly seen by many of the world’s top corporations as one of the most promising emerging markets in the next decade. With the world’s third-largest oil reserves, a population of nearly [...]

Baghdad must soften oil terms

July 10th, 2009, from Perry Wiliams, MEED.
Energy companies accuse Iraq of driving too hard a bargain over the amount it is prepared to pay.

Within days of Iraq’s first oil licensing round ending in late June, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the country could not regard the auction’s result as a failure. As he preferred [...]

Baghdad must soften oil terms

July 10th, 2009, from Perry Wiliams, MEED.
Energy companies accuse Iraq of driving too hard a bargain over the amount it is prepared to pay.

Within days of Iraq’s first oil licensing round ending in late June, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the country could not regard the auction’s result as a failure. As he preferred [...]