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Top Shiite cleric balks at plan for Iraq By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S.-backed plan to form a political coalition of Iraq's Shiites, Sunni Arabs and Kurds — a glimmer of hope in a nation torn by sectarian violence — failed to win the crucial support of the top Shiite cleric Saturday.
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"He will give his final decision whether to rejoin the government and parliament after Eid al-Adha," Khaled al-Attiya, an independent who is parliament's deputy speaker, said after the meeting. Iraq's Shiites will celebrate the holiday from Dec. 31 to Jan. 4.
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Budget 2007 will provide 136 job opportunities
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Budget 2007 will provide 136 job opportunities
(Voice of Iraq) - 12-25-2006 | The Republic of Iraq
Council of Ministers-the governmental communications
Media Relations
/ Press ReleaseA press statement / Press Release
25-12-2006 Monday 12-25-2006
First deputy chairman of the House announced that the budget for 2007 will provide 136 job opportunities
Sheikh Khalid al-Attiyah, first deputy chairman of the Iraqi parliament, said that the Presidency of the Council received the federal budget for Iraq for 2007 by the Council of Ministers was forwarded to the competent committees of the Council for presentation to the Council at its first meeting after the holiday of Eid Al-Adha holiday, pointing out that this budget will provide more of the (136) jobs.
And said al-Attiyah, in the press conference of which was mounted in the building of the parliament and the presence of the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mr. Safaa net debt "that had been of receipt of the federal budget the Iraqi today by the the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Having validated by the Council of Ministers on Thursday 21 / 12 / 2006, it was referred to the Finance Committee and the Commission of Economy and investment and Construction for the purpose of studied and was establishing order put in the first meeting of the Council of Deputies after the Eid al-Adha celebrations for discussion and ratify it, and added," The Constitution in article 62 paragraph (Secondly : for the House of Representatives, conduct transfers between sections and, the chapters of public budget, the reduction of the overall their amounts, and it has when necessary may propose to the Council of Ministers increase the total expenditure amounts). In light of this paragraph is incumbent upon the study this budget extensive study for the purpose of Tendeijaha will be presented to the Council ", and said" you know that we in the legislative II and the right of the Chamber of Deputies to extend this chapter for a period of one month, or does not extend, and we are now in an open meeting and continuing in reconvene order We do not need Quorum to hold the meeting, and, as we know that the Constitution envisions that the Council of Deputies son of terminate the he had been defrocked legislature in the event of put up public budget, and thus we can not end this legislative only after approving the budget.
And said the Minister of State in his response to a question, "reached the budgetary Assembly for 2007 (41) billion, which balancing encouraging and large compared Balmwaznat years, and we emphasized the investment expenditure amounted to (10) billion dollars while expenditure amounted Security (7.5) billion dollars and expenditure amounted of Education, and which represents double the amount allocated last year (2.6) billion dollars and the health sector (1.8) and a hike of 71%, As for on governorates, they hit (2.5) billion dollars, an increase of $ half billion dollar in the last year.