With few of pledged funds in the bank, Iraq donors meeting opens ...
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With only $1 billion in hand out of $13.6 billion pledged, Iraq&#39;s deputy prime minister on Wednesday called on nations to fulfill their promises
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The call, at a donor&#39;s conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, comes as attacks by Iraqi fighters have prompted Washington to shift funding from reconstruction to security.
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Iraqi government officials and their American military backers opened talks yesterday with aides of the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in an attempt to end three weeks of fighting in the slums of northern Baghdad.
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TOKYO : Iraq has asked the international community to play an active role in rebuilding its war-torn infrastructure and help alleviate its debts.
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Iraq on Wednesday urged international donors to speed up funding for reconstruction, stalled by violence and insurgency, and said holding elections was key to improving security.
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TOKYO Iraqi leaders hope some much-needed reconstruction money will be freed up now that a two-day meeting of donor nations has finished in Tokyo.
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Iraq's Sunni vice president held a rare meeting Thursday with the country's top Shiite cleric to seek support for a 25-point blueprint for political reform, the latest effort by both Islamic sects to promote unity amid unrelenting violence.
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Tokyo, Oct. 13 (NNN): Iraq&#39;s deputy leader, Barham Saleh, on Wednesday urged donors to release the aid money they have pledged, saying it is the key to destroying terrorism in his troubled country.
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As little as 27 cents of every dollar spent on Iraq's reconstruction has actually filtered down to projects benefiting Iraqis.
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Representatives from Iraq's different communities are to holds talks aimed at curbing bloodshed in the country.
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U.S.-funded reconstruction in Iraq is gaining pace in some areas, albeit on a smaller scale than hoped, despite mounting attacks and intimidation by insurgents, said a senior U.S. official on Wednesday.
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Iraq urged international donors on Wednesday to live up to their promises on funding for reconstruction work, which has been stalled by violence, saying it was the most effective way to fight extremism.
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Donor nations wrapped up a two-day meeting Thursday that Iraqi leaders hope will free up much-needed reconstruction funds that were pledged a
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Iraq's deputy PM asks nations meeting in Tokyo to fulfil pledges of aid, saying it is key to "beating terrorism".
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TOKYO: International donors to Iraq agreed yesterday that they need to speed up the allocation of promised funds to rebuild the country, but failed to erase concerns that violence is a huge obstacle as they wrapped up a two-day meeting.
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TOKYO Aid to Iraq should be disbursed faster, Iraqi companies should get priority for contracts, and projects should be focused on bolstering parliamentary elections that are to be held in January, Iraqis and donor representatives agreed on Thursday at
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At least $8.8 billion in Iraqi funds  that was given to Iraqi ministries by the former U.S.-led  authority there cannot be accounted for, according to a draft  U.S. audit set for release soon.