MESHKHAB: The yellow fields on the banks of the Euphrates are producing higher yields of aromatic Iraqi No. 1 rice this year thanks to increased water supplies and enough electricity to run irrigation pumps.
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BAGHDAD: Two Iranian banks seeking to open branches in Iraq are unlikely to get government approval due to economic sanctions imposed on Tehran in a row over its nuclear program, an Iraqi central bank official said on Sunday.
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BAGHDAD: Iraq will protect foreign firms against threats from trade unions seeking to block a major oil deal with BP and China s CNPC, a pillar of Iraq s bid to renew its struggling oil sector, an official said on Friday.
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