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| Aug.6 |
Baghdad |
Lawmaker: Surplus 'not real money'| Shiite lawmaker Haidre al-Abadi: Iraq's government is pulling its weight to reconstruct its war-torn country | |
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| Jul.6 |
United Arab Emirates |
UAE to cancel all of Iraq's $7B debt| Dubai has forgiven the nearly $7 billion Baghdad owes it, Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki announced | |
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| Apr.30 |
Iran |
Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades| Iran has stopped conducting oil transactions in U.S. dollars in a concerted attempt to reduce reliance on Washington | |
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| Nov.18 |
Iran |
Ahmadinejad dismisses US currency| Iranian President has suggested an end to the trading of oil in US dollars, calling the currency 'a worthless piece of paper' | |
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| Feb.19 |
West Bank |
Abbas warns of financial crisis| Palestinian leader has said the Palestinian Authority is facing a 'real financial crisis' | |
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| May.8 |
Bahrain |
Gulf nations discuss unified currency Finance ministers from 6 states met to discuss economic integration, including a free trade agreement with the U.S.
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| Dec.30 |
Iraq |
Council member: Saddam hid $40 billion Dr. Iyad Allawi: Saddam Hussein withdrew $2 billion from Iraqi banks last spring
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| Dec.17 |
Iraq |
Iran 'owed billions for Saddam war' The head of Iraq's Interim Governing Council al-Hakim says Iran should be paid reparations for the war
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| May.27 |
Iraq |
U.S. forces find suspected gold cache For the second time in a week, troops have discovered gold bars hidden in a truck
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| May.6 |
Iraq |
$1 billion withdrawal from bank probed Money were taken from Central Bank shortly before the U.S. began bombing the country
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| Mar.20 |
Israel |
US offers Israel 10 billions in aid The US has offered an aid to bail Israel out of the worst economic crisis in its history
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| Oct.27 |
Jerusalem |
Sharon faces possible budget showdown Prime Minister told members of his Cabinet that they must vote in favor of his proposed austerity budget
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| Jul.10 |
Iran |
Iran sells first bond since 1979 Iran borrowed 500 million euros via an international bond sale. Borrowing cost was higher than it had hoped
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| Oct.13 |
Gulf |
Gulf group freezing terrorist assets Gulf states will immediately freeze the assets of all the individuals and groups US has named as suspected terrorists
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| Apr.15 |
Turkey |
Crisis plan defended Kemal Dervis, economy minister, is very confident his new reform package can save Turkey
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| Apr.7 |
Turkey |
Protest against economic policy Thousands demonstrates against government's handling of an economic crisis that has cut the value of lira by 40%
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| Feb.26 |
Turkey |
Turkey moves to stabilise currency IMF to review a 3-year anti-inflation programme backed by $11 billion
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| Feb.24 |
Turkey |
New economic measures Prime Minister Ecevit has resisted calls for a government reshuffle. He promised new measures to combat the crisis economy
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| Feb.22 |
Turkey |
Turkey floating its currency Labour and business groups have called for a government shake-up as workers fear serious hardship
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| Feb.21 |
Turkey |
Money market crisis Banks rushed to buy billions of dollars, shares on the main index have lost 29%
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