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		<title>Iraq leader offers lucrative deals to France</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday promised lucrative oil and reconstruction contracts to French business leaders keen to restore their country&#8217;s place as Iraq&#8217;s top business partner. &#8220;You need to be brave, you need to be courageous and to invest in all sectors,&#8221; he said to applause, at a meeting with France&#8217;s MEDEF employers&#8217; association. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France Honors Iraqi President Talabani with State Visit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Iraqi President Jalal Talibani marks his first official trip to France with a four-day visit that includes meetings with French political and business leaders. Iraqi President Jalal Talibani is getting the red-carpet treatment in France, with the Iraqi flag flying on the Champs Elysees in Paris. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is hosting a dinner for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French firm ADP wins Iraq airport contract</title>
		<description><![CDATA[French airport operator Aeroports de Paris has won a contract to work on plans for a new international airport in Iraq, a spokesman for ADP said on Monday. Iraqi Transport Minister Amer Abdul-Jabbar said the contract was worth around $42.5 million. He said the airport would be built between the three provinces of Kerbala, Najaf [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.i-fba.com/?p=9</link>
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		<title>Iraqi premier meets French officials in Paris</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is meeting French officials in Paris as the two countries seek to bolster business dealings and mend diplomatic relations strained by the U.S.-led war in Iraq.Al-Maliki plans meetings with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Monday. He also is scheduled to speak with representatives from businesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French woo Iraqi vice president for oil deals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[France&#8217;s president and French executives are wooing Iraq&#8217;s vice president this week, seeking oil and other business contracts and to renew lucrative links to Baghdad.Adel Abdul-Mahdi was to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Wednesday. Both Sarkozy and Kouchner have sought in recent months to bury past tensions with Iraq [...]]]></description>
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