Parliament’s financial committee finishes budget report

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament’s financial committee finished amendments to  the country’s 2010 federal budget, and will send it to the Parliament’s speakership on Thursday. “The decision of when to debate the budget is left to the Parliament’s speakership and members,” Serwan al-Zahawi said in a press conference in Baghdad on Thursday. He said that there is a deficit of around $18 billion in the budget. MH (P)/SR 2