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BAGHDAD - FEBRUARY 16: Visitors attend Baghdad Business to Business Expo February 16, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. The Expo is the first event of its type in nearly a decade. With 260 exhibitor booths and nearly 8,000 business people registered to attend, the Expo is meant to promote localcommerce, build new relationships, and create partnerships to invigorate the Iraqi economy. Exhibitors from banks, hotels, unions, associations, state-owned enterprises, essential ministries, and other small-to-medium enterprises share the organizers' goal of generating more than$500,000,000 in new business activity and more than 10,000 new jobs within a year. The Baghdad Business to Business EXPO is an Iraqi-led effort to invigorate economic development in Iraq. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen.
