United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is full of praise for progress made in Iraq. Ban was speaking at a forum being held near Stockholm at which the Iraqi government is asking the international community for support in the form of opening embassies and forgiving about $67 billion in debt. Most of the debt is owed to Arab countries and some of it dates back to the Saddam Hussein regime. Ban told representatives from more than 100 nations that, "There is new hope that the people and government of Iraq are overcoming daunting challenges and working together to rebuild their country."
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