http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE60P1T120100126
UPDATE 1-Iraqi parliament approves $72.4 bln 2010 budget
Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:23am EST
* Budget sets 27 percent deficit
* Contemplates IMF and World Bank financing (Adds details)
BAGHDAD, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament on Tuesday passed a 2010 budget that sets federal spending at 84.7 trillion Iraqi dinars (around $72.4 billion) and a deficit for this year of 22.9 trillion dinars ($19.6 billion), a lawmaker said.
The deficit amounted to 27 percent of total spending and was to be financed with surpluses from previous years and also through domestic and external borrowing, the budget law said.