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Corruption in Iraqi Kurdistan
 By Kate Clark / Reporter, Crossing Continents : Flying into the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Irbil and its glitteringly new international airport, it is difficult to believe you are entering Iraq. "Welcome to Kurdistan,"... | » Read More... |
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Kurdish General: We are ready to defend Kurdistan
 Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq said Wednesday that their forces would defend civilians if they were caught up in any fighting between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels from the outlawed PKK in the area. On Tuesday, Turkey sent hundreds of troops across the border into the frigid... | » Read More... |
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Kurds' power share row with Iraqi government
 By Damien McElroy(*)/ Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq have threatened to withdraw support from the Baghdad government if demands for federal power-sharing and a fair share of oil wealth are not met.Nechirvan Barzani, the prime minister of Kurdish northern Iraq, said that... | » Read More... |
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Barzani refused to meet Rice as a sign of protest
 The head of Iraq's Kurdish regional government has refused to meet the US secretary of state because of the US position on Turkish cross-border raids.
Massoud Barzani had been scheduled to meet Condoleezza Rice in Baghdad, but withdrew "as a sign of protest" after several... | » Read More... |
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Kurdistan PM urges US to rein in Turkish military
 Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on Sunday called upon the US to protect the Iraqi airspace and rein in what he called "the Turkish military." Barzani held the Turkey's bombing of Kurdish villages in Kurdistan region in 'northern Iraq' a flagrant violation of Iraq's... | » Read More... |
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Kurdish Director, Stuck Between Iraq and Iran
 By Peter Scarlet(*)/BAHMAN GHOBADI first came to the movie world’s attention in 2000, when his “Time for Drunken Horses” won the prize for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival. Perhaps because the film — a harrowing depiction of five... | » Read More... |
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Syria breaks up Kurdish protest outside court
 Syrian security sources on Sunday used force to break up a demonstration by dozens of Kurds outside the state security court in Damascus, a human rights organisation said.The demonstration had been called by three Kurdish parties banned in Syria "to protest against... | » Read More... |
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Kurd: The Forbidden Word in Turkey
 By Manal Lotfi(*)/ Many of the Turks dislike the city of Diyarbakir; the ‘political capital’ of the Kurds worldwide. Located southwest of Turkey, it is considered the second-largest city in the Anatolia region after Gaziantep. When the name Diyarbakir is... | » Read More... |
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Dr Kim Howells, Britain's Foreign Office Minsiter for the Middle East, on Tuesday joined fellow members of the British parliament and the Kurdistan Regional Government's minister for genocide affairs in commemorating the 20th anniversary of the chemical attack on...
The Speaker of the Kurdistan Region Parliament, Adnan Mufti, during his visit to Denmark met separately with representatives of several Iraqi and Kurdish parties including PUK, KDP, KCP, SIIC, ICP, INC, and the Iraqi community in Denmark.Mufti...
Concerning the recent aggression of Turkish army into Iraqi Kurdistan Region, a spokesman from the office of Kurdistan region president issued a statement which bellow is a full text: "On days of 21th and 22th February, 2008, Kurdistan...
This was the aim of the international "Congress on Genocide in Kurdistan”, which ends today in Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi federal state of Kurdistan. A delegation of the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) headed by Tilman Zülch, President...
"The Rise of Nationalism in Turkey during the EU Accession Process"..Date: 6th February 2008 , Time: 18.00- 20.00 , Venue: Room D502, Clement House, Aldwych, The London School of Economics. Speakers include: Professor Sami Zubaida, Dr. Can Dundar, Dr....
By Shamal Aqrawi/ A genocidal campaign under Saddam Hussein against Iraq's Kurds must never be forgotten, officials said on Monday at a ceremony for 371 victims, whose grieving relatives demanded those responsible be put to death. Ceremony mourns victims...
Ghobadi is a Kurdish-Iranian film director. His first feature, “A Time for Drunken Horses” (2000), was awarded the Caméra d’Or at that year’s Cannes Film Festival....
The Rise of Nationalism in Turkey during the EU Accession ProcessDate: Wednesday 6 February 2008Time: 6-8pmVenue: D502, Clement HouseSpeakers: Prof. Sami Zubaida, Dr. Can Dundar and Dr. Welat Zeydanlioglu This event is free and open...
By Steve Tataii(*)/ Article 140 without the intended referendum will permanently attach all affected Kurdish areas to Kurdistan by default one minute passed December 31, 2007 since opponent Leaders did not challenge it through a referendum. The portion of helping non-native...
The United States has given Turkey intelligence to track Turkey's Kurdish PKK fighters hiding in Iraqi Kurdistan, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, but he would not say whether Washington gave Ankara precise targets used in weekend raids.
Iraq's Kurdistan government has agreed to delay by six months the referendum to decide the future of the northern Kurdish oil-rich city of Kirkuk.Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of the autonomous Kurdistan government, told AFP that his government favoured postponing the vote....
