June 16, 2008 | By ALISSA J. RUBIN and SUADAD AL-SALHY
BAGHDAD — Discussions among Iraqi politicians on the country’s long-term security agreement with the United States were under way over the weekend, but it will take many weeks and more likely months before the agreement is completed, people close to the negotiations said.
June 29, 2007 | By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Diyarbakir, Turkey | While Kurds are testing the limits of legal reforms that grant more freedoms, an uptick in attacks from separatists threaten to erode gains made by the ethnic minority.
By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
April 15, 2008 | The Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey: A Turkish court on Tuesday found 53 Kurdish mayors guilty of praising a criminal group because they asked Denmark to let a television station with alleged links to Kurdish guerrillas continue to operate there.
2 June 2007 | BEJAN MATUR
The University of Kurdistan is the modern face of the Kurdish region, seeking as soon as possible to become the new Dubai and integrate with the world without compromising its traditional side.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
ANKARA (Reuters) - The United States tried on Tuesday to ease Turkey's concerns instability in Iraq was threatening its security, pledging continued support for Ankara's fight against the rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's president said Tuesday that Saddam Hussein had confessed to killings and other "crimes" committed during his regime, including the massacre of thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s. 
