ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 3 (AFP) - 16h51 - Iraq's President Jalal Talabani and fellow Kurdish leader Massud Barzani have warned Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari his high-handed running of the government is jeopardizing their support.
Sat Apr 22, 10:16 AM ET BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament elected incumbent President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, for a second term on Saturday as politicians began putting together a national unity government after four months of deadlock.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
ANKARA - Police arrested 12 members of the Patriotic Forces Unity of Power Movement on charges of setting up a criminal gang and forgery, reported the Anatolia news agency on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Nov 12 (AFP) - 15h07 - Iranian border guards killed one Kurdish rebel and arrested another in clashes in the northwestern province of West Azarbayjan, the student agency ISNA reported Saturday.
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 1 - The old Kurdish guerrilla leader is savoring his most recent victory, won not on the field of battle but in the arid drawing rooms of Baghdad's constitutional convention.
By The Associated Press
Sat May 20, 200, 2:39 PM ET
Iraq's new 39-position national Cabinet, which includes four women:
Prime minister: Nouri al-Maliki, Shiite.
Deputy prime minister: Barham Saleh, Kurd.
Deputy prime minister: Salam Zikam Ali al-Zubaie, Sunni Arab.
· Poll victory gives Erdogan power to resist military
· Kurdish party wins 23 seats in new parliament
11/9/2005 Cyprus News Agency
Nicosia, (CNA) -- "I cannot stand this attitude towards our people. I cannot tolerate Turkish barbarity anymore. This is the only way to express myself," a young Kurd said before he set himself on fire during a demonstration outside the French Embassy in Nicosia today.
February 23, 2008 | By Tina Susman and Yesim Comert, Special to The Times
BAGHDAD -- Turkish troops clashed with Kurdish militants in the snowy mountains of northern Iraq on Friday after staging an invasion, the most serious offensive in years in Turkey's conflict with anti-government rebels.
