July 30, 2007
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, July 30 (UPI) -- Iraqi Kurdistan security forces will be sent to neighboring provinces to protect key power towers once Iraq's prime minister gives the green light.
April 2, 2008 | Selçuk Gültaşli | Brussels
European Union officials yesterday stepped up warnings that a possible closure of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) would have fatal implications on the country's bid to join the 27-nation club.
September 9, 2007 | By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
BARZAN, Iraq — Patience, the mothers begged their children. Saddam Hussein will fall. Liberty will come. Your father will return.
In 1983, the men of Barzan were taken by Hussein's troops, never to be seen again. But the women still wait.
Mon Aug 11, 2008
TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) - Nine Turkish soldiers including a lieutenant colonel were killed on Monday when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device planted by separatist guerrillas, military sources told Reuters.
Oct. 2, 2007 | By BEN LANDO | UPI Energy Editor
WASHINGTON, Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government made a sudden but not unexpected announcement Tuesday it had signed four more controversial oil deals. While the move highlights success in the region, it comes as the central government in Baghdad struggles to meet long-term agenda items like a national oil law.
