Sunday, 8 Mars, 2009 , 17:21AFP | Feb 24, 2009
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) — The two main Kurdish parties have completed the unification of their government in the autonomous region of northern Iraq, one of the main groups announced on Tuesday.
March 4, 2009 | Upi.com
BERLIN, March 4 (UPI) -- The president of the Kurdistan Regional Government embarked on the second leg of his European tour with a visit Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Wednesday, 25 February, 2009 , 17:51The Associated Press | 23 February 2009 | By SUZAN FRASER
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Kurdish politician defied Turkish law on Tuesday by giving a speech to Parliament in the Kurdish language. State-run television immediately cut off the live broadcast.
12 December 2007 | Ilnur Cevik
Whatever it is called any new legislative measures to encourage youths to abandon the PKK and come down from the mountains should be supplemented by measures that eliminate the reasons why these people sought to join a terrorist group.
Saturday, 6 May 2006
Commentators in the Turkish press are quick to speculate about the timing of Iranian artillery shelling on Kurdish opposition camps in northern Iraq.
Some view the moves as an attempt to win over Turkish public opinion at a time of growing tensions betwen Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Others see the outlines of a new common security policy emerging in the region.
April 19, 2008 | By Kimi Yoshino, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
SULAYMANIYA, IRAQ -- The tallest player on the women's national basketball squad is 5 feet 7 inches. She and her teammates cannot practice in the nation's capital because of poor security. And in northern Kurdistan, where they are now based, they practice outdoors, often in frigid temperatures.
April 29, 2008 | Staff writer | By Sam Dagher
Taha Barwari came back to northern Iraqi from Sweden with a mission to inspire young Kurds disaffected by decades of war.
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 28 - Iraqi leaders presented a disputed constitution to the country's parliament on Sunday, overriding the objections of Sunni negotiators, sending the document to voters and setting the stage here for a protracted period of political conflict. 
July 20, 2007 | By BEN LANDO | UPI Energy Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- A voter registration list of residents in Iraq's oil-rich northern disputed territories is to be completed by the end of July. It marks a long-awaited step for Iraq's Kurds, who claim the area was ripped from them by Saddam Hussein's policies.
