March 24, 2008
ANKARA, Turkey —" Police broke up a protest Monday by hundreds of demonstrators in a fifth straight day of clashes with Kurds in southeastern Turkey.
From her small apartment in this ancient city, Rabia Celikmilek has access to the entire world. A satellite dish on the roof of her crumbling brick building streams 452 TV channels, with programs from almost every continent.
April 30, 2008 | Author: Greg Bruno
In March, despite few signs of progress on an Iraqi national oil law, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Natural Resources readied for a hiring spree. Calls went out for legal advisors, engineers, and geoscientists—"thirty-five oil and gas experts in all.
March 22 2008 | By Asso Ahmed and Usama Redha, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
LAKE DUKAN, IRAQ -- Armed with picnic baskets and dressed in their brightest holiday finery, Iraqi Kurds headed into the hills here Friday to celebrate a cherished holiday that marks the beginning of spring.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | Cengiz ÇANDAR
Militarily speaking, the difference between launching a 'security operation' and becoming an 'occupying force' is as thin as a stick