Iran's Failed 'Litmus Test'
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Will there be consequences for Tehran's stonewalling of U.N. nuclear inspectors?
LAST AUGUST, the International Atomic Energy Agency struck a deal with Iran on a "work plan" for clearing up outstanding questions about its nuclear program within three months -- in other words, before December 2007.
Shake-up in DTP as parliamentary group chief resigns
28 May 2008, Wednesday | TODAY'S ZAMAN ANKARA
The Democratic Society Party (DTP) received a blow from within yesterday as the chairman of the party's parliamentary group, Ahmet Türk, resigned from his post.
Turkey Beefs Up Investment in Kurdish Regions
 May 28, 2008 | AMMONEY VS. UNREST The Turkish government on Tuesday announced billions in new investments for its impoverished and rebellious southeast. Prime Minister Erdogan hopes the money will help undermine support for Kurdish separatists. But will it be enough to convince detractors in Europe?
Kurdish politicians boycott Turkish prime minister's speech to protest government policies
May 27, 2008 | The Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey: Kurdish politicians boycotted a major speech by Turkey's prime minister on Tuesday to protest what they say is the government's refusal to recognize the country's Kurdish minority.
Iraq could have largest oil reserves in the world
May 20, 2008 | Sonia Verma in Sharm el-Sheikh
Iraq dramatically increased the official size of its oil reserves yesterday after new data suggested that they could exceed Saudi Arabia’s and be the largest in the world.
First contact with Barzani
Friday, May 2, 2008
ANKARA - A Turkish delegation comprised of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's chief policy advisor and Turkey's special envoy for Iraq departed for Baghdad yesterday for meetings with central Iraqi government officials as well as Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani.
KRG statement on first high-level talks with Turkey
1 May. 2008
Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq (KRG.org) – A Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegation led by Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani today in Baghdad met with a delegation from the Republic of Turkey headed by Mr Ahmet Davutoğlu, the senior advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister; Mr Murat Özçelik, the Special Coordinator for Iraqi Affairs at the Turkish Foreign Ministry; and Mr Derya Kanbay, Turkey's Ambassador in Baghdad.
Baghdad and Kurds Close the Gap
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.
The Big Question: As Tariq Aziz goes on trial, who is left from Saddam Hussein's regime?
Wednesday, 30 April 2008 | By Patrick Cockburn
Why are we asking this now?
Tariq Aziz, the most articulate spokesman for Saddam Hussein's regime, went on trial in Baghdad yesterday. The 72-year-old is accused of being responsible for the execution in 1992 of 42 merchants, who allegedly raised food prices for no reason at a time when Iraq was under international sanctions.
A Kurdish idealist returns to Iraq to 'change attitudes'
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.
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