KRG Oil law moves forward
Aug. 2, 2007 | Ben Lando, UPI Energy Correspondent
WASHINGTON - The Iraqi Kurdistan oil minister says progress on a regional oil law shows "democracy at work," but final approval will be next week at the earliest.
Turkish Election Results: More or Less Stability?
July 26, 2007 | Featuring Soner Cagaptay, Matthew Bryza, and Alan Makovsky
On July 23, 2007, Soner Cagaptay, Matthew Bryza, and Alan Makovsky addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Dr. Cagaptay is a senior fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute. Mr. Bryza is deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. Mr. Makovsky is a senior staff member with the House Committee on International Relations.
Kurdistan: Iraq's safe haven
30 July 2007
A conversation with Australian lawyer Jonathan Morrow - an adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government - about the growing success and safety of Iraqi Kurdistan. While many Iraqi Arabs view Kurdistan as a safe haven, its democratic success also generates suspicion and resentment from its neighbours.
At War, at Home, at Risk
July 29, 2007 | By AYUB NURI
I was born in 1979 in the northern Iraqi town of Halabja. In Kurdish, Halabja means “the wrong place,” and that is how the town felt when I was growing up, because I never knew a life without war. My father worked in Halabja’s electricity office, and we farmed for a few months every year.
DTP deputies complete MP registration
July 30, 2007
Nineteen independent candidates supported by the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) completed procedures to register as parliamentary representatives in Parliament on Sunday.
Peshmerga to protect Iraq power and oil
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.
Turkey,Iraq preparing terror draft
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 | DUYGU GÜVENÇ
Iraqi PM Maliki's visit can mark a historic step for the two countries if joint steps against the PKK are approved, diplomats say
US joins Turkey's war against rebel Kurds
Monday July 30, 2007 | Ewen MacAskill in Washington
The Pentagon confirmed today that it is working closely with the Turkish government to crush Kurdish guerrillas operating from bases in northern Iraq.
Death sentence for two Kurdish journalists
Wednesday, 01 August 2007
The two men were charged with subverting national security. Their lawyers have 20 days to appeal before they die by hanging. Government crackdown intensifies as nine journalists languish in Iranian jails.
Death verdicts for Iran reporters
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Iran has sentenced two dissident journalists from its ethnic Kurdish minority for being "enemies of God".
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