Kurdish Institute of Paris

AFP | 11 January 2008

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Iranian shelling of Kurdish border villages in northern Iraq left one child dead, a local official told AFP on Wednesday.

Telegraph.co.uk | 1 Mar 2009

A film about a 'lovable' Calais refugee who swims across the Channel in a bid to sneak into Britain has been released in cinemas in France.

AFP | 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.

The 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.

Monday, January 19, 2009 | by İpek Özbey - Tempom

ISTANBUL - As state TV starts broadcasts on its new Kurdish language channel, promoting it as a significant achievement, Kurds want to live according to their culture. They want to show their language and culture deserves respect and pass their heritage to future generations

January 11, 2009 | By Ned Parker

Reporting from Salahuddin, Iraq -- The president of Iraq's Kurdish region charged Saturday that Prime Minister Nouri Maliki was drifting toward authoritarian rule, in the latest sign of the dangerous rift that has emerged between the Iraqi leader and his partners in the country's ruling coalition.

Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdish semiautonomous region, says moves by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki threaten the nation's unity and have raised concerns among the Kurdish minority.

Thursday, October 30, 2008 | NAMIK DURUKAN | ANKARA – Milliyet

The controversial suggestion by the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, to divide Turkey into regions and give broad powers to locally elected governors was presented to deputies by the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, this week.

Thursday, 30 October 2008 | By Suzanne De Rouen

Iraq-U.S. security pact dominates Barzani's talks with Rice, while the Kurdistan president touched upon several topics with Bush.

Thursday, October 30, 2008 | Ben Lando

ANKARA, Turkey | As the U.S. and Iraqi governments struggle to finalize an agreement on continuing the U.S. troop presence in Iraq, there are few more interested bystanders than Turkey.