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Iraq's parliament re-elects President Talabani


  Sat Apr 22, 10:16 AM ET BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament elected incumbent President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, for a second term on Saturday as politicians began putting together a national unity government after four months of deadlock.


  

New Iraqi leader seeks unity


  By Dan Murphy, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Mon Apr 24, 4:00 AM ET

BAGHDAD - Four months after     Iraq voted, the government's top posts were named by Parliament this weekend. The winners called for an end to sectarian divisions and a commitment to unity that has proved so elusive since     Saddam Hussein fell.


  

Denmark, again? Now it's under fire for hosting Kurdish TV station.



By Yigal Schleifer, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Fri Apr 21, 2006

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.


  

Document Links Hussein To Killings in Iraqi Town



By Nelson Hernandez and K.I. Ibrahim
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, April 18, 2006; A16

BAGHDAD, April 17 -- Handwriting experts confirmed that Saddam Hussein signed a document linking him to the killing of 148 people during his rule as Iraqi president, prosecutors said at Hussein's trial on Monday.


  

Turkish police arrest 20 suspected Kurdish militants in firebombing plot



Posted on Wed, Apr. 12, 2006
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Police raided several homes around the Turkish capital and detained 20 suspected Kurdish militants alleged to be planning a series of firebomb attacks, the Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday.

  

Iraqi Leaders Angered by Mubarak's Warning on Civil War


In Interview, Egyptian Leader Also Says Shiites More Loyal to Iran


By SALAH NASRAWI
The Associated Press - Sunday, April 9, 2006; 10:36 PM

CAIRO, Egypt -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak angered Iraqi leaders Sunday by saying Shiites there and across the Middle East are more loyal to Iran than to their own countries as he gave a startlingly frank warning about possible civil war in Iraq.


  

Hussein Charged With Genocide in 50,000 Deaths



April 5, 2006
By EDWARD WONG

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 4 -The Iraqi court trying Saddam Hussein announced Tuesday that it had charged him with genocide, saying he sought to annihilate the Kurdish people in 1988, when the military killed at least 50,000 Kurdish civilians and destroyed 2,000 villages.


  

Kurdish unrest stirs again in Turkey



April 10, 2006
By Yigal Schliefer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

Underlying social problems remain in the Kurdish southeast, where protests turned violent last week.

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY - Relative calm has returned to this city in Turkey's southeast after three days of violent clashes between Kurds and Turkish security forces. But the underlying tensions have not gone anywhere.


  

Top prize for student's war photo


Sunday, 9 April 2006 A student who slept with a rifle by her side to take pictures of women fighting Saddam Hussein has won a prestigious photography contest.

  

Iraqis Denounce Mubarak's Remarks on Strife



April 10, 2006 - By EDWARD WONG

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 9 — Iraqi leaders on Sunday denounced Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, for publicly asserting that Iraq was already engulfed in civil war and that Iraqi Shiites were loyal to Iran.