Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 , 15:07 AFP — Massud Barzani was re-elected as Iraqi Kurdish president and the region's two main parties, running on a joint ticket, won 57 percent of votes in weekend elections, official results showed on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 , 15:03 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit the autonomous Kurdistan region shortly to discuss land and oil disputes with authorities in Arbil, Kurdish president Massud Barzani told AFP on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 , 14:32 AFP — Massud Barzani was re-elected president of Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan and the two main Kurdish parties, which ran on a joint parliamentary list, won 57 percent of the vote in weekend elections, official results showed on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 , 14:12 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan's two main political parties, which ran on a joint parliamentary list, won 57 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections at the weekend, official results showed on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 , 14:10 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan's two main political parties, which ran on a joint parliamentary list, won 57 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections at the weekend, official results showed on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 , 14:09 AFP — Massud Barzani was re-elected as president of Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan with nearly 70 percent of the vote, according to official results released on Wednesday.

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Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 , 11:48 AFP — Turkey will introduce a "courageous" reform package aimed at boosting the rights of its disenchanted Kurdish community and ending a 25-year bloody insurgency, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 , 10:58 AFP — US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday urged feuding Iraqi Arab and Kurdish leaders to settle their differences peacefully or risk plunging the country back into violence.