Saturday, 25 July, 2009 , 05:52 AFP — Iraqi Kurds on Saturday began casting their ballots in presidential and parliamentary polls being held as the region grapples with a land dispute with Baghdad and tensions over oil exports.

Saturday, 25 July, 2009 , 05:15 AFP — Polls opened in presidential and legislative elections in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan at 8.00 am (0500 GMT) on Saturday, an AFP correspondent said.

Saturday, 25 July, 2009 , 05:05 AFP — Polls opened in presidential and legislative elections in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan on Saturday, an AFP correspondent said.

Saturday, 25 July, 2009 , 05:01 AFP —

Saturday, 25 July, 2009 , 01:25 AFP — Massud Barzani, who is widely expected to win re-election on Saturday as the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, is heir to a nationalist rebellion spanning decades and several countries.

Saturday, 25 July, 2009 , 01:25 AFP — More than 2.5 million Iraqi Kurds go to the polls in presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday as the region grapples with a land dispute with Baghdad and tensions over oil exports.

Friday, 24 July, 2009 , 07:32 AFP — Opposition candidates are railing against corruption and raising the reformist flag in a bid to break the stranglehold on power by two main political parties in Iraq's Kurdish region.

Thursday, 23 July, 2009 , 19:20 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a president and a parliament amid a simmering land dispute with Baghdad and tensions over oil exports that could lead to armed conflict.

Thursday, 23 July, 2009 , 18:40 AFP — Tensions between Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and Iraq's central government represent one of most potentially "dangerous" challenges facing Baghdad, Iraq's prime minister said in Washington Thursday.

Thursday, 23 July, 2009 , 10:47 AFP — Iraqi Kurds vote on Saturday to choose a new parliament and president for their autonomous region.