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.

Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 , 07:44 AFP — US Defence Secretary Robert Gates met Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani Wednesday as he urged Iraq's communities to heal their political rifts before US forces withdraw at the end of 2011.

Tuesday, 28 July, 2009 , 12:01 AFP — Turkey on Tuesday urged Iraq and the United States for "concrete results" on the ground in efforts to curb separatist Kurdish rebels taking refuge in northern Iraq.