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Opposition set to break Iraqi Kurd stranglehold


Monday, 27 July, 2009 , 08:12 AFP Iraqi authorities were set on Monday to release preliminary results from weekend elections in the automomous Kurdish region after a new opposition party claimed a major breakthrough.

Opposition set to break Iraqi Kurd stranglehold


Monday, 27 July, 2009 , 06:30 AFP Iraqi authorities are set on Monday to release preliminary results from weekend elections in the automomous Kurdish region after a new opposition party claimed a major breakthrough.

Iraqi Kurd opposition hails poll breakthrough


Sunday, 26 July, 2009 , 21:01 AFP A new opposition party in Iraqi Kurdistan said on Sunday that it has made a major breakthrough towards ending the region's long dominance by the two main former rebel factions.

Iraqi Kurd opposition hails poll breakthrough


Sunday, 26 July, 2009 , 16:51 AFP A new opposition party in Iraqi Kurdistan said on Sunday that it has made a major breakthrough towards ending the region's long dominance by the two main former rebel factions.

Iraqi Kurd opposition hails poll breakthrough


Sunday, 26 July, 2009 , 14:41 AFP A new opposition party in Iraqi Kurdistan said on Sunday that it has made a major breakthrough towards ending the region's long dominance by the two main former rebel factions.

Iraqi Kurdistan's main political parties


Sunday, 26 July, 2009 , 13:38 AFP Iraqi Kurdistan's two dominant parties, the KDP and PUK, for the first time face a credible opposition in Goran (Change in Kurdish), which could win as many as 30 seats in the 111-seat regional assembly following Saturday's elections.

Iraqi Kurd opposition hails poll breakthrough


Sunday, 26 July, 2009 , 11:33 AFP A new opposition party in Iraqi Kurdistan said on Sunday that it had made a major breakthrough towards ending the region's long dominance by the two main former rebel factions.

Iraqi Kurd opposition hails poll breakthrough


Sunday, 26 July, 2009 , 08:49 AFP A new dissident party in Iraqi Kurdistan said Sunday it won most votes in the region's second city in weekend elections, raising the prospect of a strong opposition in parliament for the first time.

Two Kurdish activists killed in Turkey


Sunday, 26 July, 2009 , 07:45 AFP Two Kurds, members of Turkey's main Kurdish political party, have been found shot and killed near the Iraqi border, security sources said Sunday.

Iraq Kurd opposition says it made poll breakthrough


Sunday, 26 July, 2009 , 07:21 AFP A new opposition party vying to break the grip of Iraqi Kurdistan's long dominant former rebel factions said on Sunday that it won the most votes in the region's second city of Sulaimaniyah in this weekend's election.