Saturday, 25 July, 2009 , 09:24 AFP — Iraq's Kurds on Saturday flocked to cast votes in presidential and legislative polls expected to confirm the grip on power of regional leaders locked in dispute with Baghdad over land and oil.

Saturday, 25 July, 2009 , 08:39 AFP — Senior officials from Iraq, Turkey and the United States were due to meet here Tuesday to discuss measures against Kurdish rebels holed up in northern Iraq, a Turkish government source said Saturday.

Saturday, 25 July, 2009 , 07:32 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan, in the rugged, mountainous north of the war-torn country, has been an autonomous region since it was put under US protection following the 1991 Gulf War.

Saturday, 25 July, 2009 , 07:30 AFP — Iraqi Kurds were voting on Saturday to choose a new parliament and president for their autonomous region.

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.