Friday, 13 November, 2009 , 11:32Nytimes.com | By JAMES GLANZ and WALTER GIBBS
OSLO — Peter W. Galbraith, an influential former American ambassador, is a powerful voice on Iraq who helped shape the views of policy makers like Joseph R. Biden Jr. and John Kerry. In the summer of 2005, he was also an adviser to the Kurdish regional government as Iraq wrote its Constitution — tough and sensitive talks not least because of issues like how Iraq would divide its vast oil wealth.
Thursday, 15 October, 2009 , 18:04Rudaw.net
ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — A large number of Kurdish officials, foreign diplomats and Dutch citizens attended the official opening of the Netherlands Consulate in Erbil, capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on Monday, October 12.
Cnn.com | By Simon Hooper
A play featuring dialogue in Kurdish is to be performed for the first time at a Turkish state theater Thursday in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir.
Thursday, 1 October, 2009 , 16:45Foreignpolicy.com | NICK DANFORTH
Chances of Turkey and the Kurds reaching a rapprochement are at their highest in 25 years. But what does that mean for Turkification -- and what concessions are the Turks willing to make?
Wednesday, 2 September, 2009 , 13:47PRNewswire via COMTEX
WASHINGTON, On Friday, September 4, 2009, Kurds and their supporters will be gathering at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. (from 12:00pm-2:00pm) to protest the arrest of Kurdish folk singer, poet and activist Sivan Perwer and demand a formal apology from Canadian PM Stephen Harper to Sivan Perwer and to the Kurdish people. A similar demonstration, sponsored by Toronto Kurdish House, is being held on Saturday, September 5, 2009 at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Street (Queens Park) in Toronto from 5:30pm until 8:00pm.
Morningstaronline.co.uk
Iran's official news agency has claimed that Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces have killed 26 Kurdish guerillas in a series of raids in the country's Kordestan province.
Morningstaronline.co.uk | by Louise Nousratpour
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has demanded an urgent meeting with the Turkish ambassador in London over Turkey's "unlawful" detention of 22 trade union leaders and activists.
Morningstaronline.co.uk | by Tom Mellen
Baghdad has revealed that it is struggling to clean up the pollution left by depleted uranium weapons used by US-led troops during the first Gulf war and the 2003 invasion.
Canada.com | By Jordana Huber, Canwest News Service
TORONTO — A Kurdish music star stopped at gunpoint by police after a motorist thought they'd seen a gun in his car said he is considering legal action.
Friday, 31 July, 2009 , 12:55TODAY'S ZAMAN | ANKARA
Amid renewed talks of a solution to the decades-long Kurdish problem in the Turkish capital, observers have expressed their concern over possible incidents that might outrage the public and may eventually derail the ongoing process.
