Wed Apr 16, 2008 | By Wojciech Moskwa and Joergen Frich

OSLO, April 16 (Reuters) - Shares in Norwegian oil and gas producer DNO (DNO.OL: Quote, Profile, Research) soared on Wednesday on hopes Iraq is close to finalising an oil and gas law for Baghdad to back oil contracts signed by Kurdish authorities.


  


June 25, 2007 | Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman

The guilty verdict against Ali Hassan al-Majid or Chemical Ali is a milestone for the people of Kurdistan in Iraq.


  

Tuesday, 17 October 2006

Saddam Hussein and six other defendants - including his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali" - have gone on trial over the killing of more than 100,000 Kurds during "Operation Anfal" in 1988.

  

NewYorkTimes By ROBERT F. WORTH, BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 23 - A new judge was appointed Monday to take charge of the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants, the latest twist in a legal process that has been plagued by unruliness and accusations of political influence.


  


Wednesday, 12 December 2007 | By The Globe- Erbil

Partnerships in academic research merely one goal of conference.

President Barzani speaks at Erbil education conference, addresses central government issues and universities' roles in developing society.


  


 Tuesday, 17 October 2006

Saddam Hussein's genocide trial against the Kurds has resumed, a day after the former president predicted Iraq's "liberation" from US military control.

  

By John F. Burns The New York Times
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2006

BAGHDAD Saddam Hussein uttered only two sarcastic words - "Well done!" - on Monday as the prosecutor demanded that Saddam and three top associates, one of them his half brother, be given the death penalty for their role in the persecution of hundreds of Shiite townspeople after an alleged assassination attempt on Saddam in 1982.

  


March 5, 2008 | By Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes

Two top military commanders allege that Tehran continues to direct Shiite militias and is trying to permanently weaken the government in Baghdad.


  


March 24, 2008 | By Deroy Murdock | Chilling Confirmation

Yes, Saddam Hussein was an Islamofascist threat

As Operation Iraqi Freedom is now five years old, a new study confirms that ousting Saddam Hussein was justified and vital to U.S. national security. Though war critics hate to admit it, the Baathist dictator was up to his mustache in aid for Islamofascist terrorism.


  

Kurd sees Sunni role in drafting constitution

Associated Press - 07/02/2005 -
By Scheherezade Faramarzi

QALA CHWALAN, Iraq -- The Kurdish leader who hopes to become Iraq’s new president pledged to try to bring the country’s disaffected Sunni Arabs into the political process although many of them stayed away from the polls in landmark elections.

Jalal Talabani, a Sunni nominated last week by Kurdish leaders as their candidate for one of Iraq’s two top posts, said he would urge Sunni Arabs to participate in drafting a constitution -- one of the key tasks of the new government that will soon take office.