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National - Kurdistan President retunes to Erbil 8-Feb-10 [10:50]
Peyamner PNA- Following an official visit to U.S. and European countries, Masud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region has backed home on Sunday through Erbil International Airport.     [...]

 
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Iraq - US should put no pressures on Cassation Commission – official 9-Feb-10 [12:47]
PNA - BAGHDAD - The U.S. government should put no pressures on the Cassation Commission with respect to Debaathification issues, a high ranking member of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Dawa Party said on Monday.     [...]
Iraq - Police: Iraq vet abused daughter, held her head in water 9-Feb-10 [12:3]
PNA - Seattle, Washington - An Iraq war veteran has been charged with assault on suspicion of abusing his daughter, whose head he allegedly held in water to get her to recite the ABCs, according to police in Yelm, Washington.     [...]
Views - Bad to Worse in Iraq 9-Feb-10 [11:56]
Peyamner PNA -The election in Iraq is less than a month away -- that is, if indeed it is held as scheduled on March 7 -- and things are going from bad to worse.     [...]
Iraq - Former Iraq PM: poll ban risks civil war 9-Feb-10 [11:40]
Peyamner PNA -BAGHDAD - A ban on election candidates accused of links with Saddam Hussein's Baath party threatens to drag Iraq into civil war, a former prime minister and head of a group seen as a strong contender in the polls said Monday.     [...]
World - IRAN: Internet access, text-messaging service down as 22 Bahman protests approach 9-Feb-10 [11:33]
Peyamner PNA - In the last week, Internet connections across Iran have slowed to a crawl, with sources in Tehran reporting that, when service is available at all, it is so slow that checking e-mail is nearly impossible.     [...]
Articles - Storm ahead for US, China 9-Feb-10 [11:26]
Peyamner PNA - A nasty spat has erupted between Washington and Beijing over the Obama administration's arms sales to Taiwan.     [...]
Articles - From the Bosphorus: Straight - The US action plan against the PKK? 9-Feb-10 [11:22]
Peyamner PNA -Ankara hosted two important American security officials last week. The first was Ray Odierno, the United States’ top officer in Iraq. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates followed with a visit a few days later.     [...]
World - New Zealand virgin auctions herself for tuition 9-Feb-10 [10:59]
Peyamner PNA -Reporting from Paris and Beirut - As Iran moved to enrich uranium to a higher level of purity and build new nuclear-fuel plants, U.S. and French defense officials suggested Monday that sanctions were needed to force Tehran to curb its nuclear program.     [...]
World - New Zealand virgin auctions herself for tuition 9-Feb-10 [10:57]
Peyamner PNA - A New Zealand teenager who says she auctioned her virginity online for $32,000 to raise tuition money did not break any laws but it might be risky for her to follow through on the deal, police warned Wednesday.     [...]
Iraq - Bleak outlook for Iraq's lonely hearts 9-Feb-10 [10:54]
Peyamner PNA - The conflict between Iraq's Sunni and Shiite Muslim communities created a new generation of widows.Zina Nabil, a pretty 28-year-old Sunni Arab, thought she had found her man. But like many other Iraqi women, she was forced to abandon her marriage plans three years ago because of sectarian hostilities.     [...]
National - 6 al-Qaeda gunmen killed in Makhmour 9-Feb-10 [10:47]
PNA - NINEWA - Six al-Qaeda gunmen were killed and one soldier was wounded on Monday in clashes between Iraqi army and gunmen in south of Makhmour district, an army source said.     [...]
Iraq - Parl. cancels extraordinary session 8-Feb-10 [14:34]
Peyamner PNA - BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Parliament has canceled its today’s session following a message from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, al-Iraqiya TV said on Monday.     [...]
Iraq - Protesters in Iraq denounce Saddam loyalists as political tension soar over election 8-Feb-10 [14:20]
Peyamner PNA - BAGHDAD, — Hundreds of protesters denounced Iraqis still loyal to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party on Sunday as tensions soared over the decision to blacklist suspected Baathists from next month's election.     [...]
Iraq - 198 containers of arms seized in Baghdad 8-Feb-10 [14:18]
PNA -BAGHDAD-Iraqi army forces seized 198 containers of different arms in northern Baghdad, the Baghdad Operations Command said in a release on Monday.     [...]
Iraq - They search if someone’s missing in Iraq 8-Feb-10 [12:54]
Peyamner PNA - The kidnapping of a civilian contractor working for the American military in Iraq served as just the latest reminder of the danger of doing business in the country.     [...]
National - French police evacuate migrants' shelter 8-Feb-10 [11:48]
Peyamner PNA - CALAIS, France — French police on Sunday shut down a makeshift shelter for migrants in the Channel port of Calais, just 24 hours after an activist group had opened up the centre.     [...]
World - Iran tests radar evading aircraft 8-Feb-10 [11:43]
Peyamner PNA - Tehran: Iran has conducted a successful test of its first domestically developed radar-evading aircraft, a senior military official said.     [...]
Iraq - Report: Iran cites CIA in radio arrests 8-Feb-10 [11:36]
Peyamner PNA -Seven people, including some accused of having ties to a U.S.-backed Farsi-language radio station, were arrested in Tehran, according to Iranian media reports.     [...]
World - Iran and Turkey to boost cultural ties 8-Feb-10 [11:26]
Peyamner PNA - TEHRAN -- Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini in his recent visit to Turkey met his Turkish counterpart Ertugrul Gunay and they both stressed on developing increased cultural ties.     [...]
World - Palin beating drums for war on Iran 8-Feb-10 [11:17]
Peyamner PNA - US conservative darling Sarah Palin says she thinks President Barack Obama should declare war on Iran.     [...]
Economy - Air Berlin operates service to Iraq from Saturday 8-Feb-10 [11:8]
Peyamner PNA - On 6th February 2010 Germany’s second largest airline will be flying from Munich to Arbil in Northern Iraq for the first time.     [...]
National - 11 arrested in Touz Khormato 8-Feb-10 [11:5]
Peyamner PNA - SALAH AL-DIN- Security forces arrested 11 suspects in Touz Khormato and seized weapons and explosives, according to a local police source in the district on Sunday.     [...]
Economy - Electricity to enter 19 villages in Rawndoz 8-Feb-10 [10:59]
Peyamner PNA - ARBIL -Technicians embarked on a project worth 1.917 billion Iraqi dinars (roughly $1.6 million) to extend electricity to 19 villages belonging to the district of Rawndoz, Mayor Sirwan Sereni said on Sunday.     [...]
Iraq - Assassination network leader captured in Mosul 8-Feb-10 [10:53]
Peyamner PNA- NINEWA - Iraq’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) on Sunday arrested the leader of an armed network specialized in assassinations in the city of Mosul, according to a local security source in Ninewa.     [...]
Iraq - PM says no silence over crimes committed by Baathists 8-Feb-10 [10:18]
Peyamner PNA - BAGHDAD- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday said that his government would never stand still towards Baathists’ crimes of summary executions, genocides and psycho-physical torture.     [...]
National - Iraq regains 32 thousand stolen antiques 7-Feb-10 [16:2]
Peyamner PNA - The State Ministry of Tourism regained 32 thousand pieces of stolen antiquities since the fall of the dictatorial regime in 2003.     [...]
National - Overweight individuals give dress-shop owners a new frontier 7-Feb-10 [15:54]
Peyamner PNA - Not yet an epidemic, obesity has at least affected television and commerce. As economic conditions improve around the region, the number overweight people increases.     [...]
National - Kemal Kirkuki: "We don't finance the Iranian opposition" 7-Feb-10 [15:50]
Peyamner PNA - Iran shells Kurdish border after false media report.Rojnama editor-in-chief resigns after erroneous reports harmful to the KRG and Iranian Kurdish opposition parties.     [...]
Articles - Barred candidates allowed to stand March polls 7-Feb-10 [15:43]
Peyamner PNA - U.S., UN and Arab countries play role in issue of barred candidates, says one official.The Federal Court will look into the files of all the barred candidates after the March elections are over.     [...]
World - Iran Announces Production of 2 New Missiles 7-Feb-10 [15:38]
Peyamner PNA - Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi indicated Saturday that two new missiles with sophisticated capabilities will go into production at recently constructed facilities.     [...]
World - Iran cuts ties with British Museum 7-Feb-10 [15:30]
Peyamner PNA - Iran has cut links with the British Museum over its failure to lend the Islamic Republic an ancient Persian treasure, according to Iranian media.     [...]
World - US insistent on missile system in Turkey, not more Afghan troops 7-Feb-10 [15:24]
Peyamner PNA - United States (U.S.) Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Saturday his meeting with the Chief of Turkish General Staff, General Ilker Basbug, was almost completely devoted to the issues of Afghanistan and PKK.     [...]
World - Turkey requests Iran, Russia to revise ‘take-or-pay’ conditions 7-Feb-10 [15:21]
Peyamner PNA -Searching for ways to increase sales amid a contraction in natural gas demand, Turkey has asked Russia and Iran, two of the country’s biggest natural gas suppliers, to revise their “take-or-pay” conditions.     [...]
World - U.S. calls for greater international pressure on Iran 7-Feb-10 [15:13]
PNA - ROME - - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday urged the international community to work together to bring pressure on the Iranian government rather than its people to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.     [...]
National - There are no shortcuts 7-Feb-10 [15:8]
Peyamner PNA -Working on AIDS "in a society where so few people have even heard about the disease" must be carried out with "cultural-specific methods"-Tristan Troby     [...]
Articles - Intervention and short-term solution: Iraq must find long-term solution otherwise it may see its own end 7-Feb-10 [15:4]
Peyamner PNA - Last Wednesday, an Iraqi appeals court in charge of deciding whether to press ahead with the banning of more than 500 Iraqi candidates from parliamentary elections in next month's national elections ruled to set aside the ban until after the elections.     [...]
Art - Kurds pay a high price for Elissa in Erbil 7-Feb-10 [15:0]
Peyamner PNA - Elissa gig is confirmed, but Haifa Wahbi concert is rumor.Some spending as high as US$1,000 to attend the upcoming Elissa concert at Erbil's International Fairground.     [...]
Iraq - Iraqis split over importing police dogs to detect explosives 7-Feb-10 [14:56]
Peyamner PNA - BAGHDAD - Iraqis are divided over a recent interior ministry decision to import police dogs trained to detect explosives in the aftermath of an exposé about an allegedly fraud explosives detectors imported by Iraq from Britain.     [...]
Iraq - Parl. holds extraordinary session on participation of banned candidates 7-Feb-10 [14:51]
Peyamner PNA - BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Parliament is convening an extraordinary session this afternoon to discuss decisions by the Cassation Board, which have allowed banned candidates to run in the upcoming legislative election.     [...]
Iraq - A Shia militant group in Iraq has reportedly posted an internet video showing an abducted man who may be a missing US military contractor. 6-Feb-10 [18:23]
Peyamner PNA- A Shia militant group in Iraq has reportedly posted an internet video showing an abducted man who may be a missing US military contractor.     [...]
World - Yemen jails Houthi leader's brother to 15 years in absentia 6-Feb-10 [18:18]
Peyamner PNA - Yahya al-Houthi, a parliamentarian, has been based in Germany since leaving Yemen three years ago.     [...]
World - Americans charged with child kidnapping in Haiti 6-Feb-10 [18:16]
Peyamner PNA -Ten Americans detained in Haiti were charged with child kidnapping and criminal association for trying to take children illegally out of the earthquake-hit country.     [...]
National - US may help Turkey combat Kurdish rebels: Gates 6-Feb-10 [17:57]
Peyamner PNA - ANKARA - The United States may offer Turkey more help with equipment and intelligence to combat separatist Kurdish rebels taking refuge in the Iraqi north, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates said Saturday.     [...]
National - Turkey's latest Kurdish party vows cautious approach 6-Feb-10 [17:50]
Peyamner PNA - ANKARA — Turkey's Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has pledged to be more cautious than a predecessor party banned last year for ties with separatist militants, whilst continuing to fight for rights for Kurds.     [...]
Views - A quick fix for Iraq's elections 6-Feb-10 [17:47]
Peyamner PNA - US intervention in the Iraqi election process is about smooth sailing towards troop withdrawal, not supporting Iraq     [...]
Art - Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi: Iranians should copy my 6-Feb-10 [17:44]
Peyamner PNA - ROTTERDAM,— The famous Kurdish-Iranian movie director Bahman Ghobadi visited the Rotterdam Film Festival on Wednesday to show his new movie “Nobody Knows About The Persian Cats”.     [...]
National - Police chief survives assassination attempt 6-Feb-10 [17:42]
PNA - KIRKUK-A police director in Kirkuk has survived an attempt on his life when an explosive device hit his vehicle in the southwest of the city, a local security source said on Saturday.     [...]
Iraq - MP proposes debaathificiation to cover VP Hashemi 6-Feb-10 [17:39]
Peyamner PNA - BAGHDAD-The Iraqi parliament’s legal committee is waiting for a decision tomorrow (Feb. 7) by the debaathification board on whether the law should cover Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, the committee chairman said on Saturday.     [...]
Iraq - New Iraqi media rules raise specter of muzzled past 5-Feb-10 [18:19]
Peyamner PNA - BAGHDAD - Battling what it says are broadcasts that incite sectarian violence, Iraq wants to impose new restrictions on the media that critics say could bring back draconian censorship last seen under Saddam Hussein.     [...]
Iraq - Clinton 'heartened' by Iraqi move to reinstate candidates 5-Feb-10 [18:17]
Peyamner PNA - WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she is "heartened" by an Iraqi decision to reinstate Sunni candidates and urged all parties to do nothing to undermine the legitimacy of elections.     [...]
National
Audio: BBC interviews Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami

Kurdistan’s parliament speaker meets Indian diplomat

Iran tells Gulf states not to buy US missiles

Kurdistan establishes its own stock exchange

Cost of housing is 'number one problem' in Kurdistan

US general in Turkey to discuss Kurdish rebels

Kurdistan: A successful state for the Kurds

Turkey's new pro-Kurdish BDP party faces investigation

Sweden to supervise elections in Baghdad, Basra, Arbil, Duhuk, Sulaimaniya

ECHR rules on religious designation, Kurdish names on Turkish ID

pro-Kurdish BDP elects Demirtaş, Kışanak as co-leaders

PM coordinates with Kurds regarding disputed areas

Western ironies discernible as Kurds rejoice at justice

KRG calls Iran for re-compensate harmed citizens

From White House to the streets

Ninewa moves toward breakup

Washington's offers clear support

Kurds unite for three-day festival in America

Masrour Barzani: Only in the implementation of the Constitution, Iraqis can find peace and progress

Joint forces to remain in Kirkuk until after election

World
US arrests Taiwanese man over Iran components

Russia Sees No Problem in Arming Iran

Iran’s nuclear programme gives energy to US neocons

Girl buried alive in honour killing in Turkey: Report

Israel warns Syria it would lose future war

Pakistan faces backlash after U.S. troops attack

China Renews Opposition to Iran Sanctions

Iran Regime Charges U.S. Is Stoking “Iran Phobia”

Haiti: Trafficking the children

Russia, UK welcome Iran readiness for nuclear swap

Intelligence chiefs say another terror attempt in U.S. is 'certain'

Yemen Houthis say open to Saudi prisoner swap

Iran to Execute 9 Protesters for Post-Election Unrest

Iran's Mousavi says he will continue fight for reform

Iran criticises US missile move

South African minister's wife on cocaine charges

Turkey's Gul backs lifting EMASYA protocol after coup report

Iran top judge rejects "political" hanging pressure

Israel "responsible" on Iran, Obama adviser says

Pakistan probing reported death of Taliban leader

Iraq
Clinton 'heartened' by Iraqi move to reinstate candidates

'Iran will be judged by actions'

Karbala explosion casualties rise to 181

No 'option' but to remove Saddam: British MP

Motorbike bomb kills 20 in Iraq

IHEC decides to postpone electoral campaign until Feb. 12

Iraq receives remains of 9 soldiers from Iranian side

Ministry: Iran to hand over remains of Iraqi soldiers tom.

IHEC says all banned candidates to run in election

Iraq expresses readiness to extradite Jordanian prisoners

VP meets Obama, Biden at White House

Turkey strongly condemns Kerbala attack in Iraq

IED defused in northeastern Baghdad

VP urges international community to stand by Iraqi people

Blackwater faces Iraq bribery probe

Casualties from Baghdad bombing rise to 147

Suicide bomber kills 2 at Iraqi restaurant

Blair 'marginalised' Brown over Iraq

CCTV cameras on border between Iraq, Syria

UN envoy says accountability, justice measures “Iraqi affair”

Kurds in Internation
Henry Kissinger and the Kurds

Halabja, the massacre the West tried to ignore

Kurdish conundrum

Kurd's tale of survival

Iraq, the Kurds and the Americans

Uprooted for Decades, Iraqi Kurds Long for Home

Obama must not sell out Kurdish Iraq

Ethnic divide in Iraqi Kirkuk city a test for nation

Another day, another grave

Kurds in search of their dead view remains

Kurds in search of their dead view remains

Iraqi Kurdistan PM says I support autonomy for Christians

Progress in Iraqi Kurdistan region leaves no room for some

Kurds roll out red carpet for Hollywood

Peter Galbraith backs ethnically divided Iraq

Nashville Kurdish community thrives

Maliki, Hakim meet over security pact

Most Iraqi Kurds preferred McCain

Kurdistan villagers see flame of hope

Appeal to the Frankfurt Book Fair 2008 after the attacks of Turkish chauvinists

Views
He is not the only “Chemical”

Iraqi Democracy or Civil War

Russian analyst: Armenia-Turkey protocols not to be ratified soon

Turks vs. Kurds - A failed opening sparks bloodshed

How The Kurdistan Problem Could Torpedo The Iraq Energy Comeback

Readers' Forum: Iraq election, turning point or chaos?

Kurdistan in Limbo

U.S. Strategy Towards Kurds

Is Iran going to change? There is a chance

Iran is not Japan

In 2010, Iran not Afghanistan will be Obama's big challenge

Democracy’s coming to Iran

Is Iraq ready to go it alone?

If the Kurds were not Muslim

Shallow opening vis-à-vis dark relations

The Kirkuk Crisis: The mystery it veils for the future of Iraqi Kurdistan and for the Iraqi state

Turkey runs hot and cold

Kirkuk: The Danger of Delay

Talking with Iran -- and sending a message

Both Iran and West Fear a Trap on Deal

Articles
With pullout deadline near, now is no time to forget Iraq

'Chemical Ali' and Blair, the hero

Iraq polls could heighten tensions over Kirkuk

Halabja: This is genocide

Iran Will have the Bomb in 5 Years

Iraq Parliamentary Campaign Raises Fears Of Sectarian Strife

First Wave of U.S. Forces Leave Iraq

Barak in Turkey to repair ties

Northern Iraq remains complex, US General Says

EDITORIAL: War with Iran nears

Map of political alliances for the general election in Iraq

Will Iraqi Elections Bring Stability, or More Turmoil?

Volunteer grave diggers

The Surge Is Over. The Americans Are Going. I’m Leaving Iraq.

A costly sparkle

Higher education needs urgent attention

Another Peril in War Zones: Sexual Abuse by Fellow G.I.’s

Are Iraqi tourists welcome in other countries?

Iraq at a crossroads: A return to chaos or are better times ahead?

World Citizen: Why Iran Launched a Raid in Iraq

Economy
Jobless Rate Down to 9.7%; 20,000 Jobs Lost in January

Kurdistan says can pump 1 mln bpd oil in 3 years

Kurds propose to Baghdad solution to oil contracts

Russian oil firm signs agreement on Iraq oil field

Iraq seals 2 oil deals with Angolan company

Iraq signs contract to develop al-Zubair oilfield with Italy’s Eni

DNO Shares Rise As Iraq Kurds Aim To End Oil Row With Baghdad

Parliamentary committee welcomes resumption of oil exports in Kurdistan

Japanese businessman: "Don't expect too much from Iraq"

Iraq completes Shell-led deal for huge oil field

Erbil motor exhibition kicks off

Special banking system’s laws need to be reconsidered

Arbil needs ID540 billion to implement projects in 2010 - governor

Weekly Jobless Claims Edge Up Slightly

Iraq is demanding a $ 10 billion in compensation for the manipulation of oil for food program

Iraq inks preliminary deal to develop supergiant oil field

Strategic road opened in Arbil

Iraq, Russia sign deal to develop Badra oil field

UPDATE: Iraq Has "Master Plan" To Boost Oil Exports - Oil Min

Iranian–Iraqi trade exchange in 2009 exceeds $5 billion – ambassador

Art
Mountain in China named after 'Avatar'

Iran’s Kamkars, Iraqi Kurdish vocalist team up for new album

Turkish cinema shrugs off cliches to look at Kurdish conflict

Kurdish Directors Make 'National' Cinema in Turkey's first Kurdish film festival

Brits miss out on Miss World title

Films shown at Baghdad bomb sites

An American Kurd, Jessica Lagasse will represent Almaden Valley in the Miss California competition

Angie wants Syrian child

Underappreciated At Home, Kurdish Filmmakers Struggle For Identity

Atlanta musician goes to Kurdistan to make music amid chaos

Iraqi Kurdistan's 'Shakira' Dashne Murad causes shock waves in her homeland

Iraqi cinema re-emerges, but where are the cinemas?

Boyzone star Stephen Gately dies

Sulaimaniyah: The gift that keeps on giving

Nobel literature winner Mueller "lost for words"

'Crazier than Sarah Palin' Tom DeLay in precarious position on 'Dancing With the Stars'

Coroner says Jackson died from lethal dose of propofol

Michael Jackson's mother given custody of children

Director brings action-film chops to drama about bomb squad in Iraq

Angelina Jolie makes third trip to Iraq

Documents
Witness to Genocide

Witness to Genocide

Witness to Genocide

Local troops join operation Iraqi Freedom

The Constitution of Iraq

Investment Law of the Kurdistan Region - Iraq (PDF)

Oil and Gas Law of the Kurdistan Region - Iraq

Let the world recognize Anfal as a genocide

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