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BAGHDAD: Iraq is at a historical crossroads on the bumpy road to democracy. The Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) has all but completed the task assigned to it by the 2005 Constitution under the chairmanship of Sheikh Humam...
Wednesday 18th November, 05:25 AM JST TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed June presidential election, state...
Leaders want more seats for minorities, sunni-majority diaspora By Agence France Presse (AFP) Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by Shwan Mohammad Agence France Presse SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq: Iraq’s general...
Kuwait"s Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved a request by an Iraqi airline company to operate regular flights to Kuwait from Baghdad international airport and Najaf (south Iraq), DGCA Head Fawaz Al-Farah...
IRBIL, Iraq (RFE/RL) -- Iraq's Kurdish parties have announced the creation of a new Kurdish political bloc ahead of the January general election, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reported. The Kurdish alliance will gather 14 parties,...
Energy deals across Southwest Asia - such as between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey - are redrawing international relations for years to come, bringing full circle the region's post-Ottoman Empire history. On the periphery, and...
The awarding of development rights over the huge West Qurna oilfield in southern Iraq to Exxon-Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell last Thursday once again underscores the criminal character of the continuing US-led occupation. As the...
This report was issued by OCHA Iraq country office and UNAMI. In the Erbil and Dahuk Governorates over 3,000 persons (500 families) across ten locations in the mountainous districts of Mergasur, Rawanduz, Choman, Zhakho, Sumel,...
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The ongoing dispute between Iraq's central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish authorities in the country's north threatens to create a "human rights catastrophe" for minority communities in the region, a...
By PATRICK CONDON Associated Press Writer MINNEAPOLIS — The mother of one of three U.S. hikers held in Iran says their families are trying not to get pulled into the tense relationship between the U.S. and Iran. Cindy Hickey,...
