http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/kurds kurdish kurdistan The latest news about Kurdistan in Iraq en support@iraqupdates.com support@iraqupdates.com PHP RSS Feed Generator Jalal Talabani is the Kurds’ nominee to occupy the position of Iraq’s President, a Kurdish official said on Monday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69252/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:32:00 +0000 Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition pulled ahead in early results released from Iraq's March 7 national polls. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69227/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:20:00 +0000 Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pulled ahead on Sunday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but a divided vote suggested long and fraught talks to form a government are ahead. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69226/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:20:00 +0000 Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has edged ahead in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but the tight race indicated long and fraught negotiations to form a government. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69215/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:06:00 +0000 Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bloc built on its gains in Iraq's parliamentary election, initial results showed on Sunday, as he took a comfortable lead in the key province of Basra. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69193/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:15:00 +0000 As the counting of votes is still going on and with final results to be certified by the end of March, the next government faces a raft of thorny issues that have at times paralysed the previous administration. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69246/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:57:00 +0000 In the 1980s, the people of Kurdistan in Iraq were under chemical bombardment, thousands of villages were being destroyed and the people were being massacred in their thousands by Saddam Hussein's regime. Today the people of the Kurdistan Region live... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69219/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:09:00 +0000 Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69181/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:51:00 +0000 "No red lines" is the official line from Iraq's leading figures and coalitions when it comes to the formation of the next Iraqi government, a process that could prove as tumultuous and controversial as events before the elections. If current... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69105/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:20:00 +0000 Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69098/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:12:00 +0000 Kurdish parties announced majorities for Kurds in Kirkuk and other disputed areas. Several hours after the polling stations closed in Kirkuk city, Kurdish people went on the street to celebrate the victory. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69038/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:02:00 +0000 While preliminary Iraq election results aren't due out until Wednesday, turnout in Sunni provinces was as high as 75 percent, say news reports. Many Sunnis boycotted the last election. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/69032/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:40:00 +0000 Early estimates from a range of Iraqi parties on Monday predicted a coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki would take the lead in the parliamentary election, though official results were not expected for a few days. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68979/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:14:00 +0000 Former Prime Minister, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, a member of the Iraqi National coalition and a potential candidate for the Prime Minister post said there is a possibility he will join a coalition with the State of Law group after the announcement of... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68977/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:00 +0000 Turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election was 62 percent, higher than in last year's provincial ballot, despite attempts by Sunni Islamist insurgents to disrupt the vote with attacks that killed 39, officials said on Monday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68911/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:26:00 +0000 An up-and-coming Kurdish party expects to capture seats in Iraq's next parliament from entrenched rivals, its leader said after Sunday's national poll, threatening to upset the country's most cohesive bloc. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68907/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:21:00 +0000 A Chill rain is pelting down on the cloud-shrouded city, turning the streets into shallow streams. Puckered and peeling posters bearing the stern visages of candidates for the Iraqi parliament are plastered on the walls of houses and shops. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68904/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0000 On 7 March the elections for the Iraqi Parliament take place. 6772 candidates are standing. They were nominated by 165 political groups and 12 electoral alliances and they are fighting for 325 seats in the Iraqi Parliament. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68899/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:10:00 +0000 The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal on Monday in Baghdad recognised the chemical bombardment of Halabja as an act of genocide. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68894/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:06:00 +0000 On March 7, millions of Iraqis "made their mark" and participated in the country's second, generally fair and democratic post-Saddam Hussein parliamentary elections -- an event that is exemplary for Iraq's Arab and Iranian neighbors. Among... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/68891/refid/RSS-kurdistan-15-03-2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:02:00 +0000