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Expectations high for Kurdish station to boost unity, democracy

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Soon after the airwaves were filled with Turkey's first-ever state-sanctioned 24-hour Kurdish broadcasting, another state organ has announced it will establish Kurdish departments in public universities, signaling a dramatic change in a policy that once banned everything KurdishHigher Education Board ...
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Let my heart beat, Mr. Ejehie

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 Farzad Kamangar’s latest letter from the PrisonLet my heart beat, Mr. Ejehie* I’ve been in prison for many months; a prison that was supposed to take away and destroy my determination, my love and my humanness. A prison that was ...
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For Kurdish Girls, a Painful Ancient Ritual

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The Widespread Practice of Female Circumcision in Iraq's North Highlights The Plight of Women in a Region Often Seen as More Socially Progressive.Washington Post Foreign Service    By Amit R. Paley              Monday, December 29, 2008; Page A09TUZ KHURMATU, Iraq ...
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Kurdish TV opens but picture still fuzzy

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ANKARA - As Turkey’s first full-time Kurdish TV Channel, TRT-6, is about to be launched, bans remain on the use of letters in the Kurdish alphabet such as w, q, and x, which are absent in the Turkish language. The ...
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Drug Smuggling As the Main Financial Source of PKK

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 By Sedat LACINER* Drug Smuggling, Organized Crime and Terrorism Some claim that Turkey is one of the transit countries of drug trafficking and therefore she is not a consumer country; so the fight against narcotics should not be one of ...
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Tribal tensions threaten fragile Iraqi peace

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Tribal tensions threaten fragile Iraqi peace Posted Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:47pm AEDT There are concerns tribal tensions are threatening the fragile peace in Iraq. (AFP: Marwan Ibrahim) In 2007 the main road through the Iraqi town of Al-Muqdadiyah ...
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Turkish state TV invites controversial Kurdish singer

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Turkey's state-run broadcaster TRT invited controversial Kurdish singer, Sivan Perwer, to perform at the opening of its Kurdish TV channel. The Kurdish singer is cold to the proposal. As part of developing the cultural rights of Turkish citizens of Kurdish ...
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Freedom Fighters Need Not Apply

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By Anna Husarska Monday, December 15, 2008; Page A21 At a hearing in April, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was asked about an Iraqi Kurd who had served as an interpreter for Marines in Iraq for nearly four years but ...
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Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip

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Bush ducks as the shoes are thrown A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference. to see the video please ...
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Iran cuts support for Iraq groups

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US military says Iranian bombs have caused large numbers of US casualties There are signs that Iran has reduced its support for militant Shia groups in Iraq, say US and Iraqi officials. The US says there has been a ...
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55 dead in bombing at restaurant in Iraq's north

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By SAMEER N. YACOUB BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a crowded restaurant in northern Iraq on Thursday where Kurdish officials were meeting with Arab tribal leaders to negotiate longstanding ethnic tensions, killing at least 55 people, police said.It ...
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UK Kurds fight separate battles

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UK Kurds fight separate battles By Samanthi Dissanayake BBC News While Gurdal Yuce was growing up in a Kurdish pocket of Haringey, north London, his two older brothers were fighting for a Kurdish homeland in south-eastern ...
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