By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) _ Iraq's presidential council on Wednesday rejected a draft provincial elections law and sent it back to parliament for reworking — a major blow to U.S. hopes that the vote can be held this year.
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As part of a long-term security agreement with Iraq, US forces could be stationed in Kurdistan.
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Kurdish DTP elects its new leader
Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) holds its second annual congress to choose a new leader on Sunday. Mahmut Alinak, who announced his candidacy for the leadership, withdrew in favor of the other candidate Ahmet Turk.
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Kurdish Rebels kill two Iran Revolutionary Guards
TEHRAN, July 20 (Reuters) - Two Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed in fighting with rebels in a northwestern region, official media said on Sunday, a part of Iran where security forces and Kurdish guerrillas have often clashed in the past.
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Kurdish rebels free kidnapped Germans
ANKARA (AFP) — Kurdish rebels on Sunday freed three German climbers they had kidnapped this month in eastern Turkey, surrendering the men unharmed as the army closed in, the Turkish foreign ministry announced.
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Barzani Urges Kurds, Turkmens and Assyrians to be united on Kirkuk issue
Salahaddin, Kurdistan Region, Salahaddin (krp.org)-Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani met today with senior representatives of Kurdistan Region political parties in Salahaddin.
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First Fruit of the Agreements Between Kurdistan’s Universities and Jagiellonian University in Poland
On 11th July, 2008, Mr Ali Yahya Saeed was given a doctoral degree in specialization of microbiology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Mr Ali Yahya, who was sent for his Ph.D. studies at JU from the University of Dohuk in 2004, passed the Ph.D. exam at the Faculty of Biophysics
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Kurdish rebels say they can hit German targets: report
ANKARA (AFP) — The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which last week kidnapped three Germans in Turkey, said Sunday it was "strong enough" to hit German economic targets, an agency close to the group reported.
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IMHRO met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
Iranian Minorities' Human Right Organisation (IMHRO)
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On 15 July, IMHRO's member met the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, regarding the situation of ethnic and religious minorities in Iran.
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The Iranian regime has detained at least 86 Kurdish civilians
Hundreds of Kurdish shops have padlocked by the security forces
Iranian securities forces have detained a large number of Kurds following a general strike on the 19th anniversary of the assassination of the Kurdish leader Dr. Abdulrhaman Ghassemlou. Since July 14, at least 86 Kurds have been detained in the city of Bokan.
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Victimization and forgiveness in solving Kurdish problem
Last Sunday witnessed Turkish and Kurdish intellectuals gathering for the first time to hammer out what many saw as historic document in solving the Kurdish problem in Turkey.
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Regime change in Syria
Israel has a long-standing relationship with the Kurdish people. In the early 1960s, Mustafa Barzani and his Peshmerga fighters received training and support in the Jewish state. David Ben-Gurion, then Israel's prime minister, possessed an acute vision and understanding of the regional geopolitics.
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Northern Iraq's Kurdish Region Seeks Tourists
Iraq's northern Kurdish region offers security and stability that is hard to find elsewhere in the country.
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 Kurdish String Orchestra Wins Second Place in Vienna International Youth Music festival
The Kurdistan String Orchestra Group won second place in the string orchestra category at the second place at the second Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival in Vienna,
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 Turkey and the art of the coup
army, Ataturk, coup, Erdogan, Ergenekon, eu, General Staff, islamist, Judicial, military, Pashas, secular, sharia, Tayyip, Turkey, united states There can be few countries where the art of the coup is so finely honed as in Turkey,
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Talabani presses PKK to abandon northern Iraq soil 
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has called on members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to abandon northern Iraqi soil if they refuse to stop their attacks against neighboring Turkey.
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 Syria prison riot draws conflicting accounts
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian authorities said on Sunday they had restored order at a military jail near Damascus after a riot, but dissidents said the protest was not over and that dozens of prisoners had been killed.
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Liel: Syria prepared to cut Iran ties
Syria is prepared to cut its ties with Iran if the US provides it with financial and military backing, former director general of the Foreign Ministry Alon Liel told The Sunday Telegraph.
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Israel burying nuclear waste in Golan 
Syria has complained to the United Nations about a series of Israeli wrongdoings in the Golan Heights including burying nuclear waste.
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New Massacre in Sednaya Military Prison
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has learnt from numerous sources in the Syrian capital, that detainees in Sednaya Military Prison, west Damascus, are being subjected to a massacre in which dozens have been killed and injured.
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