BAGDHAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet has decided to pay compensation to Arab families forced by Saddam Hussein to move to Kirkuk if they leave the northern oil-rich city voluntarily, government sources said on Saturday.
AKI-Kurdish political groups in Syria say they will boycott parliamentary elections scheduled for 22 April because they allege some 100,000 people from the country's Kurdish community have not been allowed to participate in the poll.
Iraqi vice president warns against Turkish incursion into Iraq
AP-Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi on Tuesday warned against a possible Turkish incursion into Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas and promised to prevent cross-border attacks by the rebels.
Demonstration against Austrian export-credit for Ilisu-Dam-Project in Vienna
Kurdishmedia-Activists of NGOs gathered in front of Austrian Parliament in Vienna today to protest against intentions of the government to offer an export-credit-guarantee for building the Ilisu-Dam in Southeast Turkey/Northern Kurdistan.
Call for release of four journalists held in Kurdish northwest
RSF-Reporters Without Borders today called for the release of a total of four journalists held in Iran’s Kurdish northwest after the arrests of Kia Jahani on 24 February in Marivan and Aso Salah on 8 March in Sanandaj. Two others arrested earlier, Adnan Hassanpour and Kaveh Javanmard, are still being held without being allowed visits.
Iran: Kurdish Magazine banned as editor receives death threats
AKI-Iranian authorities have closed Kurdish weekly Payame Kord (Kurdish message) and accused the magazine's editor in chief Ardeshir Sadreddini of publishing false and biased news, reports said Monday. Sadreddini, who was released on bail, has also received death threats from a militant group called Young Revolutionaries who have accused him of "betraying the Islamic revolution" in articles published by the magazine, "offending religion" and "cooperating with non governmental organizations" - approximately the same charges pressed by magistrates who banned the weekly.
TheWashingtonTimes-Bulgarian Customs agents seized 360 pounds of heroin from a Turkish truck at the Kalotina crossing point on the border with Serbia, Sofia media reported Monday.
Kurdish protestors storm UN Centre during IAEA meeting
Kurdish protestors stormed the entrance to the United Nations Centre in Vienna Monday where the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were holding a board meeting.
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BAGDHAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet has decided to pay compensation to Arab families forced by Saddam Hussein to move to Kirkuk if they leave the northern oil-rich city voluntarily, government sources said on Saturday.
AKI-Kurdish political groups in Syria say they will boycott parliamentary elections scheduled for 22 April because they allege some 100,000 people from the country's Kurdish community have not been allowed to participate in the poll.
AP-Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi on Tuesday warned against a possible Turkish incursion into Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas and promised to prevent cross-border attacks by the rebels.
Kurdishmedia-Activists of NGOs gathered in front of Austrian Parliament in Vienna today to protest against intentions of the government to offer an export-credit-guarantee for building the Ilisu-Dam in Southeast Turkey/Northern Kurdistan.
RSF-Reporters Without Borders today called for the release of a total of four journalists held in Iran’s Kurdish northwest after the arrests of Kia Jahani on 24 February in Marivan and Aso Salah on 8 March in Sanandaj. Two others arrested earlier, Adnan Hassanpour and Kaveh Javanmard, are still being held without being allowed visits.
AKI-Iranian authorities have closed Kurdish weekly Payame Kord (Kurdish message) and accused the magazine's editor in chief Ardeshir Sadreddini of publishing false and biased news, reports said Monday. Sadreddini, who was released on bail, has also received death threats from a militant group called Young Revolutionaries who have accused him of "betraying the Islamic revolution" in articles published by the magazine, "offending religion" and "cooperating with non governmental organizations" - approximately the same charges pressed by magistrates who banned the weekly.
TheWashingtonTimes-Bulgarian Customs agents seized 360 pounds of heroin from a Turkish truck at the Kalotina crossing point on the border with Serbia, Sofia media reported Monday.
Kurdish protestors stormed the entrance to the United Nations Centre in Vienna Monday where the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were holding a board meeting.