Iraqi Kurdistan

Kurdish Criticism of US Grows

Some doubt American commitment to resolve disputes over oil-rich Kirkuk.

16 Feb 10

New survey reveals that majority of women in Kurdistan have undergone genital mutilation.

16 Feb 10

Constitutional referendum proved that minorities not only have a voice, but their voices can effect change.

15 Feb 10

Those who voted in favour of the constitution because they felt there was no alternative were mistaken.

15 Feb 10

One year after leaving the capital, a reporter returns to a ghost town.

15 Feb 10

Now that Saddam has been convicted, Iraq's other criminals - its corrupt officials, militia leaders and terrorists - should be tried too.

15 Feb 10

Iraqi rulers have long employed the death penalty as a way of getting back at their enemies.

15 Feb 10

Equality and democracy in higher education must be practiced, not preached.

15 Feb 10

Patients in oil-rich city dying needlessly on the operating tables of its principal hospital.

15 Feb 10

Recent violence underlines importance of province’s communities reaching an accord over its future.

15 Feb 10

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