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	Kurdish parliament back to work Saturday	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 5:07 PM

Erbil, Mar. 13 (AKnews) – The parliament of Kurdistan Region in its Saturday meeting resumed its ordinary work after ending the winter recess, and for the next term many important bills are awaiting passage.The parliament speaker Kamal Kirkuki opened the meeting with a speech in which he marked the March occasions and festivals in Kurdistan in...

	Kurdish delegation to visit Britain over bilateral relations	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 4:49 PM

Erbil, Mar. 13 (AKnews) – A Kurdish parliamentary delegation headed by Kurdistan parliament speaker Kamal Kirkuki is expected to visit Britain Sunday over bilateral relations, a source said.The delegation is set to fly from Erbil International Airport Saturday night which is planning to visit the British parliament and the parliament of Wales...

	Kurdish politicians optimistic about Kirkuk issue	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 4:36 PM

Kirkuk, Mar. 13 (AKnews) – Observers believe that an increase in the number of Kurdish MPs of Kirkuk in the Iraqi Parliament along with a united position of the Kurdish lists will have outstanding significance in solving the issue of Kirkuk and the disputed areas between Kurdistan and Baghdad.Aref Qurbani, who is a journalist and expert on the...

	Mullahs warn against re-emergence of chauvinism in Iraq	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 4:23 PM

Sulaimaniyah, Mar. 13 (AKnews) – Clerics of Kurdistan Region have warned against the re-emerge of chauvinism in Iraq in their Friday sermons, a source said, while calling on Kurds to be united."In their Friday sermons, a number of mullahs in the mosques of Kurdistan Region warned against the reemergence of Arab chauvinism in Iraq and the...

MP: few women won enough votes to be parliamentarians	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 4:23 PM

Sulaimaniyah, Mar. 13 (AKnews) – An Iraqi MP said Saturday that the women candidates of the political entities and lists who won enough votes to become parliamentarians were very few.Initial results indicate that a few number of the women candidates have garnered enough votes to enable them become members of the Iraqi parliament, Ala Talabani...

	Proposal of U.S. stay in northern Iraq	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 4:23 PM

Erbil, Mac.13 (AKnews) – A U.S. military official in Iraq Tony Cucolo said Saturday that part of the U.S. forces should remain in the northern Iraq in the areas between the Iraqi army and the Peshmarga forces.The U.S. major general said they would stay north of Baghdad to keep peace in the area if there was a location for their headquarters,...

Briefing expected Sunday regarding violations against journalists in Sulaimaniyah	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 4:23 PM

Sulaimaniyah, Mar. 13 (AKnews) - A report released Saturday shows 25 violations against journalists in the past 10 days in Sulaimaniyah, and security officials say they will hold a briefing regarding the issue with journalists Sunday.Metro Center for defending Journalists said in a reports Saturday that during the general parliamentary vote of...

IHEC seizes 5 thousand votes	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 4:19 PM

Sulaimaniyah, Mar. 13 (AKnews) – An official from the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) of Netherlands announced that the commission has seized a number of ballot boxes of the Iraqis living in exile. The representatives of the Kurdistan Alliance List (KAL) and Gorran (change) list are threatening of refusing the results. "We...

Early results show Maliki leading others	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 3:08 PM

Baghdad, March 13 (AKnews) - Preliminary election results from Iraq show Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's coalition leading in Baghdad and two provinces to the south, officials said.Baghdad is key in the vote because the region has 68 seats in the 325-member parliament. Maliki's main rival, Iyad Allawi, led in two provinces to the north of Baghdad,...

Behind Iraq election results	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 2:56 PM

Baghdad, March 13 (AKnews) - A member of the Iraqiya List, a secular alliance of former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, says the bloc may break up after the release of legislative election results. Jamal al-Battikh told Radio Sawa that a number of the bloc members may leave the alliance after they win seats on the council of representatives....