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National - kurdish plan ignored as crisis continues
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2-Sep-10 [16:53]
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PNA - The Kurdistan Blocs Coalition (KBC) ’s Negotiation Paper was submitted three weeks ago in an attempt to resolve ‘the current crisis of government formation’ and to set-out the Kurdish negotiating position.
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National - Iran's Ahmadinejad to visit Qatar
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2-Sep-10 [16:44]
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PNA - DOHA — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to make a brief visit on Sunday to Qatar, Iran's closest ally among the Gulf Arab states, the Iranian ambassador in Doha, Abdollah Sohrabi, said.
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World - Pakistan Raises Security After Attack
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2-Sep-10 [15:28]
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PNA - LAHORE, Pakistan — With police on high alert, hundreds of people attended funeral prayers here on Thursday for the victims of suicide bombers who targeted Shiite Muslim worshippers on Wednesday, killing dozens.
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Iraq - Paul Bremer: 'US must not walk away from Iraq'
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28-Aug-10 [15:16]
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PNA -Paul Bremer was the top civil administrator in Iraq until transferring sovereignty back to the Iraqi interim government in 2004. He argues that, despite the good work done in Iraq, a continued role for US government officials in the country is vital to ensure an open, democratic nation.
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Iraq - Najaf prepares to celebrate as capital of Islamic culture in 2012
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28-Aug-10 [15:5]
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PNA - Baghdad - The representative of the Shia shrines in Najaf said on Thursday that the province will hold a conference to propose research works on Najaf architecture to apply them on the holy shrines, in order to have a new facade for its celebration as the capital of Islamic culture in 2012.
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Iraq - Civil War Still a Possibility in Iraq
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28-Aug-10 [14:15]
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PNA - I have been meaning to write a post recently concerning mutterings I've been hearing from individuals with experience in Iraq about the very real possibility that Iraq may be in store for another civil war.
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Iraq - Promise of Iraq pullout has been fulfilled
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28-Aug-10 [12:22]
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PNA - From the Oval Office next Tuesday, President Obama will report that he's kept his 2008 campaign pledge to end America's combat mission in Iraq. It's a claim of achievement intended to counter the bleak outlook for his party in the approaching November congressional elections.
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World - US to send 18 more helicopters to Pak for flood-relief work
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28-Aug-10 [11:46]
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PNA - The US has announced it will send 18 more helicopters to Pakistan as part of its expanding contribution to flood-relief efforts in that country. The aircraft, which include 10 CH-47 Chinook and eight UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, are expected to begin flood-relief efforts in Pakistan in mid-September.
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World - Al-Qaeda terror plot traced to Pak, Iran
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27-Aug-10 [15:27]
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PNA - An Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist plot in Canada unearthed on Wednesday with the arrest two suspects has been traced back to Pakistan, Iran and Dubai even as police arrested another plotter on Thursday. The suspects were just "months'' away from carrying out the first terrorist attack on Canadian soil,the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said.
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National - No Releases in Kurdish Peace Groups Trial in Turkey
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27-Aug-10 [15:22]
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PNA - DIYARBAKIR, Kurdish Southeastern region of Turkey, — None of the defendants was released in the second hearing of the trial regarding 10 members the Kurdish Peace Groups. Two groups came to Turkey in 2009 to make their contribution to the democratic opening process related to the Kurdish question.
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World - Iran joins peaceful nuclear club
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27-Aug-10 [15:20]
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PNA - On August 21, 2010, a long awaited launch of the first unit of Iran's first nuclear power plant Bushehr was held. The first stage of Iran’s peaceful nuclear program has been completed and we can congratulate the Iranian people with such a significant achievement.
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Iraq - Iraq civilian deaths: call for inquest
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27-Aug-10 [15:16]
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PNA - A group that is tracking the number of civilians who have died in Iraq following the 2003 invasion has told Channel 4 News a judicial inquiry is needed into the cost to Iraqi civilians.
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Iraq - Poll: Most Americans Say Iraq War Was a Mistake
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27-Aug-10 [15:8]
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PNA - With combat operations in Iraq coming to an end, most Americans believe the war is going well for the United States, a new CBS News survey finds. But nearly six in ten say it was a mistake to start the battle in the first place, and most say their country did not accomplish its objectives in Iraq.
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National - The Kurdish Icarus
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27-Aug-10 [14:57]
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PNA - ERBIL, Kurdistan — Nariman Anwar, a 33 year old from Erbil, is a man who had a dream. From a young age, he desperately wanted to build planes. After he began aged 14, building a radio-controlled model, he has gone on to build a total of seven aircraft, completely to his own designs and specifications.
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National - Kurdish Blocs stress necessity to form government
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26-Aug-10 [16:55]
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PNA - The negotiator delegation of the Kurdish Blocs Coalition held a meeting in the presence of Dr. Rozh Nouri Shawis, Hoshiyar Zebari, Dr. Fuad Masum, Dr. Mahmud Othman, Sirdar Abdullah and Azad Jallak to discuss the political developments in forming the Iraqi government and movements of the other blocs.
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National - Iran re-launches shelling borders’ area
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26-Aug-10 [16:49]
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PNA – Qandil Mountain-Kurdistan - following displacing a large number of people from their places, today on Thursday Iranian artilleries have started bombarding the border villages caused burning a large lawn area.
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National - American university in Iraqi Kurdistan needs money
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26-Aug-10 [15:31]
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PNA - SULAIMANIYAH, Kurdistan region — ‘This is a huge academic and cultural project. We should all work together to find enough funding for it,’ says Dr. Barham Salih, the Kurdistan Region Government’s Prime Minister, of the American University of Iraq project.
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World - Militants kill 8 policeman in northern Afghanistan
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26-Aug-10 [15:28]
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PNA - KABUL, Afghanistan – Insurgents killed eight Afghan police in an attack in the country's increasingly volatile north Thursday, while it emerged that a police driver who shot dead two Spanish police trainers and a translator reportedly had family links to the Taliban
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