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News For The Month May, 2001

May 1, 2001
The Washington agreement, the negotiations, the implementation and its prospects., Opinion
Appeal: to reveal Hussein Dawood's Destiny in Syria

May 8, 2001
Barzani arrived in Ankara
Iraqi Kurdish faction vows to sustain struggle against PKK
British Kurds protest at anti-terrorist law

May 9, 2001
Cuts Urged In Patrols Over Iraq: Risk of Allied Pilot Being Downed Cited
Iraqi Kurd Faction Leader Barzani Meets Turkish PM

May 10, 2001
Britain Says No Plans to Change Iraq Air Patrols
Iraq Says Its Air Defences Are Forcing US to Waver

May 11, 2001
Preparation For a New Election Law in Kurdistan
THE KURDISH REGIONS: Not Yet Defined!, Opinion
N. Iraqi Leaders Study Institutional Development in U.S.
Turkey raises four main concerns to the Iraqi Kurdish leader

May 12, 2001
Iraqi military might, only hype?, Opinion
Iraqi Attack Against Kurdistan Repulsed.

May 13, 2001
'If we are not organized, we won't have a place'
Dortmund became Amed

May 14, 2001
Iraqi Kurds get US assurance
Turkish MPs Want Death Penalty Abolished, But Not For Ocalan

May 15, 2001
Ethnicity an election issue

May 16, 2001
Changes Likely for Iraq's 'No-Fly' Zones
Turkey says Kurdish state in northern Iraq grounds for war: Report
34 Die in Turkish Military Plane Crash

May 17, 2001
Over 50 Kurdish party members, students detained for links with PKK
Kurdish mayor arrested on PKK link charge

May 18, 2001
Normalizing" the Situation in “Northern Iraq”, Opinion
KDP Has No Problems With Turkmens.

May 19, 2001
Ocalan: Law for Kurds, too

May 20, 2001
When can we say, that we are equal?, Opinion

May 22, 2001
PUK's Shazad Saib passes away
A ticket to heartbreak

May 23, 2001
Foreign Witnesses to Observe Local Elections In Iraqi Kurdistan
Weavers wary of the plans Turkey has for their village

May 25, 2001
72 detained in new raids on Turkey's pro-Kurdish party
Curious Iraqi Kurds paralyse Turkish emergency phone lines
Birand: RTUK Kurdish Language Ban to Cause Problems, Opinion
Why not an Independent Kurdish State?, Opinion
Barzani Rejects EU Plan To Repatriate Kurds.
U.S., Barzani  Block-Iraq-Turkey “ Economic, Military” Bridge.

May 27, 2001
Boat with 121 Illegal Immigrants Lands in Italy

May 28, 2001
Talabani Says Iran Only Supporter of Iraqi Kurds
PDKI Declaration Concerning the 8th Iranian Presidential election
Completion Of A 29 MW Electricity Generating Plant In Sulaimaniya

May 30, 2001
Turkey president makes development of minority Kurd areas a priority
Free Use of Kurdish Will Not Divide Turkey- Rebel

May 31, 2001
In Turkey, an undercurrent of Kurd unrest
Kurds Hope Ocalan Will Get Fair Trial at European Court