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Kurdistan and its Mountains The International Year
of Mountains.  Dr. Sherzad Alkadhi. Nov 30, 2001
The Way To Remove Saddam From The Power
Fere Ruhani.  Nov 25, 2001
Kurds 'caught in the crossfire'
Hiwa Osman.  Nov 20, 2001
You Know Better, Mr. Safire!
Rashid Karadaghi.  Nov 16, 2001
A Letter To The President Of The U.S.A
Tahsin Atrushi.  Nov 15, 2001
Saddam Comments to Kurd Collaborator Group
Nov 15, 2001
Turkey Card.
William Safire.
Nov 6, 2001

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Nov 30, 2001
*Saddam Hussein renews talks offer to Kurds
*Turk army fears Kurd rebels gaining political clout
*Talabani upholds Turkoman & Assyrian Rights
*KDP Invites members of Iranian Parliament To a Dinner
Nov 29, 2001
*PUK Concurs with KDP Regarding Toppling Saddam
Nov 28, 2001
*Bush To Saddam: Let UN Inspectors Return
President Bush yesterday told Saddam Hussein to allow U.N. weapons
inspectors back into his country and warned the Iraqi leader that
"he'll find out" the consequences if he did not. 
*Turkey To Punish Students For Kurdish Education Demands
*Kurdish Police Deactivates TNT expolsive Near a UN Office.
*Is HADEP's strength a surprise?
Nov 27, 2001
*Reports of US operations in Kurdistan Thought to be Rumors
*Iraq and Turkey reinforce troops
*Iraqi Security services monitor Internet
Nov 25, 2001
*US Concerned About Prospects Of A Second Border Gate 
*Mother tongue is essential
Nov 23, 2001
*Inquiry Finds Lord Archer Innocent
Investigators probing claims that millions went missing from a charity 
appeal led by disgraced novelist and politician Lord Archer said Friday 
they had found no evidence he misappropriated funds. 
*KDP Source Sees No Threat In Iraqi, Turkish Troop Build Up
Nov 22, 2001
*Turkish delegation to visit PUK, Talabani to come to Ankara
As one of the key players in the region, Iran spends considerable time in easing the tension between the Iraqi Kurds and the Islamists, who have been at odds recently.
*Kurd jailed for leading attacks at French refugee centre
Nov 21, 2001
*Afghan And Kurdish Refugees Clash Near Paris Tunnel
*Raids in Germany on Kurdish body suspected of financing PKK
Nov 20, 2001
*Revolutionary Court Jails Iranian Kurd For Eight Years
*Kurds 'caught in the crossfire'
Nov 19, 2001
*Turkey's Kurds hesitant to claim new rights
Nov 16, 2001
*Newzad Qadhi, Co-Founder of the KNA Dies at Age 54.
The Kurdish communities in Canada and the United States were deeply saddened by the loss of one of their most distinguished members yesterday. Newzad Qadhi, the past president and co-founder of the Kurdish National Association (KNA), was pronounced dead in a hospital in Montreal at the age of 54.
Nov 15, 2001
*Armed assault on HADEP
*Worries Grow Over Possible U.S. Strikes Against Iraq
*Saddam Comments to Kurd Collaborator Group
Nov 13, 2001
*Saddam Hussein Threatens Kurds With Use of Force
Saddam Hussein Tuesday warned Kurds living in areas of Kurdistan
outside the control of Baghdad that he may resort to force if they refused dialogue. "But if wisdom is unable to achieve dialogue ... the Iraqi sword should be used to recover rights," he warned.
*Iraqi troops deployed on Kurdish borders
*UK Firm Backs Out of Ilisu Dam Project
*KDP And PUK Meet In Dokan
*Belgium Refuses to Ban Meeting by Kurdistan National Congress
Nov 10, 2001
*Fighting Reported Between Kurds, Bin Laden Agents
*Defense &Security Forum Gives Dinner in Honour of Kurdish PM
Nov 9, 2001
*PKK: We Will Not Leave Iraqi Kurdistan, IP
*Kurds burn beds in Greek refugee camp protest, AFP
*Iraqi Dissident Implicates Hussein, AP
*Powell Says Iraq May Be Next Target, BBC
*U.S. Regards Iraqi Report As a Nuclear Threat
Nov 8, 2001
*A Banquet At The house Of Lords In Honor Of Kurdish Prime Minister
*A full barbarousness, OP
Nov 7, 2001
*Khatami receives a list of demands from Kurdish MPs
A month after their resignation, Kurdish members of the Iranian Parliament were received by the President, Mohammad Khatami. They demandedequality and justice.   A legislator and five deputies from the province of Kurdistan resigned last month in protest against what they called “the double standards” of the Khatami government.
*Kurdish Prime Minister On a Visit To The United Kingdom
*Kurds Intensify Contacts Amid Rising Tension, IP
*Kurds facing acute fuel shortages, IP
*Iraq Says United Nations Squandering Its Money In Kurdish North, Reu
*Greece considers deporting 1,000 illegal refugees, Reu
Nov 6, 2001
*Rival Kurdish Groups Clash in North Iraq, UPI
*Turkey Agrees Pay-out to Families of Missing Kurds, AFP
*Iraqi Kurds Get New Assurances From Washington, TDN
*Kurdish women celebrate 11th Year Anniversary
Nov 5, 2001
*Talabani Meets Islamic Union Delegation
In a meeting with a delegation of the Islamic Union headed by  its General Secretary Salahadin Mohammad Bahaddin , the Kurdish 
leader Jalal Talabani reaffirmed his party’s commitment to the 
principle of political, peaceful and  civil dialogue as the preferred method of resolving public issues.
Nov 4, 2001
*KDP President Receives Barham Salih
Kurdistan Democratic Party’s leader, Massoud Barzani, received Dr. Barham Salih, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s Politburo member, in  Salahaddin Saturday.
*Ocalan: Gangs Should be Paid Attention, OP
PKK President Abdullah Ocalan stated that in Turkey negative and positive aspects are interconnected and in a harsh struggle, adding the following: "Ciller and gangs around her should not gain effectiveness and cause conflicts. In case  that this to occur, there will be a civil war.
*Iraqi Kurds' story of expulsion, BBC
*KDP And PUK Hold Talks, IP
Nov 2, 2001
*Iraq Masses Troops on Kurdish Areas, IP
*Amnesty International Criticizes Iraq, RFE
Nov 1, 2001
*Kurdistan Developing Attributes Of Statehood, RFE
Veteran Mideast correspondent David Hirst, who reports for
the British newspaper "TheGuardian," has been a frequent
visitor to northern Iraq. He recently came to Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague to share some of his impressions of that region. 

 

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