IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
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Al-Ittihad is published daily by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Awene is a Sulaimaniyah-based independent newspaper issued weekly by Awene Company.
Al-Mada is issued daily by Al-Mada Institution for Media, Culture and Arts.
President Saparmurat Niazov sacks his ministers and other senior officials so regularly that news of another dismissal is hardly news at all.
President Saparmurat Niazov has announced a record harvest of 3.5 million tons of grain, but farmers in Turkmenistan say the figure does not reflect the truth.