Iraqi Kurdistan

Baghdad Blast Eyewitness

IWPR reporter describes the aftermath of a suicide bomb attack in the capital.

24 Nov 05

Fatherless families send children as young as eight out to work on the streets.

24 Nov 05

Violence shocks a quiet Kurdish city unaccustomed to the violence seen elsewhere in Iraq.

24 Nov 05

Once protected by Saddam's regime, prostitutes now fear for their lives.

24 Nov 05

Women attorneys maintain that discrimination in the courts runs rampant.

24 Nov 05

Rates benefiting married government workers are discriminatory, say unmarried women.

24 Nov 05

Kurdish and Arab residents increasingly at odds over former’s demand for town’s reincorporation into Kurdistan.

23 Nov 05

Talabani fails in bid to secure medical treatment for indicted Ba’ath Party official.

23 Nov 05

Bulgaria embarrassed after Strasbourg judges lambast Sofia for outlawing ethnic Macedonian party.

22 Nov 05

Sunnis urge resignation of defence minister who threatened to target those who shelter insurgents.

21 Nov 05

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