Iraqi Kurdistan

Midwives Risk Baghdad Curfew

Sometimes the timing is all wrong for expectant mothers, when a nighttime dash to hospital means running the gauntlet of security checks.

18 Nov 05

Officials in Kurdish city accept that they have failed to deliver adequate services but say they just don’t have the resources.

18 Nov 05

Full participation in the referendum seen as the best way to vote down a document many Sunnis object to.

18 Nov 05

Victims claim government efforts to clear millions of landmines are ineffective.

18 Nov 05

The case against two high-ranking Bosnian army commanders may be reopened to admit documents which allegedly link accused to foreign fighters.

18 Nov 05

Financial authorities duped by major coounterfeiting scam.

16 Nov 05

Military checkpoints and road closures bring transport deadlock.

16 Nov 05

Liquor sales in Baghdad rise, as threat from insurgents lessens following government crackdown.

16 Nov 05

Women who wed according to traditional custom are left with few rights.

16 Nov 05

Repressive language laws are forcing ethnic Kazaks out of Turkmenistan.

16 Nov 05

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