Car Bombs Rock Sulaimaniyah
Violence shocks a quiet Kurdish city unaccustomed to the violence seen elsewhere in Iraq.
24 Nov 05
Palestine
Kazak Crackdown on Islamic Party
Hizb-ut-Tahrir faces a bleak future as Kazakstan follows its Central Asian neighbours down the road of banning the Islamic group.
20 Nov 05
Patients Told to Buy Their Own Drugs
Hospitals woefully short of funds needed to restore them to pre-Saddam standards.
18 Nov 05
Kurds Celebrate Ascent of “Uncle Jalal”
The hometown of Jalal Talabani was the scene of rapturous celebrations after he was named as Iraqi president.
18 Nov 05
Iraqi Firms Get Reconstruction Fillip
Frustrated by poorly-performing American companies, the US government is to concentrate on aiding local efforts to rebuild Iraq.
18 Nov 05
Wasta Mars Mosul "Jobs Scheme"
Connections not qualifications were the key to getting work under a CPA-sponsored employment programme.
18 Nov 05
The Aid Bottleneck
Despite continuing commitment from the international community, reconstruction efforts in Iraq are making little progress.
18 Nov 05
Living The Life Of Behgjet
Behgjet Pacolli, the Kosovo Albanian multi-millionaire who weds Italian pop icon Ana Oxo tomorrow and whose business links with the Kremlin may yet bring down Boris Yeltsin, is living proof that fact can be stranger than fiction.
10 Nov 05
More Sleaze Revelations From Independent Media In Sarajevo
Sarajevo's independent media keep on uncovering more sleaze in the ruling Bosnian Muslim party, adding to the worries of its aging leader.
10 Nov 05
SFOR Indictee Arrest Record Mixed
Logistical problems and a lack of international political will have hampered SFOR’s pursuit of Hague fugitives.
9 Nov 05
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