Iraq: Oct/Nov ‘09
Scores attend series of IWPR training sessions on media law and journalists’ rights.
21 Dec 09
Middle East
DNA Testing to Reveal Mass Grave Secrets
First Iraqi project to identify victims of Saddam’s crimes against the Kurds underway at site near Kirkuk.
21 Dec 09
Anbar: Bangladeshi Workers in Double Trouble
They are kept under lock and key by their employers and face resentment from province's unemployed.
18 Dec 09
Kirkuk Uneasy Despite Parliamentary Deal
Following political representation agreement, some residents fear unresolved issues will return to trouble them.
18 Dec 09
Deputies Take Aim at Election Commission
Inquiry attacks commission’s credibility ahead of parliamentary elections.
18 Dec 09
New Mass Grave Excavations in Iraq
Mass graves near Kirkuk, first discovered after US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, now being examined in joint forensics operation by the Kurdish and Iraqi governments.
18 Dec 09
Iraq: Oct/Nov ‘09
Senior Kurdish official offers help to impoverished former fighter featured in IWPR story.
14 Dec 09
Pro-Democracy Islamists Suffer in Crackdown
Syria tolerates only its own brand of non-political preachers.
12 Dec 09
Halabjans Urge Verdict in Chemical Ali Case
Residents doubt they will ever see justice done for 1988 gas attacks.
11 Dec 09
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