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Kurds’ desire for change could upset Iraq’s governing order
Patrick Martin
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq — From Friday’s Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Mar. 04, 2010 10:29PM EST
They fought Saddam Hussein and they have fought each other. But Jalal Talabani
U.S. rewards companies that deal with Iran
Jo Becker and Ron Nixon, The New York Times
The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and loans over the last decade to foreign and multinational U.S. companies while they were doing business in Iran, despite Washington’s efforts to discourage investment there, 
records show.
Vitol, World’s biggest oil trader ends supplies to Iran
LONDON — The largest oil trader in the world, Vitol, said Monday it had stopped dealing with Iran, following a report that traders were pulling out of the country as sanctions and US pressure took their toll.
The KRG’s man in D.C. on Sunday’s Iraqi elections
With the Iraqi parliamentary elections set for Sunday, various Iraqi political groups are preparing for a reorganization of the national politics due to unprecedented openness and increased expected participation. This is especially true for the ruling parties in the Kurdistan
Regional Government, which could see their national representation reduced
FDI PROTESTS ARREST OF IRANIAN KURDISH LEADER IN GERMANY.
March 5, 2010
URGENT ACTION ALERT: FDI PROTESTS ARREST OF IRANIAN KURDISH LEADER IN GERMANY.
NEWS FROM THE FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY IN IRAN WWW.IRAN.ORG
Iranian Kurdish Dissident Arrested in Germany
By: Ken Timmerman Plainclothes police arrested the leader of an Iranian Kurdish opposition group at his apartment near Cologne, Germany, on Friday afternoon, a [Read More…]
What to do with Iran?
The mistake that both governments and pundits in the West does in regard to Iran is that they change their policies and views based upon social and political changes in Iran, which they often misunderstand or misinterpret due to lack of understanding and information about 
Iran summons Italy envoy over arms trafficking arrests
5 Feb 2010 – Medya News — Tehran has called in Italian ambassador Alberto Bradanini over the arrest of two Iranians in Turin on suspicion of arms trafficking, Iranian news agencies reported on Friday.
Armenian Genocide Resolution Passes US Congress Committee
4 Feb 2010 – A resolution calling the World War I -era killing of Armenians genocide has narrowly passed a key committee of the U.S. Congress. Turkey has responded by recalling its ambassador from Washington for consultations.
Iran arms runners’ held in Italy
Two Iranians and five Italians have been arrested by Italian police on suspicion of trafficking arms to Iran, anti-terror police say.
Two more Iranian suspects are currently in Iran, Italian officials say.
