Read more Kirkuk stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17873/kirkuk.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:30:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73611/iraq-passes-election-law-clears-way-for-us-pullout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraq's parliament passed a long-delayed law yesterday paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the US troop withdrawal. The head of Iraq's electoral commission quickly proposed Jan. 21 for the election, five days after the earlier scheduled date. The...http://www.newser.com/story/73611/iraq-passes-election-law-clears-way-for-us-pullout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 6:33:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72809/kurds-threaten-to-block-iraqi-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA dispute over the oil-rich province of Kirkuk is threatening to delay the Iraqi elections scheduled for January and push Arab-Kurd tensions past the breaking point. Kurdish lawmakers in the Iraqi parliament have vowed to block a vote on a new election law unless authorities agree to use voter records...http://www.newser.com/story/72809/kurds-threaten-to-block-iraqi-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 4:18:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56746/iraq-busts-baby-suicide-bombers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraqi security forces say they have smashed a cell of kids recruited to become al-Qaeda suicide bombers, the Times of London reports. Military officials have arrested four children under the age of 14 they believe were preparing to carry out attacks in the northern city of Kirkuk and had been...http://www.newser.com/story/56746/iraq-busts-baby-suicide-bombers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 8:53:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45773/womens-rights-activist-beheaded-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArmed men yesterday stormed the home of a women's rights activist and Kurdish leader and beheaded her, reports CNN. Nahla Hussain, a 37-year-old married mom of two, was the leader of the women's league of the Kurdish Communist Party. She was alone in her home in the volatile northern town...http://www.newser.com/story/45773/womens-rights-activist-beheaded-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Dec 2008 4:38:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45042/suicide-bomber-kills-55-in-iraqi-restaurant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA suicide bomber killed 55 people and wounded 120 in a crowded restaurant in northern Iraq today, as Kurdish officials were meeting there with Arab tribal leaders to discuss long-standing ethnic tensions, the AP reports. It appeared to be the deadliest attack in Iraq in nearly 6 months.The blast...http://www.newser.com/story/45042/suicide-bomber-kills-55-in-iraqi-restaurant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Dec 2008 9:55:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38292/iraq-passes-election-law-but-skirts-key-issues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Iraqi parliament today passed a long-delayed law establishing provincial elections, a step the government hopes will protect recent security gains by opening the political process. The first elections are expected in January, the New York Times reports, but questions remain about how to ensure representation for Iraq’s religious minorities,...http://www.newser.com/story/38292/iraq-passes-election-law-but-skirts-key-issues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Sep 2008 13:29:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14358/rice-pops-up-in-iraq-to-plead-for-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Iraq for a surprise visit today to plead for increased efforts at reconciliation, Reuters reports. She flew into the ethnically mixed northern city of Kirkuk—which some expect to be the next flashpoint for violence. The city's Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmen are deeply...http://www.newser.com/story/14358/rice-pops-up-in-iraq-to-plead-for-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Dec 2007 4:49:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13708/un-stepping-up-work-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe United Nations is stepping up its work in Iraq in a bid to land a final peace—four years after a terrorist bomb in the UN compound in Baghdad killed 22 officials. "Three years of horror have led nowhere. It only produced tit-for-tat destruction and the displacement of 4....http://www.newser.com/story/13708/un-stepping-up-work-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Dec 2007 5:18:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12815/6000-iraqi-sunnis-vow-to-aid-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlmost 6,000 Sunni Arab civilians in Iraq turned against Al-Qaeda yesterday and signed a pact to help US forces police possible insurgent escape routes. As insurgents seek to gain a foothold in the semi-autonomous north, American officials hailed the alliance, which is the Iraq war’s largest single volunteer effort,...http://www.newser.com/story/12815/6000-iraqi-sunnis-vow-to-aid-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Nov 2007 7:44:03 CST