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Kurdistan Digest
Turkey to Launch 24-Hour, Kurdish-Language TV Channel
Voice of America
By Dorian Jones in Istanbul
December 31, 2008
On New Year's Day, a new 24-hour-a-day channel will be launched that will target Turkey's estimated 15 million Kurds. The new broadcast is seen as groundbreaking considering the strict controls on the use of the Kurdish language in Turkey. Analysts see the new channel as one of the first democratic moves from the government toward a solution to the Kurdish problem.
Kurdish TV station to act as a social bridge in Turkey
Zaman, Opinion
By Mutlu Civiroglu
January 1, 2009
The long-awaited Kurdish TV station of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) finally started test broadcasting on Dec. 25, 2008, with the motto, "We live under the same sky."
Turkey's Kurdish TV channel opens to mixed reviews
Reuters
January 2, 2009
DIYARBAKIR - Turkey has launched its first 24-hour Kurdish-language TV station in what the government called a democratic new era for minority Kurds.
Erdogan seeks to mobilize Arab states for Gaza truce
Zaman
Press Release and Affidavit
January 1, 2009
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday departed for a regional tour aimed at urging Arab states to in unison push Israel to stop its attacks on the Gaza Strip, which have killed Palestinian civilians, while the foreign ministers of Arab League member countries held an emergency meeting in Cairo to take a common position on Israeli raids on Gaza.
Green Zone, Heart of U.S. Occupation, Reverts to Iraqi Control
New York Times
By Campbell Robertson and Stephen Farrell
January 1, 2009
BAGHDAD — For nearly six years, the Green Zone has become such an enduring shorthand for a willfully sequestered occupation of Iraq that it is easy to forget it is an actual place.
Iraq offers up giant oilfields to foreign firms
Reuters
By Ahmed Rasheed
December 31, 2008
BAGHDAD - Iraq on Wednesday opened up some of its most prized oil and gas fields to international firms that have been excluded for decades, part of new deals that could more than double its output within a few years.
UN extends immunity for Iraq's energy revenues
Reuters
By Patrick Worsnip
December 22, 2008
UNITED NATIONS - Iraq's energy revenues will be immune from financial claims through 2009 under a resolution passed by the U.N. Security Council on Monday.
Iraq signs $80M in oil export surveys to boost output and mitigate disaster
UPI
By Ben Lando
December 23, 2008
BAGHDAD -- Iraq has signed contracts worth an estimated $80 million to repair fragile oil export infrastructure in the south and ready it for expansion.
The Woman the Mullahs Fear
New York Times, Editorial
January 2, 2009
Men hold all of the meaningful levers of political power in Iran, but it is a woman they fear. If not, why is the mullah-led government trying to shut down the operations of Shirin Ebadi?
Akbar Ganji in conversation with Charles Taylor
The Immanent Frame
Interview with Akbar Ganji by Charles Taylor
December 23, 2008
Akbar Ganji is Iran’s preeminent political dissident. A heroic figure to the democratic movement in Iran, he has been likened to Gandhi and Mandela. The London-based human rights organization, Article 19, has described Ganji as the “Iranian Vaclav Havel.” He has been the recipient of over a dozen human rights, press freedom and pro-democracy awards.
Voice of America
By Dorian Jones in Istanbul
December 31, 2008
On New Year's Day, a new 24-hour-a-day channel will be launched that will target Turkey's estimated 15 million Kurds. The new broadcast is seen as groundbreaking considering the strict controls on the use of the Kurdish language in Turkey. Analysts see the new channel as one of the first democratic moves from the government toward a solution to the Kurdish problem.
Kurdish TV station to act as a social bridge in Turkey
Zaman, Opinion
By Mutlu Civiroglu
January 1, 2009
The long-awaited Kurdish TV station of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) finally started test broadcasting on Dec. 25, 2008, with the motto, "We live under the same sky."
Turkey's Kurdish TV channel opens to mixed reviews
Reuters
January 2, 2009
DIYARBAKIR - Turkey has launched its first 24-hour Kurdish-language TV station in what the government called a democratic new era for minority Kurds.
Erdogan seeks to mobilize Arab states for Gaza truce
Zaman
Press Release and Affidavit
January 1, 2009
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday departed for a regional tour aimed at urging Arab states to in unison push Israel to stop its attacks on the Gaza Strip, which have killed Palestinian civilians, while the foreign ministers of Arab League member countries held an emergency meeting in Cairo to take a common position on Israeli raids on Gaza.
Green Zone, Heart of U.S. Occupation, Reverts to Iraqi Control
New York Times
By Campbell Robertson and Stephen Farrell
January 1, 2009
BAGHDAD — For nearly six years, the Green Zone has become such an enduring shorthand for a willfully sequestered occupation of Iraq that it is easy to forget it is an actual place.
Iraq offers up giant oilfields to foreign firms
Reuters
By Ahmed Rasheed
December 31, 2008
BAGHDAD - Iraq on Wednesday opened up some of its most prized oil and gas fields to international firms that have been excluded for decades, part of new deals that could more than double its output within a few years.
UN extends immunity for Iraq's energy revenues
Reuters
By Patrick Worsnip
December 22, 2008
UNITED NATIONS - Iraq's energy revenues will be immune from financial claims through 2009 under a resolution passed by the U.N. Security Council on Monday.
Iraq signs $80M in oil export surveys to boost output and mitigate disaster
UPI
By Ben Lando
December 23, 2008
BAGHDAD -- Iraq has signed contracts worth an estimated $80 million to repair fragile oil export infrastructure in the south and ready it for expansion.
The Woman the Mullahs Fear
New York Times, Editorial
January 2, 2009
Men hold all of the meaningful levers of political power in Iran, but it is a woman they fear. If not, why is the mullah-led government trying to shut down the operations of Shirin Ebadi?
Akbar Ganji in conversation with Charles Taylor
The Immanent Frame
Interview with Akbar Ganji by Charles Taylor
December 23, 2008
Akbar Ganji is Iran’s preeminent political dissident. A heroic figure to the democratic movement in Iran, he has been likened to Gandhi and Mandela. The London-based human rights organization, Article 19, has described Ganji as the “Iranian Vaclav Havel.” He has been the recipient of over a dozen human rights, press freedom and pro-democracy awards.
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