Iraq’s Kurds and Arabs struggle to defuse tensions Aug 3, 2009
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with recently reelected regional President Massoud Barzani, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, and other Kurdish officials yesterday at the resort town of Dokan. The leaders agreed to establish a committee to solve the outstanding issues. (Boston Globe)
Ruling bloc wins Iraqi Kurd poll Jul 30, 2009
The winning coalition partners are Mr Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. The reformist Change movement won 23% in Saturday's elections, the preliminary results show. (BBC News)
Opposition in Iraqi Kurd elections claims gains Jul 28, 2009
Early projections based on counts by the parties suggested the PUK and the KDP would retain their overall majority in parliament with President Massoud Barzani at the helm while the Change list scored big in the city of Sulaimaniyah, a stronghold of the PUK led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Change is led by Nosherwan Mustafa, a former PUK insider who broke with the party after he was unable to push through reforms. (MSNBC -- International)
Bomb kills at least 23 at Kurdish funeral tent Mar 25, 2009
"The time has come to remove the element that is a source of trouble," Gul said during a joint news conference with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, himself a Kurd. This article appeared on page A - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Iraq: Kurdish rebels reject calls to stop fighting Mar 24, 2009
Ahmed Deniz, a spokesman for the Kurdistan Worker's Party, or PKK, says President Jalal Talabani doesn't have the authority to make such statements ... President Jalal Talabani. (Yahoo News)
Iraq's president Talabani not likely to seek another term, official says Mar 15, 2009
BAGHDAD - Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani, is not likely to seek another term when his mandate expires at the end of this year, a senior official from his party said yesterday. But Talabani, who was born in 1933 and underwent heart surgery in the United States in August, will remain head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party, said Fouad Masoum, a senior parliamentarian from the Kurdish alliance. (Boston Globe)
