Despite his lifetime of working for Kurdish rights, Talabani promised to govern for all Iraqis ''freed from the most horrific dictatorship.''
At local level, political change has brought a free-for-all where official jobs seem to go to anyone who can grab them. By Alisher Saipov in Osh, Ainagul Abdrakhmanova and Leila Saralaeva in Bishkek(RCA No. 365, 06-Apr-05).
Fearful of shaming their families, pregnant Muslim girls resort to potentially fatal illegal abortions. By Olga Dosybieva in Shymkent (RCA No. 366, 08-Apr-05)
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Afghanistan's first women’s team looks forward to performing on the international stage. By Mohammad Jawad Sharifazda in Kabul (ARR No. 167, 04-Apr-05)
Sulaimaniyah court hears how Kurdish man staged “insurgent” attack on his Norwegian wife. By Sirwan Ghareeb in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 117, 17-Mar-05)
Self-immolation is the last resort for women trapped in unbearable lives, and it seems to be on the increase. The Kurdistan Women's Union has launched an awareness campaign to try to persuade women not to take this drastic step. "We’ve run a number of adverts to show women that no circumstances in life can justify a woman setting herself alight,” said Payman Izzadin, a spokesperson for the woman’s union. By Azeez Mahmood in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 117, 17-Mar-05)
The debate over the new constitution could turn into the real “mother of all battles”. By Kamran Al-Karadaghi in London (ICR No. 120, 07-Apr-05)
Iraq’s parliament on Wednesday chose former Kurdish rebel fighter Jalal Talabani as the first freely elected president in its history, paving the way for the creation of a new government next week...... "We are happy that the first elected president of Iraq is coming from a community that has been persecuted for years," Shiite MP Hussein Shahrastani said.
The papacy is not, in theory, a man-made office at all. Its holder is chosen for life, by God himself, to hold the keys of Peter and to be the vicar of Christ on earth. This is yet another of the self-imposed tortures that faith inflicts upon itself.
Advocates of women’s rights mark International Women’s Day by noting progress while looking ahead to how much still needs to be done. By Suhaila Muhseni in Kabul (ARR No. 165, 18-Mar-05)
Men are illegally divorcing their wives without them knowing. By Aso Akram in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 118, 25-Mar-05)
Village girls want to continue their studies at high school, but are disadvantaged by their parents’ traditional way of thinking. By Niaz Muhamed in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 118, 25-Mar-05)
Ibrahim Al-Ja’afari is under pressure from leading Shia to withdraw as their candidate for post of premier because of his slowing progress on forming a new government and concerns over his Islamist orientation.
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