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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; Protests</title>
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		<title>In spite of mass protests led by al-Sadr, al-Abadi’s reform drive is unlikely to succeed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2003 Iraq has witnessed many false dawns and against a tide of sectarianism and corruption has failed to significantly improve the lives of the people. The job of reconciling the Kurds, Sunni and Shiites and the dozens of sectarian groups and militias under the Sunni and Shiite camps is difficult enough without a crisis [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>With strategic standing compromised by deepening crises, Kurdistan must look firmly forwards, not backwards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The political fallout in Kurdistan that has snowballed in recent weeks could not have come at a worse juncture for Kurdistan. The deep crises surrounding Kurdistan, including the bitter fight against Islamic State (IS), crippling fiscal constraints and a huge influx of refugee’s demands political unity. However, as the current government has struggled to make [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of unity crippling the Kurdish hand amidst an unprecedented juncture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protests across Kurdistan, some turning violent, over delayed salaries and the continued stalemate between the five main political parties over the presidency have compounded an already difficult situation gripping Kurdistan. If the ongoing war with the Islamic State (IS), lack of budget payments from Baghdad, plummeting oil prices further constricting revenues and not forgetting the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>For longer suffering Kurds in Syria, the boot is now on the other foot</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With protests, government crackdowns and the current crisis for the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad deepening by the day, a confident mood is in the air that the once unthinkable may soon be a reality – the end of the Syrian Baathist dictatorship. Nowhere in Syria will this dawn be heralded more than in Syrian [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Deepening election crisis threatens ideological stand-off in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The worlds gaze was already fixated on the Iranian presidential elections like never before. Iran, as an emerging regional powerhouse with nuclear aspirations, has been a firm item on the international agenda. The global focus on the elections only intensified with the ensuing crisis around the election results, which saw Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected by a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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