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| Chief Judge in Saddam trial, Rauf Rashid, remembers him as intelligent, charismatic and remorseless Rauf Rashid: Judges cannot allow defendants to impose their way on the courtroom. The judge must not allow murmuring and noise in the courtroom during the trial. The judge cannot allow the defendant to show that he or she is the one who is trying the judges, and act as if he owns the courtroom. As I said earlier, a judge has the legal power to dismiss anyone in the courtroom who is behaving contrary to the court rules. First, the judge warns the person to behave accordingly. If the person ignores the judge's warning and continues on creating an unfavorable situation, then the judge can ask... Read More » Celestial Transformations: Clark & Kal-El Meet Jacob & Isra-El By Gerald A. Honigman: Back in the early 1930s, two Jewish high school students from Cleveland created Superman. Writer and artist, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, sold their creation to what would later be known as DC Comics in 1938. I saw the latest Superman movie on Father's Day in June this year. Sent by his father, Jor-El, from a dying planet in a distant star system, Kal-El arrives as a baby and is discovered and raised by his Earth family in America's heartland. Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman would grow up to fight for justice and against tyranny. While various sources have attributed the... Read More »Top commander Karayilan calls on EU delist PKK as a terrorist organization BERLIN,— In an interview to German daily Die Presse's correspondent Wieland Schneder, top PKK commander and KCK (Kurdish Communities Union) Executive Council President Murat Karayılan called on the EU to remove the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) from the list of terrorist organizations. Karayılan remarked that the Turkish government must make the next step in the ongoing solution process, noting that the first phase, the withdrawal of Kurdish guerrillas from Turkish borders, is about to end by now. Karayılan commented Gezi protests as a manifestation of Turkey's need for democracy... Read More »No more 'Go west young man' in Iraqi Kurdistan SLÊMANÎ, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Eight years ago Jamal Muhammad left his home in Slêmanî (Sulaimaniyah) in search of better employment opportunities in Europe. But with Western economies in decline and Kurdistan booming, he is back like many other Kurds, working and enjoying being close to friends and family. He now works at a taxi company, earns a good living and – most important to him – can see his family every day. The return home is a trend that many Kurds are following, now that investment projects have increased and there are greater job opportunities in the autonomous and calm... Read More »Fire broke out in Duhok's city park in Iraqi Kurdistan DUHOK, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Fire broke out late Sunday night in the city park of Duhok, resulted in burning of 30 game cars at the children part as well as other damages, while the competent authorities are in the process of searching for the cause of the fire. "A fire broke out about 10 p.m. on Tuesday night in Duhok's city park," The media official of the Directorate of Civil Defense in Duhok, Niaz Fareq said. "The fire resulted in burning about 30 game cars which is valued at about 70 thousand $, as well as other damages in the city park, without recording any casualties". "The Fire crews... Read More »The European Council on Foreign Relations: Syria - The Kurdish view This essay forms part of ECFR's "Syria: Views from the Region" project, exploring the regional responses and ramifications of the Syrian uprising and civil war. The project includes eight essays documenting the dynamics driving the key regional states and actors most affected by the conflict. The civil war and implosion of Syria has offered the region's Kurds an opportunity to assert their shared vision of deepening political emancipation. With the weakening of central government control over Syria, the most pressing question now facing its Kurdish population is which power centre - the Kurdistan... Read More »A French person in our house By Hiwa Osman: Unlike other weeks, I will not talk about politics or media, I will talk about an education beacon in Kurdistan that has not received much attention by neither parents nor authorities, simply because it does not teach in English, Kurdish or Turkish. It teaches in French. Amidst a normal Kurdish neighbourhood of the capital Erbil, stands the school of Danielle Mitterrand. Unlike most other "famous and international" schools in the capital, they seem to be adopting a more practical and genuine approach to education. An approach that has at the centre of it the personality... Read More » | ||||
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