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As Barham Salih, the prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan regional government in Sulaymaniyah, explained recently: In 1991, we had 804 schools.
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It has freedom of speech and of the press (in Sulaymaniyah alone, there are 138 media outlets, including literary magazines and radio channels).
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BAGHDAD - At least two protesters in the northern city of Sulaymaniyah were killed Thursday when Kurdish soldiers opened fire during a demonstration against unemployment and corruption, as the unrest unleashed by the turmoil in Egypt and Tunisia reached as far as Iraq's normally placid Kurdish enclave.
Two Iraqi protesters killed in unrest in normally peaceful Kurdistan Liz Sly 2011
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Barely 10 days into the conflict, the International Organization for Migration reported that the fighting displaced "hundreds of families" in the Sulaymaniyah district of the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Ahmad Shuja: Iraqi Kurds: Displaced by Iranian and Turkish Operations, Ignored by the World Ahmad Shuja 2011
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Special correspondents in Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah contributed to this report.
Two Iraqi protesters killed in unrest in normally peaceful Kurdistan Liz Sly 2011
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The shootings threatened to exacerbate tensions between the KDP and a new opposition movement called Change, which emerged in 2009 as a major political force in Sulaymaniyah, the Kurdish region's second-largest city.
Two Iraqi protesters killed in unrest in normally peaceful Kurdistan Liz Sly 2011
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In Sulaymaniyah, in Iraqi Kurdistan, I stopped for a sidewalk shoeshine; a passerby struck up a conversation, welcomed us and offered to pay for my shine.
Taken Aback by the Kindness of Strangers Stephen Kreider Yoder 2011
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The violence in Sulaymaniyah came hours after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced that the security forces had been instructed not to use force against demonstrators, who he said were exercising their democratic rights.
Two Iraqi protesters killed in unrest in normally peaceful Kurdistan Liz Sly 2011
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He shot his film in seven different cities, from Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdish north, passing through Baghdad, Kut, Hilla, Nasiriyah and Najaf on the way to Babylon.
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Special correspondents in Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah contributed to this report.
Two Iraqi protesters killed in unrest in normally peaceful Kurdistan Liz Sly 2011
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