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Letter from the Executive Director

Welcome to IWPR’s new online environment.

It is a perilous moment for news – and for news gatherers. While international media see their business models collapse, the danger for journalists in the field has never been greater. Yet we re-launch our website with radical hope

IWPR Editorial Comment

23 Jul 10
Recent deadly bombing underscores fraught future of Iraqi tribal force that fought insurgents.

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Story Behind The Story

I was only three years old the last time there were major clashes between the Kyrgyz and members of the large ethnic Uzbek minority in southern Kyrgyzstan, 20 years ago.

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IWPR trainee-reporter in Kirkuk

I was born in Kirkuk on February 1, 1981 and completed primary school and university there. I come from an educated family and have three sisters and four brothers.