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- ↑ Kurdistan prepares for elections Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine , Niqash , 2009-06-25
- ↑ Election campaigns start in Kurdistan Archived 2009-08-03 at the Wayback Machine , Kurdish Globe, 2009-05-23
