A stormy Iraq belies a sunny Kurdistan
By Shamal Aqrawi | China Daily | Updated: 2010-10-01 08:10
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A view of a cable car network in Iraq's northern province of Erbil on Sept 25. While most Iraqis struggle under a seven-year war, the people of Kurdistan enjoy relative prosperity. Azad Lashkari / Reuters |
ERBIL, Iraq - While most Iraqis struggle under the detritus of a seven-year war, the people of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan can frolic in a public pool, ride an elevated cable car over freshly planted parkland or escape stifling heat in a new ice skating hall.
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