Meanwhile, both Gen. Austin and the U.S. Ambassador James Jeffrey have warned that militant groups affiliated with al Qaeda and diehard Hussein regime loyalists will seek to increase their freedom to operate once the Americans are gone—particularly in the north, where Mr. Maliki's central government is contending with the semiautonomous Kurdistan region over land and oil. ❋ Sam Dagher (2011)
The semiautonomous region is set to vote on independence in January. ❋ Joe Lauria (2010)
Police spokesman Morten Nielsen said those arrested will be taken to Nuuk, the semiautonomous Danish territory's capital, and kept in detention. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The government cannot hammer out the relationship between Baghdad and the capital of the semiautonomous region of Kurdistan. ❋ Leila Fadel (2010)
His rivals - the Sunni-backed secular Iraqiya bloc and a Kurdish coalition representing the oil-rich, semiautonomous north - responded with little enthusiasm. ❋ Post (2010)
The United Arab Emirates said Sheik Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi assumed the title of ruler of Ras al Khaimah, one of seven semiautonomous emirates that make up the U.A.E., shortly after the government announced the death of his father, Sheik Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi. ❋ Chip Cummins (2010)
The city is enmeshed in a long-running territorial dispute dividing its ethnically mixed population and pitting the central government in Baghdad against authorities in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region in the north. ❋ Sam Dagher (2012)
U.S. intelligence officials think that bin Laden and Zawahiri remain in hiding in Pakistan's rugged and semiautonomous tribal belt where the CIA continues to hunt them. ❋ Peter Finn (2011)
Mr. Bashir's remarks came after Salva Kiir, the president of semiautonomous southern Sudan, asked the U.N. ambassadors to deploy peacekeepers along the disputed border with the north, where each side accuses the other of amassing troops. ❋ Joe Lauria (2010)
In the semiautonomous Kurdish region in Iraq's north, a protest organizer had his noise broken after eight armed and masked men grabbed him from the street, the statement said. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Pakistan has declined to target the region, saying it is overburdened fighting militants based elsewhere in the semiautonomous tribal border areas. ❋ Karin Brulliard (2010)
With hands on bibles — both Arabic and English — the ministers of the semiautonomous Southern Sudanese government were transformed into the caretaker Cabinet for the new Republic of South Sudan at an informal and jovial ceremony. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Mr. Hashemi, hiding out from arrest in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region, accused Mr. Maliki of fabricating the charges against him and launching a sectarian political vendetta. ❋ Sam Dagher (2011)
The intifada led to accords in the 1990s that established the semiautonomous Palestinian territories. ❋ Richard Boudreaux (2011)
Dubai is one of seven, semiautonomous emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. ❋ Chip Cummins (2010)
One targeted the intelligence service headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which is led by Massoud Barzani, president of the semiautonomous northern Kurdish region. ❋ Ben Lando (2011)
He has described the charges as part of a political vendetta by Mr. Maliki and for the past four weeks has taken shelter in the northern semiautonomous Kurdistan region, which is a state-within-a-state out of Baghdad's control. ❋ Sam Dagher (2012)
