...some of the associations are far from obvious even on reflection, such as the soundtrack: I can understand the inclusion of a Sami yoik, and the atmospheric quality of Catalani's aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana", but the several mid-1970s pop/rock numbers mystify...

From Ms Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman.Sir, David Phillips's article "A new era as Turks and Kurds...peaceful and lasting solutions inside Iraq and in the region generally.Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman,High Representative to the UK,Kurdistan Regional Government

...commanders - their Taliban enemy."We're always looking up at the mountains, to see where they might start shooting at us," said Amin, a veteran trucker waiting in a queue of ramshackle trailers emblazoned with images of and fruit trees and birds. "Security is...

...commanders - their Taliban enemy."We're always looking up at the mountains, to see where they might start shooting at us," said Amin, a veteran trucker waiting in a queue of ramshackle trailers emblazoned with images of and fruit trees and birds. "Security is...

...market buoyancy is driven by momentum traders and professional traders; it is not sustainable in the view of many investors," says Amin Rajan, chief executive of Create Research, which analyses investment strategies. He says longer-term investors are holding a...

...market buoyancy is driven by momentum traders and professional traders; it is not sustainable in the view of many investors," says Amin Rajan, chief executive of Create Research, which analyses investment strategies. He says longer-term investors are holding a...

...considerable energy needs from renewable sources by 2020. That equates to about 1.5GW of energy - no small commitment - says Sami Khoreibi of Enviromena Power Systems. This privately held company has built a 10MW solar plant that is contributing to powering...

...per cent of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2020. That equates to about 1.5GW of energy - no small commitment - says Sami Khoreibi of Enviromena Power Systems. This privately held company has built a 10MW solar plant that is contributing to powering...

...The Children's Investment Fund who was still working with Chris Hohn, manager of the $9.5bn London hedge fund, has quit.Snehal Amin, an American who led the recent activist investor campaign against CSX, a US railway group, left earlier this month, shortly...

...would be available, and it was not. "Thanks to the credit crunch, investors no longer manage risk, they manage uncertainty," said Amin Rajan, chief executive of CREATE-Research. "One relies on known probabilities of expected returns, the other on pure guesswork...