The two major partners of the International Debate Academy Slovenia [Za in Proti national debate program of Slovenia; World Debate Institute, University of Vermont of USA] have combined to host a five day debate workshop and tournament in Duhok, Kurdistan Autonomous Region, Iraq. The tournament was held at Duhok University and was attended by 88 students from seven universities from all parts of Iraq. For complete coverage, see posts at the World Debate Institute blog at: Preparations http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/wdi-big-part-of-iraq-debate-academy.html Day 1 http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-1-at-wdi-sponsored-iraq-debate.html Days 2 & 3 http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/days-2-3-at-wdi-sponsored-iraq-debate.html Days 4 & 5 http://worlddebateinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/12/wdi-sponsored-iraq-debate-academy-comes.html Congratulations to all. -- Alfred C. Snider aka Tuna Edwin Lawrence Professor of Forensics University of Vermont Huber House, 475 Main Street, UVM, Burlington, VT 05405 USA Lawrence Debate Union http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/ Global Debate Blog http://globaldebateblog.blogspot.com Debate Central http://debate.uvm.edu 802-656-0097 office telephone 802-656-4275 office fax