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Turkey's Kurdish rebels declare ceasefire
17h36 - QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq, Sept 30, 2006 (AFP) - The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has ordered a unilateral ceasefire in its 22-year-old war against Turkey, insurgent commanders told AFP in their remote mountain base.
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Syria releases Kurdish activist
17h10 - DAMASCUS, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - A Kurdish political activist arrested by Syrian security forces in June has been released because of ill health, lawyer and rights activist Ammar al-Qorabi said Friday.
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Turkey rejects Kurdish leader's ceasefire offer
12h19 - ANKARA, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan's appeal for a rebel ceasefire, calling instead on Kurdish separatists to lay down their arms.
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Probe finds Saddam wanted cash to bury Kurds
10h43 - SYDNEY, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq wanted foreign cash to build thousands of concrete bunkers to bury dead Kurds, an Australian inquiry into abuses of the UN oil-for-food programme heard on Friday.
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Turkish PM rejects Kurdish leader's ceasefire offer
09h05 - ANKARA, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan late Thursday rejected jailed rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan's appeal to his men to cease fire, calling instead on Kurdish separatists to lay down their arms.
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Kurdish party welcomes Ocalan truce offer
08h21 - ANKARA, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - Turkey's main Kurdish political party Friday welcomed jailed rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan's appeal to his Kurdish separatist group to call a ceasefire and urged Ankara to seize this opportunity to end the 22-year conflict.
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Saddam wanted foreign cash to bury Kurds
07h36 - SYDNEY, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq wanted foreign cash to build thousands of concrete bunkers to bury dead Kurds, an inquiry into abuses of the UN oil-for-food programme heard on Friday.
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Abdullah Ocalan, jailed Kurdish leader
16h29 - ANKARA, Sept 28, 2006 (AFP) - Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish leader who on Thursday asked his armed rebels to call a ceasefire in their war against the Turkish state, has spent roughly half his life underground, in exile or in captivity.
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Jailed Kurdish leader tells his rebels to cease fire
14h29 - ANKARA, Sept 28, 2006 (AFP) - Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan appealed from his prison cell Thursday to his outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to call a truce in its battle with the Turkish security forces.
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Kurdish rebels kill soldier, claim bomb blast in Turkey
14h16 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 25, 2006 (AFP) - Kurdish rebels killed a soldier in a clash in southeastern Turkey and claimed reponsibility for a bomb blast in a police building which left 17 people wounded, officials said Monday.
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Iraqi leader expects Turkish Kurd rebels to call ceasefire
12h44 - ANKARA, Sept 25, 2006 (AFP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has met with Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq and is expecting them to soon announce a ceasefire in their armed campaign in Turkey, an aide told Turkish television Monday.
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Kurdish rebels claim blast in eastern Turkey
07h53 - ANKARA, Sept 25, 2006 (AFP) - The separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a police building in eastern Turkey at the weekend in which 17 people were wounded.
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New Kurdish constitution claims swathes of Iraq
15h35 - ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 24, 2006 (AFP) - Iraq's Kurdish parliament on Sunday began debating the region's permanent constitution, a contentious document laying claim to other parts of Iraq and setting conditions for Kurds to remain part of the country.
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Police suspect PKK behind eastern Turkey attack: press
08h28 - ANKARA, Sept 24, 2006 (AFP) - Turkish police say Kurdish separatist rebels appear to be behind a bomb attack late Saturday that left 17 injured, including five officers, in eastern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.
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Kurdish activists barge into Swiss radio stations
14h23 - GENEVA, Sept 23, 2006 (AFP) - Protestors forced their way into two local radio stations in the Swiss capital Bern on Saturday to protest against the deportation to Turkey of Kurdish activist Erdogan Elmas.
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Iraq Kurds deny training by Israeli ex-soldiers
13h49 - ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 21, 2006 (AFP) - The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq on Thursday denied a BBC report that peshmerga militiamen had received training from Israeli former commandos.
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Turkey asks Iraq to blacklist Kurdish rebels
11h32 - ANKARA, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked the Iraqi government to list as terrorists Kurdish rebels who use bases in northern Iraq to launch attacks across the border in Turkey, his office said Wednesday.
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Kurd tells Saddam trial of stillbirth in cell
12h32 - BAGHDAD, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Three witnesses testified Tuesday in the trial of Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide relating harrowing stories of poisonous gas attacks, and in one case, the stillbirth of a child in an Iraqi prison.
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Saddam genocide trial resumes with new Kurdish witnesses
06h37 - BAGHDAD, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - The genocide trial of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein resumed on Tuesday with further harrowing witness testimony about the military campaign that killed and displaced hundreds of thousands of Kurds in the 1980s.
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Kurd tells of poison horror at Saddam's genocide trial
18h16 - BAGHDAD, Sept 18, 2006 (AFP) - The genocide trial of Saddam Hussein heard gripping testimony Monday from a former Kurdish guerilla on how he and fellow villagers were scorched by poison gas, while the ousted Iraqi ruler cited US chemical attacks in Vietnam.
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Iraq Kurds deny training by Israeli ex-soldiers
13h49 - ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 21, 2006 (AFP) - The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq on Thursday denied a BBC report that peshmerga militiamen had received training from Israeli former commandos.
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Turkey asks Iraq to blacklist Kurdish rebels
11h32 - ANKARA, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked the Iraqi government to list as terrorists Kurdish rebels who use bases in northern Iraq to launch attacks across the border in Turkey, his office said Wednesday.
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Kurd tells Saddam trial of stillbirth in cell
12h32 - BAGHDAD, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Three witnesses testified Tuesday in the trial of Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide relating harrowing stories of poisonous gas attacks, and in one case, the stillbirth of a child in an Iraqi prison.
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Saddam genocide trial resumes with new Kurdish witnesses
06h37 - BAGHDAD, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - The genocide trial of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein resumed on Tuesday with further harrowing witness testimony about the military campaign that killed and displaced hundreds of thousands of Kurds in the 1980s.
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Kurd tells of poison horror at Saddam's genocide trial
18h16 - BAGHDAD, Sept 18, 2006 (AFP) - The genocide trial of Saddam Hussein heard gripping testimony Monday from a former Kurdish guerilla on how he and fellow villagers were scorched by poison gas, while the ousted Iraqi ruler cited US chemical attacks in Vietnam.
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Turkey slams Dutch refusal to extradite PKK leader
15h41 - ANKARA, Sept 17, 2006 (AFP) - Turkey on Sunday harshly criticised the Netherlands for refusing to extradite a wanted top Kurdish rebel, slamming what it called inadequate international cooperation against terrorism.
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Iraqi Kurd group demands dismissal of Saddam judge
16h56 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Sept 16, 2006 (AFP) - A Kurdish group Saturday demanded the dismissal of the judge trying former president Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide against Iraq's Kurds, accusing him of bias.
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Powerful bomb defused in Turkey after deadly blast
16h48 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 16, 2006 (AFP) - Security forces on Saturday defused a powerful bomb on a busy highway in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, similar to the one used in a deadly blast in the restive region's main city, officials said.
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Dutch court blocks extradition of PKK leader to Turkey
11h50 - THE HAGUE, Sept 15, 2006 (AFP) - The top court in the Netherlands on Friday blocked the extradition to Turkey of a leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Nuriye Kesbir, saying that she could face torture there.
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Kurdish hardliners behind deadly bomb: report
07h08 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 15, 2006 (AFP) - A radical faction of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), opposed to the group considering a ceasefire, is believed to be behind a deadly bombing in southeast Turkey, a senior Turkish minister was quoted as saying Friday.
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More bombs found in Turkey after deadly blast, Kurds protest
19h46 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 14, 2006 (AFP) - Three bombs ready for detonation were found in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast Thursday following a powerful blast that killed 10, as angry protestors took to the streets to denounce the government's handling of a probe into the bombing.
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Kurdish protests after deadly bombing in Turkey
15h50 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 14, 2006 (AFP) - Anti-government Kurdish protestors took to the streets here Thursday, hurling stones at the police and burning tyres, after a powerful bomb blast killed 10 people, most of them children.
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Kurd says he challenged Saddam over killing of family
08h38 - BAGHDAD, Sept 14, 2006 (AFP) - A Kurdish witness on Thursday told the court trying Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide how he had challenged the deposed leader for the killing of his family members during the Anfal attacks.
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US envoy to Iraq urges Americans to invest in Kurdistan
07h34 - ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 14, 2006 (AFP) - The US ambassador to Iraq has urged American companies to invest in the northern Kurdish regions, considered relatively safe for business compared with the rest of the war-torn country.
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Turkey wary as Iraqi Kurds hoist Kurdish flag
04h26 - ANKARA, Sept 14, 2006 (AFP) - The decision by northern Iraq's Kurdish leaders to ban the national flag and hoist their own has increased disquiet in Turkey about the prospect of a de facto Kurdish statelet on its doorstep, diplomats and analysts here say.
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Fatal bomb in Turkey exploded by accident: officials
16h39 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 13, 2006 (AFP) - Ten people including seven children were killed in the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast when a powerful bomb went off accidentally in a crowded park, officials said Wednesday.
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Iraq releases Kurdish politician with PKK links
15h27 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Sept 13, 2006 (AFP) - An Iraqi Kurdish politician with links to Turkey's outlawed PKK guerrillas was released on Wednesday in northern Iraq after being held for six days in connection with a murder case.
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Deadly Turkey bomb exploded accidentally: officials
10h07 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 13, 2006 (AFP) - A powerful bomb that killed 10 people at a crowded park in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast exploded acidentally while being carried to another location, officials said Wednesday.
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Powerful bomb kills 10 in Turkey's main Kurdish city
07h50 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 13, 2006 (AFP) - Ten people, including seven children, were killed and 14 injured when a powerful bomb late Tuesday rocked Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.
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Death toll climbs to 10 in Turkey bomb blast
07h07 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 13, 2006 (AFP) - The death toll from a powerful blast in this city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast rose to 10 Wednesday after two people, one of them a child, died in hospital, medical sources said.
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Saddam accuses Kurds of 'insurgency' against regime
12h26 - BAGHDAD, Sept 12, 2006 (AFP) - Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein insisted Tuesday his regime faced a Kurdish insurgency, rejecting genocide charges over the 1987-1988 Anfal campaign that prosecutors say killed 182,000 Kurds.
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Saddam blames Kurds for 'insurgency' against regime
09h38 - BAGHDAD, Sept 12, 2006 (AFP) - Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Tuesday accused Kurdish rebels of launching an "insurgency" against his regime and tried to justify his 1987-1988 Anfal campaign that killed 182,000 Kurds.
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Saddam says Kurdish guerrillas launched 'insurgency'
08h14 - BAGHDAD, Sept 12, 2006 (AFP) - Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein on Tuesday urged the chief judge of his genocide trial to label Kurdish peshmerga guerrillas as "insurgents" as they had battled his regime.
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Saddam to face angry Kurds again as trial resumes
06h35 - BAGHDAD, Sept 12, 2006 (AFP) - Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's trial on genocide entered its fifth hearing on Tuesday, a day after the former Iraqi ruler charged that Kurdish testimonies against him were dividing the country.
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Former Kurdish woman guerrilla testifies in Saddam trial
11h50 - BAGHDAD, Sept 11, 2006 (AFP) - A former female Kurdish guerrilla told the court trying ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide Monday how she witnessed first-hand the horror of gas attacks against her people in the late 1980s.
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Former Kurdish guerrilla testifies in Saddam trial
08h20 - BAGHDAD, Sept 11, 2006 (AFP) - A former female Kurdish guerrilla told the court trying ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide Monday how she witnessed first-hand the horror of gas attacks against her people in the late 1980s.
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Turkish police capture Kurdish bomb suspects
12h15 - ISTANBUL, Sept 10, 2006 (AFP) - Turkish police said Sunday they had captured two Kurdish militants suspected of being behind two bomb blasts in Istanbul earlier this year, along with five alleged collaborators.
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Iraq arrests Kurdish politician with PKK links
16h02 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Sept 8, 2006 (AFP) - The head of an Iraqi Kurdish party with close links to Turkey's PKK guerrillas has been arrested, a security official said Friday, a month after Iraq promised Turkey it would crack down on the rebels.
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Turkish soldier killed in Kurdish rebel attack
09h48 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 7, 2006 (AFP) - Separatist Kurdish rebels killed a Turkish soldier and wounded another in an armed attack in the southeastern province of Siirt, the governor's office there said.
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Boy killed in fighting in southeast Turkey
14h25 - DIYARBAKIR, Sept 5, 2006 (AFP) - A 10-year-old boy was shot dead Tuesday in a clash between Kurdish rebels and Turkish soldiers in the country's restive southeast, the local governor's office said.
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Syria frees 75 Syrian Kurds: human rights body
19h35 - DAMASCUS, Sept 4, 2006 (AFP) - Seventy-five Syrian Kurds arrested by security forces in the northern city of Aleppo on March 20 have been freed, the National Organization for Human Rights in Syria said Monday.
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Turkish govt under fire as Kurdish violence mounts
15h06 - ANKARA, Sept 4, 2006 (AFP) - Turkey's government was in the hot seat Monday after a weekend of bloodshed by Kurdish rebels triggered calls for a tough military response and Kurdish politicians blamed mounting violence on Ankara's failure to find a democratic solution to the 22-year conflict.
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Kurdish leader attacks Arab politicians over Iraqi flag
13h21 - ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 3, 2006 (AFP) - The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region launched a scathing attack on Iraqi Arab leaders Sunday over their opposition to his order banning the national flag from public buildings.
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Kurdish leader attacks Arab leaders over Iraqi flag
12h23 - ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 3, 2006 (AFP) - The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region launched a scathing attack on Iraqi Arab leaders Sunday over their opposition to his order banning the national flag from public buildings.
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Eight Turkish soldiers dead in weekend of 'Kurdish unrest'
12h19 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 3, 2006 (AFP) - A Turkish soldier died Sunday from injuries sustained in a mine blast, taking the number of Turkish troops killed by Kurdish separatist rebels over the weekend to eight, Anatolia news agency reported.
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Iraqi PM orders Kurds to hoist national flag
08h45 - BAGHDAD, Sept 3, 2006 (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki set himself on a collision course with Kurdish separatists Sunday by ordering public buildings across Iraq to fly the national flag.
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Kurdish rebels killed five Turkish soldiers in two attacks
12h06 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 2, 2006 (AFP) - Six Turkish soldiers were killed and two wounded in three separate attacks by rebel Kurdish separatists in the east and southeast of the country, local security sources said Saturday.
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Kurdish leader bans Iraqi flag
13h13 - ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 1, 2006 (AFP) - The leader of northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has ordered officials not to fly the Iraqi national flag, in a further sign of the country's separatist tensions.
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Turkey hails naming of US anti-Kurdish rebels supremo
10h01 - ANKARA, Aug 30, 2006 (AFP) - Turkey Wednesday welcomed the appointment of a senior retired US officer as a special envoy to coordinate the fight against Kurdish separatists who have sought refuge in northern Iraq.
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Kurdish rebels claim deadly resort blast as police hunt suspects
16h29 - ANKARA, Aug 29, 2006 (AFP) - A radical Kurdish militant group Tuesday claimed responsibility for a blast in the popular Turkish resort of Antalya which killed three people, as police said they were hunting for two suspects in connection with the attack.
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Old foe or new foe: Turkey questions deadly bombings
15h12 - ISTANBUL, Aug 29, 2006 (AFP) - A fresh wave of deadly attacks in Turkey claimed by shadowy Kurdish militants on Tuesday has analysts weighing whether the group is abetting long-standing Kurdish rebels or acting with deadly independence.
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