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Saddam Admits Approving Death Sentences



By MARIAM FAM
The Associated Press - Wednesday, April 5, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein dodged questions from prosecutors cross-examining him for the first time Wednesday over a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. But he acknowledged approving death sentences for 148 Shiites, saying he was convinced they tried to assassinate him.


  

Kurdish writer learns words are risky in new Iraq



Fri Apr 7, 2006 10:36 AM ET

By Shamal Aqrawi
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Writer Kamal Karim came away with a troubling lesson from his Kurdish homeland in northern Iraq -- an opinion can get you a 30-year jail sentence.


  

Saddam charged with genocide in Kurd attacks



By SAMEER N. YACOUB Associated Press
April 5, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq authorities charged Saddam Hussein with genocide Tuesday, accusing him of trying to exterminate the Kurds in a 1980s campaign that killed an estimated 100,000 -- the first move to prosecute him for the major human rights violations that the U.S. cited to help justify its invasion.


  

Turkey Vows to Fight Kurdish Radicals



By SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press WriterThu Apr 6, 2006

Turkey's leaders promised a tough fight against Kurdish militants but said Thursday that would not mean backtracking on reforms critical to their bid to join the European Union.


  

Iraq Kurds shrug shoulders over new Saddam trial



Tue 4 Apr 2006 2:28 PM ET
By Shamal Aqrawi

ARBIL, Iraq, April 4 (Reuters) - Many Kurds who learned on Tuesday that Saddam Hussein could soon face trial for genocide against their community shrugged their shoulders, saying they had more pressing matters to deal with.


  

Dozens injured in clashes with pro-Kurd rebel mourners


Tue 28 Mar 2006 5:30 PM ET
(Releads with injured, adds details)

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, March 28 (Reuters) - Thirty-five people, including 11 police, were injured in Turkey on Tuesday in violence which started when mourners at a funeral for Kurdish militants clashed with police, officials said.

  

Turk PM hits back at Kurd unrest


Tuesday, 4 April 2006

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says efforts will continue to improve conditions for the Kurdish minority, after a week of unrest.

However he again attacked Kurdish separatists, warning them "not to dare to test the power of the state."


  

Rice, Straw to Iraqis: The time has come


 Sunday, April 2, 2006
Unifying government, prime minister urged during Baghdad visit

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterpart, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, flew to Baghdad on Sunday for a visit aimed at jump-starting the process of forming a national unity government.


  

Istanbul blast amid Kurd tension



Friday, 31 March 2006
A bomb blast has killed one person and injured 13 others near a bus stop in Turkey's biggest city of Istanbul.

A Kurdish separatist group, the TAK, said it carried out the attack in response to recent violence in the mainly Kurdish south-east of Turkey.


  

Kurd Draws Jail Again In Press Freedom Case



Reuters - Monday, March 27, 2006; A12

IRBIL, Iraq, March 26 -- An Iraqi-born Kurd with Austrian citizenship was sentenced to a year and a half in prison Sunday for defaming a Kurdish leader, in a case that has raised questions about press freedoms in postwar Iraq.