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Denmark charges 11 for funding Kurdish rebels


Thursday, 27 June, 2013 , 11:24 AFP Denmark's public prosecution authority said on Thursday it would charge 11 men with "terror funding" for raising 130 million kroner (17.4 million euros, $22.7 million) for Kurdish rebels.

Kurds surprise with Iraq council win


Wednesday, 26 June, 2013 , 16:55 AFP A Kurdish bloc won the most seats in one of two provinces that held delayed elections last week, surprisingly beating out the governor's Sunni Arab party, results published on Wednesday showed.

Five dead in Iraq disputed territory


Wednesday, 26 June, 2013 , 15:21 AFP A series of attacks killed five people in northern Iraq on Wednesday, all of them in a swathe of disputed territory where diplomats fear tensions could spill over into all-out armed conflict.

Jailed Kurdish leader proposes next step in peace process


Tuesday, 25 June, 2013 , 10:47 AFP Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan said Tuesday that he has sent Ankara a proposal for the next phase in peace efforts to follow the withdrawal of rebel fighters from Turkish soil.

Seven dead in renewed Iraq attacks


Sunday, 23 June, 2013 , 17:51 AFP Three car bombs, including a suicide attack, a mortar round and a shooting killed at least seven people Sunday, most of them in northern Iraq where analysts fear tensions could trigger all-out conflict.

Six killed in renewed Iraq attacks


Sunday, 23 June, 2013 , 12:31 AFP Three car bombs, including a suicide attack, and a mortar round killed at least six people on Sunday, most of them in northern Iraq where analysts fear tensions could trigger all-out conflict.

Car bombs kill four in disputed Iraqi territory


Sunday, 23 June, 2013 , 08:22 AFP Three car bombs, including a suicide attack, killed at least four people on Sunday in disputed territory in northern Iraq where analysts fear tensions could trigger a full-blown conflict.

As Iraq grapples with bombings, Arbil booms


Friday, 21 June, 2013 , 03:30 AFP As central Iraq grapples with a surge in violence and a longer-term struggle to wean its economy off a dependence on oil, Abdullah Abdulkarim stands at a car dealership in the northern Kurdish city of Arbil and smiles.

For Syrian Kurds, camp offers wildly different fates


Tuesday, 18 June, 2013 , 05:16 AFP Abdulhamid sells ice cream to passersby at Domiz, Iraq's biggest camp for refugees fleeing violence in Syria, while Sidra reads an Arabic copy of "The Fox and The Crow" in class.

Chevron signs Iraq Kurd oil deal


Monday, 17 June, 2013 , 12:21 AFP US energy giant Chevron has signed another oil exploration deal in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, it said on Monday, one of several contracts between Kurds and foreign energy firms that have enraged Baghdad.