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Car bomb kills two at Iraqi Kurd party office


Sunday, 16 December, 2012 , 09:56 AFP A car bomb at an Iraqi Kurdish political party headquarters in the town of Jalawla killed two Kurdish security recruits and wounded two on Sunday, security and medical officials said.

Turkey seizes PKK marijuana stash in major crackdown


Saturday, 15 December, 2012 , 14:38 AFP The Turkish army has seized more than 20 tonnes of marijuana from Kurdish rebels in what local authorities said Saturday was one of the biggest ever crackdowns on "terrorist income."

Iraqi Kurdistan president visits forces in Kirkuk


Monday, 10 December, 2012 , 13:42 AFP Massud Barzani, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, inspected Kurdish peshmerga security forces in the disputed north Iraq province of Kirkuk on Monday, a Kurdish general said.

Poison found on late Turkey president not lethal: press


Saturday, 8 December, 2012 , 12:24 AFP The traces of poison found in an autopsy on the exhumed remains of Turkish president Turgut Ozal, who died in office in 1993, were too minute to be lethal, the pro-government daily Sabah reported Saturday.

Norway court overturns Mullah Krekar terror conviction


Thursday, 6 December, 2012 , 18:24 AFP A Norway appeals court on Thursday overturned a terrorism conviction against Mullah Krekar, the Iraqi founder of a radical Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group, but jailed him on other charges.

Turkish troops kill 13 Kurdish rebels: official


Wednesday, 5 December, 2012 , 14:02 AFP Turkish troops have killed 13 Kurdish rebels during clashes that erupted Tuesday in a mountainous area in southern Turkey near Syria, the local governor's office said Wednesday.

Iraq bars Turkey minister's plane from Kurd north


Tuesday, 4 December, 2012 , 15:13 AFP Iraq on Tuesday barred Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz's plane from landing in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, in the latest sign of worsening ties between the once-close neighbours.

Iraq bars Turkish minister from landing in Kurdish north


Tuesday, 4 December, 2012 , 14:01 AFP Iraq on Tuesday barred a plane carrying Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz from landing in the autonomous Kurdistan region, where he was travelling for the completion of an energy deal, officials said.

Iraq bars Turkish minister from landing in Kurdish north: officials


Tuesday, 4 December, 2012 , 13:27 AFP

Dutch police swoop on suspected Kurdish PKK members


Monday, 3 December, 2012 , 15:03 AFP Dutch police arrested 55 suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday, crushing plans to stage a week-long secret meeting of the outlawed organisation, the Prosecutor's Office said.