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Three Kurdish women activists shot dead in Paris hit


Thursday, 10 January, 2013 , 10:30 AFP Three Kurdish women, said to include a founding member of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), were shot dead overnight Thursday in Paris in what France's interior minister dubbed an "assassination".

Three Kurdish women activists shot dead in Paris hit


Thursday, 10 January, 2013 , 09:32 AFP Three Kurdish women, said to include a founding member of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), were shot dead overnight Thursday in Paris in what France's interior minister dubbed an "assassination".

Three Kurd women dead, shot in head in Paris: police


Thursday, 10 January, 2013 , 07:12 AFP Three Kurdish women were found killed with a gunshot to the head early Thursday inside the Kurdish Institute of Paris, a police source told AFP.

Turkey agrees on a peace plan with PKK: media


Wednesday, 9 January, 2013 , 15:42 AFP The Turkish government and jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan have agreed on a roadmap to end a three-decade-old insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, media reported Wednesday.

Turkey agrees on a peace plan with PKK: media


Wednesday, 9 January, 2013 , 09:26 AFP The Turkish government and jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan have agreed on a roadmap to end a three-decade-old insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, Turkish media reported Wednesday.

Turkish army kills 14 Kurdish rebels near Iraq border


Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 , 15:05 AFP The Turkish army killed 14 rebels from the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during an operation near the Iraqi border that also left one soldier dead, an official statement said Tuesday.

Government talks with Kurdish leader 'right step': party


Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 , 13:24 AFP Turkey's pro-Kurd party on Tuesday hailed government-led talks with jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as a "right step" but called for a halt to detentions and military operations against rebels before full-fledged negotiations can begin.

Turkey court jails 40 Kurds for ties to rebels


Thursday, 3 January, 2013 , 11:53 AFP A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced to prison 40 Kurds for ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the first verdict to come in a massive trial involving hundreds of suspects.

Iraqi town caught in middle of territory row


Wednesday, 2 January, 2013 , 11:33 AFP Butcher Sherzad Saleh stands outside his shop in Tuz Khurmatu holding a dead chicken. He has more pressing concerns than a high-level dispute over territory.

Iraqi town caught in middle of territory row


Wednesday, 2 January, 2013 , 03:17 AFP Butcher Sherzad Saleh stands outside his shop in Tuz Khurmatu holding a dead chicken. He has more pressing concerns than a high-level dispute over territory.