Sunday, 16 September, 2012 , 08:50 AFP — Eight police officers died and six were wounded in a roadside mine blast Sunday blamed on Kurdish rebels in Turkey's southeast, local security souces said.

Sunday, 16 September, 2012 , 08:42 AFP — Eight police officers were killed and six others were wounded in a roadside mine blast Sunday blamed on Kurdish rebels in Turkey's southeast, local security souces said.

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Friday, 14 September, 2012 , 14:53 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan Friday confirmed a deal aimed at resolving an oil standoff with Baghdad, whereby the region will export 200,000 barrels of oil per day, and receive an "advance" of about $833 million.

Friday, 14 September, 2012 , 08:57 AFP — Seventy-five rebels and four soldiers have been killed over the past week in Turkey's latest operation against Kurdish separatists in the country's southeast, officials said Friday.

Thursday, 13 September, 2012 , 19:48 AFP — The Iraqi government and Kurdistan struck a preliminary deal on Thursday on a months-long oil dispute that will see the autonomous region export 200,000 barrels of oil per day, officials said.

Thursday, 13 September, 2012 , 18:56 AFP — The Iraqi government and the Kurdistan region struck a preliminary deal on Thursday on a months-long oil dispute that will see the autonomous region export 200,000 barrels of oil per day, officials said.

Monday, 10 September, 2012 , 15:42 AFP — Forty-four people, many of them journalists, went on trial in Turkey Monday for alleged links to outlawed Kurdish rebels amid protests from human rights activists and opposition lawmakers.

Monday, 10 September, 2012 , 14:54 AFP — Turkish air strikes killed 25 Kurdish rebels inside northern Iraq in the past few days as heavy army-rebel fighting inside Turkey killed at least 461 people this year, the army said Monday.