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Iraq 'not afraid' of Kurdish oil threat: minister


Tuesday, 27 March, 2012 , 13:38 AFP — Iraq's finance minister on Tuesday dismissed a threat by the country's autonomous Kurdish region to cut off oil exports if the central government continued to withhold promised funds.

Kurds say will end oil exports if Iraq keeps funds


Monday, 26 March, 2012 , 19:20 AFP — Iraq's Kurdistan region threatened on Monday to stop oil exports, and argued the central government did not have the right to sign a deal with British firm BP to develop a giant oilfield in disputed land.

Mullah Krekar gets five years prison for Norway death threat


Monday, 26 March, 2012 , 15:14 AFP — A Norwegian court on Monday sentenced Mullah Krekar, the founder of a radical Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group, to five years in jail for issuing death threats against a former government minister and others.

Kurds say will end oil exports if Iraq keeps funds


Monday, 26 March, 2012 , 14:14 AFP — Iraq's Kurdistan region threatened on Monday to stop oil exports if the central government does not hand over promised funds which regional authorities say have been withheld for more than a year.

Turkish forces kill 15 women Kurd rebels in new clashes


Saturday, 24 March, 2012 , 15:02 AFP — Turkish security forces killed 15 rebel Kurds, all of them women, in fighting in the separatist heartland in the southeast of the country on Saturday, the interior ministry said.

Turkish forces kill 15 women Kurd rebels: ministry


Saturday, 24 March, 2012 , 13:22 AFP — Fifteen rebel Kurds, all of them women, were killed in fighting with Turkish security forces in the southeast of the country on Saturday, the interior ministry said.

Turkish forces kill 15 women Kurd rebels: minstry


Saturday, 24 March, 2012 , 12:46 AFP — Fifteen rebel Kurds, all of them women, were killed in fighting with Turkish security forces in the southeast of the country on Saturday, the interior ministry said.

Turkish security forces kill 15 women rebel Kurds: ministry


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Operation on Kurdish rebels in Turkey over, one more dead


Friday, 23 March, 2012 , 16:00 AFP — One more police officer was killed and three others injured Friday during a massive operation targeting Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey, raising police casualties to seven, security sources told AFP.

12 killed in operation on Kurdish rebels in Turkey


Thursday, 22 March, 2012 , 17:29 AFP — Six Kurdish rebels and six policemen have been killed during a massive operation targetting PKK militants in southeastern Turkey, security sources told AFP on Thursday.