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Kurdish rebels hijack Turkish ferry: minister


Friday, 11 November, 2011 , 23:40 AFP Kurdish rebels hijacked a ferry with 24 people aboard Friday in the sea of Marmara, where their leader Abdullah Ocalan is imprisoned on an island, Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim said.

Kurdish rebels hijack Turkish ferry: minister


Friday, 11 November, 2011 , 21:00 AFP Kurdish rebels hijacked a ferry with 25 people aboard in the sea of Marmara, where Abdullah Ocalan, leader of a banned separatist group, is imprisoned, Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim said Friday.

Kurdish rebels hijack Turkish ferry: minister


Friday, 11 November, 2011 , 19:58 AFP Four or five hijackers claiming to be Kurdish rebels seized control Friday of a ferry carrying 23 passengers and crew off northwestern Turkey, said Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim.

Kurdish rebels hijack Turkish ferry: minister


Friday, 11 November, 2011 , 19:22 AFP Four or five hijackers claiming to be Kurdish rebels seized control Friday of a ferry carrying 20 passengers and crew off northwestern Turkey, said Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim.

Kurdish rebels hijacked Turkish ferry: minister


Friday, 11 November, 2011 , 19:08 AFP

Exxon inks oil deal with Iraqi Kurdistan: official


Friday, 11 November, 2011 , 18:01 AFP Oil giant ExxonMobil has signed a deal with Iraqi Kurdistan, possibly jeopardising its contract for the giant West Qurna-1 field in southern Iraq, an Iraqi oil ministry official said on Friday.

Exxon signs exploration deals in Iraqi Kurdistan


Friday, 11 November, 2011 , 16:30 AFP ExxonMobil has signed oil exploration contracts with the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan, risking a conflict with Baghdad over other Iraq projects, Dow Jones Newswires reported Friday.

Turkish PM vows further crackdown on Kurd group


Monday, 7 November, 2011 , 16:47 AFP Turkey's prime minister said Monday that his government will not ease its crackdown on a Kurd political movement and warned the media that criticising his actions against the KCK amounted to supporting terrorism.

Barzani criticises Turkey's fight against Kurd rebels


Saturday, 5 November, 2011 , 16:16 AFP Iraqi Kurd leader Massud Barzani said Saturday he opposes Turkey's military campaign against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as it will fail to permanently end the conflict.

Over 1 mln people visit Iraqi Kurdistan: official


Saturday, 5 November, 2011 , 13:56 AFP More than one million people have visited the autonomous Kurdistan region in north Iraq -- a haven of relative stability -- in the past nine months, a tourism official said on Saturday.