Saturday, 12 November, 2011 , 04:48 AFP — A hijacker of a Turkish ferry carrying 24 people was "captured dead" early Saturday, Istanbul's governor said.

Saturday, 12 November, 2011 , 02:09 AFP — Kurdish rebels hijacked a ferry and took 24 people hostage Friday in the sea of Marmara where their leader Abdullah Ocalan is jailed on an island, the Turkish government said.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.