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Kurdish rebels abduct three in southeast Turkey: military


Sunday, 10 July, 2011 , 08:24 AFP Separatist Kurdish rebels abducted two soldiers and a health worker in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast overnight, military sources said Sunday.

(français suivra ) Turkish soldier killed in clashes with Kurds: sources


Friday, 8 July, 2011 , 07:25 AFP Clashes between the army and Kurdish rebels killed one soldier and left three others wounded in a rural area of eastern Turkey, security sources said Friday.

Mass grave with 900 corpses found in Iraq


Wednesday, 6 July, 2011 , 18:54 AFP Iraqi authorities uncovered a mass grave with 900 corpses near the central city of Diwaniyah on Wednesday, believed to be Kurds killed during the rule of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, an official said.

Iraqi Kurd top MP wants US troops to stay on


Tuesday, 5 July, 2011 , 12:44 AFP The parliament chief of northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said on Tuesday that US troops should stay beyond their planned departure date of end 2011 because security remained tenuous.

Two Turkish soldiers shot dead in Kurdish town


Tuesday, 5 July, 2011 , 07:02 AFP Two soldiers were shot dead Tuesday in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast in an attack believed to be the work of Kurdish rebels, security sources said.

Iraq Kurd leader warns Iran over shelling


Sunday, 3 July, 2011 , 09:54 AFP The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region has warned that ties with Tehran could suffer if Iran continues cross-border shelling against opponents, in a statement Sunday.

Grenade attack hurts Iraq ex-minister: police


Tuesday, 28 June, 2011 , 14:45 AFP A grenade lobbed at her car in nothern Iraq wounded former housing minister Bayane Dezehi on Tuesday, a police official said.

Iraq's Kirkuk buys electricity from Kurdish region


Tuesday, 28 June, 2011 , 14:21 AFP Iraq's oil-rich Kirkuk province has started buying electricity from a private supplier in autonomous Kurdistan, its governor said Tuesday, after a spat with Baghdad over power shortages.

Turkish parliament opens amid opposition boycott


Tuesday, 28 June, 2011 , 13:05 AFP Turkey's new parliament opened in a tense atmosphere Tuesday as the main opposition and Kurdish deputies boycotted the ceremony in protest over lawmakers kept in prison.

Kurdish rebel leader in peace offer to Turkey: report


Monday, 27 June, 2011 , 10:07 AFP Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has sent peace proposals to Ankara aimed at ending 26 years of deadly conflict, a senior militant was quoted as saying Monday.