Saturday, 23 April, 2011 , 10:25 AFP — A 28-year-old Kurdish protester died of gunshot wounds on Saturday, becoming the tenth person killed in more than two months of rallies in Iraq's northern autonomous region, a doctor said.

Friday, 22 April, 2011 , 19:33 AFP — Four rebels belonging to a "Wahabi terrorist" group have been killed near Sanandaj, capital of the Iranian province bordering Iraq, a top official was quoted by the Fars news agency as saying on Friday.

Friday, 22 April, 2011 , 14:09 AFP — Protests by Turkey's Kurds that had turned violent calmed down on Friday after the electoral board reversed a previous decision to disqualify several prominent Kurds from June polls.

Friday, 22 April, 2011 , 08:59 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, rocked by months of protests where five people have died, risks losing its hard-won reputation as a haven of safety and freedom within the country, experts said.

Thursday, 21 April, 2011 , 19:23 AFP — Turkey on Thursday approved the election bids of several prominent Kurds after their initial disqualification sparked violent Kurdish protests that flared for a third day across the southeast.

Thursday, 21 April, 2011 , 16:39 AFP — Turkey on Thursday approved the election bids of several prominent Kurds after their initial disqualification sparked violent Kurdish protests that flared for a third day across the southeast.

Thursday, 21 April, 2011 , 16:09 AFP — Turkey's electoral board Thursday approved six of the seven Kurdish-backed candidates who were initially declared ineligible to stand in upcoming elections, an official statement said.

Thursday, 21 April, 2011 , 15:53 AFP — Turkey's electoral board Thursday approved six of the seven Kurdish-backed candidates who were initially declared ineligible to stand in upcoming elections, the NTV news channel reported.

Thursday, 21 April, 2011 , 15:43 AFP —

Thursday, 21 April, 2011 , 14:37 AFP — Thousands of Kurds took to the streets in southeastern Turkey Thursday for the funeral of a slain protestor and waged pitch battles with police in a third day of violence over an election ban on Kurdish-backed candidates.