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Kurdish party threathens to withdraw from elections:report


Monday, 18 April, 2011 , 18:25 AFP Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party threathened to withdraw from June elections after the election board on Monday vetoed the candidacy of the party's seven bidders, media reports said.

One wounded in Iran Kurdistan bomb blasts: IRNA


Saturday, 16 April, 2011 , 19:58 AFP One person was wounded as the result of two bomb blasts in the western city of Sanandaj in the Iranian Kurdistan province, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday, quoting a provincial official.

One wounded in Iran Kurdistan bomb blast: IRNA


Saturday, 16 April, 2011 , 19:36 AFP One person was wounded as the result of a bomb blast in the western city of Sanandaj in the Iranian Kurdistan province, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.

One village guard dies in landmine explosion: sources


Wednesday, 13 April, 2011 , 15:33 AFP One village guard died and a child was severely injured in a landmine explosion in mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey on Wednesday, security sources said.

Syria's Banias besieged, shootings at nearby village


Tuesday, 12 April, 2011 , 15:16 AFP Syrian security forces locked down the protest flashpoint town of Banias and raked the nearby village of Baida with gunfire on Tuesday, witnesses told AFP by telephone.

Kurdish rebel dies in landmine blast: sources


Friday, 8 April, 2011 , 08:46 AFP A Kurdish rebel was killed Friday in southeastern Turkey as the landmine he was trying to lay exploded, local sources said.

Pentagon chief in Iraq's Kurd region


Friday, 8 April, 2011 , 07:01 AFP US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Friday for talks with regional president Massud Barzani on security needs after American troops pull out this year.

Syrian Kurds naturalised as reform law drawn up


Thursday, 7 April, 2011 , 19:28 AFP Syria on Thursday granted citizenship to tens of thousands of Kurds on the same day that a legal committee completed draft legislation to replace nearly five decades of emergency rule.

Syrian Kurds naturalised as reform law drawn up


Thursday, 7 April, 2011 , 14:29 AFP Syria on Thursday granted citizenship to tens of thousands of Kurds on the same day that a legal committee completed draft legislation to replace nearly five decades of emergency rule.

Syrian Kurds naturalised as reform law drawn up


Thursday, 7 April, 2011 , 12:49 AFP Syria on Thursday granted citizenship to tens of thousands of Kurds on the same day that a legal committee completed draft legislation to replace nearly five decades of emergency rule.