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Murderer of Iran forest guards killed: reports


Saturday, 12 March, 2011 , 16:40 AFP Iran has killed a member of a "hardline religious group" responsible for the murder of four forest guards and arrested another one, the local media reported Saturday.

Exiled Kurdish poet and activist can return to Turkey: court


Thursday, 10 March, 2011 , 19:44 AFP A Turkish court on Thursday decided to abandon proceedings against a celebrated Kurdish poet and activist allowing him to return after 31 years in exile, a judicial source said.

Jailed Kurds on Syria hunger strike: rights group


Thursday, 10 March, 2011 , 17:46 AFP Dozens of jailed Kurds in Syria started a hunger strike on Thursday in solidarity with rights activists who have mounted the same action in a prison near Damascus, a rights group said.

Kurd demo site set alight and radio station attacked


Sunday, 6 March, 2011 , 08:44 AFP A protest site in Iraq's Kurdish region was attacked overnight and the offices of an independent Kurdish radio station were ransacked, demonstrators and a press watchdog said on Sunday.

'Terrorists' kill four Iran forest guards: report


Saturday, 5 March, 2011 , 13:19 AFP Four Iranian forest guards have been killed in what an official said was a "terrorist act" in the western province of Kurdistan, ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Heritage makes giant gas find in Iraqi Kurdistan


Wednesday, 26 January, 2011 , 15:41 AFP Energy firm Heritage Oil said on Wednesday it has made a major gas find in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan that is among the largest ever in the country.

Iraq Kurds nab Qaeda prison escapee


Wednesday, 26 January, 2011 , 15:21 AFP Intelligence officers in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region have arrested a second suspected Al-Qaeda fighter who was among a dozen escapees from a southern prison two weeks ago, an official said on Wednesday.

Heritage makes giant gas find in Iraqi Kurdistan


Wednesday, 26 January, 2011 , 14:07 AFP Energy firm Heritage Oil said on Wednesday it has made a major gas find in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan that is among the largest ever in the country.

Rights court condemns Turkey over violation of free speech


Tuesday, 25 January, 2011 , 18:03 AFP Turkey violated free speech after it jailed a Kurdish activist for speaking to media at a protest supporting the PKK separatist group, the European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday.

Kurdish protestors clash with police in Turkey


Sunday, 16 January, 2011 , 14:40 AFP Turkish police Sunday used water cannon and tear gas to disperse dozens of Kurdish youths hurling petrol bombs and stones after a demonstration in downtown Istanbul, an AFP photographer said.