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Iran halts execution of Kurdish student: lawyer


Sunday, 26 December, 2010 , 11:30 AFP Iran has halted the execution of Kurdish student Habibolah Latifi, who was due to be hanged on Sunday for backing a separatist rebel group, his lawyer told the ISNA news agency.

Rights campaigners appeal for life of Kurd student in Iran


Sunday, 26 December, 2010 , 08:10 AFP Rights campaigners have appealed to Iran to spare a Kurdish law student due to be executed on Sunday.

Amnesty appeals for life of Kurd student in Iran


Saturday, 25 December, 2010 , 17:41 AFP Amnesty International has appealed to Iran to commute the death sentence of a Kurdish law student who it said is set to be executed on Sunday.

Iraq to activate Kurd foreign oil deals: minister


Saturday, 25 December, 2010 , 14:56 AFP Iraq will recognise contracts which the government of its Kurdish north has signed with foreign oil companies, the country's new oil minister, Abdulkarim al-Luaybi, said on Saturday.

Iraq to activate Kurd foreign oil deals: minister


Saturday, 25 December, 2010 , 12:54 AFP Iraq will recognise contracts the government of its Kurdish north has signed with foreign oil companies, the country's new oil minister, Abdulkarim al-Luaybi, said on Saturday.

CORRECTED: Turkey arrests Kurdish suspect over bombings


Friday, 24 December, 2010 , 12:47 AFP Turkish police have arrested an alleged Kurdish militant on suspicion he was among the masterminds of two recent bomb attacks in Istanbul, officials said Friday.

Turkey arrests Kurdish suspect over bombings


Friday, 24 December, 2010 , 11:54 AFP Turkish police have arrested an alleged Kurdish militant on suspicion he was among the masterminds of two recent bomb attacks in Istanbul, officials said Friday.

Three injured at Turkey demo explosion


Sunday, 19 December, 2010 , 13:42 AFP Three people were injured, one of them seriously, when a small bomb exploded Sunday during a demonstration in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, police said.

Iraqi Kurds protest against new anti-demos law


Saturday, 18 December, 2010 , 15:41 AFP Thousands of Iraqi Kurds took to the streets of the northern region's second city of Sulaimaniyah on Saturday to protest against a recent law restricting the ability to demonstrate.

Kurds to stay in Iraq as federal state: leader


Wednesday, 15 December, 2010 , 13:40 AFP Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, who caused alarm with a self-determination call, has said the Kurds would remain part of a federal Iraq but refused to live under a dictatorship.