Thursday, 11 March, 2010 , 18:06 AFP —

Thursday, 11 March, 2010 , 15:19 AFP — A teenage boy was killed and two others injured Thursday when they stepped on a landmine in southeastern Turkey, the theatre of a long-running Kurdish insurgency, media reports said.

Thursday, 11 March, 2010 , 13:26 AFP — Kurdish officials lashed out at Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Thursday, accusing him of stirring sectarian discord after he said an Arab should be the country's next president.

Tuesday, 9 March, 2010 , 10:59 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed Tuesday when a mine believed to have been planted by Kurdish rebels exploded in the second deadly blast in as many days, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Monday, 8 March, 2010 , 17:51 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and three others were injured in southeastern Turkey on Monday when a mine laid by Kurdish rebels exploded, local security officials said.

Monday, 8 March, 2010 , 15:21 AFP — Human rights groups in Syria on Monday urged the government to lift a 47-year-old state of emergency, free political prisoners and allow greater political freedoms.

Sunday, 7 March, 2010 , 16:36 AFP — Asked who he was voting for, Ibrahim Abdullah Hassan looked left and right to check if anyone was listening, leaned forward and whispered: Goran -- Iraqi Kurdistan's upstart opposition.

Sunday, 7 March, 2010 , 12:02 AFP — Asked who he will be voting for, Ibrahim Abdullah Hassan looks left and right to check if anyone is listening, leans forward and whispers, Goran -- Iraqi Kurdistan's upstart opposition.

Sunday, 7 March, 2010 , 09:33 AFP — Asked who he will be voting for, Ibrahim Abdullah Hassan looks left and right to check if anyone is listening, leans forward and whispers, Goran -- Iraqi Kurdistan's upstart opposition.

Sunday, 7 March, 2010 , 08:46 AFP — Asked who he will be voting for, Ibrahim Abdullah Hassan looks left and right to check if anyone is listening, leans forward and whispers, Goran -- Iraqi Kurdistan's upstart opposition.