Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 , 15:56 AFP — Hundreds of Kurds took to the streets of the Iraqi town of Halabja on Tuesday to celebrate the execution of 'Chemical Ali', hanged for the gassing of some 5,000 of its residents in 1988.

Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 , 14:04 AFP — Hundreds of Kurds took to the streets of the Iraqi town of Halabja on Tuesday to celebrate the execution of 'Chemical Ali', hanged for the gassing of some 5,000 of its residents in 1988.

Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 , 13:54 AFP — Hundreds of Kurds took to the streets in the Iraqi town of Halabja on Tuesday to celebrate the execution of 'Chemical Ali', hanged for the gassing of some 5,000 of its residents in 1988.

Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 , 12:18 AFP — American troops have started joint operations with Iraqi and Kurdish forces in Iraq's disputed northern zones in an effort to dampen tensions between Kurds and Sunni Arabs, the US army said Tuesday.

Monday, 25 January, 2010 , 22:06 AFP — President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Monday that more than 100 Kurdish migrants detained in France will be expelled if they are not genuine asylum seekers.

Monday, 25 January, 2010 , 19:48 AFP — Judges have ordered the French state to release more than 100 Kurdish migrants who were rounded up after a rare mass landing in Corsica and faced possible deportation, officials said Monday.

Monday, 25 January, 2010 , 16:54 AFP — Judges have ordered the French state to release more than 100 Kurdish migrants who were rounded up after a mass landing in Corsica and faced possible deportation, officials said Monday.

Monday, 25 January, 2010 , 11:48 AFP — Unidentified attackers fired shots overnight at the Oslo apartment of Mullah Krekar, the founder of radical Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, Norwegian police said on Monday.

Monday, 25 January, 2010 , 10:33 AFP — Unidentified attackers fired shots overnight at the Oslo apartment of Mullah Krekar, the founder of radical Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, Norwegian police said on Monday.

Saturday, 23 January, 2010 , 19:26 AFP — France launched a probe Saturday and called for a European summit to combat illegal immigration, a day after 124 self-proclaimed Kurds landed in Corsica.