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Turkish PM to detail Kurdish plan Friday: report


Wednesday, 11 November, 2009 , 11:49 AFP Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will brief lawmakers Friday on a government plan aimed at granting Kurds more freedoms and ending a 25-year deadly insurgency, media reports said.

Turkey says democratic rights key to Kurdish peace plan


Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 , 20:30 AFP Turkey on Tuesday said its plan to end a 25-year Kurdish insurgency focused on democratic rights, as opponents accused the government of giving into "terrorists" and undermining national unity.

Turkey says democractic rights key to Kurdish peace plan


Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 , 18:12 AFP Turkey Tuesday said improving democratic rights was key to its plan to end a 25-year Kurdish insurgency, as the government tried to win over opponents who accuse it of giving into "terrorists" and undermining national unity.

Turkey brings Kurdish peace plan to parliament


Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 , 16:20 AFP Turkey's parliament met Tuesday to hear the government unveil a plan to end a deadly 25-year Kurdish insurgency, a project the opposition views as a threat to the country's unity.

Iraqi oil row unlikely to end before polls: Kurd leader


Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 , 13:54 AFP An oil dispute between Iraqi Kurdistan and the central government in Baghdad is unlikely to be resolved by the elections on January 21, 2010, the autonomous region's leader said Tuesday.

Turkey brings Kurdish peace plan to parliament


Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 , 11:54 AFP The Turkish government will on Tuesday set out to lawmakers its vision on ending a deadly 25-year Kurdish insurgency -- a project that opposition parties say amounts to giving in to "terrorists" and undermining the country's unity.

Syria jails four Kurds for banned party membership: watchdog


Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 , 10:30 AFP A Syrian court of exception has sentenced four Kurds to six-year prison terms for belonging to a banned political party, a human rights watchdog said on Tuesday.

Iraq's minorities victim of northern conflict: HRW


Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 , 08:58 AFP Minorities, including Christians, in northern Iraq are the collateral victims of a conflict between Arabs and Kurds over who controls the country's disputed provinces, Human Rights Watch warned Tuesday.

Turkish Kurd refugees say return from Iraq depend on Ankara's peace move


Thursday, 5 November, 2009 , 08:25 AFP Fifteen years after they were driven out by bloodshed, thousands of Kurdish refugees living in a camp in northern Iraq dream of coming back to Turkey, but say they will not move unless Ankara grants extensive political and cultural rights to Kurds.

Kurdish rebels sceptical of Turkey's olive branch


Wednesday, 4 November, 2009 , 02:02 AFP Holed up in the rugged mountains of northern Iraq, Kurdish rebels are determined to fight on, viewing Turkey's pledges to broaden Kurdish freedoms with mistrust.